There are a few different ways to create ringtones for your brand new, shiny iPhone. While some bystanders might find the playing of your favorite song annoying, it can quickly inform you to exactly who is calling without taking the phone out of your pocket, purse, or man-bag. For instance whenever Clint Ecker hears the song Gin and Juice, he knows that that it's Ars Technica's Managing Editor Eric Bangeman on the other end, and he can ignore the call accordingly.
The Apple Blog offers a way of creating ringtones sans Garage Band or any other third-party software, and all it requires is an up-to-date copy of iTunes and a little time. It uses the start-stop time feature in the audio file's Get Info area, and requires you to cut the track down to the specific 30 seconds you desire. After that, you just convert the clip to AAC, drop it on your desktop, delete the file from iTunes, change the extension to .m4a or m4r, and then drop it back into iTunes. It's not the easiest process, but at least it is free.
Of course, there are more methods of doing this for free in addition to third-party applications that automate the process for a price. Either way, it's cheaper than paying Apple almost $2 a pop.Original here
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