Startup sound

[iEugene]

Is it possible to find the "gong" sound that you hear when you start up OS X somewhere in the files of OS X?

Also, is there a NON third party application way of muting the start up sound before the Mac is supposed to play it upon startup besides turning the volume to zero before shutting down?

 

[flopticalcube]

There is a pref pane for muting the sound but it is 3rd party.

 

[iToaster]

Mactracker will get you startup chimes (which you can add to your iTunes library by installing for iPod if you have one, or just getting them from in the App).