Decent set of ring tones

[Guest adrianfox]

The set of ring tones that come with this phone are dire, compared to my last Nokia 6210.

MIDI files seem to play with clicks between the notes.

Orange should select a decent set and make them available OTA

[Guest lasombra]

Yes right. Why don't add some cool ringtones on it (wave or midi)

[Guest richto]

You need support for decent ringtones in the first place. The SPV doesnt even play polyphonic ringtones properly - it usually crashes - just about every other modern hand set can do this - the is an urgently needed fix.

[Guest adrianfox]

It doesn't even play monophonic (old style) ring tones that well either. There's an annoying clicking sound between the notes. It's as though the sound hardware is being switched on and off for individual notes. Also the tone is feeble and doesn't travel across the office well compared to Nokias et al.

[Guest elementalist]

Absolutely agree with this wish. This is, in fact, more a bug-fix request than a wish. The midi processing software must either be faulty or just plain HORRENDOUS! What WERE they thinking? I can't imagine who, if anyone, tested these ringtones and thought, 'yeah, that sounds alright' - give me a brick and access to thier kneecaps please...

If it weren't for the fact you can assign WAVs to nearly everything, the SPV, ringtone-wise, would be next to useless.

[Guest tiger33]

I dont agree as i've been able to upload a lot of decent WAV files to the phone and they play without any problems

i dont need the polytronic ringtones etc now

[Guest philster1234]

:D Try downloading a wave editor, very easy to use. Stick any old song you like in the SPV memory, at 8bit per second(not more as SPV does not support 4bit per second, I think) and create your own great ring tones. Marvelous. I currently have Dangermouse and A_Team as ring tones. Couldn't ask for more customisable ring tones. Sounds 10 x better than polyphonic!!!!!!! As for monophonic, Why Bother?

[Guest adrianfox]

:( Try downloading a wave editor, very easy to use.  Stick any old song you like in the SPV memory, at 8bit per second(not more as SPV does not support 4bit per second, I think) and create your own great ring tones. Marvelous.  I currently have Dangermouse and A_Team as ring tones.  Couldn't ask for more customisable ring tones.  Sounds 10 x better than polyphonic!!!!!!!  As for monophonic, Why Bother?

Really, you don't say :D

Does this mean I can put any CD I like in my CD player too?

Seriously, we all know we can do this. But some of us want proper polyphonic MIDI support, and I wish everyone would stop trying to convince us otherwise.

[Guest zenabi]

Hmm MIDI ringtones work fine on my SPV, none of that clicking syndrome, no crashing and even polyphonic tunes sound decent.

The only complaints I do have about MIDI playback on the SPV are the lack of support for lower octaves and that it takes a while for the tune to start playing (2-3secs).

[Guest Shuflie]

Any chance you could post a link to your polyphonic ringtones?

[Guest philster1234]

:oops: Mmmmmm, I'm sorry, I didnt't realise that polyphonic tones which sound like bontempi organs are so much better than Wave files which sound like real music and don't so far as I have experienced have a time delay like polyphonics. What was I thinking of suggesting to use wave files????(Foxy!)

[Guest adrianfox]

:oops:   Mmmmmm, I'm sorry, I didnt't realise that polyphonic tones which sound like bontempi organs are so much better than Wave files which sound like real music and don't so far as I have experienced have a time delay like polyphonics.  What was I thinking of suggesting to use wave files????(Foxy!)

1. Wave files take up so much space, anything less than 16 bit / 22khz sounds garbage.

2. MIDI is closer to ring tones. Waves of "real" music sounds more like someone switched on a cheap transistor radio.

[Guest zenabi]

Any chance you could post a link to your polyphonic ringtones?

Try this one: http://spv.orange-today.co.uk/sounds/Bethlehem.mid

You'd probably won't actaully want it as your ringtone, but it shows the polyphonic midi capability of the SPV.

[Guest dougal]

Jeezus there must be somthing seriously wrong with your speaker if you realy think polyphonic will sound better than wav files

i used creative wave edit (free with any creative soundcard since sound blasters first came out) to edit wav files made from mp3s using mp3towav prog from tucows, you can cut paste make louder and quieter. theres bags of room on thi phone for them.

if you want crappy polyphonic tone then convert a midi into a wav then use it.

its great to put the real song onto the phone as a ringtone, if your workmate has some cacky beeper of the song, it can realy pee them off.

i use the spv as a mp3 player at work all day since i got the battery to hold a decent charge (256MB sd card) mp3 re-encoded to 64k mono

to make the battery better do a hardware reset when the battery is nearly flat, then wait for it to go nearly flat before charging (mine lasted 2 more days after the reset, when it was allegedly flat at the reset, now i only charge every 2 days and use the phone as mp3 player and phone all day without switching off at night as it also wakes me up using the scheduler for 5 alarms in the morning, each with a wav file for how late i am)

watching LOTR the 2 towers (3 hours) seriously flattens the battery though,needed charging that night !!! i split it into 10 bits due to the lack of FF/REW but watched it in one hit anyway.

[Guest Deemon]

all the wav files ive tried sound really tinny on the SPV and the few midi files ive actually got to work seem to vary in volume.

Can anyone post links to wavs or midis that actually sound good ?

thanks in advance

[Guest zenabi]

few midi files ive actually got to work seem to vary in volume.

I think that's down to which octave the notes lie on. The SPV only plays notes well that are on high octaves. If you can, just transpose the whole song up a few octaves and see if it helps.

[Guest J1A1H]

if you get polyphonic ringtones in midi format and you change it to wav they will still sound rubbish and hav a clicking noise in the back so has n e one have any soloutions help help help