It's always reminded me of the last chord at the end of "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Q9D4dcYng&feature=youtu.be&t=4m21s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Q9D4dcYng&feature=youtu.be&t=4m21s
Huh, I just played it on the piano. Doesn't sound quite right.
Mute it before shutting it down.
It's always reminded me of the last chord at the end of "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles...
Note that A is not 440 but 432.4. You'd have to detune your whole piano to make that sound.
Oh, the pain in my ass when I turn on my MBA first thing in the morning and it's so loud it disturbs my family because I forgot to lower the volume before shutting it down the previous night. One of the very few things I have to fault about my precious.
And yet I'm still searching for a way to stop my Mac from making that annoying sound on start up.
Pixar has very close ties with Apple since Steve Jobs was a majority stakeholder in Pixar prior to it being acquired by Disney. It's why you'll also notice the "Apple car" in the Pixar movie "Cars", as well there's also lots of references to Apple, Inc. in a lot of Pixar's short films.
It's always reminded me of the last chord at the end of "A Day in the Life" by The Beatles...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Q9D4dcYng&feature=youtu.be&t=4m21s
I didn't even know you could trademark a sound. Seems more copyright territory to me.
I hope the Simpson's creators have trademarked 'Doh!'
Pretty sure the OP was kidding.
Jonathan Ive lent his design talent to Eve the robot, who made that sound in the movie. True story.
I sense an Apple-Pixar lawsuit coming up.
There is a great (but loooong) interview with Jim Reekes regarding his early time at apple, and the origins of the Startup chime. It is a long watch, but some good old Apple history Lore. http://youtu.be/QkTwNerh1G8 Clearly the current chime, in the octive used on the Quadra 840AV was the best
I actually liked the mac chime from my old PowerMac 6100 better than the current one. It was higher and brighter than the current one.
http://froods.ca/~dschaub/Files/Startup/spwr.aiff
Trademark attorney here. You are correct that songs and music are generally covered by copyright, and it is possible for something to be covered by both copyright and trademark, but when a sound or a song is being used in association with a product or a service in a way that allows you to identify its source (here, when your hear the chimes you know it's a Mac starting up), it can also function as a trademark. Most of the time a trademark is a word, logo or a slogan, but it can also be a sound, a scent, the design/look and feel of a store or restaurant (Apple stores would be a good example) or even the design of a product itself or product packaging (you can identify a Coke bottle by the shape of the bottle alone).This isn't a patent. McDonalds has a trademark on those stupid golden arches. They are not patented. Even the laws surrounding infringement and enforcement differ between the two.
I was thinking the same thing. Music/songs are typically covered by copyright. Perhaps the details preclude this kind of coverage. I don't know the laws around them well enough to know exactly what is covered. Perhaps someone who understands them will chime (hehe) in.