Does anyone know how/where I can get time machine door opening sound?

[GR8SCOTT]

I was trying to find something that would incorporate the time machine door opening sound with the original door buzzer switch. Any help is appreciated.

[Bitsyncmaster]

You can play with a solid state recorder if you can get an audio to record.

[MML]

Try these sound effect files, I found them online a long while back...

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...DMC%20door.zip

[Josh]

I saw a little device at the electronics store a few months back.
It was about the size of a peizo buzzer but had a mini usb plug. The guy said you hook it to your computer and simply drag and drop files onto it and they will play when power is applied.

So you could load one up and wire it in through the domelight circuit. When the door opens the sound plays. The door closing noise would be trickier to actuate as you would need to place another switch somewhere that is NO when the door is open and NC when is is anywhere else.

Speaker placement would be tricky too so you could hear it. But it was only $20 so id say it is worth the risk to buy just to mess around with!

[ALEXAKOS]

If you like to build a custom one...
Many like this on ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280688893664

[GR8SCOTT]

Thanks for everyone's help.

[Shep]

If you want it to actually play with the door opening, I would rig it up to the door light switch. You need a separate source of 12V power, but one of the door plunger wires can be tapped into (I honestly forget which one, and I don't have my DeLorean handy to check either), and that'll serve as your ground. When the door is closed, it's not connected, but when the door opens up, it grounds. I have footwell lights set up like this, and they work quite well.

Another thing to keep in mind: expect to use a voltage regulator if the device you intend on using doesn't come with one or works on a lower voltage. What these do is they take a range of voltages and essentially strip out the extra voltage to get a lower (but clean and steady) voltage. Case in point: one of the more common ones (I forget the part number) will convert around 7V to 35V all the way down to a clean and steady 5V, which is perfect for USB. Google "5V Regulator" and you'll come up with a few options. For a DeLorean (or really any auto), a good voltage regulator is a perfect way to get a clean 5V out of any circuit while the car is either sitting still OR running and driving!

[Jonathan]

Are you looking for the sound itself (like in a WAV file for example) or a gadget to play that sound wired into the car's circuitry (or both)?

I can't help you with the gadget, but for the audio piece alone, there is some pretty straight forward audio/video editing software out there that lets you record anything from your PC's sound card, i.e. on YouTube or a DVD.

[Shep]

If you haven't built the hardware yet, here's a brand new product from Adafruit that would be perfect for this:

https://www.adafruit.com/products/2220

Only hitch is that it has an Aux-out rather than a built-in speaker, but that may actually be a good thing if you're particular about how it sounds. Best part is that it's powered by 3 to 5.5V, so a 5V regulator would be the perfect transition between DeLorean power and the circuitry's power.

EDIT: Here's a cheaper one with 2 MB of flash, perfect for "sound bytes" rather than theme music:
https://www.adafruit.com/products/2133

[jwrayth]

This one has a built in amp rather than AUX, might be spot on