iToner: the iPhone keeps getting better

There’s been several posts of late of my iPhone purchase, hacking, and usage and I’d like to add one more to the mix:

Yesterday I attempted to make my own iPhone ringtones (do a google search for “DIY iPhone Ringtone“). After realizing the difficulty of syncing my iPhone between multiple computers (argh), I found Ambrosia Software Inc’s iToner.

iToner has been a godsend (even in demo mode). The process of creating ringtones is as simple as this:

1. in whatever application you choose, create an audio file for your ringtone (multiple output formats supported). You could use Garageband (see some hacks at the DIY search for ending the process there – but beware, this won’t solve the multiple computer issue).

2. Open iToner and drag your newly created audio files onto the interface.

3. Wait a few seconds for the conversion and click the Sync button.

4. Profit!

Here’s some screenshots:

The beautiful part about iToner is that you don’t actually use iTunes to handle the syncing, thus getting me around the problem of a) iTunes managing my ringtones and b) syncing between multiple computers.

There are of course issues: if you have ringtones on your iPhone or computer(s) already, syncing with iTunes may overwrite the iToner-added ringtones. The Ambrosia Software Web site has a fix for this.