Originally Posted by
Lcargile01 Best way to accomplish this is:
Upload the sound file (ringtone) to you itunes library.
Right click on it, select Create ACC file.
Right click on the ACC file and select show in folder.
Edit the tag from .m4a to .m4r.
Accept the changes.
Reload file into your iTunes library.
It will automatically recognize it as a ringtone.
Upload ringtone to your phone.
If its a song and you want to clip it, just right click on the song, go to info, select the start/stop time and follow the same steps but with the clipped version. Make sure that the file is NO LONGER than 30 seconds. Hope this helps.
Edit:
To be clear, all this is done through iTunes.
I would just add to this Excellent description, that if you've previously set or changed your Import Settings to import songs as something other than ACC, like mp3 for example, then when you try to "right click" on a song in your iTunes library and select "Create acc version" this will NOT be there. Instead it will say "Creat XXX version" where the XXX is the file extension that's been selected via your Preferences under Import Options.
Just wanted to point this out, as it took me a few seconds to realize this, as i have my Import Settings set to .Mp3.