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VM Blaster Beam

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:29 pm
by Jo Beatz
I tried to recreate the sound of the Blaster Beam (heard in Star Trek 1) and found the result quite cool. You need the free KString module and I recommend a lot of reverb on it with about 7 seconds decay.

Cheers!

Re: VM Blaster Beam

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 8:35 pm
by Jo Beatz
Oh and I used also the free Autodafe Formant Filter.

Re: VM Blaster Beam

Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2022 7:46 pm
by Steve W
Nice FX Patch. I haven't seen the first Star Trek movie in a few decades; not sure which sound you are trying to emulate. Also, is note 48 the correct note from the movie? That sounds familiar from someplace.

Re: VM Blaster Beam

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 3:04 am
by Jo Beatz
Hey Steve, thanks. It's this crazy thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_beam

Regards

Re: VM Blaster Beam

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 2:00 pm
by utdgrant
Jo Beatz wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 3:04 am Hey Steve, thanks. It's this crazy thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_beam
Thanks for that, Jo! A forty-year-old mystery solved! :o
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Up until I read this, I had assumed that the V'GER sound in ST:TMP was made by the Con Brio ADS 100.

Indeed, the working title of one of the presets in the Zeit Collection was "V-GER CON BRIO", changed to simply "V-GER" in the final Preset Pack.

V-GER sound in Zeit promo (YouTube link).

Re: VM Blaster Beam

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 2:16 pm
by Steve W
Thanks for the link. I thought it was a sound effect, the sound of a blaster beam to accompany the visual beam from a weapon called a blaster.

Re: VM Blaster Beam

Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2022 4:39 pm
by Jo Beatz
utdgrant wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 2:00 pm
Jo Beatz wrote: Sun Sep 04, 2022 3:04 am Hey Steve, thanks. It's this crazy thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaster_beam
Thanks for that, Jo! A forty-year-old mystery solved! :o

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Up until I read this, I had assumed that the V'GER sound in ST:TMP was made by the Con Brio ADS 100.

Indeed, the working title of one of the presets in the Zeit Collection was "V-GER CON BRIO", changed to simply "V-GER" in the final Preset Pack.

V-GER sound in Zeit promo (YouTube link).
Oh yes very close in your demo. Nice! With pleasure. I also always wondered what synthesizer the sound was made with and in the end it wasn't a synthesizer at all. :mrgreen:

Regards