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for technically savvy, the quick and dirty. navigate to the song you want to alter in itunes. resave/code it as a .acc, altering the start time to your desired start time, and end time to your desired end time – *it must be 30 seconds or under. resave the extension from .m4a to .m4r play it in itunes so it recognizes it, plug in your iphone and sync the ringtone. rinse and repeat.

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maybe you have an iphone.  maybe it upsets you that you are supposed to buy ringtones for $1.29 of songs you own. maybe you know how to turn a computer on and how to find a file on your computer.  maybe i have a free solution for you.  maybe this is it…

this is a step by step tutorial of how to convert an mp3 (or m4a) to an iphone ringtone for free using windows software.  easy answer for mac users also below.  you’ll find all you need to know, pretty pictures, words (if you are a fan of reading) and a youtube video too at the bottom.   all you need is a song and itunes.  if you you don’t have itunes, you can find a link to it on the previous post.  (if you don’t have itunes, i’m not really sure how you’re managing your iphone)  also, don’t believe everything you read.  you don’t need audacity or third party (not free!) software or anything else.  if you love to use other audio editing software, you can use that to find the perfect 30 seconds, make mixes, whatever.  your call…

without further adieu, step by step directions (if you automatically encode to acc/m4a [itunes default] skip to step 3 after opening itunes):

1 – open itunes – yah, that’s right.  a necessity.

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2 – find 30 or less awesome seconds – right click a song, click GET INFO, then PROPERTIES, and set the start stop time.

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3 – import settings – gotta change them to acc.  that’s up at the top in PREFERENCES –> GENERAL – IMPORT SETTINGS (middle right – see below, click to enlarge)

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4 – right click to encode mp3 as acc (aka m4a) by clicking CREATE ACC VERSION

4 – option b – click ADVANCED menu up at the top and click on CREATE ACC VERSION

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5 – find file in windows explorer (make sure to show file extension) –  you should be able to right click on the new file, click OPEN IN WINDOWS EXPLORER and call it a day.  if not, navigate to where the new file has been created (it will be in the same folder as the parent file, which unless you changed it will be in MY DOCUMENTS –> MY MUSIC –> ITUNES –> ITUNES MUSIC –> ARTIST –> ALBUM) now for the file extension… click TOOLS in the menu, FOLDER OPTIONS go to VIEW and UNCLICK!! HIDE EXTENSIONS FOR KNOWN FILES.

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6 – convert m4a to m4r – that was the hard part above –  rename the file extension from m4a to m4r (as in hit backspace once to make the A disappear and hit the R – between the E and T :)

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7 – double click the file –  that will open it again in itunes, and itunes will recognize it as a ringtone.  then plug in your iphone, sync the ringtone, and enjoy. (ps.  don’t forget to go back to your original song and change the start/stop time back to normal)

\/ youtube video tutorial of conversion of mp3 to get iphone ringtone so you can diy for free. \/

oh, and for you mac users… umm… basically… in a picture \/

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