New Sounds

Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback

Post 1 by Angel with Attitude (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 4:26:52

Love the new sounds, they're somehow a bit less harsh than the old ones.

Any plans to change the sounds for the games? Particularly the ones for wrong anagrams and incorrect guesses in hi-lo which I hate for being so harsh and intrusive!

Post 2 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 7:22:15

yeah, those sounds drive me crazy too!

the best sound is when you get a word right on anagram mania, love that

Post 3 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 7:26:20

and hmmm... somehow some of the new sounds don't seem very real.

missing the doorbell for when someone logs in

Post 4 by Q (Take my advice, I'm not using it anyhow.) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 8:33:43

We might change some of the game sounds too, maybe.
And, none of the sounds are real, as all of them were done on a keyboard, you know.

Post 5 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 9:27:10

hmmm, just out of interest, what did the old sounds come from

Post 6 by Blue Velvet (I've got the platinum golden silver bronze poster award.) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 9:38:53

I also love the new sounds. Like the first poster said, they are less harsh and jarring to the nerves.

Post 7 by Brooke (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 9:59:42

I like the new sounds. I HATED the doorbell sound that we had before. And the sound when you lose points in Hi-Lo is annoying, just because it's so loud and intrusive!

Post 8 by cumbiambera2005 (i just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 10:39:05

I like the new sounds, especially the zbp sound! They are much softer then before, so that's good! Dont like the private qn sound though, sound makes me sick to my stomach! And I miss the doorbell tooo! Makes it seem more real! And I miss the logout sound a little too!
But well, this will really take some getting used to!
And I think that abnoxious high-low sound needs to go!

Post 9 by Reyami (I've broken five thousand! any more awards going?) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 12:00:44

love t hese new sounds. well-done.

Post 10 by Jage (Zone BBS, a decade of madness) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 12:18:50

The old ones came from all over, mostly other keyboards.

Post 11 by andrew1989 (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 12:35:11

my opinion on the sounds is sort of varried.
Firstly, I love the phone sound. I don't know why, i jsut absolutely love that sound, lol. I think that the public and private quicknote sounds could be redone, at least the private one. it's a bit less noticeable than it used to be. On the old one, the private sound was actually pretty cool, and was a lot more noticeable than the public one. I like the login and logout sounds, although in my opinion it would be nice to have something reversed. For example, an ascending type of sound for login and descending type of sound for logouts, but the ones here are also fine. And finally, the news sound is awesome. When i first hearsd that, i pretty much didn't have to read down, because I recognized the keyboard, lol.

Post 12 by frequency (the music man) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 12:56:23

Perhaps the old sounds could be made available for those who want to keep them. Just a thought.

Post 13 by laced-unlaced (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 14:00:58

i was going to say that blake, but not sure how possible that would be

Post 14 by andrew1989 (Account disabled) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 14:15:23

I had thought of that as well. maybe there could be an option in the system sounds page. Of course if anyone's premium, you could just upload your own, but i, sadly, am not.

Post 15 by maroon five (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Wednesday, 21-Jan-2009 20:12:51

i love all the new sounds. i used to have my own, cause i'm premium, but i don't now because these ones are much better.

Post 16 by SunshineAndRain (I'm happily married, a mom of two and a fulltime college student.) on Thursday, 22-Jan-2009 0:25:36

Yeah, The "wrong" answer or loss sounds in the games have got to go. My favorite game's souncs are in Keno. Haven't been able to hear the new sounds yet, as my PAC Mate doesn't play the sounds. I would have to log in to the Zone using my laptop to hear them. So, I think I'll do that and then report my faves for those.

Post 17 by changedheart421 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Sunday, 25-Jan-2009 11:14:33

Personally, I do not like the log on sound and have mine set with the welcome one from aol. The private qn sound is great but those game sounds do need a little work.

Post 18 by PorkInCider (Wind assisted.) on Sunday, 25-Jan-2009 17:30:41

People never are satisfied. I asked when these were implemented that the zbp sound was maybe toned down slightly as it is louder than the rest, but otherwise these are nice sounds. I think out of the old ones, my favorite was the pqn sound, but the new one is just fine.
I do however agree and ask that some of the game sounds are freshened up and made a little less abrasive though.

Post 19 by mysticrain (Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.) on Sunday, 25-Jan-2009 21:20:41

I love the new sounds. they have a more modern sound to them. it's like when cell phones started playing poliphonic ringtones. lol

Post 20 by LadyGanesha (Keep a dream in your pocket and a smile on your face!) on Tuesday, 27-Jan-2009 20:19:44

I love some of them, and don't like others. I don't get to hear when someone logs in or out, for some reason, the only sounds that play are the game sounds. Others use to play, but since the new sounds were brought in, the other ones haven't played. I think that the high low and anagram wrong sounds should be changed to the same one that is used in Keno and Stones when you lose. That one is much less aggressive. I really hate that wrong high low sound!! The "hey" on the busted in black jack should be something like "awww" or something a little less aggressive too. I'm trying right now to become a premium member so I can have all the new stuff. I'll look forward to the sounds feature in that one. I just hope the other sounds start playing again.

Post 21 by sledge071 (Shadow Rider, Bourne of Light) on Wednesday, 04-Feb-2009 8:41:16

I'm having a similar problem. The QN, PQN, and system message sounds don't play for me, either as event triggered sounds or on the sound review page. The others seem to work correctly, so I am at a loss as to the diagnosis of this issue.

Post 22 by Siriusly Severus (The ESTJ 1w9 3w4 6w7 The Taskmaste) on Friday, 18-Dec-2009 22:03:47

I pretty much like all of them... Yeah...

Post 23 by nikos (English words from a Greek thinking brain) on Saturday, 19-Dec-2009 17:21:06

I also have this problem where i don't hear private quicknotes sounds, system sounds and i don't remember if there is anything else. However some play such as the news sound, audio profiles, name tags etc.
For this reason i stoped using the zone with internet explorer and i use it with firefox and the quicktime alternative.
I thought it was something wrong with my computer but if others have simmilar problems then it must be something wrong with the site i don't know. But why some play and some don't i don't understand.
And the fact that users have problems with different sounds it is strange.

Post 24 by changedheart421 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Saturday, 19-Dec-2009 23:26:43

I also enjoy the new sounds.