Audio Experts Break Down The Most Common Tech Sounds | WIRED 

*I just heard 2 guys hearing sounds and telling me about what I just heard*

*WHERE THE HELL ARE THE WINDOWS XP SOUNDS????*

Basso error message: “Now this is telling me I’ve done something wrong” *analysis 100*

Without them talking: beginning of sounds: 0:07 THX 0:29 Mac startup 0:46 safari download 0:53 bass error 1:03 funk error 1:11 trash 1:27 widows 95 startup 1:51 windows 95 shutdown 1:59 AOL dialup 2:31 iPhone text alert 2:44 marimba 3:11 Nokia ringtone 3:40 T-Mobile sound 3:59 Skype ringtone 4:26 Skype hang up 4:33 iPhone send/receive 4:48 Facebook messenger recieved 5:07 slack message recieved 5:18 iPhone typing 5:39 sega 5:51 PlayStation 1 6:10 PlayStation 3 6:38 Xbox 6:59 EA sports 7:05 intel 7:32 MGM lion 7:47 NBC 8:09 law and order lol this took forever to make I hope it helped you!

The WASTED sound on GTA is very recognoisable as well

The most ominous sound I can currently think of and surprised it wasn't included is a classic, cold war / nuclear air raid siren. It's instinctive to humans to induce utter fear.

Friend: Hey, you wanna play some Minecraft Me: Yeah sure 1 second later: 3:59

The AOL startup and THX sound continue to scare me to this day..

I was drifting off as I was watching this and that 'SEGAAA' scared the shit out of me

PS1 Intro, the best one.

7:46 The NBC chime is actually the notes G-E-C, which is a reference to their old name, General Electric Company.

Missed opportunity not including the Playstation 2 startup the best one in my opinion

The skype thing always makes me nervous idk

No GameCube Startup?

Skype sound seems creepy for some reason. Anyone else? It makes me nervous and want to not look at whose calling.

Huuuuuggggeeeee missed opportunity not doing the GameCube start up

I still get chills from the PS1 startup sound.

Playstation 1 is so nostalgic. Also no Windows XP really?

Anybody else shook by the reversed T-Mobile thing 😦

Why say "Psychology" when all they're doing is just describing the sound.

WHY DID YOU SKIP THE PLAYSTATION 2 SOUND?!?!?! IT'S MY FAVORITE SOUND OF ALL TIME!

I'd love to see another but with video game sound effects like Mario jumping or Sonic grabbing a ring.

Why did u skip ps2 sound? It's the most iconi PS Sound!

Totally ignored the fact that the MGM lion roaring is actually a tiger, missed opportunity

This is the second video I've watched from Wired after subbing to the channel based on their video about accents. These are some seriously amazing videos! I'm bloody fascinated listening to these experts talk.

All I can think is WHERE THE HELL IS THE WINDOWS XP STARTUP SOUND

"AOL dialup" You mean, analog modem handshake? Because, you know, AOL didn't invent it, it had nothing to do with them.

I think Apple, Intel, Xbox and Windows did an amazing job at making iconic sounds that everyone will recognize.

Anybody else smile when they hear the 'THX' sound?

guy with long hair treats this like an exam and the other guy like a game

The thx sound horrified me as a kid

They had disappointingly little to say about the Playstation 1 sound. 5:51

The"AOL Dial-up" sound frustrated me so much. I got bad flashbacks just hearing it again..

The PlayStation sound is by far the best sound in the universe

I wish they would have included the Nintendo Game Cube start up sound. That’s one of the most iconic to me.

I heard them say Windows 95 and started having flashbacks

I think that they missed something pretty obvious in their descriptions: both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 start-up sounds are anticipatory. The "inhalation" for the 360 definitely, but the PS3 has something of a pun too: you literally tune right before you play.

I thought the THX sound was TERRIFYING when I was small.

Good audio design is an extremely overlooked feature in many tech products. Microsoft had the right idea when they hired Brian Eno to compose the Windows 95 startup.

they really like using Apple as reference huh lmao 😂

why would they do ps1 and ps3 but not ps2? it was way more popular.

1:30 The sound is so recognizable, the guy turns around as if behind him.

5:50 trully a sound I'll never forget, firstly, the descending tone bringing you into a state of laser focus. When I played the ps1 in my living room at this very moment, everyone in the room would look at the screen, even if for a tenth of a second! then, there it was! With a "heavenly" fade to white, the logo reveals it's "wings" has the tone releases a chord so powerful, yet so peaceful with it's intentions (you were about to play your favorite game after all) accompanied by what resembles the twinkles of stars to further elevate you in a state of another world. Then, in the final moments, the screen turns to black again, a chord of twinkles are played, revealing the Playstation logo, has a mildly mysterious set of notes are played, resembling the potential discovery of something unknown and uncharted, leaving you in a state of wonder, just like a movie would hold you in suspense when you hear the "tun-tun-tuuuuuun".This intro made me feel focused, amazed, intrigued, frightened but determined to discover what this world had to offer me. All of this shown, in the first 10 seconds, as soon as you pressed the "on" button. Truly my favorite tune and one I have ever had the pleasure of earing.

This is so fantastic, but I wish they would've talked longer about each sound. In a recording session, my friends and I talked for about an hour about when iPhone added reverb to some of their sounds, and we were discussing how many convolution scenarios you could've approached it with.

It's triumph, but of mice.

I feel like I could easily have made up a general interpretation of these sounds too, without much expertise?

This video was a LOT better than the videogame sounds two-parter, these guys had a lot more analysis to talk about and actually broke down the logistics of it rather than the four sound designers in the other two vids that just screwed around a bit. I like these two a lot, I hope they come back!

“That guy’s pretty excited about EA Sports” I’m not

The AOL one is a 56k modem handshake. The 14.4 handshake ends at 21:13-21:14. That last part if I remember right is the 56k part of the handshake. (It's been 20 years since I ran a BBS) Sounds like a US Robotics modem versus a Hayes modem.

What about Windows XP Startup?

I want the purpose of the sound explained.

I could highly regognize the Intel sound but i couldn't tell it was Intel

Good video, misleading title.

What about Roblox death sound?

7:05 I recognize the sound but couldn't remember that it's by Intel. Apparently I'm not part of the 90%. I'd say that the Nokia tune was the most recognizable out of all these.

1:59 I worked for AOL back in those days doing dialup support... I used to write customized AT Command strings (the “talking” the one guy talks about) for different modems... I remember tuning my own dialup to get 7kB/s and thinking how blazingly fast that was, now I have over 10MB/s...

Halo's Shield charge/beep

the Skype ringtone is terrible. obviously made by the tech guys in the early days then just kept out of nostalgia.

2:13 It's going for 56k. I wonder if it succeeded? Yes, that specific part of the sequence only plays when both the calling and receiving modem report 56k compatibility. The specific way that that part sounds varies wildly depending on the manufacturer.

The Mac startup sound is based on the last chord in “A Day in the Life” by the Beatles. Too bad they missed that

I love the new Dolby Atmos logo sound. I remeber sitting in my first Atmos Movie and the Atmos Intro went off and the whole cinema was dead fucking silent until one person whispert: "Man, THX is dead..." :D

this was interesting as hell

this video just made me rethink all my ringtone choices

5:51 getting excited when hear this sound

I feel like these guys had difficulty separating some of these sounds from the way they've been used.

A Creative Description the World's Most Recognizable Sounds - And Some Historical Context. What does this have to do with Psychology?

Gameboy startup tune. Now that's an octave.

I got a notification at the exact same time 2:31 played

Man, that Playstation start up hit me with fucking nostalgia.

They should have played the PlayStation commercial outro sound (the weird sounding kid saying "PlayStation"). I've always wanted an explanation/analysis of that.

Well, i do miss the sound of the Playstation 1 and the gong sound of the Mac :(

The AOL dial up sound was one of my favorites. Not sure why, but growing up I loved dial up modem noise.

The Sony PS1 sound is perfect.

I've always thought sounds are recognizable because, like smell, they bring memories and nostalgia

Interestingly, the MGM lion's roar is actually that of a tiger.

"AOL dialup" Not just AOL, all dial-up as the guy says, and not branding, it's the actual conversation. The blog post and chart that the one guy mentions is fantastic.

No PS2 sound? disappointed. anyway, the ps1 is still amazing even today. better than ps3

This should be called, experts talk about sonic logos. Still loved it.

"The psychology"? This is just saying what they remind you of, not how they were designed or *why* they remind you of that thing.

5:51 decades later it still gives me shivers..

ps2 boop is the best sound in the world

what about pixars lamp

Omg ! PS1 Sound I got chills and almost cried a little. Very nostalgic!! 😫

5:58 An inner sense of peace and warmth washed over me at that moment.

More of this kinda stuff please

They did not dedicate 1/8th of the space on the sonic the hedge hog cart to the Sega sound. They were done with the game and had that much space left, and wanted to fill it.

"It's Triumph... but of mice!" I don't know why that made me giggle but it did.

5:51 The best sound ever designed by man. Change my mind.

my childhood was reborn at 5:50. the first PlayStation will always be the best in my opinion.

8:15 most awkward edit hahah

Playstation startups brings chills and goose bumps,not bad ones,good ones! Like if you agree!

The windows 95 startup legit gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Along with all the other vintage startup and shutdown sounds before XP, so nostalgic!

Two of my favorite sounds of all time will always be the Gameboy startup sound and the DS startup sound

I always found the PlayStation 1 startup sound incredibly creepy, not calming at all haha

First four notes of Megalovania

The AoL Dialup is SO creepy god

Windows 98 start-up sound will always be my favourite

EA sports, is only game... Why you heff to be mad?

Hearing the SEGA intro followed immediately by the PS1 startup legitimately gave me goosebumps and returned me to my 90's childhood.

I have a Mac and have never heard that safari download sound