Change Startup sound?!?

tsukiyomichris · 01-08-2003, 11:13 PM

I want to find where the startup sound is on my computer. i would also like to change it. could anyone tell me how to find and change my startup sound? i have a white iBook, 500 mhz and running 10.2.3

thanks!

travisbell · 01-09-2003, 12:45 AM

If your referring to the sound macs make when you power them up, I think it is controlled via the hardware. I could be wrong, I have never really seen this brought up before, but it would require more messing around then I would be willing to do (if thats the case) on my TiBook...

Can anyone confirm (or deny) this fact?

sfleming · 01-09-2003, 01:04 AM

Startup sounds are in ROM. You can't change them. Sorry.

(I know the guy who recorded the sound for the Macintosh Quadra series... done in his basement, with a harmonica and a reel-to-reel. Still the nicest startup sounds of any Mac.)

Of course, you can add an additional sound to play upon login (people seem partial to Simpsons clips), but I don't think that's what you want.

tsukiyomichris · 01-09-2003, 08:00 PM

Thanks for your help. i would like to know where i can find the start up sound, so i can add it to my collections of sound files. can someone help me with finding the actual start up sond? thanks

tsugaru · 01-09-2003, 08:44 PM

I want the old Power Mac 6100/60AV sound. That guitar string pluck was the greatest in audio fidelity.

saint.duo · 01-09-2003, 10:09 PM

I don't believe there is a startup chime file anywhere on your computer. It is stored in the hardware ROM.

There is a program called Mac Tracker that can play most of the startup chimes.

Klink · 01-10-2003, 12:56 AM

tsukiyomichris - I've seen a collection of startup and crash sounds here.

*Klink gets teary-eyed after listening to some of the old sounds. Sniffle.*

tsukiyomichris · 01-10-2003, 06:40 PM

thanks for all of your help, but i still cant find a file on the internet, like an individual WAV or an AIFF. does anyone know where i could get one of those?

LordRobin · 01-10-2003, 11:23 PM

Klink's link points to a page with a zip file. Unzip it for AIFF files.

------RM

tsukiyomichris · 01-11-2003, 08:39 PM

thanks, but i know, and i was looking for the mac os x start up sound, and that zip file contains all the old mac start up sounds. thanks for pointing it out though!

Klink · 01-12-2003, 12:57 AM

The one named "Start-Up PowerMac PCI" sounded the same as the one from my TiBook. But.... *shrugs*

Look on the site I hyperlinked above, tsukiyomichris. There you'll see an application named "Save ROM" which will pull a sound file off a ROM. It's a Classic application that might work for you.

Now get to work!

tsugaru · 01-12-2003, 03:06 AM

The PowerMac crash card one is hilarious.

Ah the old Startup PowerMac sound. Brings back memories. I want that sound on my Mac. I gotta hack da ROM and stuff though.

01-08-2003, 11:13 PM	#1
tsukiyomichris Prospect Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 40	Change Startup sound?!? I want to find where the startup sound is on my computer. i would also like to change it. could anyone tell me how to find and change my startup sound? i have a white iBook, 500 mhz and running 10.2.3 thanks! __________________ Chr!s

01-09-2003, 12:45 AM	#2
travisbell Triple-A Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 86	If your referring to the sound macs make when you power them up, I think it is controlled via the hardware. I could be wrong, I have never really seen this brought up before, but it would require more messing around then I would be willing to do (if thats the case) on my TiBook... Can anyone confirm (or deny) this fact? __________________ Travis Bell

01-09-2003, 08:00 PM	#4
tsukiyomichris Prospect Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 40	Thanks but... Thanks for your help. i would like to know where i can find the start up sound, so i can add it to my collections of sound files. can someone help me with finding the actual start up sond? thanks __________________ Chr!s

01-10-2003, 12:56 AM	#7
Klink Prospect Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: nyc Posts: 21	tsukiyomichris - I've seen a collection of startup and crash sounds here. Klink gets teary-eyed after listening to some of the old sounds. Sniffle. Last edited by Klink; 01-10-2003 at 12:59 AM.

01-10-2003, 06:40 PM	#8
tsukiyomichris Prospect Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 40	Thanks... but: thanks for all of your help, but i still cant find a file on the internet, like an individual WAV or an AIFF. does anyone know where i could get one of those? __________________ Chr!s

01-09-2003, 01:04 AM	#3
sfleming Triple-A Player Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 93	Startup sounds are in ROM. You can't change them. Sorry. (I know the guy who recorded the sound for the Macintosh Quadra series... done in his basement, with a harmonica and a reel-to-reel. Still the nicest startup sounds of any Mac.) Of course, you can add an additional sound to play upon login (people seem partial to Simpsons clips), but I don't think that's what you want.

01-09-2003, 08:44 PM	#5
tsugaru Major Leaguer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Edmonton Posts: 267	I want the old Power Mac 6100/60AV sound. That guitar string pluck was the greatest in audio fidelity.

01-09-2003, 10:09 PM	#6
saint.duo MVP Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,084	I don't believe there is a startup chime file anywhere on your computer. It is stored in the hardware ROM. There is a program called Mac Tracker that can play most of the startup chimes.

01-10-2003, 11:23 PM	#9
LordRobin Prospect Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 33	Klink's link points to a page with a zip file. Unzip it for AIFF files. ------RM

01-11-2003, 08:39 PM	#10
tsukiyomichris Prospect Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 40	i know... thanks, but i know, and i was looking for the mac os x start up sound, and that zip file contains all the old mac start up sounds. thanks for pointing it out though! __________________ Chr!s

01-12-2003, 12:57 AM	#11
Klink Prospect Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: nyc Posts: 21	The one named "Start-Up PowerMac PCI" sounded the same as the one from my TiBook. But.... shrugs Look on the site I hyperlinked above, tsukiyomichris. There you'll see an application named "Save ROM" which will pull a sound file off a ROM. It's a Classic application that might work for you. Now get to work!

01-12-2003, 03:06 AM	#12
tsugaru Major Leaguer Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Edmonton Posts: 267	The PowerMac crash card one is hilarious. Ah the old Startup PowerMac sound. Brings back memories. I want that sound on my Mac. I gotta hack da ROM and stuff though.