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

Twenty Thousand Hertz

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Windows 95 Start Up Sound

When people booted up windows 95 for the first time, they heard something that was light years ahead of the simple tada sound. Composing the start up sound helped brian ino get over his rider's block. After 83 many compositions that were less than four seconds long, he said that going back to writing several minutes of mus felt like oceans of time.

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