Start & End

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Description:

2 Sounds for Start and End session
and a Waiting sound for some long operation.

Wav sounds at 44.1Hz - 16bit
Mp3 sounds at 44.1Hz - 320Kb/s

Sound module used: Yamaha CS6R

Last changelog:

13 years ago

Just open and save the End file in wav
for ubuntu problem

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Cooleech
10 years ago

Why mp3 instead of Ogg Vorbis? No license issues, works on all free systems, gives way better sound on all bitrates... Just an idea, so...

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mentalrey
12 years ago

in fact....

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KingofBeast
13 years ago

Hah! The end sound sort of sounds like the guitar part for House of the Rising Sun by the Animals, look it up on youtube =DD

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mentalrey
13 years ago

Ok, I have try to open and save as the End
file another time.

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mentalrey
13 years ago

http://www.yamahasynth.com/products/cs6x/index.html

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rtumbagahan
13 years ago

I was able to preview the end sound in System > Preferences > Sound > Sounds tab.

But when I restart or shutdown, the end sound isn't audible. I have selected the 'play system sounds' checkbox. The start sound has no problems.

I'm not sure about the Yamaha sound module you mentioned. Does it have something to do with my set-up?

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Anywhere
13 years ago

I once again had to load the sound in Audacity and export it. I guess Gnome on certain distros (Ubuntu in my case) can be especially fussy. :(

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mentalrey
13 years ago

under sabayon i have no problem, but
i can try to control the sound in this day.
the yamaha module is the Keyboard
in a rack format, not a program.

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mentalrey
13 years ago

Ok i have do the new End sound and
for the waiting time of some times, a waiting sound ^_^

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fasz
13 years ago

fantastic sounds!!!

About to convert, my prefered method to convert music in every format to wav is using mplayer, in the console just type:

mplayer miArchivo.mp3 -ao pcm

then, in the directory a audiodump.wav was created.

Sorry if you dont understand but mi lenguage is spanish.

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Anywhere
13 years ago

...best startup sounds I've found. Excellent job Mentalrey!

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Anywhere
13 years ago

I had a great deal of difficulty converting the MP3's to a usable WAV so that Gnome could use them. In case anyone else is having the same problem, you have to use Audacity. Do not use the "Sound Converter" program in Ubuntu Gutsy. While Sound Converter will create a WAV file that can be previewed and played in Totem, Gnome itself will be fussy and usually not like it. The version exported from Audacity has not yet given me trouble.

Mentalrey: I don't suppose you'd be kind enough to post .WAV versions of the sounds that are usable with Gnome?

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mentalrey
13 years ago

mmm.. i have not posted the .wav only for the weight of file.
when i remake the End file i can posted them and not an mp3, no problem.

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Anywhere
13 years ago

I hope you'll keep the existing End around, maybe as an alternative in the .zip. I currently use "Start" when GDM comes up, and "End" when I log in... --because despite Ubuntu's speed improvements Gnome still takes its sweet time starting up. :)

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