Ring Tone Transfer Language

RTTL stands for Ring Tone Transfer Language. It was developed by Nokia to be used to transfer cellphone ringtones. The RTTL format is a string divided into three sections: name, default value, and data. The name section consists of a string describing the name of the ringtone. This can be no longer than 10 characters, and cannot contain a ":" character. The default value section is a set of values separated by commas, each containing a key and a value separated by an = character, which describes certain defaults which should be adhered to during the execution of the ringtone. Possible names are The data section consists of a character string containing a duration, pitch, octave and optional dotting (which increases the duration of the note by one half).

Durations

Standard musical durations are denoted by the following notations: Dotted rhythmic patterns can be formed by appending a period (".") character to the end of a duration/beat/octave element.

Pitch

  • P - Rest or pause
  • A - A
  • A# - A# / Bb
  • H - B / Cb
  • C - C
  • C# - C# / Db
  • D - D
  • D# - D# / Eb
  • E - E / Fb
  • F - F / E#
  • F# - F# / Gb
  • G - G
  • G# - G# / Ab

Octave

The RTTTL format allows octaves starting from the A below middle C and going up four octaves. This corresponds with the inability of cellphones to reproduce certain tones audibly. These octaves are numbered from lowest pitch to highest pitch from 5 to 8. The octave should be left out of the notation in the case of a rest or pause in the pattern.

Example

An example of the RTTL format would be fifth:d=4,o=5,b=63:8P,8G5,8G5,8G5,2D#5

 

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