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    Windows 11 Accidentally Reboots Nostalgia with Vista Startup Sound Swap

    This week, a curious case of nostalgia swept through the Windows Insider community as Microsoft inadvertently replaced the familiar Windows 11 startup chime with the iconic Windows Vista boot sound—a move that momentarily transported users back to the mid-2000s. The unexpected audio swap...
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    Windows 11 Accidentally Recreates Windows Vista Nostalgia with Startup Sound Bug

    Windows 11 users enrolled in the Dev and Beta Insider channels woke up to a curious bit of nostalgia this week. Amid technical notes about kernel tweaks and UI refinements, a familiar tune echoed from test machines—the unmistakable startup sound from Windows Vista. It wasn’t a prank, nor was it...
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    The Cultural Significance of Windows 95 and Minecraft Sounds in Digital Heritage

    Few sounds are as instantly recognizable to digital natives and casual users alike as the iconic swoosh of the Windows 95 startup chime. Pair that with the ethereal ambiance of the Minecraft soundtrack—those gentle, pixel-inspired piano notes—and you have a powerful cross-generational chord that...
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    Echoes of Innovation: Windows 95 and Minecraft Soundtracks in the National Registry

    A Cultural Symphony: Windows 95 and Minecraft in the National Sound Recording Registry Few sounds in modern tech culture have the nostalgic pull of the Windows 95 startup chime or the ambient magic of Minecraft’s sonic landscapes. Recently enshrined in the National Recording Registry, these two...
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    VIDEO SOUND DE-ZIGN - Happiness - 2001-DSRiP-bNN

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    VIDEO I reverse-engineered Mick Gordon's Doom Eternal OST design process, kindof

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    Making mixed reality: a conversation with Lucas Rizzotto

    Link Removed I first met Lucas Rizzotto at a Link Removed hackathon last December, where he and his team built a holographic advertising solution. Fast forward to August, and he’s now an award-winning mixed reality creator, technologist, and designer with two HoloLens apps in Windows Store...
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    VIDEO How the BBC makes Planet Earth look like a Hollywood movie

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    VIDEO “Throwing your voice” with Spatial Audio

    The age-old act of ventroquilism sees a puppet move its mouth while the controlling ventriloquist speaks without moving their lips – pretty impressive! The underlying technique has the ventriloquist “throwing” their voice in a joint audial and visual illusion. Enter Spatial Audio, a set of...
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    Meet Surface user Nate Mars – music producer, sound designer and content creator

    Link Removed Nate Mars – Music Producer, Sound Designer and Immersive Content Creator Meet Nate Mars: a producer and music technologist based in New York City. He has released original music on several labels in addition to having songs licensed for documentary films and television. Nate is...
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    My new Monster beats headphone, when is burn in complete? Can I burn in too much?

    The idea behind initial burn in is to reach the point at which audible changes stop occurring and you are left with drivers than have settled into the sound that they will have forever after, the sound that it was designed to have. After that point, regular use of the driver won’t cause...
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    Windows 7 Creating a new Celtic sound scheme for Windows 7

    Jennifer Shepherd visits with the producer, engineer, and musicians who contributed to the new Windows 7 sound scheme based on traditional Celtic music. Link Removed Link Removed
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