Rogue Amoeba releases free Ringtone Maker

Today brings a lovely treat from Rogue Amoeba, the makers of Audio Hijack Pro and Fission. They've posted MakeiPhoneRingtone, a free utility that converts any AAC file into an iTunes ~~7.4.2~~7.4.1-compatible Ringtone. Drop the file onto its window and a second or two later, it appears in iTunes as a new ringtone. No file renaming, no special tricks. It just worked. I synced it over to my iPhone without any snags.

Of course, Rogue Amoeba hopes that you'll use its Fission editor to make those ringtones. If you're like me and prefer non-music-ringtones, its Audio Hijack Pro may be a better choice for recording sounds like a knock on the door or the most annoying ringtone ever made.

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Anthony DellArio

Awesome! Ratatat, Tycho, and We Are Scientists will now greet me.

September 14 2007 at 5:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

flooie

works great for me.... love audio hijack and now i love rogue amoeba

September 13 2007 at 10:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Macskeeball

Update: the "most annoying ringtone" link works for me now.

September 12 2007 at 1:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

PoS

when I drag ANY aac file to the app, I the following message:
An error occurred while processing "Import".
Error: Couldn't open.

Anyone have any ideas?

September 12 2007 at 10:30 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

I just accidently stumbled upon an awesome tip. If you use an UNREGISTERED version of Fission, it will only save your files faded in and out. They mean for this to be a limitation that will compel you to buy the software, however it creates PERFECT ringtones. I picked a couple good techno tracks, and the way it fades in and out seriously makes the coolest ringtone effect.

This makes it sound way better than the crappy ringtones from the carriers. They just turn the music on and off which sounds horrible. Fading the sounds in and out is smooths it out and makes it much more appealing.

So, if you want make a good ringtone get Fission and use this tool. But dont register it or you'll lose this awesome fade in / fade out effect!

September 12 2007 at 4:40 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

jsmcalees

I can't drop the ACC file into this program, it does not do anything. Any advice?

September 11 2007 at 9:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Macskeeball

Erica, your "most annoying ringtone" doesn't load for me.

September 11 2007 at 9:48 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

niclet

I love Rogue Amoeba!

September 11 2007 at 8:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

frank

@ #12: that's not exactly it, but you get the idea. best ringtone EVAR!

September 11 2007 at 7:41 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Aaron G.

#11, this may not be the file you were originally looking for but if it sounded anything like this video, I'd have to agree that that is one of the worst things I've ever heard: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SU44KwIfBXM

September 11 2007 at 6:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply