The relationship between music and mathematics is firmly established. Therefore, we are not really surprised by Xavi's discovery: a web site where users can easily create and download for free their own, unique ringtones, generated by configurable mathematical models. Now this is cell phone customization!

by Xavier Caballé

The people at Wolfram Research, developers of Mathematica (the reference application for math calculations and their graphical representation), have set up a site for generating really unique ringtones for cell phones: WolframTones.

Using musical theory and Mathematica, the site generates short music sounds, ideal to be used as ringtones in mobile phones. Moreover, each tone is unique and not-repeatable, so it all becomes a form of customization.

The composition page allows choosing among several styles (classical, dance, hip hop, jazz, rock, pop, r&b, blues, country...) but it also allows working with individual instruments, tones and timing... with many different variations.

Once you have found the tone that fits your mood, you can save it (in MIDI format) or e-mail it directly to your cell phone. By the way, it supports the Treo!