Ringtones: the past, the present and the future: what’s next?
Most communication devices such as the telephone create a “sound” known as a ringtone. This denotes an incoming call.
With progress communication technology, ringtones are rapidly developing from the simplest to the best you could get.
Early ringtones were known as monophonic or monotone tones. These types of ringtones have very simple sounds. They have only one musical line.
Tones like these are usually programmed into the mobile phone. In some cases, the phone has a “built-in composer” to create clear sounds. The composed tone can be sent via the short message service, also known as “SMS text”.
Along the polyphonic chamber
A polyphonic ringtone or polytone has much better sound quality than monotone. Includes two or more notes such as the sound of piano, drums, flute and much more. This sounds more real and can be easily downloaded to a mobile phone.
Some networks made a lot of money by making these ringtones available and easy to download. You don’t need to compose one. This can also be sent via SMS text. These ringtones are advertised on websites, newspapers, radio and television.
And now comes the real thing
A true tone that includes the actual sound of a song. It has all the sound of the instruments and voice. Basically, it captures the entire song.
To program its actual sound, “pulse code modulation” is used. The same is used in the creation of compact discs. It is contained in MP3, Windows Media Audio, Wave and many more. These can easily be turned into a ringtone. This can be downloaded from the Internet and mobile phone networks.
More and more people get addicted to downloading these ringtones because the process is so easy. Ringtones are segregated by genre, artist, song title, and album. Many of these ringtones are free to download, and depending on your phone’s features, you can edit the length of the ringtones. If you just want the choir part, you can have it.
custom stuff
Depending on the capabilities of cell phones, most have a recording function. You can record the sound of your own voice, your children’s singing and the sweet words of your loved ones and set it as a ringtone or even an alarm tone.
Third generation mobile phones
The features of mobile phones are getting better and better and the 3G or third generation phone is the proof. Gives a better and more realistic sound to ringtones.
Many cell phones today are capable of storing anywhere from a couple to a hundred, even a thousand, of these tones. These phones have memory cards that can be changed. Memory capacities are from 64 kilobyte, 256 kilobyte, 512 kilobyte and up to 1 and 4 gigabyte.
An album of ringtones
The usual album of an artist contains songs sung by the artist himself or done as a duet, but now you can create custom ringtones with them. Artist Juvenile releases his album titled reality check. Now fans can enjoy their music on a different level. Your songs in the album can be easily modified and turn your songs into your ringtone. Some even release albums with polyphonic ringtones.
Ringtone download activities are becoming a craze due to the realistic sound they provide and easy accessibility. The technology will not stop here and it will be better than you can imagine.