e76 – System Alert Sounds

Simple Beep

Nov 17, 2018•56 min•Ep. 76

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Episode description

For our 4th anniversary episode, we return to our roots of discussing classic Mac sound design. We cover the tragic backstory of the Wild Eep, the immortal Sosumi, the poorly named "ChuToy", and much more.

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Alert Sounds

original Control Panel
the Simple Beep tone
HyperCard and other sound formats
Quack and Sosumi origins
Duck application
Sosumi CSS
Wild Eep's sad story
"The Natural Eep"
Kaboom
Apple's SimpleSound utility
"Wish List: New Mac Alert Sounds"
Moof

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