Jul 22
Today’s XKCD raises an important question: what’s the most irritating ringtone you’ve ever had the misfortune to hear?
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Oct 25
Nintendo 3DS to get Recochoku music streaming and download service in Japan, launches in December
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Today’s early Nintendo Direct broadcast didn’t have much in the way of new hardware pricing or surprises, but it did reveal a new music service for 3DS users in Japan. The handheld will soon be able to stream, download and play music from Recochoku, a mobile-centric site that specializes in ringtones and track downloads. Users should be able to take their pick from over 1 million titles, priced at around 250 yen. Any songs bought on your 3DS can also be transferred to your (compatible) keitai of choice.
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Aug 09
Samsung’s opened up about how the engineers in its sound lab build the default tones for your handset. Tasked with developing a “Sonic Branding,” a ringtone that’s as iconic and recognizable as Nokia’s famous reworking of Gran Vals is to the Finnish handset maker. Research showed that most phones are answered within 10 seconds, so for Over The Horizon, the two-second is repeated and variated several different ways.
Designing the soundscape for NatureUX also posed problems of its own. In order to create those aquatic noises, designers stirred a rubber bowl of water and scratched wet plates with toothpicks hundreds of times until the perfect tone was found. What was the leading cause of rejection? The enhanced sounds were a little too similar to that of a flushing toilet. Of course, while handset sound design is the team’s most famous effort, it’s also tasked with producing the audible signals from everything from Microwaves to Washing Machines — so perhaps your next load of clean laundry will be heralded with a three-minute guitar solo.
Continue reading Peek inside Samsung’s sound lab to see ringtones being born
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Peek inside Samsung’s sound lab to see ringtones being born originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Aug 2012 08:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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