TUAW Gallery: iPhone Ringtones in Action

I created two ringtones on iTunes this morning just to see what they would sound like. One big problem: there's no apparent way to adjust the volume when you use the iTunes ringtone editor. One ringtone would up being way too loud, such that it sounds distorted when it plays on the phone. The other is so quiet (even though the song itself is very audible) that I can't hear it unless the phone volume is turned all the way up, which makes all the other phone sounds too loud. The iTunes editor is easy to use, but the result isn't very good.

Re: Mike

You might wanna look a little closer before you start complaining . When you bring up view options in your music lib (CMD+J) Ringtones is a selectable option to add or remove.

See posted image.
http://tinyurl.com/yozzv2

Any chance I'll be able to purchase ringtones that AREN'T music based. Little annoys me more than being forced to listen to someone elses awful taste in music when a phone rigns in public. I fully realize that my musical preferences may not be shared by many, and therefore choose to be considerate regarding my level of audible obnoxiousness.

Completely stupid question. I'm guessing that the ringtones created are only for the iPhone? So I can't put the ringtone on my verizon phone? I know, stupid, but had to ask.

Wow, this is some pretty crappy implementation on Apple's part. You plug your iPhone in and the Ringtones column appears in your music library, but nowhere else! On top of that, there doesn't seem to be anyway to remove it (at least, it's not on the checklist of columns you get when you press CMD+J). I don't want this column in my music library, as more than 90% of my music is not from iTunes. I would much rather prefer to have it in my Purchased playlist, as those are the only songs that even stand a chance of having a ringtone option!

Never mind. You first have to click on the iTunes store and let it load, and then the ringtone option will be there.

I have the most latest version of iTunes and I do not have an option to view the ringtones column. I checked and there aren't any iTunes updates. Where do I find this option?

Here's a freebie for adding AAC files automatically so you don't have to all the manual changing and such. Haven't tested it.

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/utm/posts/Article/MakeiPhoneRingtone-2007-09-11-09-00.html

Jersey, it looked that way for me at the start too. Give it some time. I think it goes through all your tracks and checks in the background.

I must be a loser ..... as none of the songs I've ever purchased are ringtone-able.