In this article, you’ll learn how to make ringtone without iTunes 🔔 for your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. We will be using ‘GarageBand’ app, which is Apple’s official ✅ free app in the App Store. The GarageBand layout has been updated with iOS 13 & iOS 14 and this article is also updated for the respective changes ✌🏼 and will help you to make ringtone without iTunes. So, read this article for step-by-step tutorial on how to make ringtone without iTunes 🔔 and make your dream ringtone ❤️. In my previous article I explained how to copy Music from iTunes to iPhone manually. In case you missed that article, 👉🏼 CLICK HERE to read it.

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» WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR MAKING RINGTONE WITHOUT iTUNES? 🤷🏻‍♂️

🤔 You’ll need Apple’s free app, GarageBand which you can download from the App Store by clicking on the link given below.

Apple’s official link for downloading GarageBand App:

👉🏼 GarageBand App Store Link

🤔 And you need a song in your Music Library 🎸 (which you might have synced to your iPhone using iTunes). OR you can add song to your iPhone from your computer using this 👉🏼 YouTube Tutorial. 👉🏼 CLICK HERE to watch the tutorial.

Please note that, this method will not work ❌ with DRM protected songs. Basically DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected songs are those songs that you purchase on Apple Music 😢 or similar Music Streaming services. Apple doesn’t allow converting these songs into ringtone due piracy issues. But I have made a separate YouTube tutorial which will allow you to set any song from internet as your ringtone. 👉🏼 CLICK HERE to watch that YouTube tutorial and If you don’t have any song on your iPhone, this YouTube tutorial will definitely help.

Now to make to make ringtone for iPhone using this article, you need to have a local copy of the song which you can sync using iTunes to your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. If you face any issue while copying music from iTunes to iPhone, 👉🏼 CLICK HERE to watch my YouTube video where I’ve explained about copying music manually from iTunes to iPhone.

This ringtone making process does not involve a Computer or iTunes at all and the entire ringtone or text tone creation process can be completed directly on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

So now, if you’re ready with these things, let’s proceed!

» HOW TO MAKE RINGTONE WITHOUT iTUNES? 🙆🏻‍♂️

STEP 1: Once you’ve downloaded the GarageBand app from the App Store, launch it on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch.

The app layout should look something like this. 👇🏼

STEP 2: Now, you need to Tap + SIGN at the top right hand corner.

STEP 3: Then you should select AUDIO RECORDER.

STEP 4: Now here, tap on the 3 broken lines at the top left hand corner.

STEP 5: On this section, to avoid annoying sound in your ringtone tap on this blue triangle.

STEP 6: Now, tap the [+] BUTTON at the top right hand corner.

STEP 7: New menu will appear. Tap on SECTION A.

Now, Make sure this toggle is off on the right hand side corner.

STEP 8: Now change the number to 12 by tapping the up arrow.

(Note: If this value is more than 12, it’ll trim your ringtone automatically. So make sure it is 12 or less than that) 🙆🏻‍♂️

This is how it should look after setting that number to 12. This will give you ringtone length of approx. 30 seconds. You can not set ringtone longer than that. So, keep this number 12.

STEP 9: And then tap on DONE on the top right corner to close this section and proceed for making ringtone.

STEP 10: And then click on the CIRCULAR LOOP icon at the top right hand corner.

STEP 11: Now here, select the MUSIC tab. If you can’t find MUSIC option, checkout 👉🏼 THIS VIDEO for making ringtone in different way. This will definitely help.

STEP 12: Tap one of the options from ARTISTS, SONGS, PLAYLISTS etc. (I prefer SONGS)

STEP 13: Now, select the song of your choice to convert it into a ringtone.

STEP 14: You want to tap & hold this song and drag onto the empty section in GarageBand.

STEP 15: Use handles to select your favourite part of the song. Cut and Remove the unwanted part. (You can tap the song for various options like cut, copy, delete etc.)

You can checkout 👉🏼 THIS YOUTUBE TUTORIAL to learn more about editing your ringtone in GarageBand.

STEP 16: Swipe Right from the left edge of the screen and set the volume level high using slider and then swipe left to close this volume slider option.

STEP 17: Once you’re happy with your selection and editing the song, go and select the INVERTED TRIANGLE icon on the top left hand corner and tap on MY SONGS.

Now you’re back to Files App like layout. Here you will see 2 different sections at the bottom, Recents and Browse.

If you’re on Recents section, you will find your file but there is no other option to proceed further, Hence, you need to Long Press on My Song to proceed further. Select Share option to proceed for making ringtone after that.

But, my preferred option to proceed further is Browse section. So let me show you how to make ringtone without iTunes using this Browse section.

STEP 18: So, click the SELECT option at the top right hand corner

STEP 19: And select MY SONG.

(Select the song that you’ve just created. The default name is MY SONG which we’ll rename in the next steps).

STEP 20: Now tap the SHARE BUTTON at the left bottom of the screen.

STEP 21: A menu will appear. Select RINGTONE here.

If it gives warning, don’t panic, you just need to select CONTINUE.

STEP 22: Now, rename ringtone as per your choice. (Preferably put the original song name)

STEP 23: After this, click the Done button on the keyboard.

STEP 24: Now you want to click EXPORT button on the top right corner.

STEP 25: This should show new Pop-up window. Select Use sound as...

STEP 26: Now select Standard Ringtone option.

STEP 27: Now hit Done on the top right corner.

That’s all! Your ringtone is ready. ❤️ You have successfully made ringtone without iTunes. ✌🏼

Now head over to SETTINGS > SOUNDS & HAPTICS > RINGTONES on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Here, you will find your new ringtone. You can select and set your new Ringtone for call alerts from this section.

Now you have learned how to make ringtone without iTunes for iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. 😅

You can create text alerts using this same method as you’ve learned how to make ringtone without iTunes. Just make sure that ringtone length is less than 8 seconds that means the number in GarageBand Section A, needs to be 4.

So, make and enjoy 🕺🏻💃🏻 your new ringtone without iTunes for iPhone [using GarageBand] and using these simple steps.

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» VIDEO TRANSCRIPTION 🔖

• INTRODUCTION

Hello Friends! Welcome back to AppleFrendly! Today I’ll show you how you can make Ringtone without iTunes and once you understand this procedure you will be able to make ringtones in less than a couple of minutes. So, without further ADO, let’s get started.

• HOW TO MAKE RINGTONE WITHOUT iTUNES

So first of all, go to App Store and download this free app GarageBand. The links are there in the description. I’ve already downloaded it, so let me just tap ‘Open’ There you go.

Now select this ‘Audio Recorder’ Now tap this 3 little dots at top left corner. Now go to the top right corner, and tap this little + sign. Tap ‘Section A’ and here, as you can see ‘8’ is written, we have to make it ‘30’ Just tap and make it ‘30’ That’s it. So let me just go back. And here I’ll just tap outside so that I close that menu. And now go to the top right corner and tap this little Loop. Now here, tap ‘Music’ Now as you can see, you’ve different options to select a song like ‘Albums, Artists Genres, Playlists and Songs’. So let me just tap ‘Playlists’ and tap ‘Recently Added’ And now I’ll select ‘Cheap Thrills’ So just tap, hold and drag over the section.

Now it is importing song into GarageBand. Now it is loading your song, so let it load. And now you can tap the song to select it and you can use handles to decide the start and end point of the song. Also you can tap and hold and move this song along this length. You can use this ‘Play’ button to listen to your song so that you can decide the start and end point of the song. You can just play it and tap it to stop the song. So let me take this as my start point. So there I adjust using handles and now I’ll move the song and now I will move the end part. Now once you are done, tap this inverted triangle button and now tap my songs.

• SETTING RINGTONE

First you tap this select on top right corner and then tap My Song. Now, tap on this share sheet at top left corner. Now this popup menu appears. Select Ringtone. This will give you this warning, just tap Continue. And now, just tap this is My Song and give this song a name. I’ll call this ringtone just a New Ringtone. That’s it. Now just tap Done and tap Export. Now tap this OK and finally tap Done at top right corner. That’s it. We’ve completed creating our Ringtone. Now let’s open Settings and see where is our New Ringtone.

• FINDING RINGTONE IN SETTINGS

So, launch your Settings, scroll down, tap Sounds, then scroll down again and tap Ringtone. Under ringtone section, you’ll find your New Ringtone. And as you can see, this is the new ringtone that we’ve just created. So, that’s how easy it is to create ringtones using GarageBand. It hardly takes couple of minutes once you understand the complete procedure.

• THANKING NOTE

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