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Found out that startup.wav was made possible in the latest Clover build based off of https://github.com/Goldfish64/AudioPkg#BootChimeCfg.

Install the latest Clover build. Install AudioDxe-64.efi option for UEFI and stick sound.wav inside the theme folder of your choice.

When you get to the Clover GUI, you need to select Options and select Startup Sound Output; select your audio output. You can test by selecting the F7 key and you can also control the volume in increments as 0010 up to 0100. Recommended setting is 0060. You'll hear a sound that resembles an electric guitar chord when doing the test, however the startup.wav or Apple chime will sound when the Clover gui loads.

I've seen some mixed results over at Insanely where some people have had the startup.wav initialize as the Apple logo displays; however I think that is only possible with the Goldfish64 option. There is also an option for PlayAsync in the config.cfg update in Clover where it should be selected. This can be found in Gui, under Theme.

EDIT: Apparently needs to be 16 bit, 48 kHz, wav file (post)
 

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Found out that startup.wav was made possible in the latest Clover build based off of https://github.com/Goldfish64/AudioPkg#BootChimeCfg.

Install the latest Clover build. Install AudioDxe-64.efi option for UEFI and stick sound.wav inside the theme folder of your choice.

When you get to the Clover GUI, you need to select Options and select Startup Sound Output; select your audio output. You can test by selecting the F7 key and you can also control the volume in increments as 0010 up to 0100. Recommended setting is 0060. You'll hear a sound that resembles an electric guitar chord when doing the test, however the startup.wav or Apple chime will sound when the Clover gui loads.

I've seen some mixed results over at Insanely where some people have had the startup.wav initialize as the Apple logo displays; however I think that is only possible with the Goldfish64 option. There is also an option for PlayAsync in the config.cfg update in Clover where it should be selected. This can be found in Gui, under Theme.
Thanks a lot !

I have been searching for the correct/original sound for boot as the one they included on the Clover Package is an Electric Guitar (Hard Rock) version.

Will test it on my Machines and report back with results.
 
Here are a few more versions of the chime:
 

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Me too. Never got this to work actually. On some boards sometimes I get a noisy test sound, sometimes I hear nothing pressing F7 during the test. I never got any setup to the point where it plays the startup chime WAV.

Does NVRAM (native or emulated) have to be working 100% for this to work?

I've seen some mixed results
 
Do you think it's possible to do this using the motherboard internal speaker? The tiny 4pin speaker for beeps?
Or maybe we could re-use some laptop speakers?
Is that motherboard port accessible on macOS? It would be nice if we can use it mainly for the boot chime.
 
Can you please explain how to install this with a existing installation (I'm using Dids latest Clover version) on Catalina? A bit more detail, i.e. where to place the AudioDxe-64.efi file and what to edit in the Config?

Much appreciated.
 
1) Put AudioDxe.efi on drivers Clover's folder and audio file inside theme folder.

2) Insert at config.plist:
Code:
    <key>GUI</key>
    <dict>
        <key>PlayAsync</key>
        <true/>
    </dict>


3) Restart…

4) At Clover GUI, press O to access Options menu.

5) Go to Startup Sound Output.

6) Select an audio device and press F7 key to test:

– If u listen a glitched sound, great!!! Proceed to step 7.

– If u listen nothing, select another audio device and test again.

7) Restart and done!

 
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Can you please explain how to install this with a existing installation (I'm using Dids latest Clover version) on Catalina? A bit more detail, i.e. where to place the AudioDxe-64.efi file and what to edit in the Config?

Much appreciated.

  1. Place AudioDxe-64.efi into drivers64 and drivers64UEFI.
  2. Place sound.wav into your theme folder, for example /EFI/CLOVER/theme/Clovy/.
 
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