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Ringtonator Studio makes ringtones from any QT format

by Mike Schramm Sep 22nd 2007 at 8:00AM

We wrote about Ringtonator a while back, reader Joe's GUI program that used Cleverboy's hack to make ringtones. At the time, we were looking for a program that didn't require AAC, where you could pull any mp3 out and turn it into an official ringtone on iTunes. Then 7.4.2 hit, and we had bigger problems with ringtones than just converting them from mp3.

But now, Joe's sent us his new version, called Ringtonator Studio, and he tells us that not only will it accept any Quicktime formats, but it will also let you crop your tunes, and then translate them directly into ringtones. And, he says over on his blog, it will work with iTunes 7.4.2. That's probably a YMMV thing, but if you're really frustrated that you haven't found a way to get around Apple's lockout, it's worth a try.

And no guarantee, of course, that any ringtones made won't disappear with 7.4.3. But kudos to Joe for putting this all together, and doing his part in the fight to give us control over our ringtones.

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Blake

yeah, i have tunes 4.2, and i downldd ringtonator 1.5, which is studio, but it still just put the songs into my library. ill try some other ringtone hacks and get back to ya'll.

September 26 2007 at 11:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melissa Anelli

7.4.2, not 7.4.3, as 7.4.3 isn't out yet.

September 23 2007 at 8:29 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Melissa Anelli

This works if you have 7.4.3, Ringtonator, and iToner. I took the files made in Rintonator and dragged them into iToner, and voila, ringtones!

September 23 2007 at 8:28 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
leviar

On the dev-blog:

admin Said,
September 22, 2007 @ 9:36 pm

Go to http://iphonexe.com/app.php?id=70 to grab the latest version (as stated above ).

Looks like 7.4.2 squashed this one, if you have 7.4.1 it still works, rename the .m4r to .m4a before you drag into iTunes though.

September 23 2007 at 1:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
schlarb

glad to see Funkadelic represented in that screenshot!

September 22 2007 at 6:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Bill Mac

Yeah, You only get 1.2. Anyone know a link to get 1.5?

September 22 2007 at 5:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
tim

it seems that their download link still goes to v1.2 and not v1.5

September 22 2007 at 2:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe Maller

We got this far using the existing hacks. The files appear to be copied to the iPhone, they show under the iTunes iPhone Ringtones listing, but they don't appear in the iTunes Ringtones tab and aren't available on the phone. I'm doing all my testing on an un-hacked iPhone.

I'm hoping to try some more stuff this weekend, but I'm starting to fear the block is something internal to iTunes and might require hacking the iTunes Library files.

September 22 2007 at 12:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dov

Same here, goes into library, but not on iPhone.

September 22 2007 at 12:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Spencer

Agreed... nice product but when I put the .m4r in my library it is not recognized as a ringtone that can be sync'd. Any suggestions?

September 22 2007 at 12:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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