Kinds of Ringtones
When someone mentions “ringtones” the first thing that usually comes to mind are MP3 songs which we use as ringtones. However, ringtones are not just MP3 files. Before MP3 songs, there were these kind of mobile ringtones:
Monophonic Ringtones – in the days where mobile phones are monochromatic and camera phones were only found in science fiction movies, there were monophonic ringtones. As the term suggests, these ringtones only have a single note on them. Nokia and Sony Ericsson used to have an onboard application on their mobile phones which allow you to create monophonic ringtones.
Polyphonic ringtones – or midi files. These ringtones have more than a single note on them and aside from the piano notes, it usually comes with some bass notes and other string instruments. Usually, these are the files used for karaoke music.
WAV ringtones – WAV files are lower quality ringtones than MP3s. You can create ringtones from songs/phrases using WAV files too but there’s some noticeable noise involve. If you want to create a ringtone from your child’s/loved ones’ voice, you can record one, save it as a WAV file and use it as your ringtone.
MP3 ringtones – nowadays, thanks to technology and increasing memory on mobile phones, we are able to use MP3 files as ringtones. MP3 ringtones have higher quality sounds and you can usually create MP3 ringtones from songs, or extract them from videos.