If you don't want to do it later, as seen in the following step, you can tap 'Use sound as.' instead to set it right away as either your default ringtone, default text tone, or as a ringtone or text tone assigned to a specific contact. However, if your song happens to be open already, tap the down arrow in the top-left corner, then tap 'My Songs' to return to the main screen. You don't need to open your song to save it as a ringtone. So no matter what length of song you create in GarageBand, it will be available to be used as a ringtone or an alert tone.

GarageBand will convert your custom song to 30 seconds automatically if it's too long, cutting off whatever can't fit and adding a tasteful fade. However, since there is no easy way to see how long your song is in GarageBand for iOS, this doesn't matter. If you have a 31-second tone, it will only be available to use a ringtone, not an alert tone for other notifications. In general, ringtones can be no longer than 40 seconds total, and alert tones can be no longer than 30 seconds. On that note, depending on what you want to use your custom tone for, there are two time limitations. However, you can still make alert tones to use for notification alerts - they'll just always be listed as a ringtone on your iPhone, so make sure you understand that before continuing. You can buy alert tones that show up as such, but Apple locked this category down for some reason in iOS. However, whenever you make custom tones, they will always be considered 'ringtones' as there is no way to separate your custom music creations into the 'alert tones' category. When it comes to using sounds for incoming calls, text alerts, new voicemails, new emails, and so on, there are two different types you can use: ringtones and alert tones. Don't Miss: Get Alerts for Specific Contacts During Messages' DND Mode.However, we will cover some basic facts about using tones, how to save your custom-made music into ringtone and alert tone files, and how to access those files to customize your alert experience. We won't get into how to create a song or soundbite in GarageBand that you can use a ringtone or alert tone on your iPhone. Plus, it's way cheaper to make your tones than to buy them off of iTunes. That way, anytime you get a phone call or a notification, your musical creation will sound off, and everyone around you will hear it in all its glory. When you make an awesome song or beat that you're proud of in GarageBand for iOS, one way to show it off is to turn it into a ringtone or alert tone for your iPhone.

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