I have some questions about the sound effects used in deceleration, particularly dropping out of warp or slowing to lesser warp factors, in TOS. There are two obvious sound effects used that I can think of:
1: "The Whistler" (my name for it, lacking a better one) - This sound effect made its debut in Act 1 of "Where No Man Has Gone Before", and was also used in "The Corbomite Manuever" and "The Immunity Syndrome". It is a high-pitched sound, almost like a whistle. The sound effect was also used in shuttlecraft launching (reversed) and landing sequences in "The Galileo Seven".
2: "The Big Engine" (again, my name for it) this is simply a reversed version of the more common sound effect for the booming sound effect used for accelerating engines. The deceleration version of this sound effect can also (curiously) be heard in "Corbomite", as well as "The Menagerie, Part 1", "Friday's Child" (Scotty's order "sublight, one-half"), and the final act of "That Which Survives".
Of course, it should be pointed out that the sound effects for any form of Federation spacecraft propulsion, including warp or impulse, starships or shuttlecraft, seem to be universal.
Now for my questions:
1: how were each of these sound effects created? Does anyone know who made them and how they were made? "The Big Engine" sounds like a slow stroke on a bass fiddle to my ear.
2: was there any logic used to choose whether to apply "The Whistler" or "The Big Engine", or were they just mixed together with no consistency?
I do not recall "The Whistler" ever being used in the show's third year.
1: "The Whistler" (my name for it, lacking a better one) - This sound effect made its debut in Act 1 of "Where No Man Has Gone Before", and was also used in "The Corbomite Manuever" and "The Immunity Syndrome". It is a high-pitched sound, almost like a whistle. The sound effect was also used in shuttlecraft launching (reversed) and landing sequences in "The Galileo Seven".
2: "The Big Engine" (again, my name for it) this is simply a reversed version of the more common sound effect for the booming sound effect used for accelerating engines. The deceleration version of this sound effect can also (curiously) be heard in "Corbomite", as well as "The Menagerie, Part 1", "Friday's Child" (Scotty's order "sublight, one-half"), and the final act of "That Which Survives".
Of course, it should be pointed out that the sound effects for any form of Federation spacecraft propulsion, including warp or impulse, starships or shuttlecraft, seem to be universal.
Now for my questions:
1: how were each of these sound effects created? Does anyone know who made them and how they were made? "The Big Engine" sounds like a slow stroke on a bass fiddle to my ear.
2: was there any logic used to choose whether to apply "The Whistler" or "The Big Engine", or were they just mixed together with no consistency?
I do not recall "The Whistler" ever being used in the show's third year.
