XBox Startup Sound Explained

In this video, I break down the original XBox startup sound with the use of some helpful information from the person who created it!

Brian Schmidt, the creator of the original XBox startup sound:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_L...

His article explaining what he did to create the startup sound:
https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/Brian...

00:00  Introduction
00:15  Release date and competing consoles
00:42  Sales
00:55  Operating system
01:05  Some popular games for the system
01:15  Technical specifications
02:39  The BIOS firmware
03:27  Brian Schmidt, the original creator
03:55  Overview on how the sound is generated
05:02  Details of the startup sequence
05:26  Note about the boot animation remake
05:36  Randomness of the original startup animation
05:48  Breakdown of the startup sound elements
06:35  Comment on the efficiency of the boot sequence
06:56  Re-creating the startup sound for analysis
10:03  Comparison of re-created sound and original
10:28  Getting ahead of the nitpicks on the re-creation
10:41  Recap of the melody notes at the end of the startup
10:55  The 3D model used for the boot animation remake
11:40  Conclusion

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ATTRIBUTIONS:

XBox console photos:  By Evan-Amos - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Brian Schmidt photo:  By Bschmidt1962 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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