Here are the latest alert and/or system sounds from Clixsounds that will add more personality to your Mac. Most sounds are available in both stereo and mono formats.
Want to incorporate music into your web pages? This program will give you the ability to generate high quality background music that can play for up to eight hours, yet only averages about 7k per piece. Koan works with your Mac’s sound card and allows you to control over 200 parameters of audio (timbre, envelope, harmony, rhythm, tempo, pitch, etc.) which is generated into a piece. Requires a PPC, at least Mac OS 7.5, OMS, and QuickTime Instruments.
Melody Pilot 1.0 - Shareware
Robert Jen, rjen@rjen.com, http://www.rjen.com
Play music directly from your Mac or Palm Pilot using a 75-key piano keyboard. This program will record your compositions in Music Box format, in which the resulting “score” can be played back. Choose your own measured notes, rests, tempo, and instrument, to create your own melodies. It also features transposition capabilities and drag and drop support.
MPEG Audio Creator 2.0.1 - Kind-of-Shareware...
Oliver Dreer, odreer@usa.net, http://www3.pair.com/odreer/mpeg.html
This real-time MPEG audio encoder can transfer a variety of audio sources into MPEG Layer 2 and 3 file formats. MPEG files are produced through a series of compression tools that gives you high-quality output at incredible compression, and results in smaller sound files. Features include direct-from-CD recording, fast encoding, and real-time recording (on faster machines. Requires a PPC, at least QuickTime 2.1, and SoundManager 3.2.
MPEG Realtime Audio Player 1.6.1 - Freeware
Oliver Dreer, odreer@usa.net, http://www3.pair.com/odreer/mpeg.html
This application will allow you to play any MPEG Layer 1, 2, or 3 file and supports drag-and-drop. The app can play lists starting from the top or in random order. Make sure to turn off Virtual Memory before using and RAM Doubler users beware. Requires a PPC, at least Mac OS 8, and SoundManager 3.1. Please heed the warning at the top of the enclosed Read Me file.
Turn your Power Mac into a full-featured analog synthesizer. This on-screen keyboard program will allow you to revisit the old classic sounds of analog technology by emulating the oscillators, filters, modulation, and effects of days gone by. The keyboard features 32-note polyphony, multi-timbral sounds, 44.1kHz/16-bit sound, over 200 parameters, 100% programmability, 1000 factory presets, and allows you to incorporate MIDI into your set-up. Neato! Requires a PPC, Mac OS 7.6.1 or higher, 32 MB RAM, 40 MB hard disk space, 800x600 screen resolution.
SimpleSong 1.4 - Shareware
Kurt Kaufman, kurtkaufman@kagi.com, http://pages.cthome.net/kkaufman/SimpleSong.html
Just because you may be tone deaf, it doesn’t mean your Mac has to be. This application allows you to write songs for your Mac to sing, which can also be sung from any text-to-speech compatible app like SimpleText. Send a singing telegram-email or let your Mac sing you to sleep. Requires at least Mac OS 7. 68k and PPC compatible.
Sound Shuffler 1.0.5 - Buttware
Nick D’Amato, godfadda@kagi.com, http://members.home.net/godfadda/
This simple little program creates a “Sounds” folder in your System folder and draws from it to play a random “alert” sound in place of your normal <beep> or <eep!>. Just stick any sound file you’d like for your mix into this folder and voila - the Russian Roulette of Sound Alerts. Requires at least Mac OS 8.
StonerSound 1.1 - Freeware
Andrew Plotkin, erkyrath@netcom.com, http://www.edoc.com/zarf/stonersound.html
This free-form sound generating program creates “ripples” of sounds and other patterns for your listening enjoyment. Great fun if you like to dabble in the art of procrastination. Requires at least Mac OS 7 and QuickTime 2.5 or later.
Ultimate Music Player 1.5.5 - Demo
Noriyuki Higa, nori-hi@ba2.so-net.ne.jp
Ultimate Music Player is a software synthesizer and player for your Mac. It supports 44/22/11kHz/16-bit stereo sound, MIDI, GM/GS musical instruments, and can play up to 256 simultaneous channels. This demo includes only the player portion and a sample song (no mixer panel). Requires a PPC, at least Mac OS 7.
Install up to 1000 sounds at once to be played randomly as your system alert sound. This control panel-like console lists the first 1000 (do you really have more?!) sounds in your System’s sound folder. Give each sound its own volume level and randomization priority. Supports WAV, AIFF, AU, and other popular formats, in addition to allowing you to create your own noises, er, sounds. Please register to unlock all features. Requires at least Mac OS 7.1 and SoundManager 3.0.
