Say goodbye to having to pay iTunes 99 cents to get ringtones for your iPhone. This is a thing of the past. Today, you can use Apples GarageBand, to create your own iPhone ringtones. You can also use programs designed for creating ringtones from your favorite media files.

There are two types of files that can be used as a iPhone ringtones. Music files are a great source of ringtones. Also, movie soundtracks can be used as well. You can also things in your life like your child saying “Daddy, your phone is ringing.” There’s no end to your options.

It seems that everyone wants an iPhone. They have so many great features and among those features, ringtones seem at the top of the list. iPhone users want to set ringtones for each of their contacts; this means that when a specific contact, a ringtone matched to him will ring.

If your father is a big country music fan, you can have one of his favorite songs as a ringtone for when he calls you. You might have a brother-in-law who is a big football fan, so you can set up the NFL tune for him. You can, for example, have the Married with Children theme song play for your sister and her family if they remind you of them. Get creative with them and have some fun.

Create iPhone ringtones 1 of 2 ways. This first way has 16 steps and it involves Apple’s GarageBand.

1) Launch both iTunes and GarageBand.

2) In iTunes, select the tune that you want to grab.

3) Within your GarageBand, select “File”, then “New”.

4) Within GarageBand, it shows a timeline of a single track. Delete that track. (To do this, click the track and select “Delete Track” from “Track” menu.

5) You’ll need to drag and drop the song from iTunes to GarageBand. You’ll see it’s quickly imported.

6) Scroll thru the song in GarageBand. Then select the 30 second segment you want to be your new iPhone ringtone.

7) Now you need to remove all the music ahead of where you want your ringtone to start. First click the track. Then click on “Split” from the “Edit” menu at the top. This will separate the track where you have your mouse located. Unselect the track and click on the segment you’d like to delete. Press delete. Repeat for the end of the ringtone.

9) Pull the start of the ringtone to the far left of the track timeline.

10) Just before the clip begins, drag the volume line down to zero volume. This will create an end point.

11) Do the same for the end of the ringtone. This creates a fading for the beginning and end of the ringtone so it sounds smooth when played.

12) Time to preview. Play it. Does it sound good? If so, save it.

13) Next, let’s turn the cycle region on and off. This is at the bottom section of the GarageBand window. The button you want is on the far right; it looks like a set of arrows.

14) Then a yellow line will appear just above the track. Using your mouse, click and yank the right side of the line. It should go all throughout your ringtone. Then save it again.

15) Click “Share”, then “Send Ringtone to iTunes.” This will convert to the right format and send it to iTunes.

16) Sync your iPhone and your ringtone will be copied for you.

I know this seems hard. If you’d like something easier, check out PocketMac RingtoneStudio for iPhone. It handles everything for you.

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