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Essentially all you have to do to create a start-up script is the following:

Create a file here and make it executable:

sudo nano /etc/init.d/start-sound && chmod +x $_

Add it to the default runlevel:

sudo update-rc.d start-sound defaults

All your script really needs to do is call aplay on an audio file. Something like this:

# /etc/init.d/start-sound

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echo "Playing startup sound"
aplay /path/to/file.mp3 2>&1 >/dev/null &

AutoStart the Jack Server

nano ~/.config/autostart/jackd.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Jack-D
Exec=jackd -p 8 -r -m -d dummy > /dev/null 2>&1
StartupNotify=false
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Comment=Setup JACKD to prevent messages
NoDisplay=true
###Exec=sh -c 'xset m 20/10 10 r rate 500 30 b on'
###NotShowIn=GNOME;KDE;XFCE;

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Instead of aplay use omxplayer which can read MP3, AAC, WAVE and a few others.

# /etc/init.d/start-sound
echo "Playing startup sound"
omxplayer /path/to/file.mp3 2>&1 >/dev/null &

omxplayer is pre installed with the latest (for a while now) and also you can do the same to play video to a selected output device.

If you get permission error try putting sudo in front of omxplaye

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Make The Startup Sound Part Of The Boot Process

Use the nano text editor to open up a file called rc.local within the /etc directory:

Scroll down to the bottom of that file, and just before the line that states exit 0, add the following line:

Again, remember to replace the file name logon.wav with whatever you have called your audio file. Once you have added the line to the rc.local file, use Ctrl+O to write out (save) the file and then Ctrl+X to exit.