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Are you tired of the standard ringtone on your iPhone? You can do it yourself in 15 minutes. Yes, that's right, it's not as usual, I chose an mp3 song and clicked set ringtone. Everything is more complicated here, of course, there is a simple way, but it is paid through the iTunes Store. Oh, these Americans, they always hide free buttons very deeply and you can’t figure it out without instructions. But there is an opportunity to do this yourself through iTunes. Let's learn this and overcome our laziness.

To create a ringtone for iPhone we need:

  • iTunes program;
  • Song or melody in any of the main formats (mp3, mpeg, etc.);
  • Explorer or other file manager.

The main things have been prepared. But you can only install a melody up to 30 seconds long on an iPhone, and it must also be in a strange m4r format. Let's get started!

The process of creating and installing a ringtone on iPhone will be divided into 4 stages:

  1. Creating a section of melody for a ringtone
  2. Converting to m4r format
  3. Downloading ringtone to iPhone
  4. Setting a created ringtone for a call or SMS

Attention! If you already have a ringtone in the required format, then immediately proceed to step number 3. Need to create a melody in m4a format? Then we will create it through the standard iTunes program.

Stage 1: Create a section of melody for the ringtone from the selected song

1. Launch iTunes. Click on the “Songs” button. Go to the iTunes menu item, to do this, click on the button in the upper left corner of the program. Click on the item “Add a file to the media library...”, everything is specially circled:

2. Select our file with a song or music (mp3, mpeg, etc. format):

3. Our melody has appeared in the media library. Now select it and right-click on it. In the drop-down menu, click “Information”:

iTunes will try to find the album art that the song belongs to. You'll have to wait for the process to finish, oh, this iTunes with its automation.

4. A window appears, select the “Parameters” tab. Check the start and stop checkboxes as shown below. Here we will cut it to the 30 seconds we need. We can change these parameters, but without the ability to listen to a fragment it is pointless, although you can use any MP3 player in parallel. Select a fragment and click the “Ok” button:

We set the desired duration of the composition, but know that it should not exceed 30 seconds.

5. Select the resulting melody and right-click on it. Select “Create version in AAC format”. Here it is, converting to a special format that suits iTunes:

We received a musical segment lasting 30 seconds. in AAC format. It has the extension "m4a".

Stage 2: Convert to m4r format, or rather simply rename the file extension

1. Open the folder with our melody. In iTunes, to do this, click on the melody and click “Show in Windows Explorer”:

2. In the window that appears, right-click on the file and select “Rename”:

3. Change the file type to “m4r”, press “Enter”. Click “Yes” on the warning that appears:

If you do not see the file extension, but only its name, then you should enable the show file extension checkbox in the folder settings. How to do this – Start – Control Panel – Folder Options – switch to the View tab – find the item “Hide extensions for registered types” and uncheck the box.

The ringtone for calls is ready. Congratulations, the most difficult stage has been overcome. It's time to put it on your phone.

Stage 3: How to download ringtone to iPhone 3g, 3gs, 4, 4s, 5, 5s, 5 cthroughiTunes

1. Connect the iPhone to the computer, be sure to wait for the synchronization to complete. In iTunes, click on the iPhone in the upper right corner:

2. Go to the “Sounds” tab. Check the “Synchronize sounds” checkbox. Click “Selected sounds” and put a checkmark next to the ringtone. Click “Apply” in the lower right corner:

3. After the process is completed, click the “Finish” button and then “Apply”:

Our new, freely created ringtone has been downloaded to your iPhone.

Stage 4: Change the standard melody to a new iPhone ringtone for calls

1. Pick up the phone and go to “Settings”:

2. Go to the “Sounds” section.

3. Scroll down and select the “Ringtone” field:

4. Select the ringtone you made and enjoy incoming calls:

The sounds of SMS, calls, mail, reminders, programs and widgets change in a similar way. Now you can set a ringtone on your iPhone yourself and change them absolutely free.

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It's very simple, but not everyone knows it.

Many users of Apple smartphones call the method of creating ringtones for iPhone inconvenient. It’s difficult to argue with them, since the process of creating a ringtone in iTunes cannot be called intuitive. Luckily, there are many other ways to create an iPhone ringtone. We described the simplest of them in this instruction.

Why is this method the easiest?

The simplicity of the method described below lies in the fact that you do not have to install any special software for cutting songs. Everything happens online, which means the only thing you need is a computer with Internet access. In addition, you don’t even have to rename the resulting ringtone in .m4r format. The service will do everything itself.

Step 1. Go to the service website mp3cut.

Step 2: Click " Open file" and select the song from which you want to create a ringtone. You can also add a song via a direct link, from Google Drive or Dropbox.

Step 3: Select the start and end of the ringtone by moving the blue sliders. You can set a more precise interval using the arrows on the keyboard.

Note: If you want the ringtone to start smoothly and gradually increase in volume, turn the Smooth Start switch to the active position. The “Smooth Fade” parameter works in a similar way, but for the end of the ringtone.

The easiest way to get an interesting ringtone is to download it from the Internet. Moreover, there are really a huge number of ready-made ringtones. However, if you were unable to find a worthwhile one, then you can supplement it via iTunes yourself from the part of the song that you liked. And now we will tell you what is needed for this.

In fact, the process is extremely simple. Everything can be resolved in just a few clicks of the computer mouse. Even if this is your first iPhone and you know nothing about Apple devices, there will be no problems!

Add your own ringtone using iTunes

The arrangement of elements in the iTunes program may change depending on its version, but the instructions still remain relevant. It doesn’t matter what kind of iPhone you use, it can be either 4S or 7 Plus - the process of creating a ringtone is absolutely identical. So let's get started:

Don’t look at the fact that there are too many points in this instruction – there’s really nothing complicated. We have broken it down into the most detailed parts so that you do not have any problems or questions.

Let me now teach you how to make your own ringtone (music) for an iPhone call. Those. As a result, you can play your music on a call to everyone or a selected contact.

We will create a melody from an existing .mp3 track and use iTunes in the process, as well as look at third-party applications.

This article is suitable for all iPhone Xs/Xr/X/8/7/6/5 and Plus models running iOS 12. Older versions may have different or missing menu items and hardware support listed in the article.

Create a ringtone for an iPhone call

You don't need to have an Apple ID to create your own ringtones. Even if you just bought a gadget and didn’t have time to create an ID, you can download music and ringtones.

If you want to make your own ringtone for iPhone, then you need to download and install the iTunes program on your computer. Before starting the process of creating a ringtone, you should make sure that in iTunes there is a checkmark next to the line “Process music and videos manually.”

We follow the following instructions:

Set a ringtone for iPhone

To check that the m4r ringtone has been successfully added to iTunes, do the following:

  • At the top of the application, where the “Music” section was, click and select “Sounds”.
  • If the “Sounds” section is missing, then in this context menu at the bottom, select “Edit Menu”, check the “Sounds” box, and click “Done”.

In iTunes 12.7+, the developers removed the “Edit Menu” button. Therefore, some users cannot enable the “Sounds” section. Now a ringtone is added to iTunes by dragging a music track in m4r format.

Going to the Sounds section, we should see our 40 second file. If it is there, then the ringtone has been successfully added to iTunes.

If the ringtone in m4r format is not displayed in “Sounds”, it is possible that the problem lies in the original mp3 music track. In this situation, you should try using other mp3 files. You can also make a ringtone not in iTunes, but using other services for editing music files:

  • Audiko service.
  • iRinger application.
  • Online service Ringer.org.

If ringtones appear in the “Sounds” section of iTunes, then install them on the iPhone:

  • Take a USB cable. With its help we connect the iPhone to the computer. At the top of the iTunes application, click on the iPhone icon that appears.
  • Under the iPhone itself, in the left sidebar, click on the “Sounds” section.
  • Next to “Synchronize sounds”, check the box.
  • Select “Selected sounds” or “All sounds”.
  • At the bottom of iTunes, click on “Sync” or “Apply”.

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We are waiting for the completion of all stages of synchronization. iTunes will record the selected ringtone into the iPhone. Then you need to take the gadget, go to “Settings”, select “Sounds” and “Ringtone”. There, the created ringtone will be displayed first in the list.

Now you will find out an elementary way of “how to make a ringtone using iTunes” and download it to iPhone, for this we need:

  • Windows or Mac OS X computer with iTunes
  • favorite music in iTunes, from which we will make our ringtones (to download a track, drag it to iTunes)

Now a practical guide “How to make a ringtone for iPhone”

Step 1. Go to iTunes and select the musical composition from which you want to make a ringtone.

Step 2. Click on the selected composition right-click → Details, select “Options” at the top, there should be the same window as in the screenshot below, in which we determine the time period of the future ringtone. To do this, check the “Start”, “Stop” checkboxes and set the time (attention no more than 40 seconds). Click OK.

Step 3. Again on the song, right click and select “Convert to AAC format”

Step 4. After conversion, our ringtone will appear, right-click on it - "Show in Finder or Windows Explorer". A window will open where a ringtone with a ringtone with the m4a extension is located, now you need to change the extension, changing m4a to m4r, this is done by renaming the file.

Step 5. Actually m4r file is the ringtone. Make a folder on your computer desktop “My ringtones for iPhone” and move the created ringtone there.

Step 6. Now go back to iTunes and delete the created 40-second aac file, and also uncheck the beginning and end of the track otherwise he will continue to play for 40 seconds. (I don’t know how it is on Windows, but on Mac if you don’t delete the aac file, then ringtones are not added to sounds)

Step 7. Go to the “My ringtones for iPhone” folder and double-click on the created ringtone or just drag and drop to iTunes.

How to set a ringtone on iPhone

Now that you have a ready ringtone for iPhone, I came to download it to my smartphone! It's not hard at all and won't take much time. Let's get started!

Step 1. Take one iPhone and one computer with iTunes installed and connect them usb cable.

Step 2. In the iTunes side menu, look for Sounds tab with the “Bell” icon and click on it

Step 3. Now check the box “Sync ringtones”, click “Apply”.

Step 4. After synchronization, on your iPhone, go to Settings → Sounds → Ringtone and set a new ringtone for the call.

With this simple instruction you learned how to make a ringtone in iTunes, this method is considered standard and can be used on all iPhone models.

There are other methods for creating a ringtone for an iPhone, for example, users who have jailbroken their device can install it from Cydia, and those who have not jailbroken their iPhone can download ready-made ringtones.

Questions?

Are you having trouble creating iPhone ringtones or managing ringtones on your computer? Let us know in the comments or on VKontakte and we will do our best to help you!