Make iPhone Ringtones Using iTunesiTunes being one of possible method to create your own ringtones for your iPhone. It’s quite simple to create and you can even edit and save only part of any song as your ringtone.

  1. First, select the song that you wanted to use as your iPhone ringtone from iTunes library. The song can be in Mp3, ACC or AIFF file format.
  2. Play the song and make decision on which part of the song you wanted to use as your iPhone ringtone. (Please take note that your iPhone ringtone created from iTunes cannot be more than 30 seconds length or it will not be recognized by iTunes as ringtone) You can note down the starting point of the wanted part and it’s stop time.

  3. Once you have done it, right click on the song, and click on “Get Info”.
  4. Under “Options” tab, you can see Volume Adjustment, Equalizer Preset, Media Kind, Rating, Start Time, Stop Time, and some other options. Adjust accordingly as you wish, but more importantly is the Start Time and Stop Time. As what I’ve mentioned earlier, the length should not be more than 30 seconds. Once you have satisfied with the setting, Click “OK” button.
  5. Highlight the song again. Click on the “Advanced” menu and select “Create AAC Version” and you will see a new file of the song with a shorter track time. Listen to the newly created song file to see if you have the correct start and stop time setting.
  6. Once you have satisfied with it, right click on the original song (with original length), and click on “Get Info”. Under “Options” tab, uncheck the Start Time and Stop Time boxes, and click “OK”. This is to make sure that your iPhone will be able to play the original song as well.
  7. Drag the new song file onto your computer desktop, then delete it from your iTunes library. Rename the file extension on your desktop to ‘.m4r’
  8. Double click on the icon on your desktop and iPhone will recognize it as a ringtone and import it directly to your ringtones folder.
  9. Sync your iPhone with iTunes.
  10. When your iPhone sync is complete, go to Settings » Sounds » Ringtone on your iPhone. You should find your new ringtone listed above the default iphone ringtones, in a new list named “Custom”.

That’s it. Enjoy your new and free iphone ringtone.