Users can grab the theme for Windows 7, which is offered free of charge, install it and judge for themselves whether the images and sounds capture the essence of Ireland. Strolle and Creegan worked with producer Dave Gross in one of the recording booths at Microsoft Studio to replicate the sounds in Windows 7 using instruments designed for Celtic music. All Windows 7 Sounds Download Windows 7 Sound Pack “Jan Strolle, a fiddler, has been playing the instrument for about 20 years, and has been a member of several Seattle-area Celtic bands including Keltoi, Western Shore, and a Celtic-rock outfit called Barking Monkey,” revealed Microsoft’s Jennifer Shepherd. He’s a member of the Irish trio Crumac, which you can hear play around the Pacific Northwest, when you are lucky. Although he’s lived in the Seattle area for a long time, you can still hear Dublin in his voice. He “is widely recognized as one of the foremost Irish pipers in North America. Microsoft has turned to Tom Creegan to give Windows 7 users a sound scheme based on traditional Celtic music.Ĭreegan has been playing uilleann pipes for most of his life, certainly more than the 21 years that it supposedly takes to master this instrument. Users can certainly have a look and decide whether to download the theme or not, but what I can’t possible deliver a preview of is the sound scheme which also ships with this theme pack. I’ve included screenshots with the 17 wallpapers contained by the Ireland theme pack at the bottom of this article. Media controls on audio player now always visible (instead of requiring a mouse hover or tap). UI enhancements: menu item that is selected is grayed out. Version 1.1.0.8 Updated color scheme: the menu bar and audio player changes color depending on version of Windows selected. You may notice that while you are using a theme that contains a custom sound-scheme, the sound-scheme shows up in the list: While the Ireland theme is being used, the Celtic sound-scheme appears in the list. The list of sound-schemes that come with Windows 7.
Patrick’s Day, Microsoft has made available for download a new theme on the Windows Personalization Gallery designed to allow Windows 7 users to celebrate Ireland.The new Windows 7 Ireland theme is not just a collection of beautiful imagery from the island, but also an acoustic experience complete with sounds generated by uilleann pipes, fiddles, whistles, etc.
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