How to make your own custom Ringtones for the iPhone

So, the wonderful magic elves at apple plugged a special workaround for the solution of paying 99¢ for ringtones. all you need is a Mac with Garage band, an 1/8 inch computer speaker cord, and everything that came with your iPhone.
Here's a little walk through.
1. If you haven't already, activate your iphone and
connect it to your Mac through the dock that comes with your iphone.
This is important, your phone must be connected to the dock!

2. Connect the power cord (the white one that works with ipods) into the back of the dock. The other end connects to the USB connection on your Mac.

3. The speaker cord (black and green in this picture) connects to your dock, and into the INPUT jack on your computer, shown to the right.

Alright, you're ready to make your first ringtone! For this example, I'm going to use 'Pride and Joy' by SRV.

4. Upload the song to your iPhone via iTunes.
5. Open Garage band and start a new Project. SAVE!
7. Select "real instrument track", and set your input source to "Stereo 1/2 (Built-in Audio)". If you've followed the instructions correctly, this will let Garage Band record music straight from your iPhone, without the loss of sound quality. This is the key to getting garage band to record your ringtones.
Make sure that you have the metronome turned off: Control > Metronome (command + U)

8. Select your song on your iPhone.
9. Begin recording, then play about 30-40 seconds of your song.

when you're done garage band should look like this:


you can have the beginning fade in and out if you're Garage Band savvy. Make sure and Loop the section that you want to use for your ring tone.


10. Save the file one more time, then click: Share > Send Ringtone to iTunes.




Sync your iPhone with iTunes and you're ready to amaze your friends with this amazing loophole.

Thanks for Reading!