Written by curran the 9 Jul 08 at 00:50.

Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10904 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

<i>Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #10904 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution.</i><br /> Thanks!

Written by majatu the 28 Mar 11 at 07:17.

Create a contest in which musicians and/or fans of music and sounds can upload their creations inspired in ubuntu. Then the development team or the community could choose the best.

Create a contest in which musicians and/or fans of music and sounds can upload their creations inspired in ubuntu. Then the development team or the community could choose the best.

Written by Porky the 20 Sep 12 at 10:13.

Add a page inside the sound system settings GUI that would allow users to easily add and select sound schemes or install/select seperate sounds for each and every sound event.

Add a page inside the sound system settings GUI that would allow users to easily add and select sound schemes or install/select seperate sounds for each and every sound event.

Written by JoRijo the 21 Feb 13 at 03:45.

add option to install other system sounds, besides the ones available for alert sounds, and save/load presets.
Add equalizer for system wide and application specific (like there is now for volume), and add save/load presents.

add option to install other system sounds, besides the ones available for alert sounds, and save/load presets. Add equalizer for system wide and application specific (like there is now for volume), and add save/load presents.

Written by ermegabait the 19 Jun 12 at 00:51.

Create a variety of sounds for some events using Ubuntu:
-Error
-Exclamation
-New mail
-New software updates available
-Task end (for example end for a disk search or a move file operation)
They can be made by the look and feel Ubuntu community.

Create a variety of sounds for some events using Ubuntu: -Error -Exclamation -New mail -New software updates available -Task end (for example end for a disk search or a move file operation) They can be made by the look and feel Ubuntu community.

Written by jrothwell97 the 18 Jul 09 at 18:44.

Ubuntu needs new sounds, and with the beginning of the transition to the new theme and the new boot experience, Karmic would be a great time to implement it.

What I'm proposing is a complete overhaul of the sound set, with the emphasis being on cues when something is actually done. For example, instead of a sound when a question dialog appears, it would be better to have a sound which was played when the Trash was emptied.

Shorter, simpler sounds should be the focus: instead of the melodic sounds that have traditionally accompanied Ubuntu (and Windows) in the past, the sounds should be in the vein of the sounds Mac OS X uses. For example, the Macintosh's boot chime (the equivalent of the BIOS boot beep - nothing to do with Ubuntu, but still important as a reference) is a single chord.

So instead of the current set, sounds should perhaps be like this: on boot, a short jingle or chord. When an item is dragged to the trash, it should sound like something being screwed up or thrown into a bin. When the trash is being emptied, it should sound like an empty trash. On e-mail coming in, it should sound like the flap of a letterbox and an envelope falling on to the floor. On an incoming instant message or IRC message (a sound which is regular), a quiet sound like the tapping of a pen on a desk, or a simple, quiet beep (like Colloquy on Mac OS X.)

Ubuntu needs new sounds, and with the beginning of the transition to the new theme and the new boot experience, Karmic would be a great time to implement it. What I'm proposing is a complete overhaul of the sound set, with the emphasis being on cues when something is actually <em>done</em>. For example, instead of a sound when a question dialog appears, it would be better to have a sound which was played when the Trash was emptied. Shorter, simpler sounds should be the focus: instead of the melodic sounds that have traditionally accompanied Ubuntu (and Windows) in the past, the sounds should be in the vein of the sounds Mac OS X uses. For example, the <a href="http://www.whitwell.ndo.co.uk/musicthing/sounds/macstartup.mp3">Macintosh's boot chime</a> (the equivalent of the BIOS boot beep - nothing to do with Ubuntu, but still important as a reference) is a single chord. So instead of the current set, sounds should perhaps be like this: on boot, a short jingle or chord. When an item is dragged to the trash, it should sound like something being screwed up or thrown into a bin. When the trash is being <em>emptied</em>, it should sound like an empty trash. On e-mail coming in, it should sound like the flap of a letterbox and an envelope falling on to the floor. On an incoming instant message or IRC message (a sound which is regular), a quiet sound like the tapping of a pen on a desk, or a simple, quiet beep (like Colloquy on Mac OS X.)

Written by timnwells the 18 Jul 09 at 22:02.

It would be good if there was by default a few sound "themes" so there is a choice for the user without them having to find their own. 3 or 4 different sound themes would mean that without any effort my Ubuntu could sound different to that guys Ubuntu.

Like the artwork, perhaps allow for community submissions for sound themes and choose the best 3 on top of the default.

It would be good if there was by default a few sound "themes" so there is a choice for the user without them having to find their own. 3 or 4 different sound themes would mean that without any effort my Ubuntu could sound different to that guys Ubuntu. Like the artwork, perhaps allow for community submissions for sound themes and choose the best 3 on top of the default.