Predating the Windows Ding...
June 24, 2011 7:04 AM Subscribe
[16mm filmstrip projectorfilter]: Anyone know where I can find an .mp3 or .wav or .avi of the ding for the slide advance of a 16mm filmstrip projector from the 1970s?
Here's a shot in the dark... Remember the 1970s and 1980s before VHS, when the teacher would get a slide set and reel from the bookmobile, dim the lights in the classroom and you would watch a filmstrip? I would really like to find (ideally) an isolated sample of the audible ding, as well as the sound of the 16mm projector. A bonus would be a small bit of the audo crackle of the voiceover so I can attempt to recreate the effect properly.
Here's a shot in the dark... Remember the 1970s and 1980s before VHS, when the teacher would get a slide set and reel from the bookmobile, dim the lights in the classroom and you would watch a filmstrip? I would really like to find (ideally) an isolated sample of the audible ding, as well as the sound of the 16mm projector. A bonus would be a small bit of the audo crackle of the voiceover so I can attempt to recreate the effect properly.
Aside from in my head? See if you cannot lay hands on Strangers with Candy DVDs; I recall filmstrips being used in at least one episode. I don't have audio now, but this might be it.
posted by adipocere at 7:50 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by adipocere at 7:50 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Here's a likely projector clip from Freesound.
posted by tomboko at 8:00 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by tomboko at 8:00 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
There weren't any real standards for audible tones. If you're feeling kind to your audience, you can use a middle F above C played on a marimba or a tuning fork. If you're feeling not quite so kind, use a 350Hz sine wave. Less kind would be a 350Hz square wave. There's an applet here that will let you do that.
Note that a filmstrip projector made no sound other than the cooling fan.
posted by plinth at 8:40 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Note that a filmstrip projector made no sound other than the cooling fan.
posted by plinth at 8:40 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: The wonderful A/V Geeks guy has filmstrips (and filmstrip projectors) in his collection. He also has a stock footage company on the side. Seems like a potentially helpful guy.
(Just to check, you want the sound of a filmstrip projector, not just a regular classroom 16mm film projector, right?)
posted by bubukaba at 9:36 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
(Just to check, you want the sound of a filmstrip projector, not just a regular classroom 16mm film projector, right?)
posted by bubukaba at 9:36 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Yeah, filmstrip projectors didn't have the constant sprocket noise of a regular film projector, just the cooling fan. The ones at our schools (automatic advance, cassette tape) did make a very pleasant mechanical sound when advancing frames, though. Not as nice and chunky sounding as a slide projector, but still distinctive.
As for the audio, most audio editing programs will allow you to add some effects. I'd go with a sort of AM Radio preset for starters, and then add just a bit of LP crackle or random tape distortion, depending on the particular sound you're going for.
posted by xedrik at 10:33 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
As for the audio, most audio editing programs will allow you to add some effects. I'd go with a sort of AM Radio preset for starters, and then add just a bit of LP crackle or random tape distortion, depending on the particular sound you're going for.
posted by xedrik at 10:33 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
I seem to recall a tone around G just below A440 ... on a wooden xylophone.
See if you can find an open source sample of that.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:10 PM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
See if you can find an open source sample of that.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:10 PM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: So thusfar I think I've found something close - thanks to some great suggestions on search terms and sights to look through.
The ding.
Film Strip Projector.
posted by Nanukthedog at 7:59 PM on June 24, 2011
The ding.
Film Strip Projector.
posted by Nanukthedog at 7:59 PM on June 24, 2011
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posted by scruss at 7:12 AM on June 24, 2011 [1 favorite]