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andywaffle
Walk-On Joined: 7/28/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Topic: Phone Ring Posted: 8/01/06 at 6:46pm |
This is a pretty dumb question. But I need a phone ring for a production of Little by Little. I don't really want to spend money and since its the only sound effect I don't have a sound designer. I've looke online a little bit, but have yet to find something of any quality. Is there a good site to download rings or is there another inexpensive way to make it work?
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Linda S
Celebrity Joined: 4/16/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 312 |
Posted: 8/01/06 at 7:47pm |
Hi, I have had good luck with www.sounddogs.com . It will cost a couple of bucks. I think the last time I spent $25. for 7 effects. They have lots to chose fom and you can download to your computer. You can preview before you buy. I burn it to a cd and go from there. Linda |
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k8tt
Star Joined: 4/05/05 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 73 |
Posted: 8/02/06 at 8:03am |
I've always downloaded free sound effects from http://www.grsites.com/sounds/
and you can find lots of sounds on http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll What kind of ring do you need? I have great home phone and office phone rings that I found on 'findsounds.com'. |
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SpazzingSM
Player Joined: 8/03/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
Posted: 8/02/06 at 10:26am |
For a production I worked on last year, we just used a bell or buzzer type thing from offstage. The phoen was SR so behind the set SR was where the sound was located. It was very realistic and worked well. The trick to this was timing. We had a stage manager call the cue by when the phone was supposed to ring in the show. The stage hand immidately "rang the phone" Then when the actor on stage touched the receiver, the SM called the cue for the sound to stop. You can probably pick up some kind of buzzer or something at a garage sale or thrift shop. And, if you don't have someone calling the show, just work on the timing a little and it will work out fine. |
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Shatcher
Celebrity Joined: 2/21/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 251 |
Posted: 8/03/06 at 11:18am |
In one small theatre I worked in we had this childs toy that sounded just like a phone. the theatre was tiny so it worked great. It was one of these duh! moments!
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Tom_Rylex
Star Joined: 5/07/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 60 |
Posted: 8/08/06 at 12:18am |
If you want to make a phone actually ring... I still have the CD track on my computer, if you want it. The spacing between rings is set up for an American style ring pattern. |
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pdavis69
Celebrity Joined: 3/26/06 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 437 |
Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:07am |
Just a simple suggestion. Wire up a phone with a transformer and make the phone ring right on stage. We did Whose Wives are They Anyway which calls for 5 separate phone to ring at various times in the show. We had a playhouse member wire the phones and all the stage manager had to do was push one of five buttons and that phone would ring right on stage. It sounds so much better than a sound effect off stage and the phone 20 feet away gets picked up.
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JoeMc
Celebrity Joined: 3/13/06 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 832 |
Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:46am |
I agree with Patrick that it is a far better way than an audio effect.
It is not difficult to rig up a phone ringer box to be operated off stage. The first one I made was fairly primitive & I forgot to add in the latch relay into the bell/tone circuit, so when the receiver is picked up it drops the relay out & switches off the ringer. This is much better than relying on a visual cue from the warm props, that could be missed & become rather embarrassing. You will probably find a member of your group can quite easily set this up. The only hiccup is running the phone cable on stage & masking it, then finding a receiver with a suitable ring tone to fit the genre of the production. You can also find phone schematic circuits on the net, but in most cases it is simple enough on inspection of the receiver to trace it out & energise the ringer. Check the rating plate on the unit first for the correct DC Voltage, most are either 12 or 24VDC, but others will & do vary depending on it?s vintage & the country of manufacture. |
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75director
Celebrity Joined: 8/19/05 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 122 |
Posted: 8/11/06 at 11:38am |
Check out using a Tele-Q. It's a little device that's made to actually make phones ring, just plug the phone in and it rings when you hit the button. Uses a battery or can use AC power. We bought one last year and I don't know how we lived without it. Cost is about $140, but definately worth it. Their web site is www.tele-q.com |
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castMe
Celebrity Joined: 11/02/05 Online Status: Offline Posts: 206 |
Posted: 8/11/06 at 12:30pm |
When we did "Belles" last year we used a home-made Tele-Q set up to
operate up to 6 phones either individually or all at once (as happened
in the first cue). As JoeMc has stated, the relay drops out when
the phone is picked up so you don't have those oh-so-embarrassing
"phone still ringing after being pick-up" moments. The simple
push-to-ring operation also meant we could ring different phones with
different patterns, and by ringing the specific on-stage phones, after
a while the audience was ablut to decern whose phone was ringing.
Worked like a charm.
If you happen to be doing a comedy where you require the phone to continue ringing after being pick-up, you simply plug in an off-stage phone. |
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