Creating ringtones in iTunes 12

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Creating ringtones in iTunes 12

First of all, I've tried to find this answer, but I can find nothing recent. I have iTunes 12 (12.5.4.42, precisely), an iPhone 4, and Windows 10. I am trying to create a ringtone from a CD that I own. So far, everything I've tried is clearly for some other combination - the closest I was able to come placed an m4r version of the song in "Tones", but ignored my 17 second cut and saved the entire 3-minute-plus song. Can someone please give me step-by step instructions using the latest version of iTunes and my own CD on how I can make a ringtone for my iPhone. Assume I'm an idiot. (I'm 64 years old, so, from a technology aspect, that's probably not too far off.) Thank you!

Windows 10

Posted on Jan 7, 2017 2:37 PM

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Answer 1

cjahn50

Level 4

2,083 points

Jan 7, 2017 6:17 PM in response to Acoustic Words

Assuming the song is available in iTunes:

1. Right click on the song and click Get Info.

2. Click the Options tab.

3. Select the start and end times for your tone. No more than 40 seconds.

4. Click OK.

5. From the File menu, click Convert > Create ACC version.

6.There will be 2 versions of the song - The 'normal' version and the newly created 'tone' version.

7. Right click the tone version and select Show in Windows explorer.

8. Rename the tone version to songname.m4r

9. Either copy and paste or cut and paste the tone to the Automatically Added to iTunes folder under c:\username\MyMusic\iTunes\iTunes Media.

When you open Tunes, you should see your newly created tone. If you did a copy/paste, you can delete the tone from the Album > Artist folder if you want.

Hope this helps!

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Answer 2

Jan 7, 2017 6:17 PM in response to cjahn50

Well, it worked as far as getting the new ringtone into iTunes in the "Tones" folder. I now have the ringtone I wanted in iTunes, so thank you for that (I think what was hanging me up was step 5 - somehow, the instructions I was following never made that clear).

The problem I'm having now is downloading it to my iPhone. When I connect the phone to the computer, it doesn't sync with iTunes. It never shows up in the list of devices. If you have any wisdom to share in this capacity, I would appreciate that, as well. (Once again, I have an iPhone 4 with iOS 7, and am using Windows 10 on my computer).

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Answer 3

JodiGirl

Level 1

8 points

Nov 21, 2017 5:04 AM in response to cjahn50

Hi cjahn50 or anyone else

Great advice, I managed to get as far as step 9, but I am unable to past move or copy anything into the 'Automatically Added to iTunes folder under c:\username\MyMusic\iTunes\iTunes Media.' and each time I try, the tone file renames itself.

My Device Tone folder on my phone remains empty no matter how many times I sync...

I have Windows 10 and an iPhone7s.

any advice?

Thanks in advance

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Answer 4

JodiGirl

Level 1

8 points

Nov 21, 2017 1:39 PM in response to turingtest2

Although your instructions are very helpful and easy to follow, I still can't drag items to my Tones folder, it moves as a 'link'. The dragging into Upload to iTunes folder doesn't work either, so I assume I have updated my software.

How does one see if a BTTray.exe is present? and then how do you disable it?

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