The New Vista SOUNDS REVLEALED!!

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http://blogs.technet.com/james/archive/2006/10/30/windows-vista-sounds2.aspx

Windows Vista Sounds
The user experience is a high priority for Windows Vista, and part of that
"experience" are the sounds that come with the operating system. It's
incredible the amount of work that goes in to capturing that perfect sound
to represent different events in Vista, and we went to the trouble of
drafting in Robert Fripp who I've personally never heard of, but my dad says
was pivotal to the music era of the sixties (apparently). Despite me not
knowing who he is, he hails from a sleepy part of England called Dorset -
and whilst that bears no relevance whatsover to the sounds in Vista, does
mean he is British - which for me at least is something to be proud of.

More recently, it seems Fripp has been dabbling in producing atmospheric
sound effects using to his trusty electric guitar, and those are the kinds
of sounds you are going to hear in Vista - you can check out him in the
Microsoft studios recording the sounds on this video.

So over the weekend I installed a nice shiney RTM build and the sounds have
been upgraded from the ones in XP to the new creations by Robert Fripp. I'd
thought I would share some of these with you and I've compiled them in this
mp3 which you can download and listen to below.

The sounds I cover are the following:

a.. Critical Stop
b.. ReadyBoost drive inserted
c.. Windows UAC control prompt
d.. New e-mail notification
e.. Low Battery Alarm
f.. Exclamation
g.. Windows Start
h.. Exit Windows
 
Now that is funny - very funny
BChat

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http://blogs.technet.com/james/archive/2006/10/30/windows-vista-sounds2.aspx

Windows Vista Sounds
The user experience is a high priority for Windows Vista, and part of that
"experience" are the sounds that come with the operating system. It's
incredible the amount of work that goes in to capturing that perfect sound
to represent different events in Vista, and we went to the trouble of
drafting in Robert Fripp who I've personally never heard of, but my dad says
was pivotal to the music era of the sixties (apparently). Despite me not
knowing who he is, he hails from a sleepy part of England called Dorset -
and whilst that bears no relevance whatsover to the sounds in Vista, does
mean he is British - which for me at least is something to be proud of.

More recently, it seems Fripp has been dabbling in producing atmospheric
sound effects using to his trusty electric guitar, and those are the kinds
of sounds you are going to hear in Vista - you can check out him in the
Microsoft studios recording the sounds on this video.

So over the weekend I installed a nice shiney RTM build and the sounds have
been upgraded from the ones in XP to the new creations by Robert Fripp. I'd
thought I would share some of these with you and I've compiled them in this
mp3 which you can download and listen to below.

The sounds I cover are the following:

a.. Critical Stop
b.. ReadyBoost drive inserted
c.. Windows UAC control prompt
d.. New e-mail notification
e.. Low Battery Alarm
f.. Exclamation
g.. Windows Start
h.. Exit Windows
 
:-/ I was using those system event sounds (and ones like them) with Win95,
and before that my Mac LC, and before that my bro-in-law's Mac Plus. It was
great fun at the time, and I made a few of my own that were pretty silly.
But then, I was just a teenager.

So I mean, these here would be funny to me but it's kind of old hat.

Meanwhile, does anyone know of a good Windows XP sound schemes site? I've
noticed a severe shortage of decent sound schemes on the Internet and I've
been thinking about creating some (not silly ones, just original
Vista-/XP-like SFX and music).

Jon
 
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