The files in this folder are additional system software alert sounds you can install on your new Power Macintosh computer. After you install these sounds, you can use the Sound control panel to select one of the new sounds as your computer’s alert sound.
Auditioning a Sound
To hear a sound before installing it, double-click on the sound file icon. You’ll hear the sound through your computer’s built-in speaker.
Installing a Sound
To install a sound, drag its icon to the System Folder icon on your computer’s hard disk. (Do not open the System Folder.) Click OK in the dialog box that appears. The sounds are automatically placed in the proper location.
Selecting A Sound
You’ll find instructions for changing the alert sound in Macintosh Guide. Open the Guide menu and choose Macintosh Guide, then choose “How do I change the beep sound?” from the Sound topic area. To make Macintosh Guide appear in the menu, click anywhere on the desktop (the background area on your screen).
About The Sounds
These new alert sounds were created by Trevor Rabin, recently the lead guitarist, composer, and producer for the progressive pop music group YES. Trevor Rabin composed YES’s number-one hit single, “Owner of a Lonely Heart.” He is active in contemporary music, writing music and producing projects for other musicians and filmmakers around the world.
Trevor Rabin created the alert sounds using a Macintosh-based music composition system. The sounds were recorded directly onto a hard disk, using an array of Macintosh Quadra 700/800 computers equipped with Mark of the Unicorn’s Digital Performer software.
Apple Computer is pleased to present these original sounds, which were created expressly for Power Macintosh computers.
