Custom iPhone ringtones and text tones

Skip to 4:55 in the video to see the steps in iTunes after creating ringtones in Ringtone Designer.

With a free iPhone app (Ringtone Designer) [requires iOS 4.3 or later] and a few settings in iTunes you can turn any piece of a song into a ringtone or text tone.  If you want to make your own recording, the $0.99 version of the app add this feature.

How to get the newly made ringtones into the Preferences window on your iPhone:

Sync your iPhone.

Click on the Apps option.

Scroll down to the File Sharing section and select Ringtones.

Choose a ringtone from the list and select Save to.  Save the ringtones to a folder on your computer.

Drag the ringtone files you put on the computer back into iTunes (music section).

Click on your iPhone in iTunes.

Click on the Tones option.

Make sure that "Sync Tones" is checked.  Click on Apply in the lower-right corner to put the ringtones on your iPhone.

After the iPhones finishes syncing, navigate to the following on the iPhone.

Utilities > Settings > Sounds > Ringtone

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Text Tone ideas for geeks, nerds, and people who grew up in the 90's.

Star Wars theme
Lord of the Rings theme
Banjo Kazooie sound effects
Banjo Kazooie themes
Zelda theme (cover on Guitar), like this cover by Sungha Jung
Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Kokiri Forest guitar cover [Youtube]
Mario Kart
-- award ceremony music
Worms Armageddon sounds/theme music
-- (rough piano & guitar cover) or better sound quality, piano-only
Hi-Ya!
"Rocky Loves Emily" - 3 Ninjas
Guitar Strum (Greensleeves on Flamenco Guitar)
"I'm a Believer" - The Monkees (intro)
"I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz (cover by Sungha Jung)
"The Blood of Cu Chulainn" - intro