http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061110/vista-sounds-compare/
i like the new ones. very understated though. all have this crystal tubular quality to them - even if they are the same notes as xp sounds
only comment - they sound alot quieter than xp's.. good thing system sounds and music is separate volumes in vista
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jamie
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Jason Cox
Longtime C9 Lurker
Now I must just resist the urge to listen to them until I can get the RTM build installed when it's avalible...
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Meh, I excpected more after that video with Fripp.
XP's sounds sound more majestic, while the vista one feels weak.
Maybe in context it feels better. -
Cybermagellan
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Shmuelpro wrote:Meh, I excpected more after that video with Fripp.
XP's sounds sound more majestic, while the vista one feels weak.
Maybe in context it feels better.
In context it does feel better. There is something about having the Aero Glass with "Glass sounds"...however I thought I would be more impressed with Vista...
Personal Favorite: Vista Balloon
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jamie
mazie is amused
Scoble wrote:
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November 9, 2006
Another committee takes the "soul" out of Robert FrippAlec Saunders notes that there’s not much of Robert Fripp inside the audio in Windows Vista (he was the guitarist who recorded the four notes that you’ll soon be sick of. They’ll probably be used in all the marketing and are the startup sound for Vista). I was there while he was recording this, and I TOTALLY agree. You should have heard the raw sounds while they were being recorded. He did THOUSANDS of iterations.
I wish Microsoft would have given me at least a few dozen to choose from for my own startup sound.
Instead we got the sound that won’t piss anyone off.
Sigh.
Where’s the rock guitar sound?
The edgy jazzy sound?
The weirdo techno sound?
If I were Steve Ball I’d come out with a free Vista addon that adds back some of the funky sound that the committee killed.
And, yes, a committee did kill this.
Here’s a test. Take a world famous guitarist. Have him record thousands of iterations of something. Now, give those sounds to 20 really freaking smart people. Watch what happens.
Music is personal.
By trying to make it please everyone they miss exactly what the user generated world is all about.
Piss me off, Microsoft, please! Get rid of your committees. Show some SOUL.
For Vienna BE TRANSPARENT during the choice of the sound and LET US CHOOSE OUR OWN FREAKING SOUND!
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