e76 – System Alert Sounds

Simple Beep

Nov 17, 201800:56:22Technology

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.

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