Marimba hookInstrumental120 BPM
Morning Marimba
Made with Ken Music 1 · 24 seconds
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PromptBright catchy phone ringtone, playful marimba melody with soft hand claps, one short repeating hook that is easy to recognise, cheerful and clean, 120 bpm
Instrumental tones · sung names · iPhone and Android
Ringtone maker: original tones, written by AI
Describe the sound you want and the AI writes a new ringtone for you: a marimba hook, a clean synth pulse, or a short line sung with your name in it. Download the MP3, then follow the steps below to set it on your phone.
- New music, not a cut-up song
- Instrumental or sung
- MP3 download
- Free credits to start
Updated by the Kenerate AI team
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Quick answer
How do you make your own ringtone?
To make your own ringtone, describe the sound in a sentence and let the AI write a new track. In Kenerate AI's Music Studio, choose Instrumental, pick Quick clip for about 30 seconds and download the MP3. Then set it with GarageBand on iPhone or the Ringtones folder on Android. The Music Studio makes new music; it doesn't cut existing songs.
Key facts
- Quick clips
- About 30 s (Ken Music 1)
- Exact length
- 10 s and up, in 5 s steps (ElevenLabs)
- Download
- MP3 (no M4R file)
- iPhone limit
- 30 seconds (Apple)
Listen first
Three ringtones, made for this page
Real, unedited Ken Music 1 clips. We asked for about 20 seconds and they came back at 24 to 28, so all three fit the iPhone limit as they are.
Synth pulseInstrumental128 BPM
Pocket Pulse
Made with Ken Music 1 · 27 seconds
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PromptModern phone ringtone, clean bright synth arpeggio, punchy attention-grabbing pulse, short repeating hook, crisp and minimal, 128 bpm
Sung nameSong
Pick Up the Phone
Made with Ken Music 1 · 28 seconds, with vocals
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PromptCheerful sung phone ringtone, warm female vocal harmony singing "Hey Maya, pick up the phone" over ukulele and finger snaps, short catchy hook, bright and friendly
How to
How to make a ringtone with AI
- Time needed
- Steps
- 4 steps
Step 1
Open the Music Studio
Keep Instrumental on for a tone with no vocals, or turn it off for a sung line.
Step 2
Pick a length
Quick clip gives about 30 seconds. For an exact length, choose ElevenLabs Music and set 10 to 30 seconds.
Step 3
Describe the ringtone
Say 'ringtone', name one lead sound, the mood and the tempo. For a sung one, put the words in quotes.
Step 4
Generate a few takes
They're short, so make two or three and keep the one you notice fastest.
See it in the app
Open Music Studio and pick a song from a prompt, a song from your lyrics, or an instrumental.
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Chapters
Engines
Which engine for a ringtone
Facts from the app's engine list. Ken Music 1 is the lowest-cost engine and the natural fit for ringtones.
Kenerate
Ken Music 1
- Length
- ~30 s
- Modes
- Song · Instrumental
Open Ken Music 1Best for
Quick clips — hooks, jingles, intros
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs Music v2.5
- Length
- Exact length, 10 s–10 min
- Modes
- Song · Lyrics · Instrumental
Open ElevenLabs Music v2.5Best for
Set the exact duration; clean studio mix
Kenerate
Ken Music 1.5
- Length
- Up to ~3 min
- Modes
- Song · Lyrics · Instrumental
Open Ken Music 1.5Best for
Default engine: full songs with vocals in any language; can take an image as inspiration
Prompt recipe
Ringtone maker prompts
Tap one to open it in the Music Studio, then change the sound or the name.
- The word 'ringtone'
- It pushes the engine toward a short, repeating hook.
- One lead sound
- Marimba, kalimba, synth, bells, whistle, ukulele.
- Hook
- 'One short repeating hook that is easy to recognise'.
- Mood
- Cheerful, calm, urgent, retro, elegant.
- Tempo
- A BPM number, such as 120 bpm.
- A sung line (optional)
- Write it in quotes, such as singing "Hey Maya, pick up the phone".
Marimba
Bright phone ringtone, playful marimba melody, soft hand claps, short repeating hook, 120 bpm
Calm
Calm phone ringtone, soft kalimba notes, gentle and warm, slow repeating phrase, 80 bpm
Retro 8-bit
Retro 8-bit phone ringtone, chiptune square-wave melody, bouncy and catchy, short repeating hook, 130 bpm
Hard to miss
Loud urgent phone ringtone, sharp synth stabs, driving pulse, impossible to ignore, 140 bpm
More prompts (2)
Elegant
Elegant phone ringtone, solo piano motif with soft strings, simple repeating phrase, 90 bpm
Sung name
Cheerful sung phone ringtone, warm vocal harmony singing "Hey Sam, your phone is ringing", ukulele and finger snaps, short catchy hook
Song structure
What a good ringtone is made of
A ringtone has one job: be recognised from across a room within a couple of seconds. So it starts on the hook, not on a slow intro.
Hit1 bars
Hook4 bars
Hook again4 bars
Button1 bars
- Hit · 1 barsSound from the first second
- Hook · 4 barsThe one phrase you remember
- Hook again · 4 barsSame phrase, a little fuller
- Button · 1 barsA clean last note
At 120 BPM each bar lasts two seconds, so these ten bars make a 20-second ringtone. Most calls are answered or missed well before the end, which is why the opening matters most.
Tempo
Tempo by ringtone type
Rough starting points. Put the number in the prompt and adjust by ear.
Calm / soft
70–90 BPM · Kalimba, piano
Friendly / playful
100–125 BPM · Marimba, ukulele
Modern / electronic
120–135 BPM · Synth pulse
Loud / urgent
130–150 BPM · Hard to miss
Tips
Ringtones you'll actually hear
What to keep in mind when you pick a take.
Test it on the phone speaker: bass-heavy tones lose most of their punch on a small speaker.
Bright sounds such as marimba, bells and plucked synths cut through a noisy room.
If a take runs past 30 seconds, GarageBand can shorten it for you on export.
Spell an unusual name the way it sounds, so the vocal gets it right.
Describe a mood and an instrument, not an existing song or artist.
Use only names you have the right to use, such as your own.
FAQ
Ringtone Maker questions
10 questions
How do I make my own ringtone?
Open the Music Studio, keep Instrumental on, pick Quick clip, describe the sound and generate. Download the MP3 and set it on your phone. It takes a few minutes from start to finish.
Link to this answerIs the ringtone maker free?
A new account gets free credits, enough for quick clips on Ken Music 1. After that you top up with credits, and exact-length engines cost more. Downloads have no watermark.
Link to this answerWhat format do I get?
MP3. Ken Music clips and ElevenLabs Music tracks both download as MP3, and the Mureka engines can also give you WAV or FLAC. Kenerate doesn't make M4R files, but you don't need one: GarageBand creates the ringtone when you export.
Link to this answerHow long can an iPhone ringtone be?
Up to 30 seconds, according to Apple. If your file is longer, GarageBand offers to shorten it automatically when you export it as a ringtone.
Link to this answerHow long will my ringtone be?
Ken Music 1 makes clips of about 30 seconds and has no exact-length setting: our three demos ran 24 to 28 seconds. ElevenLabs Music sets an exact length from 10 seconds up, in 5-second steps.
Link to this answerHow do I set it as a ringtone on iPhone?
Save the MP3 to the Files app, import it into GarageBand, trim it, then use Share, Ringtone and Export. GarageBand then asks whether to use it as your standard ringtone or for one contact. The full steps are further down this page.
Link to this answerHow do I set it as a ringtone on Android?
Copy the MP3 into a Ringtones folder on your phone's storage, then open Settings, Sound and Phone ringtone and choose it. Menu names differ by brand: on Samsung it's Sounds and vibration, then Ringtone.
Link to this answerCan I make a ringtone that sings my name?
Yes. Turn Instrumental off and put the line in quotes, for example singing "Hey Maya, pick up the phone". Listen to the take before you keep it, because an engine can blur an unusual name.
Link to this answerCan I turn my favourite song into a ringtone?
Not with the Music Studio, which writes new music from your description. To cut a file you have the rights to, use the free audio trimmer. Songs you stream are usually protected too: Apple says protected songs can't be used for ringtones.
Link to this answerCan I use the ringtone in my app or video too?
Under our Terms the music you generate belongs to you, as between you and Kenerate AI, and we claim no royalties in it. You can use it commercially, subject to the Terms and the law, and you're responsible for making sure it doesn't infringe anyone's rights.
Link to this answerIn depth
Ringtone Maker, explained
What works, what to avoid, and how the pieces fit.
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Set your ringtone on iPhone
Apple documents GarageBand as the way to make a custom ringtone, and ringtones can be up to 30 seconds long [1]. GarageBand is free on the App Store. First save the MP3 from your browser to the Files app, then:
- Open GarageBand, start a new audio recording and tap the Tracks button.
- Open the Loops Browser, tap Files, and find your MP3 under 'Browse items from the Files app'.
- Touch and hold the file, then drag it all the way left in Tracks view. Trim it if you need to.
- Go to My Songs, select the project, tap Share, tap Ringtone, name it and tap Export.
- Tap 'Use sound as' to make it your standard ringtone, your text tone, or a tone for one contact.
The shortcut reported on iOS 26
Macworld and AppleInsider reported a faster route in iOS 26: share an MP3 or M4A from the Files app and tap Use as Ringtone, which may sit behind More [2][3]. AppleInsider found it a little hit and miss, and Apple's support page still describes GarageBand, so try the shortcut first and fall back on the steps above.
Set your ringtone on Android
Android plays MP3 ringtones directly, so there's nothing to convert, though the menus vary by brand [4]:
- Copy the MP3 to your phone's internal storage, into a folder called Ringtones. Create the folder if it isn't there.
- Open Settings, then Sound, then Phone ringtone, and pick the file. On Samsung phones it's Sounds and vibration, then Ringtone.
- For one person, open the contact, tap the three dots and choose Set ringtone.
A ringtone maker vs a ringtone cutter
Most tools called ringtone makers are cutters: you upload a song you already have and trim 30 seconds of it. That doesn't change who owns the song. Kenerate works the other way round, starting from your description and writing a new track, so there's no original recording to trim. If you want a slice of a file you already own, use our free audio trimmer or GarageBand. If you want a sound that no one else has, generate one.
By the Kenerate AI teamLast updated and reviewed
We build and run the Kenerate Music Studio. Every demo on this page is a real output of the engine named on it, made from the prompt shown; engine facts were checked against the app's code.
Sources: Kenerate engine list (src/lib/music-models.ts) · Kenerate AI Terms of Service
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