Comments on: Creating Ringtones http://kestrachern.net/creating-ringtones/ Thu, 17 May 2012 23:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kestrachern http://kestrachern.net/creating-ringtones/comment-page-1/#comment-502 kestrachern Wed, 20 May 2009 03:18:30 +0000 http://kestrachern.net/?p=1983#comment-502 Oh wow.. I had no idea about Brian Eno and the Windows tune.... I thought that by working in a defined limit of time etc.. it would help me learn the tool rather than let my creative side run amuck!! thanks for all the suggestions!! :-) Oh wow.. I had no idea about Brian Eno and the Windows tune….

I thought that by working in a defined limit of time etc.. it would help me learn the tool rather than let my creative side run amuck!!

thanks for all the suggestions!!
:-)

]]> By: capsid http://kestrachern.net/creating-ringtones/comment-page-1/#comment-497 capsid Tue, 19 May 2009 19:07:14 +0000 http://kestrachern.net/?p=1983#comment-497 I bet ringtones are a lot of fun. First, you're dealing with the frequency limitations from the tiny speaker. Then you have to make the beginning and end of the microcomposition flow together. Then, you have ensure that it doesn't get old after hearing it twenty times in a day. Here's some tidbits on how Brian Eno created the windows 95 startup sound (remember that pretty bit with the soft pad and delayed pianos?): http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/05/tiny-music-makers-pt-2-microsoft-sound.html A quote: "I thought this was so funny and an amazing thought to actually try to make a little piece of music. It's like making a tiny little jewel." I bet ringtones are a lot of fun.

First, you’re dealing with the frequency limitations from the tiny speaker. Then you have to make the beginning and end of the microcomposition flow together. Then, you have ensure that it doesn’t get old after hearing it twenty times in a day.

Here’s some tidbits on how Brian Eno created the windows 95 startup sound (remember that pretty bit with the soft pad and delayed pianos?):
http://musicthing.blogspot.com/2005/05/tiny-music-makers-pt-2-microsoft-sound.html

A quote:
“I thought this was so funny and an amazing thought to actually try to make a little piece of music. It’s like making a tiny little jewel.”

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