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[jogu]

I turned it off day 1.

 

[OléGunner]

That's why you should get the Firewatch theme.

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Basically been using this theme since last year, great ambient music.
Looks really nice too.

 

[Yabberwocky]

I find it weirdly relaxing, ha.

What I do hate is that some themes have really loud or annoying sounds for scrolling, selecting items, etc. Nothing can ruin a nice theme quicker. Does that also turn off with System Music? The default sounds aren't too bad, thankfully a lot of themes just use the default sounds anyway.

That’s why you should get the Firewatch theme.

I always go back to this one, somewhere along the line it became my default theme. So relaxing!

Always the Journey theme/music for me

Also lovely.

 

[texhnolyze]

Yeah, turning it off was the first thing I did after I booted up my PS4 for the first time.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

I haven't heard it in months/years since I always use different themes

Same
Almost all my games come with a theme so just use them .

I mean, I didn't, but it really doesn't change the course of this thread. Even when I discovered it, it's burred kinda deep in the options menu.I would gather about 90% of owners will never see it.

You never change your theme and notice it had different tone\music ?

 

[Tapejara]

I find it weirdly relaxing, ha.

What I do hate is that some themes have really loud or annoying sounds for scrolling, selecting items, etc. Nothing can ruin a nice theme quicker. Does that also turn off with System Music? The default sounds aren't too bad, thankfully a lot of themes just use the default sounds anyway.

No, you can disable that separately. Settings > Sound and Screen > Key Tone

 

[dracula_x]

I find it weirdly relaxing, ha.

same

 

[ASaiyan]

I use m0dus' cherry blossom theme and get the pleasant natural sounds of wind and birds instead. It even changes based on time of day!

 

[FinalAres]

Yeah, turning it off was the first thing I did after I booted up my PS4 for the first time.

You can turn it off??

 

[texhnolyze]

You can turn it off??

Yes, it's inside some menu in the settings. It's kinda buried, yeah.

 

[dracula_x]

You can turn it off??

http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps4/settings/systemmusic.html

 

[TheOGB]

That's part of why I pretty much have a rotation of my favorite themes:
Windjammers theme
Undertale theme
Crash NST Coco theme
Skullgirls theme
Indivisible theme
and the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers theme when I'm feeling cheeky

really wish I had the Firewatch theme

 

[JCX]

I like it, but now I have themes with music I like even more on the home screen.

Tried turning it off once, but it felt so lifeless be without it. Reminds me of when I briefly turned off the announcer in Pokemon Stadium.

 

[bombshell]

Yes, it's inside some menu in the settings. It's kinda buried, yeah.

It can't possibly be less buried, it's reached in one step when going into settings.

 

[KainXVIII]

One thing I learned on here is there is a shocking amount of people who don't go through the settings on their systems or games.

It's pretty much the first thing you should do.

And we wondering why tinkering with PC gaming is considered hard 😂

 

[GeeTeeCee]

I just alternate between the Firewatch and Witcher 3/Gwent themes, although I don't mind the default music either.

 

[I am Christina Aguilera]

I could leave the Wii one on in the background for hours.

The PS4 one really only annoys me inasmuch as I always associate it with being the soundtrack of me accidentally bumping a button on a DS4 while watching TV, the HDMI-CEC interrupting whatever I was watching for the PS4 menu, and having to waste ~30 seconds moving through menus to put it back into rest mode.

 

[dracula_x]

It can't possibly be less buried, it's reached in one step when going into settings.

yeah. it's like complaining that OS X/Android/iOS/Windows/etc. have a default wallpaper, default sounds, icons and you have to go to settings to change that

 

[texhnolyze]

It can't possibly be less buried, it's reached in one step when going into settings.

Dashboard > Settings > Sound and Screen > Turn off System Music

I'd call that buried enough.

Well, the fact that some people don't know that such option exists proves that it's buried enough.

It takes some effort to even reach the settings screen in the first place as it's in the top right corner of the menu.

 

[score01]

One thing I learned on here is there is a shocking amount of people who don't go through the settings on their systems or games.

It's pretty much the first thing you should do.

Same but i think I do this because I had been a pc gamer for many years and tinkering /checking settings is something you kind of had to do.

 

[brinstar]

oh wow, I had no idea it could be turned off, glad I opened this thread

 

[Zeel]

Just use the GAF black theme, the ambient music is great.

 

[KORNdoggy]

i use themes so it's usually veto'd for it's own background music/silence.

 

[Soar]

Using the protag P5 theme. Never get tired of it.

 

[panty]

Nah.

 

[Shin-Ra]

Dashboard > Settings > Sound and Screen > Turn off System Music

I'd call that buried enough.

Well, the fact that some people don't know that such option exists proves that it's buried enough.

It takes some effort to even reach the settings screen in the first place as it's in the top right corner of the menu.

Also, what is dashboard.

 

[texhnolyze]

Also, what is dashboard.

The main menu of your PS4?

 

[Shin-Ra]

The main menu of your PS4?

Dashboard was the UI on the original Xbox.

 

[dracula_x]

Dashboard > Settings > Sound and Screen > Turn off System Music

I'd call that buried enough.

And what's your solution? Put gigantic checkbox into Dashboard. Then people will complain again. Remove music? Same issue - people will complain.

Well, the fact that some people don't know that such option exists proves that it's buried enough.

That only means they don't read manuals.

It takes some effort to even reach the settings screen in the first place as it's in the top right corner of the menu.

 

[Poltergust]

Hilariously, I just happened to see this thread when I started to pre-load Danganronpa V3 a couple of minutes ago and I'm listening to this music right now.

 

[bombshell]

Dashboard > Settings > Sound and Screen > Turn off System Music

I'd call that buried enough.

Well, the fact that some people don't know that such option exists proves that it's buried enough.

It takes some effort to even reach the settings screen in the first place as it's in the top right corner of the menu.

Turn off system music is not a menu step, it's a tick on/off in sound settings.

So unless you want to clutter the main settings menu directly with options instead of submenus, which would be all kinds of bad menu design, then it can't be less buried. It's one step.

 

[test_account]

Dashboard > Settings > Sound and Screen > Turn off System Music

I'd call that buried enough.

Well, the fact that some people don't know that such option exists proves that it's buried enough.

It takes some effort to even reach the settings screen in the first place as it's in the top right corner of the menu.

Or it proves that people havnt checked around if its possible to turn it off. I did a quick search on Google on "turn off PS4 menu music" and i didnt even have to click a link to find instructions on how to turn it off. Its fair enough that people dont know that its possibly by default, but its no problem to find out how to do it, and its not burried in the system. Its also placed logical. You want to change something, you naturally go to settings. You want to change something related to sound, so you choose "screen and sound". Then the option is there.

 

[sublimit]

I actually quite like it.

 

[Chao]

I wouldn’t know, I have a dynamic Booodborne theme and it plays the hunter’s dream music, which is pretty cool.

Just choose a different theme, stock one is boring anyway.

 

[texhnolyze]

And what's your solution? Put gigantic checkbox into Dashboard. Then people will complain again. Remove music? Same issue - people will complain.

That only means they don't read manuals.

Putting it in the quick menu (DS4 hold button), perhaps?

 

[lupinko]

My menu music is X Gonna Give It To Ya, thanks Japanese PS+!

 

[Shin-Ra]

Putting it in the quick menu (DS4 hold button), perhaps?

The whole point of the quick menu is it only shows things you'd want immediate access to in the middle of a game.

 

[GribbleGrunger]

Dashboard > Settings > Sound and Screen > Turn off System Music

I'd call that buried enough.

Well, the fact that some people don't know that such option exists proves that it's buried enough.

It takes some effort to even reach the settings screen in the first place as it's in the top right corner of the menu.

You forgot to add 'Turn on Console >'

In all seriousness, because I sense you're just too stubborn to admit you're wrong, it's Settings > Sound and Screen. Adding Dashboard and Turn off System Music isn't an indication of it being 'buried'.

 

[SPCTRE]

I actually like it, but then, my PS4 is not idling a lot.

 

[dracula_x]

Putting it in the quick menu (DS4 hold button), perhaps?

What you're suggesting is a bad UX.

Why would you put such a minor thing like this into the Quick Menu? Quick Menu is not a replacement for Settings, it's designed to be used while you're "in-game".

 

[Metalmarc]

Hmm I shall turn it off, I only put my PS4 on when I have time, and when your limited on time, who wants to be fiddling in the settings, its just straight into gaming.

 

[Blobbers]

you need to get the P5 theme

 

[Acquiescence]

As Taylor Swift says,

Baby, I'm just gonna turn, turn, turn, turn, turn,
I turn it off, I turn it off

I'd put an axe to my PS4 if Taylor Swift played over the main menu.

 

[MilkBeard]

Turn it off in settings. problem solved.

 

[theaface]

I've got the Firewatch dynamic theme and that has pretty good ambient music.

 

[crimilde]

I used to be all for the FF7R/Persona/Nioh themes until FFIX came out. That music is amazing.
I am Setsuna themes also have beautiful music.

 

[JSoup]

Didn't know it could be turned off. Then again, if I find the ambient music annoying, I use another method to solve the problems called 'turning the volume on my TV down'.

I'd be more interested in custom sounds, really.

 

[Arklite]

I've never idled long enough for it to annoy me, but it's light and airy enough to drown out anyway. Much better than the Vita's quirky music. I use a theme that mimics the PS2's crashing waves sound which is super relaxing.

 

[aygomyownroad]

Have FFVII theme on it. Love the music

 

[kraspkibble]

yep i turned it off. does my head in.