Downloads:

Fission - http://www.rogueamoeba.com/fission/index.php
MakeiPhoneRingtone - http://www.rogueamoeba.com/freebies/
iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes

Please note that Fission is not freeware, but it is the greatest loose-less audio editor that I have ever used, so I really recommend purchasing it from these guys. You might use any other audio editors to trim your MP3 or AAC file such as Audacity which I’m not really familiar with.

1. First fire up Fission and open the .mp3 or .aac file that you would like to edit.

2. On the top part of the window click right below the sound graph until you get a yellow triangle this is going to be your starting point so drag this triangle over to where you want your ringtone to start.

3. Drag the other triangle to where you want your ringtone to end (Max. 40secs)

4. Click on crop and go ahead and click on File/ Save As. Save the file to your desktop.

5a. If you have an mp3 file skip to step 6

5b. If the file is an .aac file you are ready to open up MakeiPhoneRingtone and drag the edited file to that window to have it added to your iTunes Ringtones Library. You are done

6. If you have an MP3 file drag it over to your iTunes library, click on View/ View Options and Select “Kind” Click “OK”

7. Search for the file that you just added to the library it might be easier to sort by time and look for the 30-40 seconds file. Right Click the file and select Convert Selection to AAC. File is going to convert and you are going to have two files with the same name. (One MP3 and one AAC)

8. If you like you can delete the MP3 from your iTunes library. Drag the AAC file from your iTunes library onto your desktop to make a copy of it. You can now get rid of the AAC file on your iTunes library since we have a copy on the desktop.

9. Open up MakeiPhoneRingtone and drag the AAC file that we drug out of the iTunes library window into the MakeiPhoneRingtone and the ringtone is going to come up on your Ringtones Library. You are done..

Please comment if you find an easier way of doing this. This is the method I currently use to make my own ringtones without having to buy iToner.

Thanks to http://jvmacos.blogspot.com/2008/02/how-to-create-iphone-ringtones-mac-os-x.html

Posted on February 20th, 2008 by admin
Filed under: iPhone Ringtone, iPhone Tips