Garageband ringtone creation. How to create a ringtone on iPhone in GarageBand

Yes, it's possible.

iPhones are not uncommon today. As soon as a familiar melody is heard in a room where several people are present, all owners of an Apple smartphone grab their pockets. “No, it wasn’t mine”...

Let's figure out how to make a unique ringtone from any song you like without unnecessary dancing using a signature Apple apps GarageBand and the standard iTunes player.

Note: Please note that you can only cut a track that does not have DRM protection installed. This means that those purchased from the iTunes Store and downloaded from Apple Music songs won't do. To install, you need a track that is not tied to Apple services.

The entire operation of creating a ringtone will take no more than 3–4 minutes, and the created sound clip will be available in the “native” settings of the iOS device without additional applications.

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How to Create a Ringtone in GarageBand

The GarageBand application is the real pride of Apple. You can write music on the go, with only headphones and an iOS device. Presets, timelines, tracks, mixers, add-ons, virtual instruments, patterns - all this is available in one multifunctional application.

But you can also create ringtones in GarageBand.

1. Open GarageBand and create a track with any of the instruments (drums, keys, guitar).

2. Press the REC key and record a short excerpt, then press Stop.

3. Will appear on the toolbar multi-track mode. Open it.

4. Click on the tool Loop.

5. Select the desired composition in the section Music -> Playlists. Tap and hold a song for a second until the tracks mode opens.

6. Place the composition on new track and wait for the import to finish.

To view the instructional steps, scroll through the gallery.

7. Press "+" to increase the duration of the song.

8. Set the value to 15 bars(at standard settings corresponds to a ringtone duration of 30 seconds) and press Ready. Trim the composition to the right size. Don't forget to delete the recorded instrument fragment in step 2.

9. Press the navigation key to the menu of saved projects.

11. Give the ringtone a name and press Export.

12. The created ringtone will be available in the menu Settings – Sounds – Ringtone.

How to Create a Ringtone in iTunes

To view the instructional steps, scroll through the gallery.

1. Open iTunes app and find the MP3 song you plan to set as a ringtone. Drag the song to your playlist. For requests related to storing songs, available on iCloud, select Delete and continue.

2. Listen to the song and select the exact place where you plan to start the sound of the future ringtone. Note the value in minutes and seconds.

Call context menu track and tap on the item Intelligence(alternatively, highlight the composition and press CMD + I)

3. Open the tab Options and specify the exact start and end time of the ringtone.

Please indicate the exact timing using the following calculation: 4:36.532, where 4 is the value of minutes, 36 is the value of seconds. The value of milliseconds (numbers after the decimal point) can be neglected.

4. After specifying the start and end values, click OK. Call the track context menu (click right click) and tap on the item Create an ACC version.

Open the tab Music. A duplicate of the track will appear in the list of songs, trimmed at the times you specified.

To view the instructional steps, scroll through the gallery.

5. Call the context menu of the newly created (short version) composition and click Show Finder.

The Finder file manager will open with the exact directory of the song.

6. Call the context menu of the composition (short version) and open the item Properties. In line Name and extension change the value m4a on m4r, and at the same time give a new name to the file. The file will be available in the menu under this name iPhone settings.

After making changes, click Enter and in the dialog box that opens, select Use m4r. Move the renamed track to any other folder (you can Desk).

7. Return to iTunes and remove the short song from the list by confirming Delete song – Move. Move the moved and renamed song to m4a format back to iTunes. Immediately after moving the file will disappear from the playlist.

8. In iTunes, open the tab Sounds, having previously enabled them on the panel (click on the three dots - check the box next to the item Sounds).

The created ringtone will be displayed in the category Sounds.

9. Connect your iPhone using a USB cable and sync Ringtones.

After the synchronization process is complete, disconnect your iPhone. Open Settings – Sounds – Sounds and vibration patterns. In the list you will find the ringtone you just created.

IN modern world phone is an important part of every person. Many people use iPhone not only for communication, but also for entertainment. Apple offered users a large selection of ringtones to suit every taste. The truth is that the choice offered is not always enough. Often we want to use a track from the library as a ringtone. But, as you know, make a ringtone on iPhone not so simple.

Today we will tell you how, without resorting to third party applications And paid services, make a ringtone on iPhone from any song stored in the smartphone's library. To do this you need to download from App Store proprietary audio editor Apple GarageBand. Recently, the program has become available free of charge to all users.

How to make a ringtone on iPhone from any song

Step 1: Open the GarageBand app on iPhone.

Step 2: Scroll right to the Audio Recorder section and click on the card.

Step 3: Click on the layers icon in the top left corner (third from the left on the top panel).

Step 4: Turn off the metronome (icon next to the record button).

Step 5: Click the "+" button on the right corner of the screen.

Step 6: In the drop-down window, click “Section A”, then select Section Length – Automatic.

Step 7: Click the ring icon in the upper right corner to open a window with a library of tracks on your device.

Step 8: Touch the song you are looking for with your finger and drag it to the main screen of the program.

Step 9: You have imported the entire track into the audio editor. But the song needs to be shortened, since a song lasting 30 seconds is suitable for a ringtone, and 4 seconds for short messages.

Step 10: You can reduce the length of the track in two ways: either by moving the edges of the audio line of the track (right or left), or by dividing the composition using the scissors tool. To use the scissors tool, double-click the audio strip, then click Split. Next, use scissors to cut off the desired fragment and remove unnecessary parts.

Step 14: Open the Settings section -> Sounds, tactile signals -> Ringtone and select our saved ringtone.

GarageBand turns your iPad or iPhone into a collection of musical Touch instruments and a full-scale recording studio - so you can create music anywhere. And with Live Loops, anyone can create music like a DJ. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play keyboards and guitar and create professional-sounding drum parts, even if you've never played before. Plug in an electric guitar or bass and play with classic amps and effects pedals.

Play your Touch Instrument or guitar and use the built-in microphone while recording your performance. A recording can contain up to 32 tracks. Download more free instruments, loops, and sound packs in the updated library. Play, record, and mix third-party instruments and effects in GarageBand using Audio Unit extensions in iOS 11. Share your music with friends and family.

Features of GarageBand

• Run cells or groups of cells with Live Loops.
• Start with the built-in template or create your own grid.
• Record loops directly into cells using Touch Tools.
• Use Remix FX to layer filters and repeaters like a DJ.
• Tap the record button to record your Live Loops performance.
• Play your instruments with the innovative Multi-Touch keyboard.
• Play the Alchemy synthesizer and record your performance.
• Use the beat sequencer to create grooves inspired by classic drum machines.
• Download free instruments, loops, and sound packs for GarageBand in the music library.
• Record any sounds and apply studio-quality effects.
• Recreate the iconic sound of an electric guitar or bass with virtual amplifiers.
• Record third-party music performances directly into GarageBand using Audio Unit extensions.
• Add virtual drummers to your songs, who pick up your ideas and perform realistic drum rhythms.
• Acoustic and electronic drummers and percussionists are available.
• Each drummer is capable of creating over a million different realistic rhythms and transitions.
• Control an entire string orchestra with using Smart Strings.
• Use chord strips and autoplay patterns for any keyboard instrument.
• Play chords and use patterns for your acoustic or electric Smart Guitar.
• Record, arrange and mix songs using up to 32 tracks.
• Use professional mixing effects, including a visual equalizer, bitcrusher, and overdrive.
• Write down comments or sketches of song lyrics in the built-in notepad.
• Keep songs created in GarageBand up to date on all your iOS devices With using iCloud Drive.
• Create own ringtones and notification sounds.
• Remotely add new tracks from your iPhone or iPad to a Logic Pro X project via iCloud.

The idea of ​​social interaction isn't new, but GarageBand once again stands out from the crowd. The finished track is allowed to be immediately transferred to social media() and entertainment resources ( , ) or directly transfer to a friend or acquaintance via AirDrop. If you have a copyright subscription and Apple Music Connect technology, you can expand your personal library and open access to everyone who misses high-quality sound. Well, if it’s too early to turn into a star, you can set the resulting melodies as a ringtone.

When GarageBand and iMovie hit the app store, the press was full of rave reviews. Few people can try iMovie now (official sales outside the US have not begun, and prices for “gray” iPads are still very high), but owners of a first-generation tablet can also play with GarageBand. So I asked on Twitter: Are there any readers who are truly passionate about music, and what do they think of GarageBand for iPad?

I am very grateful and grateful for all the answers. But special thanks to Leonid Kirakosyan, who spoke in detail about the disadvantages of the application. Next are his impressions. Don't forget to follow Leonid on Twitter: @kirakosyan_l

The release of the iPad 2 was accompanied by praise for new applications for the iPad, which were Garage Band and iMovie. I must say that the first one immediately aroused skepticism in me: the developers promised that the program would sense pressure, it would feature instruments, amplifiers, a sampler and other joys for musicians and beginners. So for musicians or beginners? Let's find out in a short review.

To be honest, I can’t call myself a beginner, and my main instruments are electric guitar, classical guitar and bass guitar. Of course, like any musician, I have an interest in everything that can make sounds, and therefore I distinguish a hi-hat from a kick drum and can play the “Dog Waltz” on the piano. I have very little teaching experience and can imagine how beginners react to notes, basic harmony and “ simple ways memorization." In the first section I will try to look at Garage Band through the eyes of a beginner, in the second - through the eyes of a musician, and in the third - I will summarize the above and describe the experience of creating an (un)finished composition.

Beginning

So, I opened the GarageBand I bought for $5 and immediately decided to try out Smart Guitar. By default, the “already clamped chords” mode is turned on - on each vertical there are steps of a single chord. The first thing that struck me was the major chord of the reduced VII degree of the major scale and the adjacent diminished chord of the VII degree. Minor scales generally offered something specific: major and minor “versions” of the fifth degree chord, some other reduced miracle. In Russian, Apple used unusual chords. Moreover, the chords are nothing more than tracings of open position fingerings. In Russian, the “lowest” note on the vertical is not always the main note (tonic) - the lack of logic is confusing. Fans of thieves' excesses and the repertoire of the Kino group are in shock, looking for their native C, getting Salt, shaking in nervous tension. And - go to the Autoplay function, somehow (no more than that) the guitar can play itself. I’ll say right away that a similar picture will appear before bass guitar and keyboard lovers, and what I described above are just examples of the lack of logic.

Thus, all sorts of simplified modes suffer from small flaws and features that will complicate life for beginners. The main steps are not highlighted everywhere, the chords are non-standard, and the average consumer lacks an understanding of the basics of harmony. For the first hour, you will dashingly click on Autoplay in all modes, record your hit, but then you will realize that you will not be able to realize at least some idea: Garage Band is something like one big “Create a random song” button, which at the same time It also gives the illusion of personal contribution with the help of mini-games in the spirit of 90s arcades (the screenshot shows one of the mini-games - Smart Drums)

So, my prediction: after two hours of entertainment, having really mastered the program, a beginner will be faced with the fact that something doesn’t sound, and it’s unclear how to make it sound. I want to change something so that it sounds like this, but it doesn’t work. The long-known truth – you can’t teach how to play a musical instrument – ​​appeared in all its glory.

Musician

Guitar and bass. Being a musician after all, I switched the guitar to Notes mode. 8 positions, 4 types of guitars with virtually no sound settings (no tone knobs, no pickup switch). Of course, the first thing I tried was sensitivity: Apple promised that virtual instruments would be sensitive to pressure. Perhaps the accelerometer of the first iPad does not allow this function to be revealed, and the gyroscope will correct the situation, but then it was necessary to turn off “dynamics” by default. The sound has two stages (medium and loud), which seem to decide when to enter. Terrible.

The neck of the guitar is stuck in an open position; no one will ever let you play the “tops”. Bends and vibrato are passable, but for some reason only by a semitone, the response speed is below average, the default sound is turned up to be disgusting, it’s better not to turn on effects at all. The bass guitars sound terrible - my beloved Paul McCartney has never been a model of great sound, but his "Liverpool" style is present here.

Keyboards. In general, it seems that the developers were sincerely poring over the keyboards, and were finishing the guitar in a hurry. The variety of different organs and synthesizers and their sound, working with the interface and in general everything related to keyboards leaves a pleasant impression. Same problems with dynamics, otherwise great.

Drums. The program contains just a drum kit, automatic Smart Drums and already recorded grooves. Friends, the drums were done in one day. I could end here, but I’ll describe it anyway: in the drum kit mode, the snare drum (lead drum, right?) plays quietly and sometimes produces something tolerable depending on the mood. Hitting the cymbal makes the pedal twitch nervously, and my attempt to record a shuffle ended (attention!) with GarageBand itself (!) shifting all my weak beats to strong ones. The program has a decent number of already recorded drum tracks and my blues are not lost. I'm incredibly upset that I had to resort to samples, but it can't be helped. Smart Drums introduce the already described “Create a Random Song” with the illusion of creativity. Thank you, no need.

Guitar amp. Apple courageously included a function in their program that cannot be used without accessories from third-party companies. It’s bad luck, all third-party companies have written “their own Garage Band” for their own accessories. It is unlikely that anyone will use this function. But the developers didn’t even bother to license virtual amplifiers - what should be Orange says Garage Band.

The program also has a microphone and a sampler, but I don’t think these functions are of any interest to anyone. In general, you won’t be able to play around - except to record vocals for a song.

In general, I have a hard time imagining a musician who actually uses GarageBand. He won’t play with such an application; he won’t be able to work in it.

In the picture you can see that I was not able to record all the solos in one go, I was never able to play everything cleanly and without errors. I constantly forgot that the bends here were only half-tone, the fingers fell into adjacent notes and the phrases ended in nothing.

Summary – Garage Band Blues

Waking up the morning after the release of the program, I decided to record blues using Garage Band. To be honest, I was counting on at least 3 squares, but recording the solo exhausted me so much and required so much time and effort that I limited myself to one. I wasn’t able to do turnaround either, I just looped the transition.

You will listen to the blues later, but for now you can read the blues, fortunately the picture is really sad.

In general, the program sometimes glitches and freezes. For some reason you can't cut the tracks on the left - only on the right. Rewriting occurs according to an incomprehensible logic. But these are all small and not too scary bugs that, I’m sure, will disappear very soon.

For beginners, the program is a game. A game that I suspect will quickly get boring, and, despite its unusual nature, is unlikely to compete with any Angry Birds. I compare these two applications quite deliberately, and I don’t think that anyone will seriously exchange new compositions with friends, aspiring musicians, share noticed features and wait for updates. They'll play and forget.

It’s also difficult for me to come up with scenarios for using GarageBand for musicians. Apps with Guitar Amp functions have existed before, everyone who needed them bought them. Recording a musical idea on the road will not be so easy due to the poor implementation of the instruments. Hardly anyone will write music, even electronic music, on an iPad.

iPhone owners know that if you want to make a ringtone from a song, then welcome to iTunes, which is unloved by many. However, now you can do without it, moreover, without a computer at all.

To do this we need two things: the desired track loaded into iCloud Drive, And free program from the App Store. Open the Audio Recorder tab in the program, and click on Tool:

Now turn off the metronome and go to the audio tracks:

In the window that opens, click on the loop icon:

On the page that opens, go to the Audio files tab, click on “Import from iCloud Drive”, and then select there required file. It should look like this:

Now just click on the track and start dragging it - a screen with tracks will open, we need to drag the track to the beginning of the first track. It should look like this:

Now you can trim the track, add effects, add another track so that they sound together - in general, there is room for creativity. After that, click on the triangle at the top left > My songs:

Now in the pop-up window, just click on Ringtone, and the track will become it.