e76 – System Alert Sounds

For our 4th anniversary episode, we return to our roots of discussing classic Mac sound design. We cover the tragic backstory of the Wild Eep, the immortal Sosumi, the poorly named "ChuToy", and much more.

Follow Up

• Shirts coming back!

Alert Sounds

• original Control Panel
• the Simple Beep tone
• HyperCard and other sound formats
• Quack and Sosumi origins
• Duck application
• Sosumi CSS
• Wild Eep's sad story
• "The Natural Eep"
• Kaboom
• Apple's SimpleSound utility
• "Wish List: New Mac Alert Sounds"
• Moof