Alright, this is what I've found out so far. There is a utility called PSMPlayer which can save a regular MIDI file as a Ringtone. This saved MIDI format is compatible with WM2003.
If your MIDI file contains more than 6 instruments (including drums), then you have to reduce the number of instruments (I believe WM2003 only supports upto 6 instruments. Yes, I know, this sucks.) to 6. In doing so, you have to use your best judgement in order to see what instruments you want and which combination sounds best.
Happy ringtone making!
well i think the reason it only supports 6 is that its to make it compatable with polly. tunes(ie nokia ones)
As I have been testing this and all the nokia pollies i download work fine with my xda
sheran_g thanks great work now could you please show us a step by step on how can i convert a MIDI file with this software to be able to use it on my XDA so far i like the whoe program but it didnt work with or i may be missing something.
I get a strange sound or midi file when i put it on my rings folder on the XDA
hi Grim_Evil
can you kindly tell us how you manged to get the nokia poly tunes on the xda ?
ie step by step
where did you download the tones from?
cheers
I'll try to write up a stepwise ringtone making doc sometime soon. I'm a bit busy at the moment.
all ready done m8
where ???!!!!!
in the post "Now to convert midi/polly ringtones to wm 2003 format"
Anyone know where to download FREE poly. ring-tones. I'm not talking about songs, but the regular nokia tones.......
rtttl tones
i download these rtttl tones.
i have a little utility that beams them through the infra red.
is good.
got itchy and scratchy on their just now!!!
Related
http://www.ali.nildram.co.uk/xda/polymidi.zip
as advised, i have put a few of the above files in my windows/rings directory.
When i try and play them from the phone setup, its just beeps and boops ??
do you need to install something first before you use the above for ring tones??
ali i am also having the same problem (running o2 rom)
Has anyone been able to play midi ring tones on ppc2003?
if so what ringtones, or what program was used to play it (if any)
cheers
yes, i run midi tones no problem. as I posted before.
try this one see if it works ok on yours
http://greysworld.com/polypo/files/novemberrain.mid
just put it in your /windows/rings dir and select it as a ringtone
and try it out
i have tried it on the file you posted, and it worked. however any other midi file i try to use doenst! that doenst make any sense! :shock: also, does anyone know how to use mp3s as ring tones
some work
I've got the tunes on my XDA. Some work, some don't...
They all work on my siemens s55 though, and sound top notch!
My favourite out of the ones that do work is black adder, this has replaced a .wav of bad boys I was using for a few weeks. Wonder whats next...
Martin
Hi....
thought this would play tones out the 'box'?
when I copied those files over.... now when I add a ringtone the only option I have is wav ? :?
any ideas?
cheers
There is a utility called PSMPlayer which can save a regular MIDI file as a Ringtone. This saved MIDI format is compatible with WM2003.
how to do it:
1) open psmplayer
2) file> open > locate a midi file on your system.
3) play it to see if it sounds ok
4) click the RED circle icon
5) give the poly ring tone a name
6) tick the box "ring tone mode"
7) click ok, this will ask for a place to save the file to. Then click save
8) close program
9) copy the file you just made to your windows/rings dir.
there you go, a working poly ringtone
PS thanks to sheran_g for the link to the proggy
but somehow the files don't sound good? like the speaker breaks up or something?
Yeah i got the same thing..
they dont sound good and sometimes they are change to a lower Volume very low.
Any Ideas???
:?
yeah me too,
Can anyone (developers included) create a guide to have GOOD sounding polyphonic ringtones on the xda ???
Free Burgers* waiting
*meat flavour :wink:
This seems like a shortcoming in the Qtek/XDA. There are only 6 fixed instruments on it. When creating your ringtone, you need to figure out what the instruments are so that you get the best sounding tone. Also, there seems to be no volume regulation so that's why it sounds really bad (as if your speaker is going to blow :wink: )
In my personal opinion, WM2003 midi ringtones have a loooong way to evolve yet.
I use 2 programs from acoustica.com pull out about a 10 second piece of a midi file and convert it to a wma file and then stick that in the rings folder. It's about 12k in size and sounds great! Good luck! - Jim
may one ask what the two programs are you use from accoustica?
I cant find any that say about midi..
cheers,
Ian.
I used to own a HP jornada 928, i did download an acappella version ringing tone which i like very much.... since i already sold my hp jornada, i didnt keep the ringing tone file. so, if someone have it, or find it some where in the web, pls inform me. thanks.
try pocketpc.com
(there is a free ringtone pack form MS which has acapella stuff)
Ring Tones
:arrow: I have few of them
:arrow: http://www.uspocketpcphone.com/id1.html
otherwise any wav files can be used
heck you could fart into your computer mic and use that it as a ring tone if you liked
if you do a google search on free wav files or wav download or something tons of them will pop up all over the place
also make sure they are pcm and if they are stereo and sampled at a higher Hz then 11Khz then lower it to 11Khz mono and possible 8bit
since as a ring tone you cant really hear anything higher because the ring speaker dont support THX as of yet
Great ones here
http://www.thekirbys.plus.com/spv/
Red Hot Chilli Peppers and U2 are my favourites.
Cheers
These are great
Well that was exactly what i was looking for,
Thanks
PS really good to envy your collegues
You can find many here :
http://www.pocketringers.com/
link doesn't work
Sorry, but that link doesn't work
Yes you're right the site seems to have some problem
Hope it will be again available soon .
I found many good ringtones on it.
Hey Ya
Outkast, great song, here's a tiny ring tone.
U2
New Years Day
Chilli's
Can't Stop
hi is there any chance of shareing the hay ya ring tone please
thanks
John
hi is there any chance of shareing the hay ya ring tone please
thanks
John
Can't download them
Please zip them up and attach. IE is just embedding them and you can't D/L.
Sure, or you can open your temporary internet files and grab them from there.
Here's on of my Favs.
i know this is a forum for the xda but i figured since the topic is ringtones i wanted to ask the group for some help.
been trying for ages to find the title of the song in nicolas cages' "gone in sixty seconds" movie. the scene where he takes his tools from his hiding place, goes down to the garage and thanks his friends for helping him. he then asks the tape to be played and this funky song sounds. they then go out to steal the cars. been wanting that song for a ringtone. tried looking at the actual soundtrack but i don't think it's there.
cheers mates
free MIDI ringtones
Check www.myt610.net for free MIDI ringtones. They have a huge collection of ring tones mainly for Sony Ericsson phones.
These ringtones work well on XDA too !!!
Hari
hi all, i place some on my site to www.pdamania.tk
hope it fullfill your needs to :wink:
and two thumbs up! for this forum from xda-developers,
it works for the users !!! :shock:
Hello people of the world,
Just have a question to ask. Is there any program or any way to have support for polyphonic or midi ringtone support for my Siemens Sx56 (XDA-1)? I have tried converting Midi to Wav with the lowest quality (8-bit, Mono, 11 Khz) and the file size for 10 sec is about 100 kb. The sound quality is good but I really don't want to convert everytime I want to put a new midi in my mobile phone. So, if there is a way out there, spit it out! Also, I have cooked a T-Mobile with the Polyphonic ringtone option. But I don't see anywhere how to enable the option? Need help on that too!
from what i've heard then if you have 2003 then you can use mid files
By default, WM2003 doesn't support normal midi files unless it's of one track only, which I consider it very low quality for a device like the XDA.
By installing the MIDI56.CAB file that's part of MMS Composer, I find that WM2003 can support midi files ... it doesn't sound good as ring tones, and I prefer wav or wma instead.
Very Helpful ...
Thank You Biso007 for your help. I found the Midi56.sa.cab file from the XDA Forum and really it worked perfect. There is a little bit of change in sound of drums that sounds like some other instrument but everything else worked out fine. One question though, does anyone know how to enable or add the Midi file support when I want to assign a specific ringtone to a contact? When I go to assign a ringtone, there is only the .wav option, how can I bring the .midi option? Do I have to add Mime type or what? Any clues ... ? :?
I think this depends on the s/w design ... not something that you can modify
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tariq_niazi said:
Thank You Biso007 for your help. I found the Midi56.sa.cab file from the XDA Forum and really it worked perfect. There is a little bit of change in sound of drums that sounds like some other instrument but everything else worked out fine. One question though, does anyone know how to enable or add the Midi file support when I want to assign a specific ringtone to a contact? When I go to assign a ringtone, there is only the .wav option, how can I bring the .midi option? Do I have to add Mime type or what? Any clues ... ? :?
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Get Mtux Ringtonex this will help ya
Thanx! It did work!
Thank you for your help! I installed Mtux RingtoneX and it worked the way I wanted!
The MIDI56.sa.cab file
Many people have asked me to send them the MIDI56.sa.cab file. So I am putting it here so everyone can get it! =)
Hi,
Is it possible to get mp3s as ringtones to MDA2? For midis, it's only a little plugin, isn't there same kind of plugin for mp3?
edit: Subject updated
ms like to push their WMA so thats the easiest thing to use
you can use a program like CDex which is free to convert mp3 to
wma
Well that might be the easiest way. Anyone have an idea why wma is allowed only as ringtone? It can't be assigned as alarm for example...
yeah it's odd guess they made the addon for rings because people wanted to have odd phone ringtones
and maybe the demand was not big on normal notifications so they dident bother
maybe it'll be in CE 2005 if it's not already supported in 2003SE
It's not supported in 2003 SE, I have installed it on my pda. I was hoping that more formats would be supported but no.. :?
You ca use MP3 for ring tones but you need WM10, In WM2003SE just ver 2.20 have WM10 .
wm10
i have xdaIIi which i was pleasently suprised to find has wm10 - however i can't find a way to use mp3 as ringtone - how is this done?
mp3 set as ring tone
this cab file let you set the mp3 tone as ring tone in your xda just install in your xda and choose your mp3 from the explorer and press with hold you will see in the drop menu set as ring tone.
With the Himalaya device?
Regardless of OS version?
I use caller id version 1.20 (build 18567)... i can assign mp3 ringtone for my contact... but i don't know whether this is because i use wm2003se ver. 2.20 chs or just because of the caller id.
anyone else want to try?
mp3 as ringtone
you can download audacity software, you can edit your favorite mp3 files and set the same as your ringtone....
Can anyone advise?
I've installed EnglishMP3SetRingtone.CAB as recommended on another topic here but am having no luck adding ring tones.
Viewing mp3s stored on my storage card I don't get the option to install as a ringtone by holding down over it.
If I look in the phone settings under system, I can see all the mp3s I have placed in Windows/Rings but if I select one & then press play no sound is heard. The only tone that does work is the default tone? Even stranger the other default tones that were installed on the phone such as bass, old phone & 02 tone are still listed but in the actual win/rings folder have disappeared.
If I go into Phone Contacts & try to assign ringtones for individuals it won't display any mp3s. Is the EnglishMP3SetRingtone.CAB meant to enable this to display MP3s?
This is all happening on an XDA 2i running Win 2nd Edition version 4.21.
Any advice gratefully appreciated.
Re: mp3 set as ring tone
broadway said:
this cab file let you set the mp3 tone as ring tone in your xda just install in your xda and choose your mp3 from the explorer and press with hold you will see in the drop menu set as ring tone.
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Thank you broadway. It worked very well.
Re: mp3 set as ring tone
broadway said:
this cab file let you set the mp3 tone as ring tone in your xda just install in your xda and choose your mp3 from the explorer and press with hold you will see in the drop menu set as ring tone.
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works on all ROM version? XDAII only?
how to use the mp3setringtone file
hi,
the file mentioned is a zip file and when i unzip it on my laptop it has 4 files. where is the cab file and how can i install it.
thanks
Re: mp3 set as ring tone
keeping_sg said:
broadway said:
this cab file let you set the mp3 tone as ring tone in your xda just install in your xda and choose your mp3 from the explorer and press with hold you will see in the drop menu set as ring tone.
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works on all ROM version? XDAII only?
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i cant set mp3 as ringtone
i have execute cab file and add registry to wm registry
can u explaint how to install it ?
Phreakazoidz
O2XDAII
Rom XDA2JoJo+Sim Merged
The problem as I found is to do with either Pocket TV or pocket Divx. Can't remember which but if one of these is installed it stops MP3 as ringtones being displayed once you've installed the .cab.
Other than a hard reset I couldn't find away around it.