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In this second series of the Midi and ringtone series posting, I will discuss the various ways in which you can obtain midi files to use as a ringtone for your Treo.

In the last How To series posting on midi ringtones, I’ve discussed how to transfer a Midi file you’ve obtained to your Treo device. Strange that I didn’t even discuss “how to” get the files in the first place. Well, this post will cover that.

Again, depending on how you access the site whether it be via your computer or via your Treo, you need to surf to the specific site that offers free midi downloads. If you download and save the files on your computer, you will need to transfer the files over to the Treo. If you surf the internet via the Treo, you simply need to surf to the site, download the file and it will immediately recognize the file and it’s ready for use. But, surfing via GPRS (cellular data charges) or even Wi-Fi (hotspot cost) in many cases can be expensive so many people will go through the computer route and then transfer it over.

The first and most obvious choice is simply to launch the browser on your Treo and check out the home page of your celluar carrier and you should be able to buy the ringtones. In my case, since my carrier is Rogers in Canada, the homepage is http://mymobilehomepage.rogers.com. I check out all the links that are available in the home page and there will be links that will direct me to their ringtone store where I can sample, pay and download professionally made midi ringtones. That is the easiest way, but obviously, at the price of a few dollars per ringtone, it may not be the cheapest. There are many other sites besides your cellular carrier’s mobile site that also offers ringtones for sale.

Here are a few other sites that offer ringtones for sale:

http://www.midiringtones.com/

http://www.mtv.com/mobile/ringtones/

http://www.moviso.com/

http://www.vh1.com/mobile/ringtones/index.jhtml

http://www.telusmobility.com/music/

I have not tried any of them and the ones I did buy was purchased from Rogers that I loaded onto my old Nokia phone.

There are many other places where you can get very decent sounding midi file as ringtones. Keep in mind that some files may not be home made and possibly professionally made one that got distributed for free without the creators’ consent.

The second way, as I’ve already mentioned is to go to one of the many midi ringtone download sites that offer files for free. Again, keep in mind about possible copyright issues. Please note to disable pop ups and be careful when venturing to these sites as many of them rely on pop up ads. I have not tried them all, but the main ones I have checked out include the popular ones like mididb, and midisite.co.uk.

Here’s a list of some sites that offer free midi files:

http://www.mididb.com/

http://www.midisite.co.uk/

http://www.musicrobot.com/

http://tubular.net/midi/

http://mytreo.net/downloads/cat110.html

http://www.treotones.com/

The following is unventured territory for me (so keep that in mind)

http://www.ifni.com/top100/index.php

http://www.midi4u.com/

http://www.free-midi.org/

http://www.cool-midi.com/

Here’s another site, or more of a blog on ringtones you may want to check out that offers a whole list of postings on ringtones.

http://www.textually.org/ringtonia/archives/cat_where_to_download_ringtones.htm

Do you know of any midi site that I have not mentioned that you think I should add to this posting to help other readers? If so, please use the contact form below and I will also add your name to the contest (expires Oct 16th midnight PST).

You can also simply do a search on Google or other search engines with the artist’s name or song name with midi (eg. Queen Bohemian Rhapsody midi ). Most times, you will get some results that may or may not lead you to a midi file. Of course, you may find out that it doesn’t sound as good as you’d like, or that it’s not free.

Now that you’ve gotten some sites to get your ringtones, I’m sure that I’ve gotten you addicted. Before you know it, you have downloaded and installed way too many midi files that have eaten away at your Treo’s RAM. Uh-oh. In the next part of this Midi ringtone series, I will discuss some programs that can help you cut the size of the midi files so that you can still fit many of them in without having them take up too much RAM. Of course, that will mean that the songs aren’t in the full length, but do most of us really keep the phone ringing for 5 minutes just to listen to the entire song? Or better yet, wouldn’t the caller hang up after ringing for 20 seconds or less?

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