Make Custom iPhone Ringtones with iTunes

We can buy ringtones in the iTunes, but we prefer making a custom one for iPhone because of too much audio source that cannot get from the shop. For example, the recorded audios, extracted from YouTube, or ripped from CD. This article is about how to make custom iPhone ringtone with iTunes.

Note 1: making ringtones for iPhone with iTunes is very simple. It's about few seconds on average;
2. it's completely free and no third party software involved.

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How to Make Ringtone for iPhone with iTunes

• Open iTunes. It is recommended to update it to the latest version.
• If your source audio (prepared for making the tone) is already in the iTunes library, then go view it through iTunes > Library > Music. (If it is in somewhere else, then put it into iTunes first)
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  Create Ringtone for iPhone with iTunes 1

• Right-click the song and click Get Info:
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  Make iPhone Ringtone with iTunes 2

• Option > Set the Start Time and Stop Time. You should note that iPhone default ringtone for message must be shorter than 20 seconds and 40 seconds for the phone call. So make sure the entire length of your ringtone must be shorter than 40sec. After set it up, click OK.
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  Set the Start and End Ringtone Time in iTunes

• Now you can check your iPhone ringtone in iTunes Tones table:
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  Your Custom iPhone Ringtone Is Ready in iTunes

The Bottom Line

Tips: so far iTunes only supports making *.m4a (AAC) audio to ringtones for iPhone. But with Phonetrans Pro Version, you can free create iPhone ringtones from any audio format source, including wma, ra/rm, mp3, m4p, etc.