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From: lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: For all you frustrated SoundMaster folk...
Message-ID: <14494@bcsaic.UUCP>
Date: 31 Aug 89 15:59:31 GMT
References: <10456@fluke.COM} <14372@bcsaic.UUCP> <10759@fluke.COM>
Reply-To: lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum)
Organization: Boeing Computer Services AI Center, Seattle
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In article <10759@fluke.COM} moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
}In article <14372@bcsaic.UUCP> lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum) writes:
}>What a lot of us would really like is something like SondMaster that selects a
}>sound from a folder at random on startup for each event; e.g. you would have a
}>"Startup Sounds" folder, a "Restart Sounds", a "Disk Insert" folder, etc.  The
}>INIT would choose one at random from each such folder.  It gets a bit tedious
}>having the same sound each session.
}
}Agreed, but the problem I would have is that the size of some sounds I use
}for startups and shutdowns would be inappropriate for beeps, keyclicks and
}some of the other events.  Some pre-selection ability would be required.
}
}The thought of a beep trying to play the 3 MB Buckaroo Banzai closing
}theme... conniption fits!

That's why my idea is to have a separate folder for each event; i.e. you would
have a "Beep Sounds" folder.  Presumably you wouldn't put the Buckaroo Banzai
sound in that forlder, but in the "Startup Sounds" folder (perhaps).

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Larry Baum
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