Sirens

mygal · Post by **mygal** » Wed Mar 21, 2001 5:23 pm

I am really new in the dub world I d just like to play some dub live but so far Unfortunatelly i could get hold of of a siren , so usefull when playing dub. Does anyone know how to build one ?

Looter · Post by **Looter** » Wed Mar 21, 2001 9:19 pm

Why dont you just find some samples of a siren? I havent found any ones suitable for looping yet myself but theres prolly some around someplace. maybe you dont use any samples. id try to find an old police car siren somewhere. ebay has all kinds of crazy shit. Bill Laswell has some great euro-siren samples that he uses on the Marley remix disc.

Post by **interruptor** » Thu Mar 22, 2001 12:32 pm

Check this link on the disciples boomshackalacka page. You can buy a siren there and also listen to a realaudio file.. <A HREF="http://freespace.virgin.net/russell.bel ... news1c.htm" TARGET="_top">http://freespace.virgin.net/russell.bel ... s1c.htm</A> peace Daniel

Looter · Post by **Looter** » Sat Mar 24, 2001 12:23 am

Wow, ive heard those siren sounds many times before but i didnt know where they came from. Are there any sites with history on sound system equipment like those sirens and ting?

mygal · Post by **mygal** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 1:03 pm

ThanKs interuptor and looter. About the boomshackalacka web page they indeed sell a siren boxe for £85. same price on the Jah tubbys web site :www.jts.com. ACtually i have ben doing a bit of thinking and maybe i should use a looper. Any help ? contact me on : <A HREF="mailto:mygal@mailexcite.com">mygal@mailexcite.com</A>

The Interruptor · Post by **The Interruptor** » Mon Mar 26, 2001 4:58 pm

The exact link for the Jah Tubbys site is <A HREF="http://www.jts-uk.com/pages/preamps.htm" TARGET="_top">http://www.jts-uk.com/pages/preamps.htm</A> They have a different sample file on that page. Although it comes from the same device the file at <A HREF="http://freespace.virgin.net/russell.bel ... news1c.htm" TARGET="_top">http://freespace.virgin.net/russell.bel ... s1c.htm</A> sounds far better.. obviously because of the delay they use on it! I had a look at different dj samplers (loopers) recently. My impression is that the yamaha SU10 serves a reggae soundsystems needs best (If you can cope with the "consumer-grade" plastic case). It does not have a lot of looping capabilities, but it's cheaper than most other products and has more pads for directly triggering the samples. Such a sampler will never beat a dedicated analog siren like the one at jah tubbys in terms of control over the siren sound but you'll have the possibility to use completely different sounds too (voice samples..)

Nematod · Post by **Nematod** » Thu Sep 13, 2001 2:01 pm

I was wondering if anyone here actually has one of the JTS/BSL sirens ? or if you've all decided to build one yourselves!!

dubwisdom · Post by **dubwisdom** » Sun Sep 16, 2001 4:17 am

check out this link...this is what you need and it's only 12$ <A HREF="http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?c ... radioshack siren</A> -g Zion Gate Soundsystem/The Omega Dub Experiment

Looter · Post by **Looter** » Fri Oct 12, 2001 5:50 am

That radio shack siren is an interesting prospect. Does anyone know how easy it would be to remove the speaker from it and create a line-level output? Educated guess maybe? peace, Looter

Nematod · Post by **Nematod** » Fri Oct 26, 2001 9:06 am

thats a very easy and common mod . have a look at reed ghazalas circuit bending page , theres plenty of info on how to go about doing it. <A HREF="http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/" TARGET="_top">http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/</A> see the section on LIne outputs. peace ,

specialpop · Post by **specialpop** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:27 am

i'm using reason, anyone know how to re-create a siren on?

FLXone · Post by **FLXone** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:35 pm

Maplins also make one, a d-i-y option: £5.95 in the uk... Peace

dingaling · Post by **dingaling** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:23 pm

MAPLINS in the UK? What is the product name so I can check it out?

dingalingaling! · Post by **dingalingaling!** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 11:30 pm

MK113 Siren SoundGenerator - Getting one tammora!