Polyphonic ringtones definition
 

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I am planning to buy a new mobile phone for my self and i don't know whats does Polyphonic ringtones means can anyone tell me about it or can provide me some information about the same. I have try to find out on internet but was not able to get any proper definition or good explanation for it. Thanks in Advance.

Meaning of Polyphonic ringtones
 

The traditional ringtone was in the 440-480 Hz range, but as cellphone usage grew, it became obvious that ringtone differentiation would become important. A polyphonic ring tone can consist of several notes at a time. The first polyphonic ring tones used sequenced recording methods such as MIDI. Such recordings specify what synthetic instrument should play a note at a given time, and the actual instrument sound is dependent upon the playback device.

Definition of Polyphonic ringtones
 

Polyphonic ringtones can create multiple tones and/or notes simultaneously. Most polyphonic ringtones are stored in MIDI format (MIDI, MIDI 0, or SP-MIDI). Different phones support a different number of simultaneous instruments (chords) anywhere from 4 to 40 or more. Sagem 2.1 and Qualcomm CMX versions 1 and 2 also support polyphonic ringtones.