Comments on: The Art of the Ringtone http://gedblog.com/2010/07/18/the-art-of-the-ringtone/ A day in the life of me. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:47:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Robert http://gedblog.com/2010/07/18/the-art-of-the-ringtone/comment-page-1/#comment-34847 Robert Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:58:57 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=1962#comment-34847 It's amazing that there aren't more high quality ringtones. I would pay a reasonable amount for ones that I liked. So much junk out there now. In a lot of ways, sonic design in software is a lost art, with the exception to the rule being games from some studios, but not all. People design visual experiences, with sound often being an afterthought. We've dabbled a little in adding sounds that makes sense, including a decent but not great push notification sound, but it would be a hard sell for me to the powers that be to spend as much time on sound design as we do on visual design. It’s amazing that there aren’t more high quality ringtones. I would pay a reasonable amount for ones that I liked. So much junk out there now.

In a lot of ways, sonic design in software is a lost art, with the exception to the rule being games from some studios, but not all. People design visual experiences, with sound often being an afterthought. We’ve dabbled a little in adding sounds that makes sense, including a decent but not great push notification sound, but it would be a hard sell for me to the powers that be to spend as much time on sound design as we do on visual design.

]]> By: mangochutney http://gedblog.com/2010/07/18/the-art-of-the-ringtone/comment-page-1/#comment-34846 mangochutney Sun, 18 Jul 2010 20:52:37 +0000 http://gedblog.com/?p=1962#comment-34846 That is an awesome ringtone and the site by Mike Wieser is an insta-bookmark, thank you for sharing it. I've run into the same problems you have, but didn't have the resources you do — namely an awesome artist as a friend — but I found out what works for me: I only use (portions of) songs I love, that feature a relatively high pitch and/or a staccato. Among those are: ‘Journey to the Cave’ — Harry Potter 6 OST ‘The Rescue’ — from the album ‘Immortal Verses’ by Submersed The ‘IT Crowd’ theme song ‘The Minstrel Boy’, a scottish bagpipe song (can be found on Macenstein) That is an awesome ringtone and the site by Mike Wieser is an insta-bookmark, thank you for sharing it.

I’ve run into the same problems you have, but didn’t have the resources you do — namely an awesome artist as a friend — but I found out what works for me:

I only use (portions of) songs I love, that feature a relatively high pitch and/or a staccato.
Among those are:
‘Journey to the Cave’ — Harry Potter 6 OST
‘The Rescue’ — from the album ‘Immortal Verses’ by Submersed
The ‘IT Crowd’ theme song
‘The Minstrel Boy’, a scottish bagpipe song (can be found on Macenstein)

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