Ringtone or Your Tone
By Radoslav Opalchenov
Recently, “Tokyo Drift”—the latest session of “The Fast and the Furious”—has not
failed its fans with heart-stopping drift races around hairpins turns and
switchbacks, as well as breathtaking displays of cars and mobiles, which now
become must for people from all walks of life. It is impossible to deny today’s
popular trend of cell phones and its accessories, one of which is the ringtone
that is no longer confined to its attributed functionality but becomes symbol of
chic and quirkiness.
Basically, ringtone is sound to signal an incoming call on the cell phone. The
first generation of mobile phones used only few bells and beeps as ring and
message tones. At this early time, the ringtone came into being and fulfilled
its mission as sheer indicator. However, the fast-paced development of mobile
phones has brought about the diversity and sophistication of ring tones. They
have now been advanced and classified into three types which are monophonic,
polyphonic, and true or real or master tones. Monophonic and polyphonic tones
are usually saved in MIDI or native format which is only usable on particular
phone brand or model. Besides, though much enriched with beautiful melodies and
enjoyable sounds, they still seem too monotonous and inflexible to satisfy huge
number of dynamic and stylish young consumers who always hunger for newness and
particularity. As result, monophonic and polyphonic tones have given way to true
tones, which promise great possibility of phone personalization.
A true tone (aka real tone or master tone) contains real voice, sound, piece of
music, or even song. Generally, true tones are all about real sound, and
especially cell phone characteristic customization. Thus, they have become
significant source of income for ringtone companies whose websites offer variety
of tones suiting all tastes, moods, and personalities of mobile users. Yet,
several online businesses provide free downloads of ringtones, from which they
will get many other tangible and intangible benefits.
Real tones are commonly saved in MP3, WAV, and sometimes AAC, which are
compatible to most modern cell phones and can be easily produced by and import
from computers. Normally, just copying famous singer’s current hit to your cell
phone and setting it as ringtone is more than is enough to impress people
around. However, uniqueness is today’s very thing that makes ringtone. Well
catching this idea, users have started to compose outstanding self-created
ringtones and personalize their mobiles. The job is not as difficult as people
might think since the help of up-to-date audio software has eased the process
allowing even computer novice to breeze through it comfortably and creatively.
Try out music editing application or music morpher to cut the hottest part of
song and then use it as your own ringtone or mix and modify voice, melodies,
music with user-friendly audio effects and tools to create classy ringtones
imprinted with your style. Also, for more fascinating result, use voice changing
software to alter your voice or vocals of songs to any voice of charming
gentleman, elegant lady, cute girl, naughty boy, or wise woman, etc. Actually,
there are many tools out there for you to indulge your passion of
personalization, and the possibilities are no doubt numerous.
In short, the advent of computer has brought new face to the mobile industry,
particularly in ringtone production. People now have more choices and chances to
customize their mobiles with stunning ringtones of all kinds. Despite the fact
that they are criticized as cause to public nuisance and distraction, ringtones
are extremely favored among cell phone users and become their indispensable
accessories to stand out in the crowd. |