| ActiveMac | Anonymous | Create a User | Reviews | News | Forums | Advertise |
|
|
|
User Controls |
|
New User |
|
Login |
|
Edit/View My Profile |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ActiveMac |
|
Articles |
|
Forums |
|
Links |
|
News |
|
News Search |
|
Reviews |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Centers |
|
Windows/Microsoft |
|
DVD |
|
ActiveHardware |
|
Xbox |
|
MaINTosh |
|
News Search |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ANet Chats |
|
The Lobby |
|
Special Events Room |
|
Developer's Lounge |
|
XBox Chat |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FAQ's |
|
Windows 98/98 SE |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Windows Me |
|
Windows "Whistler" XP |
|
Windows CE |
|
Internet Explorer 6 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Xbox |
|
DirectX |
|
DVD's |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TopTechTips |
|
Registry Tips |
|
Windows 95/98 |
|
Windows 2000 |
|
Internet Explorer 4 |
|
Internet Explorer 5 |
|
Windows NT Tips |
|
Program Tips |
|
Easter Eggs |
|
Hardware |
|
DVD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latest Reviews |
|
Applications |
|
Microsoft Windows XP Professional |
|
Norton SystemWorks 2002 |
|
|
|
Hardware |
|
Intel Personal Audio Player 3000 |
|
Microsoft Wireless IntelliMouse Explorer |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Site News/Info |
|
About This Site |
|
Affiliates |
|
ANet Forums |
|
Contact Us |
|
Default Home Page |
|
Link To Us |
|
Links |
|
Member Pages |
|
Site Search |
|
Awards |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Credits |
 |
How Microsoft Chose New Windows Sounds | |
|
||
| Time: 01:33 EST/06:33 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
|
Some musicians spend 18 months working on a whole album. At Microsoft Corp., that's how long it took to perfect just four seconds of sound. Of course, this isn't just any four-second clip. It's the sound a soft da-dum, da-dumm, with a lush fade-out that millions of computer users will hear every day, and perhaps thousands of times in total, when they turn on computers running Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Vista operating system. To set the right tone clean, simple, but with "some long-term legs," according to Microsoft's Steve Ball the software maker recruited musician Robert Fripp. | ||
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 726 through 748 of 748 Prev | First |
The time now is
7:45:49 PM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
| #732 By 4240821 (185.100.168.238) at 12/3/2025 12:43:35 PM |
|
https://telegra.ph/Smriti-Mandhana-Sparks-Explosive-Knock-as-India-Clinches-Nail-Biting-Thriller-11-25-4
https://telegra.ph/Smriti-Mandhana-Sparks-Explosive-Knock-as-India-Clinches-Nail-Biting-Thriller-11-25-3 https://telegra.ph/Spotify-Wrapped-2025-Your-Ultimate-Year-in-Music-Revealed-11-25-2 https://telegra.ph/Orange-Alert-The-World-on-Fire-11-25-2 https://telegra.ph/a19-Unleashed-Global-Craze-as-Breakthrough-Redefines-the-Everyday-11-25 https://telegra.ph/Record-Breaking-Heat-as-الطقس-Roars-Across-the-Nation-This-Weekend-Pushing-Power-Grids-to-the-Brink-11-25-2 https://telegra.ph/USR-Sicilia-Unprecedented-Crisis-as-Tourism-Plummets-11-25 https://telegra.ph/Record-Breaking-Heat-as-الطقس-Roars-Across-the-Nation-This-Weekend-Pushing-Power-Grids-to-the-Brink-11-25 https://telegra.ph/Elijona-Binakaj-Drops-a-Bombshell-That-Shocks-the-World-11-25-3 https://telegra.ph/Manus-Miraculous-Comeback-From-the-Brink-to-the-Top-11-25 |
|
Write Comment
Return to News |
Displaying 726 through 748 of 748 Prev | First |
The time now is
7:45:49 PM
ET.
Any comment problems? E-mail us |
