Moi nguoi dung PC la Gen Z nguoi Millennial va nguoi lon tuoi hon deu co phan ung Pavlovian doi voi am khoi dong Windows XP. Do la bon not. Keo dai khoang ba giay. Va ba muoi nam sau khi Microsoft lan dau tien dau tu vao cac nhan dien am thanh nay, con nguoi van con remix, sampling, va nem chung vao cac cuoc goi Discord vao dung luc.”
TL;DR: Am khoi dong Windows nam tu 1993 den 2012 nhu cac tac pham song song cua Brian Eno, Robert Fripp, va doi am thanh trong cong ty Microsoft. Moi cai phan anh khoang khac nen van hoa cua phat hanh cua no. Internet da bien chung thanh chat lieu lop meme — cham lai, reverb, trap-remix — va bay gio chung la mot phan co ban cua cac soundboard hoai co tren Discord va Twitch. Huong dan nay bao gom lich su cua moi am lon, nen van hoa remix xung quanh no, va cach thiet lap chung nhu global hotkey soundboard.”
Windows 3.1 — Dau tien cua Nhan dien Am thanh (1992)
Truoc khi Microsoft dau tu mot cach co hoc vao audio branding, Windows 3.1 duoc xuat hanh voi am thanh “tada” don gian cho phat hanh chuong trinh va tieng beep chung cho loi. Day la chuc nang, khong phai cam xuc. Ho cho ban biet co dieu gi do xay ra. Ho khong lam ban cam thay dieu gi ve phan mem.
Am thanh “Tada” (fanfare brass ngan), thong bao “Ding”, va am thanh thoat “Chimes” tu Windows 3.1 la cac to tien cua toan bo truyen thong. Gia tri meme: thap. Gia tri hoai co trong nhung lo trinh tu tro thanh thieu nien trong nam 1990 som: cao khi ngac nhien.”
Windows 95 — Sau giay Brian Eno (1995)
Day la noi no tro nen thu vi. Microsoft da thue Brian Eno — mot tien phong am nhac moi truong, nha san xuat cua U2 The Joshua Tree va Talking Heads Fear of Music — de soan tac am khoi dong Windows 95. Menh lenh duoc dinh nghia long long: truyem cam hung, pho bien, loi quan, huong toi tuong lai, cam thuc, va co the phat tren bat ky hardware nao. Thoi luong: duoi sau giay.
Eno viet 84 bien the. Microsoft chon mot.
Tac pham ket qua la mot shimmer mem — cac not synthesis bien tro bi che va xu ly ma khong co trang thai. Co ve nhu anh sang buoi sang qua cua so, co nhan chac chan la co y. Trong mot cuoc phong van nam 1996, Eno nhan xet toan bo du an duoc hoan thanh tren Mac, dieu anh thay “mot loai tinh huong che nhao.”
Am khoi dong Windows 95 co mot cuoi doi dai tren trang web. Remix duoc nhan biet nhat la phien ban trap-beat di vong quanh 2015: chime pitch down, reverb keo dai thanh nhieu giay sustain, kick 808 o duoi. Phien ban do tim thay khach hang moi tren YouTube nhu “Windows 95 trap remix” va cuoi cung nhu am thanh TikTok duoc su dung cho noi dung thiet ke Y2K. Tuy nhien, hien nay day la vat lieu bait hoai co tieu chuan tren bat ky soundboard cong nghe retro nao.
Windows 98 — Dua con giua Quiet (1998)
Windows 98 da su dung am khoi dong ngan hon, sach hon mot chut — tuong tu tren co cau truc voi 95 nhung voi cam giac nen hon. No khong co dau an nen van hoa ben lau tu tien nhiem vu hoac ke nhiem vu, co the vi no chiem mot khoang thoi gian chuyen tiep trong lich su nen tang. Am thanh co the nhan biet duoc voi bat ai da su dung no, nhung hiem khi tao ky phan ung ky uc ca xuc nhu chime XP.
Doi voi muc dich meme, cac am thanh Windows 98 cung khi khi xuat hien o dinh dang “danh sach hang” — tro de la no ly thuyet la anh chi ten giua lang quay giua 95 va XP. Khoi dong Windows ME, tu thoi ky tuong tu, co lien quan voi mot loai hoai co khac: hoai co cua tinh trang khong on dinh, man hinh xanh, va khoi dong dong. Am khoi dong ME thuong duoc ket hop voi cac su thu nhan tai YouTube retrospective.”
Windows XP — Universal Chime (2001)
Am khoi dong Windows XP co le la co trang tu not trong lich su cua phan mem tieu dung. No choi o khoa C major, mo bang am xa ben lau, va giai quyet tro len. Co ve nhu dieu gi khong tranh khoi duoc sau khi ban nghe no. Choi khoang 3,5 giay.
Doi trong cong ty Microsoft da san xuat am XP (khong co tac gia ngoai co ten nao duoc gan vao no, khong giong 95 va Vista). Muc tieu thiet ke la am ap va kha nang tiep can — XP duoc dinh vi nhu phien ban Windows dau tien se hoat dong nhu nhau tot cho ca doanh nghiep va nguoi dung tro ve. Am thanh giao tiep san sang ma khong co do cang thang.
Cuoi doi viral cua am khoi dong XP rat rong. Phien ban duoc luu hanh nhat la xu ly “XP chap lai va reverb” — chime voi toc do 75% voi duoi reverb dai va suy giam cao do nho, lam cho no thuc cam vua la quan tren va vua la mong mo. Phien ban nay luu hanh nang o SoundCloud vao dau nam 2010 duoi the loai “cham + reverb” rong hon ma sau do hop nhat vao truyen thong chopped va screwed. Tinh den giua nam 2026, chime XP hoa den vay vai tro la mot trong nhung kich hoat am thanh hoai co duoc nhan biet nhat tren Discord — tat ca chung vao kenh giai phong va ai do se phan ung trong ba giay.
Am tat, khuc nhac “dang xuat”, va am cat dut hardware tu XP la cac them rua thap nhung chuc nang vao bat ky soundboard Windows retro nao.
Windows Vista — Robert Fripp tai Abbey Road (2007)
Robert Fripp, tay dan guitar cua King Crimson va tien phong cua cac ky thuat dan guitar moi truong anh goi “Frippertronics,” da ghi am am khoi dong va tat Windows Vista tai Abbey Road Studios nam 2006.
Am khoi dong Vista khac biet rong rai tu cac tien nhiem vu cua no. No dai hon, co thoai vang hon, va sinematic hon. Tac pham nay su dung cac not ben lau tro thanh bi xay dung truoc khi giai quyet — gan voi tro nhan phim diem than tua hon la khoi dong chime. Duoc chay chi con tren bon giay trong phien ban cuoi cung nhung cam giac so voi va chiem loi hon bat ky am thanh Windows truoc do.
Su tham gia cua Fripp tro thanh mot cau chuyen nen van hoa nho vao thoi diem do, duoc bao phu trong bao chi am nhac ben canh bao chi cong nghe. Khoang cach giua danh tieng phe binh cua nha soan nhac va san pham thuong mai ma anh da la am bang cong nhan la co tim tac.
Tui do cua Vista (he dieu hanh duoc nho chung tren diem chinh la nhung van de tuong thich trinh xu ly va cac cap UAC xam chi) co nghia la am khoi dong co moi quan he hoai co phuc tap voi no. Nguoi ta nho am thanh rat yeu nhung dong thoi nho he dieu hanh voi thuo tam. Doi voi su su dung soundboard, khoi dong Vista la su chon prestige — it nguoi nhan biet no ngay lap tuc, nhung nhung nguoi chap nhat dieu do se bi an tuong nhan ly.”
Windows 7 — Am ap cua Aughts cuoi (2009)
Am khoi dong Windows 7 la tieu chuan cam xuc co y sau phan ung Vista toi. No ngan hon va men hon Vista, am ap tro la hang, va giai quyet ma khong co cam giac toan bo. Co ve nhu tin tuong ma khong tro nen khoai khi.
Windows 7 duoc coi rong rai nhu he dieu hanh Microsoft tot nhat cua thap nien 2000, va am khoi dong huong loi tu lien ket voi danh tieng do. Doi voi nhung nguoi dung da o cap ha va dai hoc trong nhung nam dinh cao cua Windows 7 (khoang 2009-2015), am thanh la kich hoat hoai co suc manh. Khac voi XP, co duoc xu tri ironic hoac slowed-reverb, hoai co Windows 7 co xu huong la chinh hang va khong ironic — khong co tro de trong “Windows 7 thuc ra duoc tot.”
Tren Twitch, am khoi dong Windows 7 cung khi khi xuat hien trong cac stream “retro gaming” bat dau voi tao lai setup may tinh chinh xac cho thoi ky. Day la tin hieu tiem than.
Windows 8 va 10/11 — Thoi ky Im Lang
Windows 8 duoc xuat hanh voi am khoi dong nhung khong cho phep no theo mac dinh lan dau tien trong lich su cua nen tang. Hop ly la thuc tien: thoi gian khoi dong nhanh hon co nghia la am thanh duoc phat qua ngan de dang ki hoac khong co gi ca, va van phong mo dang tro nen pho bien hon, lam cho am thanh khong mong doi tu may tinh xach tay dang ngu ket dung.”
Windows 10 va Windows 11 tiep tuc mo hinh nay — am thanh khoi dong ton tai trong tap tin he thong nhung im theo mac dinh. Ban co the bat lai chung qua Control Panel → Sound → Sounds tab → bat “Play Windows Startup sound.”
Yeu nghia van hoa la am khoi dong Windows ket thuc, doi voi hau het nguoi dung, voi Windows 7 hoac XP tuy theo chu ky nang cap phan cung cua ho. Dieu nay lam cho XP va 7 tro thanh tieu chuan hoai co dinh cao va tao ra sac nhan roong roi co the nhan biet trong ky uc van hoa cua cac am thanh.
Bang So sanh: Moi Am Khoi dong Windows Chinh
| Phien ban | Nam | Nha soan nhac | Thoi luong | Meme Tier | Remix Khoa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows 3.1 “Tada” | 1992 | Microsoft | ~1s | Niche | Khong co dang chu y |
| Windows 95 | 1995 | Brian Eno | 6s | Cao | Trap remix, lo-fi |
| Windows 98 | 1998 | Microsoft | ~3s | Thap | Khong co dang chu y |
| Windows ME | 2000 | Microsoft | ~3s | Giua (ironic) | Crash compilations |
| Windows XP | 2001 | Microsoft | 3.5s | Dinh cao | Slowed + reverb |
| Windows Vista | 2007 | Robert Fripp | 4s+ | Cao (prestige) | Khong co dang chu y |
| Windows 7 | 2009 | Microsoft | ~2s | Cao (genuine) | Lo-fi |
| Windows 8/10/11 | 2012+ | Disabled | — | Khong co | — |
Nen van hoa Remix: Tu Slowed + Reverb den Trap
Truyen thong remix am khoi dong Windows tiem thuc TikTok voi mot thap nien. Sot remix XP dau tien xuat hien tren SoundCloud khoang 2010-2012 trong cac cong dong “chopped va screwed” va vaporwave som. Vaporwave nhu mot the loai duoc xay dung phan nao tren thiet ke am nhac korporat som 2000, va am khoi dong XP ve co ban la vi du platonic cua thiet ke do.
Xu ly slowed + reverb hoat dong dac biet vi cac am thanh nay da duoc thiet ke lai de co resonance cam xuc. Lam cham chung 20-30% va them reverb chi can keo dai payload cam xuc — giai quyet thuc cam duoc dat duoc, sustain que huong nhung kho khan.
Sot remix trap (2015-2018) da lay mot cach tien khac: chime duoc lay mau nhu mot phan tu sac hoac hook tren nhan luong, tro thanh mat trong bass 808 va cac mau hi-hat. Mot vai bai hat nay da giao cau dieu khien algorithm chinh thong tren YouTube voi so luong xem theo hang trieu.
Cac xu tri gan day bao gom dieu chinh phonk (reverb bị bac hoai + cac tu noi tieng Nga), phien ban o gan ASMR noi ma co doi am thanh khoi dong duoc phat voi am luong binh thuong trong mot ban ghi khac khong co tieng on, va dieu chinh “bi an” tro thanh nhieu loi Windows va am khoi dong dong thoi cho den khi chung tro nen tiem la atonal — mot the loai cung khi khi duoc goi la “Windows hell.”
Discord va Twitch: Truong hop Tinh nang Su dung Hoai co
Tren Discord, cac am thanh khoi dong Windows phuc vu mot chuc nang cu the: ho cho tin hieu nhan dung sinh. Nem chime XP vao mot cuoc goi am thanh la mot cach de noi “Toi lon len voi dieu nay.” Phan ung ma no goi ra — cuoi, nhan biet, cung khi khi cam thuc hoai co thuc — khac voi phan ung doi voi am thanh meme tieu chuan vi no neo trong lich su ca nhan chung chu khong phai nen van hoa internet chung.
Tren Twitch, cac am khoi dong xuat hien thuong xuyenn nhat trong ba boi canh:
- Stream choi game retro — phat am khoi dong XP truoc khi khoi dong mot tro choi tu thoi XP nhan doi hoai co
- Cac stream IRL va tua dieu — nguoi phat song cho thay setup PC cua ho cung khi khi kich hoat am khoi dong truc tiep nhu mot bit
- Stream phan ung — video hoai co cong nghe tren YouTube (retrospective phien ban Windows, cac bai huong dan phan mem cu) la mot danh muc phan ung noi tieng, va chat tiem chime clip am khoi dong khi video dat cac khoang khac.”
Thiet lap Am Khoi dong Windows trong VoxBooster
Soundboard VoxBooster cho phep ban ghi tap tin am thanh vao global hotkey duoc kich hoat tu bat ky ung dung nao — tro choi fullscreen, cuoc goi Discord, OBS, trinh duyet — ma khong can alt-tabbing. Thiet lap mat khoang nam phut cho mot bang hoai co Windows day du.
Buoc 1 — Thu thap cac tap tin am thanh. Am khoi dong Windows duoc luu tru nhu cac tap tin WAV trong thu muc cai dat Windows duoi System32\Media. Cac tap tin hien tren he thong cua ban phu thuoc vao phien ban Windows cua ban. Doi voi cac am tho hon (95, XP, Vista), Internet Archive co cac ban sao bao tro, va cac thu vien tap tin am thanh Wikipedia bao gom mot so am khoi dong Windows lich su duoi tai lieu la do.
Buoc 2 — Nhap vao VoxBooster. Mo VoxBooster → tab Soundboard. Keo cac tap tin WAV vao cac slot. Trai can dieu cho mot bang hoai co Windows:
Slot 1 → Windows XP startup
Slot 2 → Windows 95 startup (Brian Eno)
Slot 3 → Windows Vista startup (Robert Fripp)
Slot 4 → Windows 7 startup
Slot 5 → Windows XP shutdown
Slot 6 → Windows error sound
Slot 7 → Windows ME startup (ironic use)
Slot 8 → Windows 95 "tada" (3.1 era)Buoc 3 — Gan global hotkey. Phai chuot moi slot → Assign hotkey. Layout don gian:
Ctrl+Alt+1 → XP startup (most-used)
Ctrl+Alt+2 → Win 95 (Brian Eno)
Ctrl+Alt+3 → Vista (Robert Fripp)
Ctrl+Alt+4 → Win 7
Ctrl+Alt+0 → Stop allVoxBooster su dung WASAPI cho audio routing — khong yeu cau cai dat kernel driver tren Windows 10/11. Dau ra soundboard hop nhat voi tin hieu microphone cua ban thanh mot thiet bi ao duy nhat ma Discord va OBS xem nhu dau vao microphone binh thuong cua ban. Dieu nay co nghia la am khoi dong duoc phat qua kenh am thanh cua ban ma khong can cau hinh routing them.”
Ban Quyen Tac gia va Su dung Hop phap — Dieu ban can biet
Microsoft so huu nhung am thanh nay. Ho la khai niem tri tue duoc dang ki. Dieu nay tao ra cac xem xet thuc te tuy thuoc vao cach ban su dung chung:
Su dung ca nhan va cac cuoc goi Discord ca nhan: Rui ro thuc thi toi thieu. Microsoft khong bao gio theo sau hanh dong doi voi cac ca nhan dung am khoi dong trong cac cuoc goi am thanh ca nhan.
Streaming cong khai (Twitch, YouTube): Cac he thong content ID tu dong cua nen tang co the co khong co tai len chua khong audio Microsoft. Am khoi dong XP dac biet duoc quet va danh dau tren YouTube. Cac luong duoc tien te hoa su dung nhung am thanh nay co chieu ma roi ro IP nhat dinh.
Phap dung an toan: Doi voi streaming cong khai, hay su dung cac phien ban duoc tao lai (co san tren Freesound.org) hoac canh gan mien phi ban quyen thay vi rip truc tiep tu cac tap tin he thong. Cac phien ban duoc tao lai gan du gan cho muc dich hoai co ma khong co phoi nhiem ban quyen.
Tuyên bo hop phap: Cach su dung ngan gam thanh duoc cap phep cho muc dich binh luan, phe binh hoac giao duc co the dap ung tieu chuan ve cong bang lap o Hoa Ky, nhung hop phap la mot phong thu, khong phai mot quyen su dung rong. Neu doi di, hay su dung cac lang thang mien phi ban quyen.”
FAQ
Ai da soan thanh am khoi dong Windows 95? Brian Eno da soan no. Microsoft da thue anh ta va chi cho biet mot chut ngoai ‘cam hung, pho bien, huong toi tuong lai.’ Anh ta da viet 84 bai va Microsoft chon mot. Toan bo san xuat xay ra tren Mac, dieu Eno thay the va.
Ai da soan thanh am khoi dong Windows Vista? Robert Fripp cua King Crimson da ghi am am khoi dong va tat Vista tai Abbey Road Studios nam 2006. Cac bai tac pham nay di qua nhieu lan chinh sua truoc khi Microsoft chap thuan cac phien ban cuoi cung duoc su dung trong phat hanh Vista.
Co hop phap khong khi dung am thanh khoi dong Windows tren stream? Microsoft so huu nhung am thanh nay. Doi voi su dung ca nhan, khong thuong mai — cuoc goi Discord, cac phien choi game ca nhan — rui ro toi thieu. Doi voi cac luong stream hoac tai len YouTube, cach an toan nhat la tim cac phien ban duoc tao lai hoac mien phi ban quyen thay vi rip truc tiep.
Ten chinh thuc cua am khoi dong Windows XP la gi? Microsoft khong bao gio cho no mot tieu de chinh thuc. Thong thuong duoc mo ta trong cac tai lieu bao chi la am khoi dong Windows XP. Nha soan nhac, Brian Eno, da dat ten tap hop 84 tac pham cua anh ‘Windows Sounds.’ Bai hat cu the duoc chon co khi duoc goi la ‘The Microsoft Sound’ ben trong.
Tai sao Windows 10 va 11 khong co am khoi dong theo mac dinh? Microsoft da tat am khoi dong theo mac dinh bat dau tu Windows 8 de giam thoi gian khoi dong canh cam nhan va tranh tieng on trong cac van phong mo. Cac am thanh van con tai he thong — co the bat lai qua Control Panel > Sound > Sounds tab — nhung tat theo mac dinh.
Lam cach nao de phat am khoi dong Windows tren Discord hoac stream? Nhap cac tap tin am thanh vao ung dung soundboard ho tro global hotkey. Trong VoxBooster, keo tap tin vao slot, gan hotkey, va clip se phat qua kenh am thanh ma khong can alt-tab. Am thanh dat toi Discord hoac OBS nhu mot phan cua luong microphone binh thuong cua ban.
Toi co the tim am khoi dong Windows o dau mot cach hop phap? Am thanh khoi dong Windows duoc luu tru dung file WAV trong thu muc cai dat Windows duoi System32\Media. Ban cung co the tim chung tren Internet Archive va thu vien tap tin am thanh Wikipedia. Cac phien ban duoc tao lai mien phi ban quyen co san tren Freesound.org.
Xay dung Bang Hoai co Windows cua ban
Canon am khoi dong Windows la mot truong hop hiem du trong do thiet ke am thanh cong ty san xuat mot cai gi do that su duoc yeu thich. Sau giay cua Brian Eno tu 1995, ban ghi Abbey Road cua Robert Fripp tu 2007, va chime XP bon not don gian la tat ca cac di san ma moi nguoi nho theo cach ho nho nhac — khong phai nhu am thanh giao dien, nhung nhu am tro.
Thiet lap chung nhu hotkey tren soundboard mat khoang nam phut va tra tien trong nhieu thang nhung khoang khac Discord. Phien ban XP slowed + reverb cho khi khong khi. Ban ghi Vista cho nguoi trong cuoc goi se biet ai la Robert Fripp. Remix 95 trap cho tro mat.”
Thu nghiem mien phi cua VoxBooster bao gom tat ca 64 slot va global hotkey — du cho lich su am thanh Windows day du va mot so trang khac cua nhung am thanh khac. Tai va xay dung.