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Cricket Chirping Ringer!!!!!
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Posted by: DiZiGeL

I made my first cell phone ringer. This is not an FM synthesis or MIDI ringer. It's a "voice" or sampled format.

This ringer is a lone cricket chirping (the insect, not the sport). Kind of a fun sound and you can play jokes on people with it, play it when a lecture gets real boring, etc.

Additionally, it is easy to disavow ownership of the offending sound in inappropriate settings (such as a meeting, theater, etc.) because it's hard to tell where it's coming from and it's plausibly a naturally occurring sound.

I have provided WAV, MP3, and QCP formatted version. I've only tested the ringer on the LG VX6000.

I'm using free web hosting, so it probably won't stay up long. If you want it, grab it quick!

http://fire.prohosting.com/dizigel/

Have fun!
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DiZiGeL

Posted by: mnscuba

Sweet!

Thanks... Always looking for fun tones, hopefully I'll get it to work on my vx6000 as well. I downloaded the wav and qcp file.

Posted by: DiZiGeL

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Originally posted by mnscuba
Sweet!

Thanks... Always looking for fun tones, hopefully I'll get it to work on my vx6000 as well. I downloaded the wav and qcp file.

Just use BITPIM with a compatable USB cable and you should be good. Also, there used to be a way to email the tone but I don't think that works any more, not sure.
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DiZiGeL

Posted by: mnscuba

My provider doesn't have the MMS setup yet, but I'm working with them on it... that will be nice! For now the data cable is working good but I haven't had any luck with .wav or .mp3 files yet, only .mid. If I remember right, I did have a qcp file at one point, I think that's what the voice recorder saves them as.

At any rate, it's always nice to see 'different' types of ringers posted.

Posted by: Felix T Cat

OK, I've downloaded alot of things from the web but these files just are not working for me. I tried downloading the mp3 and wav files but IE just downloads them as htm files and when I do get a zip file Winzip thinks its corrupted.

Can someone e-mail the MP3 and Wav files to cfelix2k@yahoo.com ?

Thanks

Posted by: mnscuba

You have mail...

Posted by: DiZiGeL

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Originally posted by Felix T Cat
OK, I've downloaded alot of things from the web but these files just are not working for me. I tried downloading the mp3 and wav files but IE just downloads them as htm files and when I do get a zip file Winzip thinks its corrupted.

Can someone e-mail the MP3 and Wav files to cfelix2k@yahoo.com ?

Thanks

Felix T Cat,

If you are right-clicking the download links and choosing "save as" that won't work. This is because the free website provider has one of those click-through ads. So just click the link once and view the ad. Then you can do the right-click-save on the link right below the text, "To continue downloading this file, please click the link below." I know mnscuba just emailed you the files, but I thought this might help some other people if they have the same problem.

BTW, if you are using BITPIM with an LG you'll want the QCP file. I provided the WAV and MP3 in case people wanted to preview it or port it to other phones.

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DiZiGeL

Posted by: Felix T Cat

Thanks for the info. My download manager was trying to grap the file and killing the pass through add.

OK,I'll admit, I'm new to this. Why do I want the QCP file if my VX6000 supports MP3 files ?

Posted by: DiZiGeL

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Originally posted by Felix T Cat
Thanks for the info. My download manager was trying to grap the file and killing the pass through add.

OK,I'll admit, I'm new to this. Why do I want the QCP file if my VX6000 supports MP3 files ?

I think that QCP and MP3 are really the same thing. It's just that QCP is just a 22Hz, 16-bit, mono MP3 with a different filename extension. Or at least that's my guess. One of the MP3 conversion tutorials I followed said something like that.

It might also be possible that the VX6000 unofficially supports MP3 and renaming one to *.QCP tricks the phone into using it. I dunno....

Anyways, the QCP that I provided is exactly the same as the MP3 but with a different filename extension so that BITPIM will accept the file.

I'm new to all this stuff too!

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DiZiGeL

Posted by: mnscuba

FYI
The .qcp file worked flawlessly and sounds great!

Thanks...

Posted by: bodosom

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Originally posted by DiZiGeL
I think that QCP and MP3 are really the same thing.

Although both the Qualcomm PureVoice CODEC (Qcelp, qcp) and MPEG 1 layer 3 (mp3) are audio compression protocols they're not the same. Qcelp is optimized for voice (or CDMA networks if you believe Qualcomm). The phone figures out what to do with the file based on the content not the name. I think an advantage to .qcp files is that the phone will automatically loop them but I could be wrong since I've not used Qualcomm's .wav to .qcp converter.

Posted by: DiZiGeL

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Originally posted by bodosom
Although both the Qualcomm PureVoice CODEC (Qcelp, qcp) and MPEG 1 layer 3 (mp3) are audio compression protocols they're not the same. Qcelp is optimized for voice (or CDMA networks if you believe Qualcomm). The phone figures out what to do with the file based on the content not the name. I think an advantage to .qcp files is that the phone will automatically loop them but I could be wrong since I've not used Qualcomm's .wav to .qcp converter.

Thanks for the clarification. I changed my website to explain that the QCP download is really a masquerading MP3 prepped for BITBIM.

Also, I attempted to make a real QCP with the Qualcomm tool but unfortunately the bit rate is too low for the cricket to sound good. Oh well, that would have been nice since I would be able to loop just one chirp and have a really small file.

Anyways, thanks again!
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DiZiGeL

Posted by: gargun

Your chirping cricket is EXACTLY the sound that I've been looking for! It's VERY cool! But, my phone only accepts midi (.mid) files. Is there any way to get this as a midi? I tried transforming it via psmPlayer 5.0 but it wasn't able to with either the .wav or mp3. versions of your file. THANKS!

Posted by: Connection

I have another clip of a couple of crikets chirping... I don't have a way to post it up here other than emailing it to you if you want it. It's an MP3, and it's very clean. Actually sounds like you're sitting outside.

Lemme know!

Kevin

Posted by: buckinmi

kevin, if you zip the file you should be able to upload it to this forum.

Posted by: HyToFry

Here's some fun ones I found.

http://students.cs.byu.edu/~bmerril...l%20Zoo/vermin/

The frog and bee and cricket are the best. The others would make crappy ringers.

Posted by: jtang613

Here's a more realistic cricket sound. I've cleaned it up a bit and converted it to a QCEP (4.1k) so our LG phones will automatically loop it. Great sound quality, very small file.

Note: this is the *real* Qualcomm QCEP format, not just a renamed MP3.

Enjoy

Posted by: HyToFry

That's awesome. Why the hell did noone ever tell me that converting the ringers to qcp would allow them to loop. ×××× boo.

Posted by: Connection

Well I tried that.... it's too big... I don't have a site I can post it at either... let me see what else I can come up with...

Posted by: harlenm

Email it to me, I can host it.

harlenmail-web@yahoo.com

Posted by: HyToFry

What are you trying to host?

I put jtang613's cricket.qcp on my phone. Now when someone calls, it makes the cricket sound, and the sound loops. AWESOME!!!

Posted by: harlenm

Connection said he had a file that he wanted to post, but couldn't attach it because it was too big.

I have the original one from the beginning of the thread. I would like to try jtang's, but not sure if I could email it to the phone or not.

Posted by: HyToFry

Yes, you can.

Though, you may have to rename it from cricket.qcp to cricket.mid (though it shouldn't matter theoretically.)

Posted by: harlenm

It did work. I renamed it as a midi just in case. However, I liked the original one better.

Posted by: Connection

You guys should be seeing a new cricket ringer in the near future... it's pretty cool.

Posted by: harlenm

Here is connection's cricket file. It's pretty good, sounds very real, with multiple crickets.

http://le108.tripod.com/cricket.mp3