VIEWER NOTE: Stick with the video until the end—the biggest reveal is actually in the second half of the video!
In my last video, I disclosed that it was me all along—I was responsible for killing the Windows startup sound. And I also revealed that there was a never-before-heard Windows startup sound, seemingly lost to history forever. But, that sound is not lost.
I have it, right here in this video. And the story of its creation is intertwined with the origin story of one of Microsoft’s most important bets of the last decade: Microsoft Surface.
Part 1 of the video, Why I Killed the Windows Startup Sound is here:
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00:00 Intro
00:42 Why the Windows 8 startup sound is missing
01:10 How sounds get made
02:28 The Windows 8 startup sound
03:11 Interview with Matthew Bennett
04:25 My confession: There’s more to the story
05:49 Please gently tickle my button
06:10 The origins of Microsoft Surface
08:01 A Surface secret
10:05 Matthew Bennett interview, part 2
11:43 Conclusion
⸻ LINKS ⸻
Download the Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface startup sounds:
Matthew Bennett’s web site:
Twenty Thousand Hertz podcasts about Windows sounds (featuring me):
Part 1:
Part 2:
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