The story · 1998
The story of Autoplay MIDI Ambush
You clicked a link at midnight and suddenly the speakers erupted with a beepy keyboard tune at full volume. Scrambling for the mute button became a household sport. Page owners chose their songs carefully, as if the music said everything about them, and some sites had a different tune on every single page.
Fun fact
Kids learned to turn off the speakers before visiting a new page, the way you check for spiders before putting on boots.
