Ringtones to the Iphone by Garage Band

It couldn't be easier.

If you just want to use an mp3 or acc file just launch garage band.

Create a new song and drag in the file you want to use.

On the menu select Share > Send Ringtone to iTunes.

If the file is longer than 40 seconds you'll see a message telling you so and be given the option to select a section.

Have a look at the top of the Garage band window and you'll see a yellow marker in the ruler, just move this around and shorten it until you find a section you like.

Now "Share > Send Ringtone to itunes" again.

Sync this new ringtone to your iPhone with iTunes.

If you're using acc or mp3s make sure you have the right to use them first of course.

You could also use GarageBand to create your own custom ringtones.

The garageband feature was intened for original content only.

Message was edited by: Ansuz82

You can. Just drag them into Garageband. As long as they are not DRM's/Copy protected.

Unless they are recent downloads or you paid the extra fee for the DRM free files, the music downloaded from iTunes is in a DRM protected ACC format.

Many people have music from other sources than itunes. itunes can contain MP3s or AAC formats that are not copy protected.

I have purchased music thru iTunes that are AAC locked that can't be make into a ringtone.

You also must have garage band 4.1.1 which is only part of iLife'08 and GB can't be upgraded to 4.1.1 with iLife'06 or older.

Um, you can make ringtones without garageband. You need a 40 second or less AAC sound clip. change the extension to .m4r and drop in your ringtone folder on itunes. it will sync to your phone.

Most iTunes songs are in copy protected acc file format which you can't use in GarageBand. The exeption to this is iTunes+ which are higher quality and unprotected. They are however copyrighted and so you still not authorised to use them as ringtones.

Um, yes but he has garageband and how are you cutting the tune down to 40 seconds? Garage band makes it very easy.

"....They are however copyrighted and so you still not authorised to use them as ringtones. ....."

This is a point of dispute. Users have the concept of fair use. However it has been ruled that a ringtone is NOT a derivative work.

Some people will bleat that a ring tone played in public needs a performance right. In any case even if you buy an "official" ring tone, the provider is not providing a license for public performance.

For years people have played music on Ghetto blasters.

In the end some one is going to sue someone and the limits of fair use will be defined. But at the moment there is no hard and fast answer.

quote Goshia...
+You also must have garage band 4.1.1 which is only part of iLife'08 and GB can't be upgraded to 4.1.1 with iLife'06 or older.+

Not true... i use GB 3.0.5 and have made numerous ringtones! A little more work than in 4.1.1 but not hard!

Kevin Brown2 wrote:
This is a point of dispute. Users have the concept of fair use. However it has been ruled that a ringtone is NOT a derivative work.

Right. However this ruling doesn't allow users to use their songs as ringtones. It simply means that the record labels that hold the master recording copyrights do not have to pay the artists additional royalties for the ringtone.

Some people will bleat that a ring tone played in public needs a performance right. In any case even if you buy an "official" ring tone, the provider is not providing a license for public performance.

The crux of the problem is that fair use has never been clearly defined in law. Some companies take a very liberal stance when it comes to the fair use restrictions and ringtones. Apple can't take such a liberal view since it would upset the record labels that their online store serves as a vendor for.

The current legal opinion is that ringtones are not covered under the "fair use" license you acquire when you purchase a song/album. Since it has yet to be tested in court, though, its still just opinion.

For years people have played music on Ghetto blasters.

Trust me, the RIAA would love to charge those guys public performance royalites. There's just no way to track it.