Sounds Effects on Full Tilt

The sound effects on Full Tilt have always grated on me, especially that chirpy raise sound and the chip sliding sounds, like squeaky styrofoam to me. Recently I realized I had been playing for about two hours with the volume down and I was amazed at how much more relaxed and calm I was than usual.

Another option is to change the sounds. This is pretty easy to do, though it's not documented. Simply go to \Program Files\Full Tilt Poker\Wave in Windows Exporer and change out the .wav files as you like, substituting different files for the different effects. The files have names which correspond to their function and you can right-click and play the sounds to hear what they are. There are several sounds that come with Windows that are good substitutes. I prefer the sounds on Bodog Poker, so I just copied some of the .wav files from Bodog and renamed them to the appropriate names for FT and viola! a whole new sound experience.

Keep in mind sound effects should be short. A sound effect should probably be no longer than 2 seconds. If you substitute your favorite song in for the raise sound don't blame me when things get pretty confusing.

It's good to back up the old files and the new ones. Updates might reset things. No guarantees, but it worked for me.

I always turn off all those annoying sounds and just leave the attention/warning sounds on.

or....go to options and click on alerts only

A great option as well.

I click all sounds off.
All animation off.
All avitars off.

I am with the others, I turn off all sounds when I play. The downside to this is if I'm watching t.v. sometimes I miss when its my turn. Although I don't need to have the avatars off to get better game play they are turned off for less distraction. Sometimes its hard enough to concentrate without me looking at all the different characters and color.

Does that mean I can make Full Tilt play the guitar riff to Led Zeppelin's Black Dog every time I go all in.

Doesn't matter much to me as long as I'm playing.That's most important to me in the end when it comes down to it all.As long as I'm playing the game the sounds don't really matter much to me at all.

I like the sounds on Fulltilt. I'd never turn the avatars off either (although I use 'racetrack' them for the tables). There's something to be said for player's choice of avatars on that site (not always.. but sometimes they help to reflect just a little bit of the person's character/personality which tends to lead to particular playing styles... << not always accurate or reliable.. but.. there's a few that for me I've found are pretty much always right in line with my assessment)

I turn my sounds off too, but it's good to know I can change them...

Thank You

So I can hear this everytime I win a pot?
YouTube- victory screech

I like, I like! I don't mind sounds at any site but one. You know what's nails on a chalkboard? Poker Stars 'hurry up and go' screech. Don't know how many times I've made a bad move just to make it stop. Thanks for the help, GCB. I'll try to change it.

I turn all sounds off but maybe ill try this, thanks.
I really cant still the stupidness that goes on at carbon.

Same here usually play with all sounds turned off, so I can listen to music while I play.

That's my favorite thing about Carbon.

I actually like the sounds on fulltilt. I always have the sound on when playing.

I too like to play around with the sound settings. Helps me keep my sanity.

I think they have implemented the best sounds around, anyway they become a boredom over time so I usually set the "alert only" sound option.

No sounds, no animation or avatars. Only thing checked are the "tip the dealer" and "smack the dealer", which are used at my discretion.

I shut off my volume and blast some Floydd, Zep or the Doors
LOL
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Really? I'm surprised so many people don't like the sounds. I leave them all on. I guess maybe I'm just used to them...

right there with you buddy =)

Very nice blog. Good choice of music, too.

I leave them all on too & like them & think they're the best of all the sites. Then again, I also leave sounds on DoylesRoom turned on (I like the applause when I rake in a big pot on cash tables, lol).

I like FT's sounds just fine as they are. I'll agree though the Stars hurry up alert is quite jarring, but then again I guess that's by design. It works damn well to get your attention.

To me the most annoying poker room sounds are at Ultimatebet. Thank <diety> I don't play there any more. That truly was like nails on a chalkboard.

I do all but the third one. Avatars dont really bug me that much but I usually listen to music while I play poker, so the random noises in the middle of a song can get kinda annoying. I havent had the sounds on in forever but I remember the fifteen second sound and thats about it, but squeaky styrophome? Didnt know styrophoam could be squeaky

Wow - I must really be in the minority. I liked their sound effects enough that I used them to replace the standard ones on Stars as well. I don't think there was a single sample in the original Stars set that I kept, I even replaced the warning / attention tones.

I've never played any sites other than FT and Stars so I can't comment on them, but I have spent plenty of time in live card rooms and for me poker's not poker without the noise of cards and chips. I've always thought FT's sound effects were pretty close to the real thing, minus the incessant chip-shuffling clatter you get in live rooms.

As for the questions about sound effects for when you win a pot or go all in (if they were serious - I'm assuming not but whatever) yes, you could do that but most of the sound bites are used in multiple places and in particular they're the same for every player at the table, so you couldn't get them to play only when you shove or win a pot

UB has this extraordinary loud beep when your time is running short - scared the BeJesus out of me - finally turned it off (what took me so long?). Generally, I like the sound effects but have to have them turned down a bit to put them in the background.

Yeah. UB doesn't have many MTT that I like to play anymore - came close to removing the software a few times. What happened over there? Corruption?

First of all thanks you for the good idea.
Secondly, does anyone know what software use words instead of sounds?
For example: "Call", "Fold" etc.

Can you elaborate that statement a little bit?Add some examples?What would the cowboy mostly be, the sports guy, the stupid surfer, the wizard etc...according to what you found out in general.so not saying u're right here but just interested in your opinion.

I managed to find by myself.
There is a site that called HostilePoker that have these voices.
There is a male and female voices.