Motorola ringtone composer

I have an old motorola hand phone with fascinating ringtone composer function. However there is no information, even on internet about how to compose a music there. Here I try to share my experiment on how to compose a notation in it. I'm sorry for my music knowledge.
The grammar is the following
ABDE
A= *Number, eg *1, 1st octave. This is optional
B= # sign, 1/2 ascending
C= Note Letter, abcdefg = ordinary note, r = stop note
D= Number, length of note, 0 is the longest, default is 2
example: *4#c0
We can also use up/down button to get all the notes, but only in standar length (there should be correct term for this). To change the length we must change it manually.

Happy composing!

Here is an example from star wars opening theme
b1b1b1g2r4*5d2b1
g2r4*5f2b0*5#f1*
5#f1*5#f1*5#g2r4
*5d2b1g2r4*5d2b0

classical music

Recent years my interest on this genre grows drastically. From listening, buying the record and even watching the live concert. A pity that I cannot play any piece of them. In fact I cannot play any musical instrument. Maybe someday learning violin would be very sexy. Just the way I thought when I used to see young people with cool musical instruments around Claudio Monteverdi conservatory.

In my opinion, maybe the easiest pieces to enjoy are Canon of Pachelbel and Air of Bach. Once you listen to them you will fall in love. However this time I'd like to share a peaceful composition of Brahms, under direction of Karajan.

glorious sarapan

sekul wadang, blendrang terong campur bung, kaliyan dadar tigan. sinambi midangetaken Romeo und Julia saking Peter Tschaikowsky, ingkang dipun asta dening Berliner Philharmoniker, dipun pandegani dening Herbert von Karajan, dalemipun pinggir margi celak bale dusun :D. 100% analog mboten ngagem bit/byte utawi transistor.

mangga dipun sekecakaken.

asnf audio system

Reading posts on jimmyauw's blog send my memories back when I was child. I bought an amplifier kit for Rp20.000(around USD10), ready to plug without chasis and power supply. Rode bicycle to the town (yes I lived more less 10km outside the town) with Reza, who lived 3-4 km from my home. Now I'm wondering on how we made appointment without phone, sms nor email, it was beautiful day isn't it.
It was quite complete kit, preamp, tone control and power amp. I used a bare casette/tape deck as head unit, and two full range pioneer speakers(grab from my parents stereo set, hmm my parents were quite rich for they afforded to buy this precious portable stereo tape player). It was not very long until Reza generously gave his tape sharp walkman, I used it as my new head unit, it sound definitely better and louder.
The powersupply was 5Ampere trafo, quite big. I didn't assemble it together in a chassis since I need it to fed my head unit(fortunately there was 3V output to feed the walkman battery power). The chassis was half centimeter wooden multiplex and some coconut tree wood, painted red, never finish :(. The driver casing was made made from soft wood(kapuk), ex concrete construction works, painted contemporary also never finished. I almost forgot to mention that this two fullrange speaker was put in the same box! ok I admit it was dumb.
I got cursed by DIY project, modifications. As I remember I only did modification on single capacitor that change the tone higher or lower, given bigger capacity it went lower and vice versa.
Full range was not cool, I wanted extreme bass and treble. I went for one tweeter and one woofer, actually they weren't bought at the same time. Build the case using ex concrete construction works again. It was quite big and time consuming. I meant to build sub woofer actually, but finally it went to single channel of my stereo, and the other two fullrange went to other channel. Another blatant dumb.
It sounds, good? well everything is relative. This system filled days of my adolescence for couple(4-5) years. I think it was not the amp, the head unit was the most important.. thank Za :D.
Many casettes were played on it, as I remember only one was copied version, the rest were originals; Iwan Fals(a lot), P-Project(I knew their parodical songs version more than the originals), dewa19(all of their album), Def Leppard (a bunch of them), MLTR(yes we're chicks), Saigon Kick(sometime also kick out), Kenny G, SlanK, Oasis, Alanis Morissette, Green Day, Metallica, Sherina(when she was cute), and many more. Most of them were borrowed.
After some years in university I feel that I lost my respect to music, probably due to mp3 format that can be easily copied and pasted. I feel sorry for myself, I lost respect to what I loved. Practically I never bought a single song/album after I leave my fancy audio system.

ogg vs mp3

Open audio format ogg seems convincing in reducing audio file size compare to mp3. For a "similar" quality, ogg encodes audio file up to less than 1MB, compare to mp3 which encodes it to 3MB.

But there are still some problem with ogg. It good for final version audio file, which is not to be manipulated. Compare to mp3, ogg has less tools to manipulate it, e.g cutter. Hopefully it will be developed soon.

jangan sombong

Rasanya kontras dengan judul posting sebelumnya. Lumayan untuk k.o.k.

Kau yang merasa paling suci
kau yang merasa paling mulya
diatas langit masih ada langit

diatas langit ada lagi

jangan sombong

firaun yang kuasa kini dimana
aduhai nitzhe sudah mati
lenon yang masyur telah gugur
lenin yang kokoh telah roboh

jangan sombong …..

aku terurai seperti debu
imajinasi tak liar lagi bagai malam yang mencengkram
bahkan surga pun tak abadi
apalah aku apalah engkau
tiap hati kita tuhanlah yang kekal

dia atas kita kini langit
diatas kita nanti tanah

jangan sombong …..

mumpung masih gratis silahkan download. Album ini dirilis Ramadan 2006, wah masih di Jakarta jaman itu. Liriknya menurut saya bagus, mungkin karena ada personelnya lulusan lingkar sastra. Nama grup musiknya The Panas Dalam, pas lagu ini vokalisnya si Alga Indria. Yang belum tahu dan melihat recent tampangnya mungkin gak percaya kalo dia adalah mantan presiden Keluarga Mahasiswa Institut Teknologi Bandit. Dia juga yang membuat logo merah raksasa OSKM 99, Solidaritas dan Kerakyatan, yang terpajang beberapa tahun di ruang tamu lantai saya di asrama.

lagu lama

Somewhere in a scrapbook...
thank you youtube!
monggo dilanjut di youtube, there's no original clips. One among other beautiful song in the same album, such as "sometimes love just ain't enough", and "mistakes".
The cassette was stolen from grand ma home, I think it belonged to my cousins...

inflasi

Konser Paduan Suara Stuttgart "Kammerchor Stuttgart" di aula barat ternyata sudah gak murah lagi,
Harga Tiket :
Umum 40.000
Mahasiswa 20.000

Terakhir(2004?) lihat konser resital vokal di tempat yang sama masih 10.000 untuk umum (dan pengangguran), dan 5.000 untuk mahasiswa(dan pengangguran yang masih punya kartu tanda mahasiswa), amazing... bagus bener emang bangunan belanda ini. Tanpa sound system apapun suaranya mantap dan jernih..

Kembali ke harga, inflasi 400% dalam waktu 4 tahun? Apakah mahasiswa sekarang sudah sekaya2 ini ya, ataukah memang 20.000 itu sekarang harga dua kali makan? wah kalo ini harga yang wajar berat juga sekarang kuliah di bandung. Rasanya dulu beruntung sekali, pas mulai kuliah, Gus Dur jadi presiden, gaji orang tua dinaikkan dan sepertinya gak naik-naik lagi tuh sampai sekarang.. pastinya sekarang jadi lebih berat tentunya. Masih ada Malang sih yang murah meriah, 2.500 masih bisa dapat ayam di bilangan Semanggi dekat Poltek. Ya tapi rasanya nggak fair kalo subsidi yg dulu 30 jutaan (harusnya ini lebih tinggi sekarang, kan inflasi) per tahun per mahasiswa itu lagi-lagi jatuh ke yang kaya-kaya. Sayang juga kalo gara-gara uang beberapa ratus ribu perbulan (eh mungkin sekarang satu jutaan ya) buat uang saku dan SPP 2-3 juta per semester, trus jadinya takut ndaftar ITB dan akhirnya gak dapat subsidi 30 juta itu.

Ayo adik-adik, sekolahlah ke ITB berhadiah subsidi 30 jutaan per tahun... (eh lupa harusnya lebih ding, kan inflasi :^)

alanis morissette

Sudah 10 tahun lebih tidak ngefans lagi ama penyanyi ini, sejak ada rilis video clipnya yang konon telanjang(saya belum pernah liat versi ini) dan lagunya yang rada mellow dibanding Jagged Little Pills. Melihat lagi di siaran langsung di TV, eh nyanyi lagu-lagu lawas jaman saya SMA ...wah masih tetap bagus suaranya, walau penampilannya udah gak selangsing dulu, normal woman. Ironic, You Learn, Hand in My Pocket, yang lain udah lupa. Sayang penonton di konsernya ini rada sedikit, dibanding konser di JCC dulu, "And isn't it ironic...dont you think. A little too ironic...I really do think..."
Pada jaman Jagged Little Pills lagu-lagunya masih bernuansa sosial, pas banget dengan iklim masa itu, pas lagi demen-demennya ndengerin radio asing berbahasa Indonesia di pagi hari yang membuka wacana tentang kebrobrokan pemerintah. Forum negara Pancasila masih juga didengerin sih, sekedar buat hiburan pengganti Ria Jenaka yang tak lagi tanyang di TVRI.
Salah satu perkembangan wacana musik saya semasa sma yang terbonsai sejak lulus SMP, bersama green day(album insomniac doang).
As always they were borrowed for alooong time from a friend, gobis. namanya juga cute paracyte. Paling ndak bukan bajakan!

pucung

ngelmu iku kelakone kanthi [m]laku[2]

Let's Get Rocked

I can't stand not to write an entry about this video clip, youtube is great! It was in my 5th or 6th year of elementary school, when I could only watch TVRI, musik 10, music mancanegara, mancagita or whatsoever. In that age the clips was very sophisticated; 3D animation with a couple of computer stuff, black-white screen with number, graph and 3D character wireframe. It was early '90, maybe 1992. You can have them all in a $100 PC today.
Few years later, when I studied in junior high school, Def Leppard released their compilation album, Vault, with a new single When Love and Hate Collide. Not so long after that a brand new album was released, Slang, that accompany me during World Cup 1996. It was an unforgettable story, germany won the game with Klinsmann as the star, but I forget where it was.
That was the age of casette recording. I've never had them, they belong to my junior high school mate, Reza, who collects many Def Leppard ancient albums and vast collections of recording from his parents generation. His music collection strongly poisoned my taste, even until now that I think have no significant improvement since then.
Fortunately it was not the age of MP3, so there's no crime of illegal copying, just borrowing..for looooong time..until sometimes I forgot to give it back, I'm a cute paracyte. Then played them on my 'hi-fi' audio systems that looked similar to A.S.N.F radio of Man of Honor movie. Sorry it was not 'hi-fi', it was truly a hi-fi, high fidelity audio systems that the sound can be refine by changing the capasitors or resistors to achieve affordable treble and bass balance, I loved it!

barcelona

Gemerlap Pesta Kota
Seolah Getar Flamenco Mengalun Jiwa
Kududuk Terhanyut Nuansa
Disudut Semarak Plaza Catalonia

Kala Sepasang Mata...
Menatapku Manja...
Mengajak Berdansa
Sapanya "Quiere Usted Bailar Conmigo?"

"Quiere Darme Su Direccion Senorita?"
Kuingin Kau Ajak Serta Malam Ini
"Como Se Pronucia Oh Juwita"
Ingin Kunyatakan Cinta Sepenuh Asa

[Bridge]
Mungkin Esok Kukan Pergi
Tapi Kuberjanji
Pasti Diriku Kembali
Untuk Cinta Yang Tertinggal
Dijantung Barcelona

[Reff]
Peluklah Diriku Mesra... Dalam Cinta
Sebagai Pengikat Rindu
Akan Kukenang Slalu
Cintaku Di Barcelona

"Lo Siento Mucho Senorita"
Kuharus Meninggalkanmu Sejenak Waktu
Hapuslah Airmatamu Kini
Dua Hati Tlah Terpadu Satu Janji

Usaikan Cerita
Malam Yang Tersisa
Ku Tak Kuasa Lagi
Tuk Menunda Waktu
Hidupku Bersamamu

Kecuplah Diriku Kasih... Malam Ini
Angan Yang Tergoda Resah
Srasa Smakin Gelisah
Melupakan Fajar Tiba ...

[Back To Bridge]

"Hasta La Vista Mi Amor..." Penuh Cinta
Dihariku Kan Kembali
Kan Kuingatkan Janji
Cintamu Di Barcelona

[Back To Reff]

Cintaku Di Barcelona ...
Barcelona ...

Nice song from Fariz R.M., even though I prefer the other one Sakura Dalam Pelukan. I think it was in 80's. I just know there are some spanish sentences on the lyrics, that's why I could not able to sing it completely.
First time I saw his performance in Graha Niaga building on Sudirman Jakarta, 2003, in a students art performance, our group was participating as well. He sang very good even in his age. Watching his performance made me no wonder if Sherina become a talented singer, they share a same family name Munaf. There were also Dee (Dewi RSD) and her sister(Mocca vocalist). Second time I saw a live performance of Indonesian artists, the first was Cokelat, at Plaza Widyanusantara on Palindrome Project, 2002.

Barcelona, there I'll come . . .

hifi

Until my boss told me monoblock and tube lamps I thought that the best audio devices are sony, kenwood and so on with sophisticated term such as surround, subwoofer and so on. Yes I was wrong.

Our ears are only two, therefore stereo sound system is actually enough, and a good sound system is the one that reproduce a sound similar to the original, not more or less such provoked by subwoofer stuff, that what was Pak Arief said. But the problem is about what kind of stereo sound system can produce such incredible sound. Unfortunately any transistor sound system which is widely available is never adequate for this purpose due to transistor characteristic. Somehow transistors degrade electron flow, such as electron hole jump.. ahh I don't know exactly.. I'm not an electronic engineer, that eventually degrade sound quality.

Fast backward to the time when transistor was not yet invented, people use tube lamps that has characteristic such as transistor, even computer processor was made from this tube lamps in this age. Its size and power greedy characteristic made any devices contain this tubelamps become monstrous big, but it has a nice characteristic for sound reproduction. It has a smoother 'curve' that preserve sound quality. Therefore audiophilies prefer this kind of tube lamps audio amplifier sound system.

In the case of surround sound system, dts, and so on, this tubelamps system gives a more natural output. Such as when attending a live music concert, from the sound we can determine where are the vocalist, violin, bass, and so on, even though the sound is only coming from the front. This kind of opportunity coined into a notion of staging.

Sure for producing such kind of sound you need a really good resource, forget about MP3, even for the highest possible sampling rate. CD audio is considered as the worst affordable source, preferably vinyl, or any other recording source with quality between them.

This entry was provoked when I saw a bunch of vinyl and the player, it is cheaper than I've thought...hehehe, maybe it was the worst. But the tubelamps sound amplifier price is truly crazy, even though someone offer me for USD500 for the cheapest, home made.

klenengan

Pinaringan pawarta saking milis PSTK ngenani website kabudhayan jawi, wonten warni-warni tembang jawi kelangenan ingkang saged dipun unduh; macapat kaliyan karawitan, rekaman ringgit inggih wonten.

Monggo dipun unduh.
Sugeng midhangetaken...

And the oscar goes to ...

Falling Slowly, O.S.T Once

[applause]

[standing ovation]


[silent]

lokananta

lumayan, belum sebagus pstk sih, tapi karena pstk belum bikin ya ini dulu tidak apa-apa. Hehehe, mendingan narsis daripada minder!!

Gamelan Groep Marsudi Raras Delft pada gamelan mempersembahkan tembang cantik berikut.

Group ini juga niat banget membuat identifikasi frekuensi instrumen-instrumen gamelan

absen!

Karena nggak kesampaian nonton Hannover Philharmonic, biarlah potongan poster ini sebagai artefak.

move along

lagu bagus nih!