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Published on January 19, 2006 By Frogboy In WinCustomize News

Just a head's up, Stardock will soon be putting into beta a new Object Desktop program called SoundPackager (or some name that isn't already trademarked <g>). 

It will do for system sounds what IconPackager did for icons.  It will add a host of new sounds for all kinds of events on the system that will help spruce up your environment and give you greater control over it.  We will have a WinCustomize section for users to submit their sound packages as well.


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on Jan 19, 2006
Awesome! I've been waiting for something like this. Surprised you haven't done anything similar sooner.

I'm going to go camp SDCentral now.
on Jan 19, 2006
What a cool idea! https://www.wincustomize.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=243&AID=63489#748456

Looking forward to trying it out.
on Jan 19, 2006
Sounds like fun!
on Jan 19, 2006
Cool
on Jan 20, 2006
Great! I've been pulling sound schemes from Desktop Architect. Hope it works as well.
on Jan 20, 2006
Dear Brad, Sounds certainly fit the "brief" of customizing the Windows environment. As one who has had two recent full Windows installs due to a WB5 and Icon Packager imcompatability which was beyond any system restore my current thoughts are I'd rather be looking at a silent stable Desktop than watching it crash whilst listening to an Aardvark
on Jan 20, 2006
Always wished there was app to control things better. I know some have and do exist, but nothing with Stardocks level of commitment and design.
on Jan 20, 2006
I'm still using the default sounds, so that will be useful...
on Jan 20, 2006
I don't even know the feature set that's been worked on but i've wanted this forever.

I'd love to see randomized sounds for certain things....so if you minimize 4 windows in a row they each execute a different sound from the "minimize group" of sounds.

Also widget compatibility, ie..."announce the current time", "say the temp in F", "Fatal Stop in abc.exe", etc etc. *grin*
on Jan 20, 2006
FANTASTIC NEWS. I've been hoping fot this for ages now, a proggy that'll apply sounds as a package, rather than individually via the Windows control panel, etc.

Awesome news, brad...Stardock ROCKS!!!!!!!
on Jan 20, 2006
Yes! If the sounds are assignable in ANY way easier than that which Windows already provides, you are doing us all a great service -- and where else but Stardock should we find the best way to manage them?.

Well done.
on Jan 20, 2006
hm... it's been many years since I was playing around with the sound scheme in Windows. With the new WC library, will it be possible to play back the sounds before you download them?
on Jan 20, 2006

There will only be one sound....

Hal9000....

"I'm sorry, I can't let you do that, Dave"....

on Jan 20, 2006
I have actually had exactly that as my shutdown sound for a while now, after I got tired of "....my mind is going....I can feel it.......I can feel it..."
on Jan 20, 2006

For years my startup has been "OK, let's get down to it, boppers" [from 'The Warriors']...

Shutdown...."Ooby-do, bit tired maybe.  Best not to say more.  Bedways is rightways now.  Best be go homeways and get a bit of spatchka" [A Clockwork Orange]...

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