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Heh. A few years back, I had a BIAB track to play and sing along with at a local SF/F con (PenguiCon) that also has a leaning towards open-source. Opened up my laptop, those Microsoft boot tones ring out, and at least half the audience (all dedicated open-source and Linux geeks) rumbled with disgruntlement. But we did get a good laugh out of it, and the song went over well.



One of the first things I do after starting up a brand new PC is turn off ALL the annoying and cpu cycle wasting System Sounds.

Old habit from the daze of having to work in cubicles. We made a rule, no System Sounds. Not only made less noise in the work environment, but programmers and engineers no longer suffered the embarrassment of everybody hearing when we did something stupid. "BOINK!" <g>

There is no real reason to have those sounds, what happens onscreen is all we really need.

And when using the laptop to play audio files thru a PA or amp, well. Turn off System Sounds first, and leave 'em off.

One big problem for Music Makers can happen when System Sounds are not turned off as well -- The Microsoft System Sounds are 48KHz pcm audio. When working in other bitrates, any System Sound must be able to access the sound device at that bitrate -- and this has led to a few strange problems with the recorded music.

--Mac

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