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wmonk
Joined: Sep 15, 2008 Posts: 528 Location: Enschede, the Netherlands
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 4:04 pm Post subject:
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In chat we came up with the idea of a ringtone thread. I've been making my own for quite a time now, so I never have to look for my phone when yet another Nokia tune or classic Blackberry ring is heard in public transport. Every time one of the common ringtones is heard, you see people looking irritated that they didn't get an email.
So I thought, we can do that better. Not the boring ringtones we hear everyday. Good pieces of sound, so we all can change the world of annoyance a little bit. Make em, distribute em!
That brings on another subject. What is a good ringtone? What does it need? I for instance think it needs to get someones attention, has to be short and recognizable. Low frequency stuff doesn't work with those small speakers either.
What do you think? What did you made?
Let's make a collection of good ringtones. Here! _________________ Weblog! |
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blue hell
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Joined: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 24079 Location: The Netherlands, Enschede
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Stream Operator
Joined: Oct 13, 2007 Posts: 6221 Location: near Austin, Tx, USA
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Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:57 pm Post subject:
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i like phones that sound like phones.
Les _________________ "Let's make noise for peace." - Kijjaz |
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audiodef
Joined: Sep 05, 2011 Posts: 726 Location: LFO1
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:13 am Post subject:
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I'm kind of with Les here.
But other than that, there's an entire 8-bit electronic scene, which I would think would make for pretty good ring tones. |
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Stream Operator
Joined: Oct 13, 2007 Posts: 6221 Location: near Austin, Tx, USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:41 am Post subject:
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I bet there is a lot of creativity to be enjoyed in creating standard phone rings also.
Les _________________ "Let's make noise for peace." - Kijjaz |
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Antimon
Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 4145 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 8:38 am Post subject:
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I want a ringtone that sounds like someone's baby laughing.
But on a serious note, I've tried making my own ringtones and they're pretty hard to do if you're concerned about not annoying the hell out of everyone in the vicinity. I guess I'm oversensitive about such things.
/Stefan _________________ Antimon's Window
@soundcloud @Flattr home - you can't explain music |
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audiodef
Joined: Sep 05, 2011 Posts: 726 Location: LFO1
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Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:58 am Post subject:
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What about ring tones that say silly things?
"Your phone is on fire."
"Please deposit two pounds, six pence."
"Your dealer is on line three."
Or maybe musical death threats such as *I'll kill you all tomorrow!*
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A E J O T Z
Joined: Aug 14, 2011 Posts: 423 Location: Griffith, Indiana, USA
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Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 7:53 pm Post subject:
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My ringtone was inspired by a very old (60s) Bill Cosby joke. He said he wanted a doorbell with a voice that said "there's somebody at the door."
My ringtone is me, in my highest possible voice (which isn't very high; I'm a low baritone) saying, "ring ring ring ring, the phone is ringing, ring ring ring."
You should see the looks on bystanders' faces when I get a call.
I used my highest voice because my usual pitch gets lost in any background noise.
My previous ringtone was the bass line from my tune "mudball" which I used primarily because it annoyed my daughters. In 1983 I recorded several versions of the tune, so they heard that line for hours as I recorded it several times and played it back many more. For years after that, any time we passed a keyboard I would play that line just to hear them moan.
The value of weird ringtones, for me, is that I can always tell my ring from others. _________________ AEJOTZ is pronounced "A-Jotz"
retro-futurism now
electronics = magic
free albums at http://aejotz.bandcamp.com
listen to genre-defying synthetic music at http://sat-5.com |
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audiodef
Joined: Sep 05, 2011 Posts: 726 Location: LFO1
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Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2011 6:44 am Post subject:
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A E J O T Z wrote: |
My ringtone is me, in my highest possible voice (which isn't very high; I'm a low baritone) saying, "ring ring ring ring, the phone is ringing, ring ring ring."
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I forget what movie it was, but now I know where THAT came from! |
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A E J O T Z
Joined: Aug 14, 2011 Posts: 423 Location: Griffith, Indiana, USA
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:22 am Post subject:
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where WHAT came from? _________________ AEJOTZ is pronounced "A-Jotz"
retro-futurism now
electronics = magic
free albums at http://aejotz.bandcamp.com
listen to genre-defying synthetic music at http://sat-5.com |
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audiodef
Joined: Sep 05, 2011 Posts: 726 Location: LFO1
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:38 am Post subject:
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There's a movie titled "Bedtime Stories". Guy has a phone with a ringtone of an old man screeching "RING RING RING!". _________________ There's an invisible radio gnome playing a gong from a flying teapot - don't miss out! |
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A E J O T Z
Joined: Aug 14, 2011 Posts: 423 Location: Griffith, Indiana, USA
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:52 am Post subject:
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Dagnabbit! Now I have to change my ringtone again!
I think there's an old style European police siren sound on one of my Casios; the classic high-low-high-low siren. That would make a cool ringtone. I can even pitch bend it to make it sound like a doppler shift when passing. _________________ AEJOTZ is pronounced "A-Jotz"
retro-futurism now
electronics = magic
free albums at http://aejotz.bandcamp.com
listen to genre-defying synthetic music at http://sat-5.com |
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audiodef
Joined: Sep 05, 2011 Posts: 726 Location: LFO1
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Posted: Fri Nov 18, 2011 11:54 am Post subject:
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Just don't set your ring tone to a semi-automatic going off... _________________ There's an invisible radio gnome playing a gong from a flying teapot - don't miss out! |
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