Tannoy Z600 - Manual (Page 20)

White Paper Z600
20 September 2003
Break, depending on where in the melody they fit
in. You compose a melody by adding music blocks
to the tracks.
Polyphonic ring signals
Protocol
The Z600 has a hardware synthesizer chip, built
into the mobile phone. The software controls the
MIDI files, and makes sure they fit into the hard-
ware chip. It is possible to modify the dynamics,
and it is possible to make the sound escalate, start
quietly and grow louder.
The Z600 Sony Ericsson mobile phone completely
supports the MIDI 1.0 detailed specification. Please
visit http://www.midi.org/ for more information.
Excellent sound quality – 32voices
The human ear can hear sounds from approxi-
mately 20 Hz up to 20 KHz. In most GSM mobile
phones, the speech sound range is from 300 Hz to
3400 Hz, which is good enough for speaking, but
quite poor for music. The Z600 can handle up to
15000 Hz, equivalent to an FM stereo radio, which
means excellent sound quality.
Z600 has a dedicated speaker to ensure the best
possible sound quality. This speaker is situated on
the back of the phone ensuring no discomfort is felt
if a second call is received during an ongoing call. It
also ensures louder ring signals and removes the
need for escalating rings signals.
The quality of the sound heard from the speakers
depends on many different things, for example on
the synthesizer, the amplifier, or the speakers. An
important factor for sound quality is the number of
voices. The human ear cannot separate each voice
if the number of voices increases above about 16,
then the voices merge together. But the nuances in
the music increase, and the music is experienced
as more sophisticated if the number of voices
increases. Many modern sound modules in synthe-
sizers used by musicians have 16, 24 or 32 note
polyphony. The number of voices used in the Z600
is 32, which gives excellent sound quality.
Wavetable synthesis
Sony Ericsson has chosen to implement the
Wavetable synthesis, which consists of sampled
real instruments, which gives a much higher quality
than the FM-synthesis. Especially the treble is more
distinguished.
Touch correct feature
The so called “Touch correct” feature makes
dynamic compression possible. This equalizes the
amplitude of the instruments included in the MIDI
file, which greatly improves the sound quality,
especially in melodies with big differences in ampli-
tude.
Bluetooth™ wireless technology
The Z600 features built-in Bluetooth wireless tech-
nology. Its short-range radio link operates in the
globally available 2.4 GHz radio frequency band,
ensuring fast and secure communications up to a
range of 10 metres.
Bluetooth wireless technology is designed to be
fully functional even in noisy radio frequency envi-
ronments. All data transfer is protected by
advanced error-correction methods, ensuring a
high level of data security. Bluetooth wireless tech-
nology facilitates instant connections, which are
maintained even when the devices are not within
line of sight. High-quality voice transmission is pro-
vided under adverse conditions, making it possible
to use a headset connection to the Z600 at all
times.