The sound comes from Minecraft, where players scroll the mouse wheel or use number keys to move between the nine hotbar slots at the bottom of the screen. A demo by creator Truvi showcasing the hotbar scrolling sound for Minecraft 1.21.3 on Fabric helped circulate this clean recording online. As Minecraft editing stayed popular on video platforms, creators began reusing the tick outside gameplay as a generic game UI sound for menus, selections and item changes in edits and fan projects.