Haiku Sounds:An attempt at creating some variant startup sounds. Some try to represent "falling leaves" (A Haiku motif…) Download:
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BeOS 4.5 SoundsWay back before BeOS 5 became the standard, Be supplied a variety of beeps and startup sounds for the user to choose from, but for some reason dropped them later. They are collected here — hopefully not bothering anyone's copyright… Download:
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TimGM SoundfontThe TimGM 6MB Soundfont is the public domain one supplied by HaikuDepot. Unfortunately the original had a few unplayable instruments which I fixed (accordion/22, harmonica/23, bandoneon/24, and whistle/79). It looks as if the depot has not got the corrected version yet [even though it's labelled "fixed"!]; you can check by playing this little file:
If it sounds reasonably musical, you're OK. Otherwise, here's the fixed version:
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Pete Goodeve
Berkeley, California
e-mail: pete@GoodeveCa.NET
pete.goodeve@computer.org