Wow! Thanks Esther, This is great as always. TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 22 Feb 2010, at 19:58, Esther wrote:
> Hi James, > > You might try looking in your system libraries for more sound files with the > ".caf" file extension (that stands for "Core Audio File"). When I bought my > MacBook (the last release before the Unibody models) it came with sounds as > part of the iLife 08 installation in: > > /Library/Audio/Apple Loops/Apple/ > > under two main folders: "Apple Loops for Garageband" and "iLife Sound Effects" > > The "iLife Sound Effects" folder has lots of interesting folders, such as > "Animals" -- with chimpanzees, dogs, frogs, loons, seagulls, roosters, sheep, > brontasaurus wails, etc. or the "Work - Home " folder with cell phone ringing > and dialing sounds, telephone busy, dial tones, fax machine tones, etc. You > can QuickLook any of these by starting at the first folder in a Finder list > view, pressing space bar to let QuickLook start playing the sound, and then > using your down arrow key to move on to QuickLook the next file to sample the > sounds. > > There are probably similar files that you can look for on the iLife 09 disc, > if you have it. (I don't have it conveniently to hand to check.) If you did > a clean Snow Leopard install, I don't think the files will be on your machine > in this location. I've hauled this information up from a post to another > list from last September -- someone wanted to make ringtones that sounded > more like a regular telephone for a new iPhone. > > The .caf file type can't get added to iTunes, but they can be opened and > edited with Amadeus Pro. The .caf files are like .aiff files (or like .wav > files for Windows), but they use an extended format so that they are not > limited to the 4 GB maximum size or to the number of channels that .aiff or > .wav files can support. Also, ringtone creation under Amadeus Pro is > particularly slick -- after you've created a clip under 40 seconds long of > the section you want, you just select all (Command-A), and use the File menu > option of "Export as iPhone Ringtone…" and the sound clip appears in the > correct format and file extension in your iTunes library under ringtones. > > Try doing a search of your Mac or of the iLife discs by file name for files > with a ".caf" extension. > > Also, the basic system sounds are stored under "/System/Library/Components". > Here you'll have to navigate to "CoreAudio.component" and use the context > menu or control-click to "Show Package Contents", just as Nic described in > answering your question about finding the intro sound files. Now go to > "Contents/Resources/SystemSounds" and check the folders. These aren't start > up sounds, and I don't think you can change the start up sound -- which is > part of doing the power up self test that the machine is working correctly. > You could add a login item to your account to run a program to play your > sound, however. I haven't tried any of this myself. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Feb 19, 2010, James & Nash wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> Lyn and i were wondering if there was anywhere that we could get free high >> quality sounds for mac OS X and if we could get a sound to play when we log >> into Mac OS X please? >> >> Thanks >> >> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
