Description

This is a port of Ivica Ico Bukvic's Borealis sound theme for KDE. The sounds have all been converted from OGG to AAC at 128, 192, and 224 kbps; the different bitrates reflect the original OGG encoding.

From the original author's description:

The goal of this sound theme is to provide "better feel" through use of the subtle aural notifications. The test I always have in my mind while designing the desktop sounds is to imagine having half-dozen (or more) computer stations in the same office or studio and consider whether their simultaneous use (and resulting desktop sounds) would pose as distraction on users and their productivity. Therefore, in order to minimize the "distraction factor" this theme associates many of the common desktop events with brief, mostly non-pitched, but nonetheless pleasing sound sources (a.k.a. effects).

I've omitted all four system startup sounds from the original KDE theme—at over 12 seconds apiece, they're far too long to be functional for instant messaging purposes. Also, they were adding bloat to the archive size.

I have included all of the other bundled sounds, but not all of them have been assigned to Adium-specific events. Also, perhaps contrary to the original sound designer's intentions, I've assigned sounds to IM events that sound natural to my ear (e.g., I thought the sound designated for "Send" would make a better "New Message" alert). Feel free to adjust and tweak to your taste in the Events Preferences.

Licensed under The Artistic License, version 2.0.

Changes

Version numbering in sync with original KDE sound theme

v0.9a - Initial release for Adium.

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Current Version:	0.9a
Last Updated:	10/15/07
Credits:
Original KDE sound theme by Ivica Ico Bukvic Ported to Adium by Christian Cosas