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Ta-da! The history of Windows’ classic startup sounds

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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The Sound of Windows 98

The ante sound was designed by Matthew felton. It's a similar language and texture to the ante sound that came a couple of years before. Microsoft used it for both windows two thousand and its main counterpart, millennium edition. But for the official release, mikrasov took a hard left turn. They reached out to composer and sound iner stephen ray allen to create something totally organic.

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