Ringtones?

by **Parker Gabriel** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 9:06 am

Would it be possible for some company to make that legendary segue music ("dumm dumm dumm da da da dumm") available as a ringtone for cell phones?

If that could be done, I would probably snap it up for my cell phone.

by **Captain Indigo** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 6:25 pm

I doubt that there's a big enough market for anyone to try and produce this as a commercial ringtone (especially in the US - sorry), but as long as your cell is MP3-compatible, you should be able to use a standard file transferred from your PC to your cell phone.

I haven't come across the timpani bit that I assume you're referring to (which I'm suddenly thinking could replace the TARDIS as my SMS tone), but both versions of the theme tune are available online from various sources.

by **James. C** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:55 am

What a fantastic idea!

by **Captain Indigo** » Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:06 am

Having given this a little extra thought, I do recall having a polyphonic ringtone of the main theme music. I downloaded it from Orange, in all likelihood, but it may be available on other networks for people with older phones.

I'm still not sure about the US, though. Sorry I can't be of more help, Parker Gabriel.

by **Parker Gabriel** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:33 pm

Captain Indigo remarked, not without regrets, as follows.

"I doubt that there's a big enough market for anyone to try and produce this as a commercial ringtone (especially in the US--sorry), but as long as your cell is MP3-compatible, you should be able to use a standard file transferred from your PC to your cell phone.

"I haven't come across the timpani bit that I assume you're referring to (which I'm suddenly thinking could replace the TARDIS as my SMS tone), but both versions of the theme tune are available online from various sources."

I am indeed referring to the kettle-drum segue. We'll just have to wait and see what happens regarding ITS availability, especially here in the States.

by **James. C** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 9:14 am

Well I got my first phone this Christmas, and I'm planning on putting the stataco beat as my ringtone

by **Parker Gabriel** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:46 am

There's no way I can convert the kettle-drum segue to a ringtone; not without an MP3 of it, at least.

Could whoever has it send me just such an MP3 as an attachment to an e-mail message?

Whoever can is thanked in advance.

by **James. C** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 12:25 pm

Do you own the Captain Scarlet soundtrack?

by **Parker Gabriel** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:42 pm

No, I do not. My efforts to locate it, to date, have all failed.

by **luvmylops** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:00 pm

Have you tried locating it on eBay? :?:

by **The Beta Queen** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:47 pm

Parker Gabriel wrote:No, I do not. My efforts to locate it, to date, have all failed.

Took me about 2 seconds, on google:
http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en& ... s_ft=i&as_
filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=
images&q=soundtrack+%22captain+scarlet%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8

Edited to stop stretching the board. If anyone needs to use this URL, copy/paste it back onto one line first.

by **Parker Gabriel** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:37 am

Asked if I had the "Captain Scarlet" soundtrack, I had written:

"No, I do not. My efforts to locate it, to date, have all failed."

This was the response of "The Beta Queen."

"Took me about 2 seconds, on google:
http://www.google.co.uk/products?hl=en& ... cr=&as_ft=
i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=
images&q=soundtrack+%22captain+scarlet%22&um=1&ie=UTF-8"

Obviously, where I failed was in casing actual physical "brick-and-mortar" music stores. I DO shop for items off-the-line, as we probably all still do--and as we did before the initial links of the Internet were forged and before the foundation strands of the World Wide Web were spun.

If I seemed to have implied that there was nowhere to buy it, then I apologize. It was just that there are some purchases you simply have to make in person. That of the Captain Scarlet soundtrack is currently not one of them.

(Edited to stop stretching the board)

by **MMK** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:20 pm

Parker Gabriel wrote:There's no way I can convert the kettle-drum segue to a ringtone; not without an MP3 of it, at least.

Could whoever has it send me just such an MP3 as an attachment to an e-mail message?

Have you been successful in finding an mp3 of it?

by **Parker Gabriel** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:43 pm

Negative. No success in locating such MP3s.

by **chrisbishop** » Thu Jan 24, 2008 3:24 am

I created a MP3 file out of the wav file I had of the tin drum. It's only 2 seconds long, and considering that a few people seem to have an interest in it, I've decided to make it available for all of you to download. As it is very short, you might not be able to do anything with it.

Here's the link, anyway:

http://www.spectrum-headquarters.com/so ... n_drum.zip

I remember having taken the file from a Gerry Anderson sounds website, a few years back. I can't remember which one, and even if it still exists. But if that one doesn't, maybe there's other such websites out there, where you can find other Captain Scarlet or Gerry Anderson sounds you might want or need.

Transforming a wav file to mp3 was fairly easy. You just need a program to do it. It just happened that my Nero 6.6 had such a feature.