To make your iPhone alerts more personal, you can create your own ringtones by setting them as the default sound for incoming calls, message notifications or emails, and you can also assign custom ringtones to certain contacts in your phonebook. of iOS.
Through Garage Band — an app developed by Apple itself and available for free on the iOS App Store — you can create your own custom ringtones. Learn how in the steps below and have fun!
How to create custom ringtones on your iPhone
Select a Garage Band instrument
Download the Garage Band app from your iPhone’s App Store and click to open it. In the “Tracks” tab, at the top center of the screen, scroll sideways until you select which musical instrument you want to create your custom ringtone. When choosing, click on the selected instrument.
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Record your custom ringtone
Have fun playing and training with the selected musical instrument. To record your custom ringtone, simply click the red button at the top center of the screen. When finished recording, click on the down arrow icon located at the top left and then on “My Music”.
Export recording as one touch
On the next screen, click and press and click on your recording file, then select to share it. You can choose from three ways to share it: as music, ringtone or project. Select to share your recording and export it as a ringtone.
Set as default iPhone ringtone
Enter a name for your custom ringtone and, after exporting the recording as a ringtone, select the “Use sound as…” option to define and customize your iPhone alert. Choose whether you want to set your recording as the default ringtone for incoming calls, messages, or assign it to a contact in your calendar.
Change or confirm the default iPhone ringtone
To change the default ringtone or check what sound is currently set on your device, go to Your iPhone Settings, and click “Sound & Touch”. On the next screen, enter “Ringtone” — if you’ve set your ringtone for calls — or “Message Sound” — if you’ve chosen to customize your message alerts. Right at the top of the list, you’ll find your recording as the set ringtone.
