Windows Sound Schemes
Tuesday, November 5, 2002 by Tarkus | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I recently downloaded and installed the old Windows 95 Sound Schemes on my XP system. You know, Jungle, Musica, Robotz and Utopia.
support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q135315&FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Easp%3FReleaseID%3D13689%26area%3Dsearch%26ordinal%3D1%26redirect%3Dno
They're actually pretty decent, especially Robotz.
Does anyone know any sources for other sound schemes (Google was no help), or do you basically just have to download entire (old style) themes and apply only the sounds, if that's what you want? I actually used to use Desktop Architect for that narrow purpose, and was thinking of trying it again.
support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q135315&FinishURL=%2Fdownloads%2Frelease%2Easp%3FReleaseID%3D13689%26area%3Dsearch%26ordinal%3D1%26redirect%3Dno
They're actually pretty decent, especially Robotz.
Does anyone know any sources for other sound schemes (Google was no help), or do you basically just have to download entire (old style) themes and apply only the sounds, if that's what you want? I actually used to use Desktop Architect for that narrow purpose, and was thinking of trying it again.
Tarkus
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 6, 2002 1:16 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, November 6, 2002 1:16 AM
Thanks, but I'm not really looking for anything in particular. I was just wondering if there were any sites that offer sound schemes (without the entire themes). Probably not, since themes pretty much took over from W98 on.
Explicit Paradox
Reply #3 Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:06 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:06 AM
I'm looking for some sound schemes as well. Like Sci-fi .. or Electronic sounds.. ya know like Computeristic.. if that's even a word. 
Leo the Lion
Reply #5 Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:39 AM
Reply #5 Saturday, September 27, 2003 12:39 AM
To my knowledge there are no sound schemes that are "ready made" on the net - the problem is that the size of the file for all the sounds would be quite large hence the reluctance to make a full package.
There is also the obvious problem that many of the sounds are copyrighted so distribution via a scheme can be tricky legally.
I have designed several sound schemes of my own by downloading individual WAV sounds and then putting them together into one scheme.
There are several sites on the net where you can get them and if you do a search on google or even better do a search on message board topics on Wincustomize you will find some of my past replies on this topic which will give you links to these sites.
I am a great lover of Toon XP and i found a lot of "cartoony" and funny sounds to make into a theme which my little daughter loves (well i must be honest dad loves them even more).
One word of advice - the quality of WAV sounds varies from site to site so listen to them first before before downloading.
One of my favourite sounds is an F16 fighter doing a "fly by". It starts off very quietly and then "wooosh".........it goes from one speaker to the other and slowly disappears. When i first installed that one i did not have the volume level set correctly and it sounded like it was flying through my living room. It was just gone midnight at the time and the wife was in bed and not amused !!!!
Have fun and good luck..........If you can't find the previous threads on this subject give me a shout and i will try and trawl through my files and throw up some links for you.
There is also the obvious problem that many of the sounds are copyrighted so distribution via a scheme can be tricky legally.
I have designed several sound schemes of my own by downloading individual WAV sounds and then putting them together into one scheme.
There are several sites on the net where you can get them and if you do a search on google or even better do a search on message board topics on Wincustomize you will find some of my past replies on this topic which will give you links to these sites.
I am a great lover of Toon XP and i found a lot of "cartoony" and funny sounds to make into a theme which my little daughter loves (well i must be honest dad loves them even more).
One word of advice - the quality of WAV sounds varies from site to site so listen to them first before before downloading.
One of my favourite sounds is an F16 fighter doing a "fly by". It starts off very quietly and then "wooosh".........it goes from one speaker to the other and slowly disappears. When i first installed that one i did not have the volume level set correctly and it sounded like it was flying through my living room. It was just gone midnight at the time and the wife was in bed and not amused !!!!
Have fun and good luck..........If you can't find the previous threads on this subject give me a shout and i will try and trawl through my files and throw up some links for you.
J S
Reply #6 Monday, March 1, 2004 8:53 PM
Reply #6 Monday, March 1, 2004 8:53 PM
Does anyone have a sound scheme that would work on windows me with all of those great sounds from windows xp. ANYPLACE APPRECHATED
JAIMY
JAIMY
goodmorphing
Reply #7 Monday, March 1, 2004 11:22 PM
Reply #7 Monday, March 1, 2004 11:22 PM
Oh man! I thought Tarkus came back! I was going to say hi!
goodmorphing
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 2, 2004 12:03 AM
Reply #9 Tuesday, March 2, 2004 12:03 AM
Hehe... I think it IS tarkus. The younger tarkus, by about 15 months?
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Reply #1 Tuesday, November 5, 2002 11:34 PM