What’s New
-Version 1.4 includes the sound Moof (the call of the long lost Mac mascot – Clarus the Dogcow).
-WAV files are included for use under other Unix-based OSes (including Linux and BSD) or Windows
(installation instructions for other OSes are not included)
-This read me now also includes a step-by-step which should allow you to convert other sounds on your own.
Start recording system audio on Mac Click the record icon, it will be ready for record sounds from Mac. Once you play the online resource or local file, Leawo Music Recorder will start recording process automatically till you click the stop button. If you are recording a song, it will download the match music tag and album picture for it. After awhile, Mac OS X’s alert sounds can be downright grating, as can many of the sounds you hear in Mail, iCal, and iChat. Happily, creating a custom alert sound and adding it to your system. Macintosh Sound Effects (91) Most recent Oldest Shortest duration Longest duration Any Length 2 sec 2 sec - 5 sec 5 sec - 20 sec 20 sec - 1 min 1 min All libraries Airborne Sound Richard Humphries SoundBits Sound FX Smackheads.
Step-by-Step File Conversion for MacOS Classic Sounds
(will work for most sounds, but not all)
1. Download SoundApp PPC from http://www.spies.com/~franke/SoundApp/
2. Open SoundApp in Classic mode and choose CONVERT from the menu
3. Convert the file to AIF
4. Quit SoundApp PPC
5. Rename the file to end .aiff
6. Install as instructed below
Mac OSX Sounds is a small collection that comprises a set of 23 files, each describing a different action. There are sharp, metallic sounds for minimizing application windows, for alerting of. To switch off System Sounds, open up System Preferences and click on Sound. Under the sound effects tab look at the bottom of the screen. The volume slider controls how loud a sound effect will come out. If you move the slider, Alert Volume, all of the way down to the bottom it will turn off all of the alert sounds.
NOTE: moof.au is provided for you to practice with
MacOSX Installation
To install for a single user, place these sounds in the following folder:
/Users/[username]/Library/Sounds/
To install globally, place these sounds in the following folder:
/System/Library/Sounds/ [requires root permission]
or
Create the following folder:
/Library/Sounds/
Once they are in that folder, they will show up as System Sound choices in the Sound Control Panel
Included Sounds:
-bip*
-boing
-chutoy
-clink-klank
-droplet
-indigo
-laugh
-logjam
-monkey
-moof
-newbip**
-pong2003
-quack
-single clip
-sosumi
-temple
-uh oh
-voltage
-whit
-wild eep
*Bip is not actually a sound file. It calls to hardware to make a noise using a simple sound command. So far, OSX refuses to use it as a System Sound, but it will work as an alert in other Apps (i.e. Mail).
System Sounds For Mac Computers
**NewBip is a recording of Bip using wiretap. the original Bip is still included to be true to the original intention of the Classic Sound Pack (after all, it is possible that hardware beeps on different machines may sound different).
System Sounds For Mac Osx
Special Thanks
I would like to thank Karl Laurent and Ginger Lindsey for help in locating and converting some of these sounds.