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How to design sound that elevates software and won't drive you crazy

In the todo app Clear, successively checking things off a list plays a rising set of notes that builds a sense of accomplishment. You can hear these relationships when scrolling up vs down in!Timer, going in and out of detail view in!Weather, and opening and closing the overlay menu in!Vibes. Listen to the world around you—the twang of a ruler across a radiator or the thrum of the subway train as it resonates through the tunnel at a specific pitch.

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