The 10th anniversary of the Xbox motivated me to write a gamasutra blog on designing the boot sound for the original Xbox-- had some interesting challenges.


http://www.gamasutra...iginal_Xbox.php

Brian Schmidt
www.GameSoundCon.com
www.BrianSchmidtStudios.com

Great read Brian, thanks for sharing.

Did you always have an interest in music and sound, even before going to college?

Really Interesting Post,

I especially enjoyed the brief they gave you for the sound " immense power striving to break free" That sounds like a fun sound to try and create!

Thanks Brian, a great read indeed!

Cheers,
Moritz

Yes, very interesting read. Thanks.

Reminded me of this: Macintosh boot sound

Great article, thanks for sharing!

Nate

That's totally awesome.

The demoscene comes to mind here. It's all about doing amazing things with tiny amounts of resources. I think a lot of the most avid demo-programmers from back in the day and today are very useful to the games-industry, especially when it comes to specific cases like these.

Really very interesting.

Keep 'em coming!