The Siren Board

Daniel · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:23 am Post subject: Star Wars klaxons finally found!

Remember those klaxon-like alarms inside Imperial warships in the Star Wars movies, the ones that sounded like a cross between a Benjamin naval klaxon and a ewe in heat? I finally found one and converted it into low (standard) and high-pitch (Episode IV) files for your enjoyment. I'm using one as a ringtone! If only there were a real electromechanical alarm that sounded like this.

http://media.putfile.com/Star-Wars-type-klaxon-alarm-low-pitch

http://media.putfile.com/Star-Wars-type-klaxon-alarm-high-pitch
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RamFett · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:57 am Post subject:

Thanks for posting those. As a big SW fan, I've always thought those Imperial alarms sounded really scary and cool. Especially the low pitched, slower one from when the Star Destroyers nearly crashed into one another in Empire.

I'm glad to hear that somebody else appreciates them, too.

I have a toy Star Destroyer that plays an electronic alarm sound effect, but it's the high pitched, fast verion. I used to drive my parents absolutely nuts playing with that thing. Laughing

jerrylovessirens · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

I wonder if those sounds wern't actually taken from a real, machanical sound source and modified, like skywalker sound usually does.

Daniel · Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject:

If they were actual alarms, they would probably work like a klaxon, where a motor-driven gear contacts a metal stud set in the center of a diaphragm. The Star Wars alarms have the correct windup/down for a klaxon but do not have the raspiness of the metal-to-metal contact. Perhaps some other method of using a motor to operate a diaphragm would work, or perhaps a thicker diaphragm that would soften the abrasive sound somewhat.

This sound could also be approximated with a steam or compressed air siren, but it is unlikely that Lucas designed Imperial destroyers to run on steam.
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jerrylovessirens · Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 2:25 am Post subject:

csx7006 · Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:36 pm Post subject:

Humm how could i turn them into ringtones?

Daniel · Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 5:12 pm Post subject:

csx7006 · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:56 am Post subject:

well i cannot download it from the putfile website.I have the blackberry curve.

Daniel · Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:06 am Post subject: