The music of "Windows 95"... on vinyl?

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[@Trisaaru]

If I could pinpoint one person in the entire world who would own a vinyl of the Microsoft Windows 95 OST, it would definitely be Nick Robinson.

[@linuxstreamer8910]

or Clint Basinger/LGR

[@TenNineD]

Most definitely

[@razortosh]

mattkc

[@KINGBublepop]

Nah I didn't expect this tbh, I would've thought someone like LGR

[@flandrble]

Or Michael MJD, LGR is a bit more old school.

[@kitsukiakuama7364]

I find Shazaming a Windows OS midi song that was re-recorded on vinyl playing on a modern record player the most ammusing thing lol. Truely a testament to technology

[@ItsUhMeIbraheem]

Shazaming it on a smart watch no less

[@jeromeglick]

Imagine some kid from 1995 time-traveling to 2022 to witness this craziness...

[@cubedtothex]

@@jeromeglick Hi there. I’m a kid from 1995, I just time travelled to 2022 at a rate of 365 days per year, sometimes 366 😂

[@jeromeglick]

@@cubedtothex Yeah, we all time-travel in one direction at the same rate. You know what I meant, seeing the future before you're supposed to then wanting to go back to your own time.

[@georgeyreynolds]

Wasn't passport.mid also the background track to Theme Hospital?

[@zach5539]

As a audio nerd I can't describe how weird it is to be completely happy that a midi track is pressed to vinyl. I'm glad this video exists and by extention you, Nick, for making this video. I want this vinyl sm. Also shoutout to Hover, the strangest game I spent many hours playing as a kid.

[@avena5919]

@Don't read profile photo why do you keep posting “Don’t read my name” in the replies?

[@Trevz]

@@avena5919 its a bot

[@Ocean_Breeze]

Can confirm. I own the Old School RuneScape sound track on vinyl. It's bizarre but great to hear MIDI sound fonts on vinyl hahah.

[@lpschaf8943]

Same

[@avena5919]

@@Trevz Well, email KZbin to stop it then!

[@sk8erdude88]

This feels like it would be a great collaboration with LGR.

[@cuppacoffee1572]

a collab we absolutely need

[@JaredConnell]

And he could tell you exactly what sound chip was used to play it too

[@MnemonicHeadTrip]

Techmoan

[@ShuajoX]

Right down to the jazz music!

[@dylan10182000]

I could 100% hear "Greetings and welcome to an LGR thing" in my head during the intro lol

[@F_I_J_I_W_A_T_E_R]

If you like owning MIDIs on vinyl, I highly recommend the Runescape Original Soundtrack Classics album.

[@FishsstickExtra]

Yep Same

[@mints4997]

@Don't read profile photo ok

[@lnlproductions8412]

@Don't read profile photo i won’t

[@RamenPoweredShitFactory]

Wtf why does it cost like 200 dollars.

[@quartzofcourse]

Based RuneScape enjoyer Also whattup fiji

[@sscuba_diver]

the vinyl we never knew we wanted, but needed

[@avena5919]

I didn’t even knew this existed!

[@SuperMistertoast]

I think „never knew I wanted, but I needed“ is a good summary of this channel’s concept!

[@avena5919]

@Don't read profile photo You again!?!

[@SrPelo]

I am going crazy for the table

[@progect3548]

sadly you would immediately shatter it

[@MarkRichards4Prez]

How does Sr Pelo have only 1 reply and 9 likes???

[@psychic_digit]

We all are, buddy

[@blankuser987]

Oh hi pelo!

[@The_Dim_Vanced]

I wonder if I can even get it here in LATAM

[@algomaone121]

What you REALLY need in that collection is the “Michaelsoft Binbows” soundtrack...😊

[@Jake_Josh]

This is a work of art. Finally, this is what we’ve needed.

[@phoenixwright777]

yes

[@SevenHunnid]

I do food videos while high af on my KZbin channel. I’m more raw & authentic than most on here ☝️

[@stapuft]

you from opposite land?

[@billnobbs-obrien2686]

I definitely recommend the record Now Thats What I Call Midi - a bunch of 90s classic songs in midi format pressed onto vinyl.

[@LegbootLegit]

I'm so glad this record has made it into the hands of a truly worthy collector! For a while I was pursuing a legit pressing of this, because there was a lot of interest. I was concerned about legal action from Microsoft, so I contacted their licensing department to make it official. However, they said they do not license any of their sounds, so I opted not to do the pressing. :( Thank you for this video and for linking to the post where folks can make one for themselves 🙌

[@PointsofData]

@@RyanMercer you can dude lmfao

[@vitalik38815]

"worthy" >proceeds to play records on a Victrola

[@LegbootLegit]

@@vitalik38815 exactly

[@TheSgtCyrus]

How much does it cost to make one like nick?

[@LegbootLegit]

@@TheSgtCyrus If I remember correctly it comes out to $40ish with shipping in the US

[@dynamoxavier]

hearing the error sound from a vinyl player sounds like out of nowhere

[@jeromeglick]

Turntable is now upgraded to Windows, analog edition.

[@zaiden_2006]

as a brian eno fanatic hearing his name sent shivers down my spine, did not know he made the boot up sound Eno is incredibly underrated and it’s amazing hearing that he’s the same guy who’s made some of the most iconic sounds of Windows

[@TheSimoc]

Hah, I didn't know someone still didn't know The Microsoft Sound was composed by Brian Eno. Hefty irony comes in the fact that while The Microsoft Sound represented exactly all the adjectives that were specified in the ordering contract, and also other sounds and generally the design guidelines overall on Windows operating systems followed them till into XP, after it began the steep downhill worsening on release after release, and since 7 at least (don't remember about Vista due to little experience) *all the sounds are awfully depression-inducing.*

[@PhillipRaymondGoodman]

And guess what? He made it on a Mac!

[@zaiden_2006]

@@PhillipRaymondGoodman beautiful irony

[@tokumei99]

Underrated?? Lol he’s one of the most famous musicians on earth

[@zaiden_2006]

@@tokumei99 this was a year ago i wasn't really that smart then joking of course, but in the 2020's he's not really as known as he was (and underrated doesn't necessarily mean unpopular)

[@greedyProphet]

Takes me back to the SimCity 2000 soundtrack. That was surprisingly influential to my musical tastes.

[@TimeMovie93150]

simcity 2000 was a great game with an even greater soundtrack!!!!

[@avena5919]

@@TimeMovie93150 Getting nostalgia vibes?

[@georgeyreynolds]

Theme Hospital used these midis right ? passport and possibly canyon?

[@L0op]

not gonna lie, that table probably uses an unreasonable amount of power for being a table. I want one.

[@RustyNips]

Wondering why the power bill is so high then rembering you left the table turned on when you weren't using it Also just hiding the plug would be kinda annoying and would limit where you can have it placed Still want one though lol

[@neetscholar4149]

Not gonna lie, this table makes me want to go get a job.

[@shotguntimmy]

@@neetscholar4149 Same, I want to get a job and make enough to buy that table

[@unicode0040]

I actually expected this to be official merch. There was so much random Windows 95 merch for that product launch. I remember Borders Books even sold "Windows 95 Blend" coffee at their cafe.

[@housewares]

I seem to remember MS hiring 90s alternative/grunge bands to do promo spots for it (implied Seattle connection) but can't find these. It was a weird time.... all of American business was prepared to surrender to conquering Gates the Barbarian

[@waynehough13]

they still do random merch, Windows 11 had it's own ice cream

[@reverseshin]

@@waynehough13were can I get the windows 11 ice cream?

[@dgurevich1]

And I believe it significantly contributed to the vaporwave aesthetic...

[@JeremyLeePotocki]

Yeah that Windows 95 OST isn't complete without two other songs that came with the CD version. Those two are Weezer’s Buddy Holly, and Edie Brickell’s “Good Times.” They were included to demonstrate the Window's Media Player.

[@_-insertname-_]

Never knew the pinball game had a soundtrack until now, the one I played only ever had sound effects. Sounds a bit like the soundtrack to a dungeon level in a videogame lol

[@StormBurnX]

It has music, sound effects, or both. I don't remember what the button is / was to toggle through the different sound modes? But it's probable that you hit it at some point and accidentally turned off music and never knew lol

[@avena5919]

@@StormBurnX Which would you prefer today: vinyl or digital?

[@StormBurnX]

@@avena5919 I've never preferred analog and never will, but then again I've been working as a mixing/production technician for 15+ years so I supposed I'm biased toward quality rather than plastic waste

[@avena5919]

@@StormBurnX Well, I respect your opinion. 😊😊😊

[@glenngriffon8032]

I love stuff like this. The vinyl and the table. "Hey we have some of the greatest technology to ever exist that make carefully controlled, precise, delicate movements controlled by robots running on sophisticated software. What do we do with it?" "Ball rolling through sand!" "We can perfectly preserve music and sounds now." "Cool, lets stick a bunch of digitized music onto an analog vinyl medium." And I'm being serious here. Like when people use sophisticated computer technology to make a device that runs as fast and smooth as something of today and stick it in the body of an old graphing calculator. Just to have a device that looks like an ancient thing but has orders of magnitude more functions. Or using an emulators screen filter to perfectly recreate on your HD 10 billion pixel lcd monitor the look and feel of a tv from 30 to 40 years ago.

[@jeromeglick]

I've heard that VHS video looks better on the old CRT screens than on modern flat LCDs. That's why I keep a 30-year-old TV in operation. Why emulate when the real thing still works.

[@nickk6645]

I'm pretty sure it said in the bible "Thou shall not play digitally composed music on an analog player"

[@alec4672]

No Nirvana? Alice in Chains? Wheezer? I can't play my voyager golden record any more? Piss on that.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

And perhaps more importantly, "Thou shall not ever purchase or use Victrola or Crosley "turntables", _ever!_ Amen."

[@alec4672]

@@R3TR0R4V3 why? It's a cheap record player for people that don't listen often. I have vintage turntables that run more tracking force then even the crappiest crosly. You should see how rough an old gramophone is on records 😂😂 ounces of tracking force on mine.

[@jeromeglick]

​@@alec4672 Cheap vintage turntables can wear out your records but on the better quality ones you can adjust the tracking force to the proper amount.

[@alec4672]

@@jeromeglick do they really though? Have any studies been done on that? Is there vinyl dust on the crosly when you're done? I have records that are well over 30 years old been played hundreds of thousands of times and they still sound great. It's actually pretty hard to wear out a record.

[@curvingfyre6810]

this is so surreal. No-one could have called this going back through the development of EITHER format.

[@Puerco-Potter]

Not even watch the video yet but I know is something extremely niche that he will obsess over. And I am here for it.

[@Thumbtoe23]

it always is

[@stupidgenius42]

9:58 if you compare a consumer soundblaster, to what they probably used to record it, a Roland SC-55, there’s a pretty big difference.

[@bes03c]

3:56 I also listened to all the default windows sounds I constantly tweaked them and downloaded alternatives from AOL. The most memorable was changing the Recycle Bin into a toilet that made a flushing sound when emptied.

[@sonictonic_]

The smooth jazz in the background, the glass of wine I’m drinking while watching this….. it all just feels so classy. Thanks for the lovely evening, Nick. 😄

[@evilspoons]

Hey, the process of sound design for user interface elements is no joke. The Brian Eno story is pretty cool, I think the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast went into it at some point.

[@Aeduo]

I did like that quirky time when it was just impressive that a computer could make a noise at all, so you just got a whoooooole mess of sounds to use to apply to any interaction. Now they're all these subtle clicks and pops if anything at all. We're definitely in the era of UX brutalism. I'd even take frutiger aero over what we have now, although i didn't really like the kinda harsh "glassy" sounds of a lot of those effects from that era.

[@MinecraftProLord]

The Dial-up sound that plays is still truly one of the best out there.

[@Refalm]

Fun fact: Hover still works on Windows 11, you can just open it up from the Windows 95 CD-ROM and it'll just work.

[@jexnoofficial]

kunaki is fucking awesome fr, as long as you can get behind the low print quality of the vinyl just for the novelty of having your own custom vinyl then they are the best option.

[@Z_E_B_O]

what many people don't know is that the Windows Vista soundtrack was made by Robert Fripp who first invented a thing called Frippertronics in the 80s (basically a delay with a very long decay time, he used a tape looper at the time), and in th early 2000s he was doing a advanced version of Frippertronics called Soundscraping. Also Fripp and Eno made an album together called No Pussyfooting. Also that vinyl isn't yet on discogs afaik, maybe you could add it? (after you talked about it I think I know why it's not added yet, altough discogs lists bootlegs too)

[@terrancelopez9631]

Man, that 95 opening jingle. I got chills.

[@MelodyInTheChaos]

Omg the sonic spinball and windows 95 music takes me back!!! Love it.

[@ydarb101]

I just ordered one of these for my dad because he loves records, it’s gonna be the best Christmas gift he’ll ever receive

[@azza04]

This is definitely something LGR would own.

[@Rubycon99]

I think he does :P

[@Cyranek]

the more videos like this that are made the more money I'll be spending

[@smellthel]

I'm glad there are still innovators in the table industry

[@memetotheextreme6775]

Hell yeah my eyes were glued to this in your last video and it raised so many questions

[@tonyowen5580]

Your obsessions are capturing my attention deeply. It's so fun knowing your interest through this videos

[@mocapcow2933]

I need to buy this now, I have so many regular vinyls, but love buying weird vinyls once in a while.

[@HEX_17]

If you find it somewhere let me know

[@mocapcow2933]

@@HEX_17 nvm, he said it in the video

[@mocapcow2933]

@braingazer... go cry about it

[@mocapcow2933]

@braingazer... “im giving you free education” 🤓

[@sainsburyslocal]

this feels like it will be a really good series, cant wait for more!

[@whitesedan]

I didn’t know I needed this in my collection until now

[@avena5919]

Better go buy it then!

[@HEX_17]

@@avena5919 you can’t!

[@avena5919]

@@HEX_17 Why?

[@HEX_17]

@@avena5919 like you cant buy it retail anywhere you have to custom order it from kunaki

[@avena5919]

@@HEX_17 ohh… I did not think of that.

[@gazvlogs7459]

Also that pro max in the background naked screen down on the table legitimately gave me shivers

[@IAmNotVerified]

The amount of nostalgia this made me feel is absolutely insane

[@JoeBudson]

i love you so much right now for starting this series

[@strayferal]

04:31 CORRECTION: As indicated on the vinyl cover itself - these features were available after installing Windows PLUS! which was a Windows add-on, sorta multimedia/fun package.

[@thelasttoknow]

This video was full of amazing stuff. I also leaned 3 new things an remember hearing that pinball song forget it because it never played past 2000. Definitely a gem of a video

[@FredFredrickson-bip-bang]

3D Pinball Space Cadet has been patched to work on 32 & 64-bit versions of Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11. More info is on groovypost I'm running it on 7-64 with no issues.

[@LovroPlaninsek]

Yo this is really good as an idea for a series, I love it

[@snowcon3]

This new series is killer! Keep em coming sir ~ that Win95 vinyl is tripping me out.

[@HARLANP]

I worked with the guy that made the original xbox360 ui noises, like the blades wooshing etc. I still can't get over it. I remember wooshing the blades back and forth as fast as possible for fun. When I first got it all I had was that and Hexic 😆

[@28604]

love this series, excited to see more! your apartment looks really nice lol

[@togepiss]

I never knew I needed anything as much as I need this

[@lnlproductions8412]

i honestly love this ost and it’s the first time i’ve heard it

[@btsr2553]

Thanks for the video. I remember it well. There were actually people who said they could use it to install Win 95 on their PCs. Not a lie. I worked as an admin, they really asked me about it.

[@promptcritical976]

I love you. I can't express how nerdy and cool and passionate and knowledgeable of a person you are. I would kill to have a friend like you. I've never experienced this kind of connection with someone who cares about utterly useless and silly things like I do. Truly this is a transcendental experience. Thank you. Thank you for even sharing this silly piece of your personal collection.

[@Abd-kb7tr]

2:43 wait till you find out they hired Robert Fripp, guitarist of King Crimson to make windows vista sounds , there's even some footage of them working on it!

[@mimiphilie7083]

how satisfying! thank you for sharing this ♥️

[@joed3483]

Brian Eno has talked in great detail about the process of writing such a short song and how he broke down the 3 and a half seconds into equivalent beat and bars by ratios. Also it is soo good to see Clouds! Clouds was a song from a Easter Egg. It was composed by then Software intern Brian Orr. Brian Orr is now a very successful engineer and has been doing for Sony for some time. I actually did a cover of clouds.

[@smbcollector]

Whoa, I saw this in my subscriptions, and when I came back to watch it, I was so surprised to see you pop up on screen... I hadn't looked at who posted the video, I just assumed it was LGR! You had the jazz music and everything!

[@peachesl8706]

I now need my own copy of this for Windows 95 and 98. Because Nick Robinson made me want it. You’re the reason bro. Thank you for that throwback 😊🎃

[@melody7546]

Why is so entertaining, I mean all your vids are

[@Mr.Mystery]

OK but how does this connect to the Michaelsoft Binbows lore?

[@avena5919]

I don’t know but thank Alf’s Room for bringing us to the meme that became famous!

[@RobBaldridge]

As much as I enjoy the old OPL FM synth sound, Canyon.mid and Passport.mid on something like a SC-55 was truly incredible to hear. Sample based MIDI hardware and sound cards like the AWE32 were widely available and affordable during the Windows 95 era. I personally had an XP-50 in 1995 and it made every MIDI file that came with Windows sound like a high production studio recording.

[@poofygoof]

"sounds that you remember" vs best state-of-the-art at the time. it's also weird (as a genXer) to see rare vinyl played on what seems like a modern take on a fisher-price record player.

[@ProudNL99]

Very cool! I collect and upload both video game and (mainly) anime soundtracks on vinyl and there is so much weird/cool/niche stuff out there that is worth having. More and more people are getting into it though, so it's getting more expensive and harder to find. Already seen it mentioned but the OSRS soundtrack on vinyl is a must have if you are a MIDI enjoyer

[@Goldlucky13]

literally never stick through any youtubers adreads tbh, but that table is so sick. def on my wishlist

[@eviemoon_]

Hey if u add 1 in 95 in the “windows 95” you’ll find a vaporwave artist I really recommend their “the enchanted instrumentals and whispers” album it’s very good 👍🏼

[@Cinnimin]

as a person who's used kunaki its incredibly helpful with getting vinyl of your own music fast and easy, 10/10 reccomend

[@beeswithchainsaws]

can't wait for the next episode nick :)

[@DGL999]

This was a really fun video! And useful info for kunaki. Thanks.

[@BronzedTube]

dood those sisyphus tables one of the coolest things Ive seen in a long time... if only i had disposable income.

[@jakubkrcma]

The record and the table are amazing.

[@steviebea]

this makes me SO HAPPY IT GOES SO HARD

[@0111DTheProphet]

I was expecting for this to just be cool, wasn’t expecting it to go this hard

[@cheeriosaregood920]

And it only costs lile $45 including shipping, plus kunaki can do cds, dvdz and blu rays. Truly beautiful

[@inactivepleasegoaway]

i love the old windows midi files a lot they're really cool secrets

[@BlueLoveYT]

The cover art is aesthetically pleasing to look at

[@Amins88]

I am all on board for this series! Also, where can I get that Dratini sticker?

[@cr1bi0x29]

i love how nick is talking about a windows vinyl disc, and he's using a macbook through the video. love ya nick!

[@FirionLeFleur]

Damn Hypnospace Outlaw really replicated this sound perfectly.

[@petecolombo]

So awesome. According to MIDIs Wiki, the composer of Canyon.midi and possibly Passport.midi was George Stone.

[@ianatkin542]

George Stone (born January 19, 1965) is a musician and educator. He had composed and arranged music for instrumental and vocal ensembles, with the bulk of his material for the big band format. He is best known for his 1990 MIDI composition "Canyon".

[@avoidbaguette6208]

You videos are like art project their rare but still are amazing

[@djoh615893]

I saw the title and had to watch. I thought that maybe this was some kind of fun troll and it turned out that someone actually made this, and people apparently bought these vinyls. Anyway, not disappointed at all. This was bizarre and enjoyable. Still surprised that vinyls of Windows 95 sounds existed, and more surprised that people bought those.

[@Prizm44]

5:24 Ding.wav, Tada.wav, and some other system sounds are actually from Windows 3.1 and were simply included again with Win95. The "Plus!" add-on came out in 1996 and was mainly a bunch of desktop themes with crap SFX replacements and horrible mouse cursors. However Plus did have some system enhancements (mainly PowerToys options, I think) which made it worth it.

[@dienand_]

The year is 2034, somewhere in the world a dad puts a vinyl record in his record player: “The Complete Sounds of Windows 95” His son: “Dad what are you listening to?” Dad: “The music of my childhood”

[@vatonix84]

This has made my day, going hunting for one now

[@cyb0rgirl]

I love your niche topics 😂

[@ImDaBaby]

I noticed it in your Phantom Dust video and I was so happy that someone else besides me actually owned one.

[@babylonian]

damn, nice! i think you’re the first i’ve heard of who also has one (besides Legboot, hahah)

[@xraven_shadowx]

i am not a 9s kid im bearly a 2000's kids. but that fact that this exist and that theres is someone out there who love it as much as you and I makes the world so much better

[@maccamachine]

another amazing nick robinson classic you always find some cool topics i’m sure michael mjd would like this also can’t wait for the next videos

[@avena5919]

Well, get ready to wait for a month or two.

[@strawberrypancake3253]

Tuning in for the best channel on the site once again, hope its a banger Edit: is a banger

[@meowmix6782]

really great video nick

[@asadavis9532]

YO! Legboot messaged me directly about this years ago. and now Nick is making a video about it.... internet is wild

[@Jennn]

Now this is just Too Neat~! Thank You for sharing the existence of this with us XD

[@kmydet]

that story of the startup has to be the silliest thing i've ever heard

[@stuff31]

The way it was meant to be heard

[@altrogeruvah]

"I didn't have a lot of games, so I'd listen to those for fun" - this hit home for me... we didn't have internet as it was considered a luxury in the mid-90s in my country, so as a past time, I would either browse through File Explorer, paint in MS Paint, play with fonts on Microsoft Word and most of all, wait every month for the demo CD that came with the only PC magazine my local store used to sell and install every video game demo and bloatware the CD came with, cause I couldn't really read or speak English back then haha

[@altrogeruvah]

Also, this whole soundtrack was sampled from the AdLib sound card which had the Yamaha YM3812 (OPL2) FM synthesizer chip on it, when most of us had the more affordable SoundBlaster cards back in the day which only produced GM sounds, thus sounding much much thinner

[@SilverXTikal]

6:15 is the only reason I scrolled back up to watch this. Fucking nostalgia as a kid accidentally finding this while snooping around the Windows folder trying to figure out what files I needed to swap between my 98/ME pc and my parents xp pc to get the XP look. I found too much 0.0 became a nerd

[@stephensalex]

The composer of "Trip Trough the Grand Canyon" was a gentleman named George Stone.

[@zizalka99]

I admire your enthusiasm