Sound Set in Entourage 2008 Gone?

[Zaxcom]

I wrote an Applescript that opens the newmail.wav file using quicktime
player, then it quits quicktime player and brings Entourage to the
front. I added it to my rules for sorting mail and it works perfectly.
New mail sound everytime.

 

[mortfe]

Wasn't bitching. Just don't think M$ will be in a hurry to fix this problem. They will wait for other problems to crop up and patch them all at once.

 

[pam]

Same here as all off you

Sounds are here now:

Microsoft Office 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/Resources/

mailsent.wav
newmail.wav
nomail.wav
welcome.wav
goodbye.wav
mailerror.wav
reminder.wav

What does this mean? How do I do this?

 

[pam]

Okay, actually I figured out what that is, sorry. Just for the hell of it, I made copies of all those sounds and put them into the Entourage Sound Set folder. Interesting result: I'd get ONE sound. So if the first thing I did was check my mail, I'd get the new mail (or no mail) sound. But then I'd get no other sounds afterward. Restart the program, send a message, get the sent message sound, once. No other sound. Weird.

 

[AlphaBovine]

@ mortfe

No worries.

 

[Andy Ruff]

Same here as all off you

Sounds are here now:

Microsoft Office 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/Resources/

mailsent.wav
newmail.wav
nomail.wav
welcome.wav
goodbye.wav
mailerror.wav
reminder.wav

What does this mean? How do I do this?

Hey folks,

We DO NOT recommend modifying the sounds inside the application. We do have
a new file format for the sound sets. I'm working on a blog post
(http://www.ruffly.org -- will update soon, been a while ) that details
the new format.

-Andy

 

[cuneytustalar]

On 1/19/08 2:51 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed),
"(e-mail address removed)" wrote:



      I have a problem with the sounds in Entourage, the notification sounds
      work great but when a notification sound is played simultaniously you
      hear an irritating sound together with the Entourage sound.. I didnt had
      this in the beta of 2008.. Does anyone have the same problem?






Hi,

Reading your post I could not understand what you meant by played
simultaneously and irritating sound. Could you be more specific about
these?

Doug Strauss - dougstATmicrosoftDOTcom
Microsoft - Entourage test lead
Disclaimer: This mail is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.

Doug Strauss
 what I meant with simultaneously and irritating sound is a sound like a burning effect that is played simultaneously whenever a entourage systemsound is played. I have recorded the sounds, so maybe you can listen to it and can conclude what it precisely is?

The sound when opening Entourage:
 

The sound when receiving an email:
 

 

[dougst]

Hey Cuneytustalar,

Not sure on why the sound are like that, I don't think it is related to the sound issue. If you play them from the preferences pane or directly from Microsoft Office 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/Resources/ do they still sound distorted? It almost seems like something else on your system is messing with your sound output perhaps?

Doug - dougstATmicrosoftDOTcom
Microsoft
Disclaimer: This mail is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[rjb]

I am still using Tiger 10.4.11, and I can hear all the default alert sounds with all events, but none of my custom sound sets appear as additional choices in notification preferences, just 'default'. Tried deleting the sound sets folder, and default sounds still worked, so it looks like, as cited earlier here, that sounds are grabbed from the package now.

Seems Leopard users (only) need a fix to assure playing of event sounds always, and Tiger and Leopard users need some way to reclaim all those wonderful sound sets. I used Hal...

Patience...

 

[cuneytustalar]

Dougst,

When I play the wav files directly from Microsoft Office 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/Resources/ it sounds normal as it ought to be. So you might be right that there is a conflict somewhere in my system, maybe it is conflicting with an older version of Office. When I installed Office 2008 it asked me to check for older versions and to delete them, I did that.. I also used the Remove Office installer located somewhere in the old Office directory in the Applications section.
Can you please help me fix/solve this problem?
Cheers in advance.

Hey Cuneytustalar,

Not sure on why the sound are like that, I don't think it is related to the sound issue. If you play them from the preferences pane or directly from Microsoft Office 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/Resources/ do they still sound distorted? It almost seems like something else on your system is messing with your sound output perhaps?

Doug - dougstATmicrosoftDOTcom
Microsoft
Disclaimer: This mail is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[mortfe]

Does anyone know, can you install Entourage 2004 as a standalone application without installing all of Office? Wonder what would have happened if I hadn't deleated 2004.

 

[gracie]

mortfe,

I use Leopard and chose not to delete Office 2004 when I installed Office 2008, and I do not have notification sounds.

I've gone back to using the 2004 version because I am constantly working back and forth between Word, Entourage, and the Internet and the sounds let me know if I have mail or not w/o having to move the window and look. (Doesn't sound like a big deal but it's annoying.)

 

[mortfe]

gracie: Yes it's annoying. Guess I won't bother reinstalling 2004. Will have to wait for an update.

 

[Diane Ross]

I've gone back to using the 2004 version because I am constantly working back
and forth between Word, Entourage, and the Internet and the sounds let me know
if I have mail or not w/o having to move the window and look. (Doesn't sound
like a big deal but it's annoying.)

Use a rule to run a custom sound.

See this page for using custom sounds with Entourage. You can even create
your own sounds or use computer voices to announce your mail. For example,
you could have the AppleScript say ³Mail from Dad².

Rule to Play Sound

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/sounds.html>

 

[mastergold]

I successfully replaced some of teh sounds by editing a sound file in Soundtrack Pro and saving it as a Wave 16 bit/ 48 Khz sound with the same names as in the Entourage sounds folder:

Microsoft Office 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/Resources/

mailsent.wav
newmail.wav
nomail.wav
welcome.wav
goodbye.wav
mailerror.wav
reminder.wav

just make sure the sound format and the name are the same. That's all in takes.

I still question Microsoft releasing this software with an option in Preferences for a different "sound set" to the default and have no explanation or guide as to HOW to create a different sound set.

 

[mortfe]

mastergold: Not to good at this. What do you mean by editing, and I assume you mean each sound separtely? Also, don't have Soundtrack Pro. Any other suggestions?

 

[William Smith]

I still question Microsoft releasing this software with an option in
Preferences for a different "sound set" to the default and have no
explanation or guide as to HOW to create a different sound set.

Microsoft has a method to allow users to create their own soundsets for
Entourage 2008 but they're currently a little strapped in the
documentation department. Documentation is forthcoming.

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

 

[Pagemakers]

so can it be confirmed...is there a bug with the default sound system or not?

Mine for one does not work.

 

[alouette]

yeaaaaa

There's a F*king "bug feature" and you
know what ?

That's not the only one

 

[PGB]

Why are we all fussing about something like these notification sounds? Because we can walk away from our Macs and let the screen go blank, but we'll know when Entourage receives some new mail for us.

Until MS fixes the bug, I created a new rule. It applies to every incoming message, it's the first rule in the list, and in allows other rules to act on the message. The only action is to run an Applescript. The script looks like this:

tell application "Finder"
say "Mail has arrived." with Alex
end tell

How to write and save scripts, what to do if you don't have Alex (in Leopard), how to get this to apply to IMAP accounts, how to get it to apply to outgoing messages, and so much more, is left as an exercise for the reader.