Related: How to change the tempo in GarageBandġ0) So by now, your editing timeline has the song edited into its desired length as the ringtone. Or, preferably, you could also just stretch the right end of the song to increase the length of the ringtone and fill the gap. Don’t decrease it too much, or else it will reduce the length of the ringtone.
Make sure the audio clip is positioned from the beginning of the timeline and is not somewhere in the middle or has an empty part on the left side.ĩ) If you see any empty area on the right, tap the tiny plus icon > Section A and reduce the number next to Manual by one or two points, as appropriate. If you ever make a wrong move, tap the curved undo arrow from the top-right.Ĩ) Play around until you have the part of the song you wish to keep. You can also drag the two ends of the song to remove the remaining parts. You can repeat this to remove unnecessary parts. Repeat this until you get to the part of the song you wish to use.ħ) Optional: Move the head to the desired position, tap the song, choose Split, and drag the scissors down to divide the audio clip. After that, drag the right end of the song to extend it and see the remaining part of the song (third image below). Next, drag the whole song left to reposition it to the starting of the editing timeline (second image below). Now, drag the left end of the song to cut the starting portion out (first image below). To do that, tap the audio clip, and you’ll see a white border across it. If it’s more than 30 seconds, GarageBand will automatically adjust it to 30 seconds when you export it as the ringtone (step 13 below).Ħ) Suppose you wish to pick 20 seconds from the middle of the song. To increase it to 30 seconds (the maximum length of a ringtone), increase 8 bars to 11 or 12 bars. Since your goal is just to create a short ringtone, edit it as shown in the next step. But it can stretch the timeline and become a pain.
To import the full song, you can tap the tiny plus icon ( +) > Section A and enable Automatic. Tap the blue triangle icon to turn off the tik-tok sound of the metronome.ĥ) Most likely, the imported song will be cut short to about 20 seconds. Note: Anytime you like, drag the head (a vertical line with a pentagon at the top) to the desired position and tap the triangle play button to preview. After that, you’ll only have the song on this editing screen. Even if there is no recording, tap the instrument and choose Delete to remove it. Note: After the song is in the editing timeline, tap the instrument icon from the top left and tap Delete to remove the unnecessary recording you made in step 2. After you find the song, touch it and drag it left onto the editing timeline. You’re now on the editing screen.Ĥ) Tap the loop icon from the top right and locate your song in the Files or Music app. Now, follow step 3.ģ) Tap the icon that looks like a brick wall. After that, tap the green triangle icon to stop. If you don’t see that icon, tap the red circle button and play the instrument for a couple of seconds. Go through the welcome screens and tap any instrument like Keyboard.Ģ) If you see the brick wall icon showed in step 3 below, tap that and skip this step.
Here’s how to convert any song as a ringtone on iPhone without a computer:ġ) Download Apple’s GarageBand for free from the App Store and open it.
How to turn a song into your iPhone ringtone
Now that your music is in order, let’s help you create a ringtone with it. To do that, open the Voice Memos app > tap a recording > three dots icon > Save to Files > pick any location > Save. If you wish to use your voice recording as a ringtone, make sure it’s added to the Files app. Plus, making ringtones from third-party apps like Spotify, YouTube Music, Amazon Music is out of the question as well. You can’t create ringtones from downloaded Apple Music songs as they have Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection.