# Make a Phone Ringtone from a Song Make a phone ringtone from any song in your browser — pick a start and end (up to 40 s), boost loudness, add fades, save as iPhone m4r or Android mp3. ## Run it - **CLI:** `gizza tool audio-ringtone 'url=https://example.com/input' 'start=0' 'fade_in=0.5' 'fade_out=0.5' 'normalize=true' 'format=m4r'` - **Web:** https://gizza.ai/tools/audio-ringtone/ - **Agents:** machine-readable descriptor (parameters JSON Schema) at https://gizza.ai/tools/audio-ringtone/tool.json ## Inputs - `audio` — Song _(file; accept: audio/*)_ - `start` — Start (seconds) _(field)_ - `end` — End (seconds) _(field)_ - `fade_in` — Fade-in (seconds) _(field)_ - `fade_out` — Fade-out (seconds) _(field)_ - `normalize` — Boost loudness (−14 LUFS) _(field)_ - `format` — Format _(field)_ ## Output - Ringtone (audio) ## Query parameters Open the tool pre-filled and auto-run via URL: - `start` — Start (seconds) - `end` — End (seconds) - `fade_in` — Fade-in (seconds) - `fade_out` — Fade-out (seconds) - `normalize` — Boost loudness (−14 LUFS) - `format` — Format - `url` — fetch the input file from a public URL (CORS-permitting) Example: `https://gizza.ai/tools/audio-ringtone/?url=https://example.com/input&start=0&fade_in=0.5&fade_out=0.5&normalize=true&format=m4r` --- ## Make a ringtone from any song, in your browser Upload a song, drag the two handles on the waveform (or type **Start** and **End** in seconds) onto the hook you want, and download it as a ready-to-use ringtone: **m4r** — the AAC format iPhone requires — or **mp3** for Android and everything else. Leave **End** empty for the classic 30-second cut starting at **Start**. The tool also does the two things a raw cut misses: **Boost loudness** levels the slice to −14 LUFS (EBU R128) so it actually rings loud on a phone speaker, and the short **fade-in/fade-out** ramps (0.5 s by default) stop the cut from starting or ending with a click. Everything runs locally with ffmpeg compiled to WebAssembly — the song is never uploaded to a server. ### Worked example The chorus of your song starts at 45 seconds. Upload the file, set **Start** to `45`, leave **End** empty (that's `45 + 30 = 75` — a standard 30-second ringtone), keep **Boost loudness** ticked and both fades at `0.5`, and leave **Format** on `m4r — iPhone`. The result is a 30-second, loudness-leveled AAC ringtone named like the original with a `-ringtone.m4r` suffix — e.g. `song.mp3` becomes `song-ringtone.m4r`. For an Android phone, switch **Format** to `mp3 — Android & others` and you get `song-ringtone.mp3` instead. Preview it with the play button before downloading. ### Formats - **m4r — iPhone** (default) — AAC at 192 kbps in the iPod/MP4 container. This is the one format iOS accepts for custom ringtones. - **mp3 — Android & others** — 192 kbps mp3; Android, Samsung and most other phones set it as a ringtone directly from the file manager. ### Limits and edge cases - Ringtone length (**End** − **Start**) is capped at **40 seconds** — iPhone rejects anything longer — and must be at least 1 second. **End** empty or `0` means **Start** + 30 s. - Input files up to 10 MiB; anything ffmpeg can decode works (mp3, wav, flac, m4a/aac, ogg, opus — even a video file's audio track). - If the song ends before your selection does, the ringtone is simply shorter — times past the end of the file are clamped, and the fade-out still lands on the real ending. - **Boost loudness** resamples the output to 44.1 kHz (the loudness filter works at a high internal rate); with it off, the source sample rate is kept. - Fades are 0–5 s per side; set both sliders to `0` for a hard cut. Album art embedded in the source is dropped — the output is audio only. ## FAQ
How do I get the m4r file onto my iPhone as a ringtone? Connect the phone and drop the `.m4r` file onto it in **Finder** (macOS) or **iTunes** (Windows) — it appears under Settings → Sounds & Haptics → Ringtone. Without a computer, save the file to the Files app and import it with Apple's free **GarageBand** app (Share → Ringtone). iOS has no direct "set as ringtone" for downloaded files, so one of those two steps is always needed.
How do I set the mp3 as a ringtone on Android? Copy or download the `mp3` to the phone, long-press it in your file manager and choose **Set as ringtone** — or move it into the `Ringtones` folder and pick it under Settings → Sound → Phone ringtone. Any length works on Android, but 30 seconds is plenty: the phone loops or cuts it anyway.
Why is my ringtone capped at 40 seconds? That's iPhone's hard limit — iOS refuses to list ringtones longer than 40 seconds. This tool enforces the same cap for mp3 too, because a ringtone only plays for the ~25–30 seconds a call rings; the 30-second default is the sweet spot on every platform.
What does "Boost loudness" actually do — and when should I turn it off? It runs EBU R128 loudness normalization (`loudnorm`) on the cut slice, targeting −14 LUFS integrated with a −1.5 dBTP true-peak ceiling — the level streaming services master to. Songs are often mastered quieter, and a quiet ringtone is a missed call. Turn it off if you're cutting something already mastered loud, or want the original level and dynamics kept as-is.
Is my song uploaded anywhere? No. The page downloads an ffmpeg WebAssembly build once and then processes your file locally in the browser tab — the audio never leaves your device.
## Related tools - [Trim an Audio File](https://gizza.ai/tools/trim-audio/): Trim any audio file in your browser — keep or remove a start–end range, add edge fades, save as MP3, WAV, FLAC or M4A. Runs locally, nothing is uploaded. - [Compress an Audio File](https://gizza.ai/tools/audio-compress/): Shrink MP3, WAV, M4A or any audio file right in your browser — pick a target bitrate (96 kbps default) and format. Nothing is uploaded, free. - [Convert an Audio File](https://gizza.ai/tools/audio-convert/): Convert any audio file to MP3, WAV, OGG, FLAC or M4A right in your browser — pick a bitrate for lossy formats. Runs locally, nothing is uploaded, free. - [Strip Audio Metadata](https://gizza.ai/tools/audio-metadata-stripper/): Remove ID3 tags, comments, chapters, and cover art from MP3, FLAC, OGG, M4A, WAV, and other audio files in your browser. Stream-copy audio, no upload. - [Remove Silence from Audio](https://gizza.ai/tools/audio-silence-remove/): Strip dead air and long pauses out of any recording right in your browser — set a silence threshold and minimum gap. Runs locally, nothing is uploaded, free.