| Music ringtones, a newer version of ringtones, contain | | | | quality. More modern than MP3 is MPEG-4 format, |
| either actual pieces of music backed by lyrics or the | | | | which includes Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) that |
| entire song with music and singers. Most of the cell | | | | increases sound clarity of the music ringtone. Some |
| phone manufacturers like Motorola, Nokia and Sony | | | | of the music ringtones are downloadable from |
| Ericsson are including even voice ringtones along with | | | | different websites for a fee. |
| music on their new generation cell phones. | | | | Music ringtones plays a vital role in the music industry. |
| Cell phone users often change their ringtone weekly, | | | | In the U.S., revenues of $4 billion dollars was |
| but they should be sure to check the compatibility of | | | | recorded from ringtones during 2004--nearly one-third |
| the ringtone before purchasing. | | | | of the country's total music revenue. People are |
| Music ringtones are generally in MP3, WMA, WAV or | | | | purchasing digital music collections in the form of |
| AMR format. MP3 is a very compressed format, | | | | easy-to-make personal ringtones. Recently released |
| which represents pulse-code modulated (PCM) audio | | | | cell phones come packaged with the function of |
| data in the smaller size by discarding some portions | | | | playing full music ringtones. There is a new incarnation |
| that are less important to the human ear. There are | | | | in music ringtones namely Real Music Ringtones which |
| a number of techniques like psychoacoustics for | | | | includes actual music along with vocals and |
| determining which portions of the audio feed are to | | | | accompaniments. Country music fans can enjoy a |
| maintained or discarded in MP3 format. MP3 format | | | | variety of ringtones from favorite artists. |
| ensures a tradeoff between data size and sound | | | | |