Red Vox Instrumentals and Acapellas — Free Ringtone

Performer / SourceRed Vox
Year2019
Decade2010s
FormatMP3 / M4R
Streaming preview from the Internet Archive. Use the download button below to save the file to your phone.

About this ringtone

Fanmade instrumentals and acapellas of all songs on the Vine bandcamp . They were made with a neural network called Spleeter . For a quick example of what it sounds like, see "AA_EXAMPLE_DefineMe.mp3" They vary in quality, from "pretty good" to "Vinny covers whalesong in a bathroom". None of them sound like studio versions, but if you've listened to many fanmade acapellas before, you'll know they usually come out worse then this, or are even totally impossible. I'm uploading in the hopes that it will be useful to people. Remixers, people trying to cover the song, etc. I decided to not upload the original lossless files, because the neural network always makes them sound very compressed anyways. There's nothing gained from it, except making the total filesize 5 gigs instead of 400 megs. Uploaded with permission from Vinny. You can purchase the original songs at vine.bandcamp.com

Why this works as a ringtone

Great ringtones share a few specific qualities: they have a strong opening hook, they land their identity within the first three or four seconds, and they hold up to being heard in cafés, on busy streets, and through the muffled lining of a coat pocket. Red Vox Instrumentals and Acapellas earns its place in the archive on those terms — it's recognizable from its first phrase, sits comfortably in the mid-range where small phone speakers reproduce sound best, and has the right kind of melodic profile to cut through ambient noise without being shrill or grating.

This track is grouped in the archive under the Action & Adventure Collection heading — a mood/era-based grouping Ringtone Barn uses for browsing, not a claim about this specific recording's production history, genre pedigree, or critical reception. Not verified against specific film or TV production credits.

Install on iPhone (M4R format)

iOS · M4R
  1. Tap the Download Ringtone button above and save the MP3 to your iPhone's Files app (it will land in On My iPhone → Downloads).
  2. Open GarageBand (free from the App Store). Create a new project and switch to the Tracks (multi-track) view.
  3. Tap the loop icon, choose the Files tab, and drag the downloaded ringtone onto an empty audio track.
  4. Trim the clip to under 30 seconds using the handles — iOS will not allow longer ringtones.
  5. Tap the down arrow → My Songs, long-press your project, then choose Share → Ringtone → Use sound as → Standard Ringtone.
  6. Open Settings → Sounds & Haptics → Ringtone and select Red Vox Instrumentals and Acapellas at the top of the list.

Full step-by-step iPhone guide →

Install on Android (MP3 format)

Android · MP3
  1. Tap the Download Ringtone button to save the MP3 to your phone's Downloads folder.
  2. Open your Files app (also called "My Files" on Samsung Galaxy devices).
  3. Long-press the downloaded MP3 file. On most modern Android phones, you can choose Set as ringtone directly from this menu.
  4. If that option is missing, choose Move instead and place the file inside Internal storage → Ringtones (create the folder if it doesn't exist).
  5. Open Settings → Sound & Vibration → Phone Ringtone (the menu name varies slightly by manufacturer) and select Red Vox Instrumentals and Acapellas.

Specific guides: Samsung Galaxy · Google Pixel · Zedge App

Source & licensing

This audio was sourced from the Internet Archive's open audio collection, where it's distributed under a permissive license that allows free download, sharing, and reuse. The original recording is preserved at archive.org/details/redvox_instrumentalsandacapellas; Ringtone Barn catalogues and links to it but does not claim ownership of the recording itself.

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