Electronica Artist Owl City/Adam Young Designed iOS 7 SoundsElectronica artist Adam Young, the musician behind the popular project Owl City, is responsible for many of the new sound and ringtones in iOS 7 according to the discography on the musician's website (via 9to5Mac). Alongside the top-to-bottom redesign of the visual user interface in iOS 7, Jony Ive's design team -- with Young's help -- also reworked all the sounds in the OS as well. It isn't clear exactly which sounds Young worked on, though many of the texting and ringtones sound similar to his music. Some of Adam Young's more well-known songs, under the Owl City name, include his breakout hit Fireflies, Good Time with Carly Rae Jepsen, and When Can I See You Again? from Disney's Wreck-It Ralph. Young began creating songs in his parents' basement, sharing tracks on MySpace before signing with a record label and receiving commercial success. Like many musicians, he uses Macs and a number of different software titles including Apple's Logic, Pro Tools, and Propellerhead's Reason. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • October 22nd Media Event Spoiler Free Video Stream • Sales Gap Between iPhone 5s and 5c Narrowing Over Time • Google Hangouts for iOS Gets Voice Calling, Google Voice Integration • OS X Mavericks Server Golden Master Seeded Ahead of October 22 Media Event • Amazon France and Amazon Germany Hint at Upcoming Refresh for Apple TV • Apple Releases MacBook Air Flash Storage Firmware Update to Test for Data Loss Issue [Updated] • Facebook for iOS Updated With Editing Features, Photo Comments • AT&T to Introduce $5 Per Day 250MB iPad Data Passes, $25 3-Month 1GB Data Plan
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