What have Skype done with the sounds? They are now all futuristic and, frankly, dreadful!!! Bring back the old rings PLEASE!!!

They want you to buy the old ones. Belly up.

Buy or download some WAVs for free. I found a few here: http://klargent.home.bresnan.net/wsb/skype...ewavetones.html , but there are probably some better sites out there.

[quote=SkypeJournal]Skype's ring tones are the first change you will notice when trying out the new beta 2.0. Unfortunately, first impressions aren't favorable and Skype has not provided a story on why they all changed. For over two years we've had the same basic tones. Skype has trained us from the first time we clicked to call to listening out for the "distinctive" ring of an incoming Skype call. These ring tones are associated with trust and security that all was working. They were a key part of the brand, our trust in Skype, and its heritage.

Here's how I've heard and seen the new Skype ring tones written up. In a no names survey of beta testers generally the word is very few were positive.

In a personal comment to me, a Skype buddy describes them as “watery burps and muffled flushtanks”.

In the forums, a comment from a user - “...i agree the new sounds sound naff and feeble especially the ring when you call someone, it sounds like a wet fart, excuse my turn of phrase, but its the best way i can think of describing it. ”

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So, what do we have here? A strong sensory anchor for the Skype service and brand has been arbitrarily changed. These new tones are just so annoying, and confusing and require new learning. Why tweak something good, when in the process you are destroying value and creating confusion? Are they more intelligent, do they have greater functionality? Plus there is no differentiation for an inbound video call request or if it is just audio. And I still can’t customize ringtones by contacts.

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Then, volume wise many are really soft --- If you want to be able to hear the ringtone in another room, these sound much softer in volume, you can miss them more easily. Even the one which hangs up a call is so soft, I'm not sure whether we have called off or not.

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[b]This is something little that is really something big. It's why "yawn" 2.0 hasn't excited me one bit.

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Really, there is no innovation in v2.0, what a dissappointing release.

I agree, the new tones are terrible. Bring back the old!

Agree, I do not like the new ones

I tried to download a few, or use some from the WindowsMedia folder but Skype doesn't like them. The message is "This sound format is not supported by Skype". When you want to import a sound the possible flie types are *.wav and *.skype, but I guess only the *.skype format works.
The sounds in V2.0 are not only terrible but you can hardly hear them. Please Skype give us at least the volume back!

some of them work regardless of what Skype "says" ...

Hi guys,

the new ringtones are horrible!! Please bring the old ones back!!


Thanks

Jorg

The V2.0 ringtones were s**t*. I hated skype 2 beta tones so much I went back to 1.4. Rather enjoy the skype online experiance with acceptable tones than the video.

:evil:

I like the new sounds, because its quite and its not disturbing me when i am in a call...

Some time, I will keep my status as "Away" and i will be talking with one person, suppose if some other call me, I dont want to answer, I dont want to reject the call, I dont want to send the call to voicemail, 'coz if i do that, the person who is calling me will know that i am in my computer.

But the other sounds like hangup, ringing are quite low, better to have little louder ones, but i hate the old ones, very noisy.

Leave your vote here: http://forum.skype.com/viewtopic.php?t=41272

Please default back to the old tones in the final release, people can then go on and change them if they wish!

Regards,

Paul

Some of them, especially the incoming call, are not loud enough to be heard the other side of a room when there is noise like a TV or kids.

I've just changed the incoming call to the dial tone which is louder and the incoming chat to incoming chat2 which is the old beeps.

Get the Old-School Sounds here:



meinSkype - Soundfiles download

enjoy..
uniquex

I find the new ringtones very useful.
Especially, when I receive a second call.
I mean, with the old ringtone I couldn't hear the other person when I receive a second call.
The new ringtone are not "agressive", they are simply GREAT.

Thank you skype.

piggy_muppet.

New sounds are not veeeeery good. I don't like them too soft. :cry[/quote]

I must admit that the new ring-tones are less than optimal. More than just being unappealing (I think the idea is for them to sound more tech than telephone but they just sound bad) they are not loud enough! Maybe a volume option for ring-tones would be a happy medium.

My request - how do I save as a wav file one of the sound file transfers mentioned here? I can get the file transfered to my computer but Real Player does not allow an option to save as wav and SkyPe does not recognize MP3s.

I was able to import one of the standard "media" files that came with windows to use as a ringtone (I chose ring-out from the Windows Media folder) and that is what I am using now. Likewise I returned the chat notification to the previous one (listed as chat 2) as it is loud enough.

Can someone help me?

Thanks uniquex for this file set.
But unfortunatly Skype does not support this file type
I get this message:
"This sound file format is not supported by Skype"

Is there any converter available?

Gerhard

[quote=jorgmuller]the new ringtones are horrible!! Please bring the old ones back!!
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Yes i agree
Return to the old sounds please

I agree with that too.

Shame v2.0 wasn't just about adding video, as opposed to changing everything else too for no apparent reason. :roll:

I can't figure out why they didn't have the "classic sounds" as an option. The new sounds might appeal to some, but I for one find them horrible.