iPhone ringtones are a fun way to customize your iPhone. Instead of paying 99 cents for each ringtone you want, there are two ways to get ringtones. A 16-step process with GarageBand to create your own and using one of the simpler programs to do the same thing.

There are two types of files that can be used as a iPhone ringtones. Music files are a great source of ringtones. Also, movie soundtracks can be used as well. You can also things in your life like your child saying "Daddy, your phone is ringing." There's no end to your options.

It seems that everyone wants an iPhone. They have so many great features and among those features, ringtones seem at the top of the list. iPhone users want to set ringtones for each of their contacts; this means that when a specific contact, a ringtone matched to him will ring.

iPhone ringtones are easier to match than you'd think. If your brother-in-law lives, sweats and breaths football, set the NFL theme song as his ringtone. If your Dad is crazy for country, make Brooks and Dunn his ringtone. If your sister's family is dysfunctional, use "Married With Children" as their ringtone. It's so much fun.

Create iPhone ringtones 1 of 2 ways. This first way has 16 steps and it involves Apple's GarageBand.

1) Launch both iTunes and GarageBand.

2) Highlight the song you want to create a ringtone from in iTunes.

3) Within your GarageBand, select "File", then "New".

4) A timeline of a single track is shown in GarageBand. You'll want to delete this track. To accomplish this, select the track and click "Delete Track" from the "Track" menu at the top of GarageBand.

5) Click the music file you want within iTunes and drag it into GarageBand. You'll see it's quickly imported.

6) Scan through the imported song and highlight the short segment you want to be your ringtone.

7) Now you need to remove all the music ahead of where you want your ringtone to start. First click the track. Then click on "Split" from the "Edit" menu at the top. This will separate the track where you have your mouse located. Unselect the track and click on the segment you'd like to delete. Press delete. Repeat for the end of the ringtone.

9) Drag the beginning of the ringtone all the way to the left side of the track timeline.

10) Next, we're going to create an end point on our file. Drag the volume a half-second before the end all the way down.

11) Repeat this step for the end of the ringtone.

12) Time to preview. Play it. Does it sound good? If so, save it.

13) Toggle the button that turns the cycle region on and off. It's on the bottom, far right. It's a button that looks like a set of arrows.

14) When you click that button, a bright yellow line appears above your track. Drag the right side of the line so that it matches the length of your ringtone. Save your project again.

15) Now send the file to iTunes. To do this, click "Share", then "Send Ringtone to iTunes." Instantly it's converted and sent to iTunes.

16) To move the ringtone to your iPhone, connect the iPhone while iTunes is open. Select the iPhone in the Devices list on the left side of iTunes, then click on the Ringtones tab. Make sure that Sync Ringtones is checked. Click Sync, and your ringtone is copied to the iPhone.

Of course, if this seems like a lot of work, you can use software such as PocketMac RingtoneStudio for iPhone, which does the work for you. This is what I call the easy way.