Comment RIAAnnoying (Score 1) 380
I actually RTFA and found this software isn't much different than using a basic freeware wave editor to crop an audio clip down to 30 seconds or so and then converting the resulting output with whatever compression format your cell phone uses for digital audio. I've done this with my Sprint phone using Qualcomm's free converter and it basically sounds absolutely horrible for anything except voice/a capella clips.
I was really hoping for something that uses intelligent waveform analysis to help you render a decent sounding MIDI file from the original digital audio. MIDI ringtones are really the only way to end up with something that remotely resembles the original song.
As for the RIAA's objections, they've been polluting P2P networks with MP3s that contain 30 second clips of the chorus/hook looped over and over for the entire original duration of the song. They're worthless enough to distribute on P2P, but they're lost revenue as ringtones. I get the feeling the RIAA is in the business of hypocrisy and music is just a side thing.
I was really hoping for something that uses intelligent waveform analysis to help you render a decent sounding MIDI file from the original digital audio. MIDI ringtones are really the only way to end up with something that remotely resembles the original song.
As for the RIAA's objections, they've been polluting P2P networks with MP3s that contain 30 second clips of the chorus/hook looped over and over for the entire original duration of the song. They're worthless enough to distribute on P2P, but they're lost revenue as ringtones. I get the feeling the RIAA is in the business of hypocrisy and music is just a side thing.
