Relax To Ambient Engine Sound Of The USS Enterprise (TOS & TNG) December 10, 2011
by Alex Fletcher , Filed under: TNG, Viral Video/Mashup/Images , trackback 
Have you ever wanted to just sit around and imagine you live the universe of Star Trek? Well an inspired Trekkie has made it easier by uploading 24 hours of the sound of the USS Enterprise-D engine noise (at idle), or if you prefer there is also 2 hours of the original series USS Enterprise.
Relax on the Enterprise
The following YouTube video, which appears to be going viral, comes from crysknife007 who says he loved the ambient sound of Star Trek: The Next Generation so much he cleaned up a clip from the show and looped it for 24 hours. (also available as a download)
And if you want to go old school. Here is 2 hours of engine noise from the original USS Enterprise from the 1960s Star Trek. [NOTE: Video has no image]
via Reddit.
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Now I’ve heard everything!
Interesting idea… but I’d rather hear the sounds of the TOS Enterprise. “Ya ken tell how fast sheez goin’ just by the feel of the deck plates….”
Whats next, ambient Galactica for 24 hours? Not that that would be that relaxing, you’d feel like your house was about to fall apart.
I swear I remember some study back in the nineties that stated that the ambient noise on TNG had a calming effect.
I know it works on me, that’s for sure. Great stuff. :)
What about the ambient noise of farts ?
Slow news day?…
…and I’d far rather the comforting sounds of the ‘electronic hum’ and ‘beeps’ and ’swishing doorway’ of the original TOS bridge, ahem.
how about the warp core next…
For SF inspired ambeince, you still can’t beat the TARDIS hum ….
They could use that for torture! Hours and hours of that….awful. I’m a big fan of Trek; but this is just going a bit far. It’s that, sometimes fine, line between fandom and the crazy stuff…
Can’t wait for TNG Blu-ray or Trek 12. Great stuff there.
Sounds good to me. But what about the Ambiant sound of the Agony Booth with the screams that go with it. That has a calming effect on me as well.
play both at the same time for ultimate geekdom!
When someone posts a loop of a klingon fart let me know.
@7
http://whitenoisewarpcore.ytmnd.com/
Worf’s screams would be great!
What was so cool about TOS is you could instantly tell what room they were in by the ambient sounds. Bridge, transporter…engine room…they all had a sound unique to that room. Great sound design on that show…not so much on the sequels, everything was too similar.
5 & 12 –
This should get ya started…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-QnvoOd3WQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ve4PRaA5y48&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDcYivVKjFE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp-_upAWng8&feature=related
Yeah, two minutes was about all I could take of that. I can not imagine letting that play for 24 hours.
Useful as pink noise. Also, those who find it grating, you’re not supposed to play it so loud.
I’ve always loved the ambient sound from the ships. I can’t imagine visiting set and not hearing that sound.
not new to me. I used to relax to any of the TOS rooms more than 20 years ago.
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TARDIS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swm1yVHOBbk&feature=related
‘Nuff said.
This is awesome! Any chance of getting the ambient sound of the engine room?
I specifically downloaded the System 47 screensaver so that I could fall asleep to the sounds of the Enterprise E. Saying that actually reminds me of Nicholas Meyer’s commentary on the merchandise he wanted for Star Trek VI. “Wouldn’t you sleep better in the blankets that keep the crew of the Enterprise warm?”
Screw the haters, this is awesome! I love this stuff! I would love to have this in the background of my lab playing all the time, it would me feel like I’m not doing remedial work!
Yawn. Now if it was the TOS warp power-up then I’d be interested.
Now, does anyone know the exact decible level that these should be played at for the true experience, or is that taking things too far?
=A=
Relaxing. That’s exactly what it’s always been to me. There’s another version of the corridor ambient noise where the beats are faster that has always been so soothing to me. You always heard it when they were walking through to their quarters ( I remember it in particular at the beginning of “Amok Time”.) It’s my favorite and almost therapeutic.
Ive always thought that when I had that dream house, ….with the great kitchen, and wooden floors, and three car garage, and instant hot water, and personal study/office with brown wood and leather chairs, and a globe of the world in it (because important people are always supposed to have one in their study) and itd have an adjoining hidden room behind the bookcase that served as a storage and viewing room for all the expensive Golden Age comics I don’t really have — (but then again, this is my dream house), and the great media room, and all the other things I don’t have……that I’d also have an exact replica, on one wing of the house that looked and sounded like a deck from TOS Enterprise. Complete with that sound going 24/7.
Play both at the same time, wowzers!
Anyone know where I could download these sounds as MP3 audio files?
Maybe it’s just me, but all I hear is the sound of my computer speakers…I don’t hear anything that sounds like ambient sounds of the Enterprise on either clip.
@29: This is what I use: http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/
It converts YouTube videos to mp3. It appears there was an upgrade a few months ago, so I’m glad you asked.
I can hear the TNG one but get nothing from the TOS clip even though the play counter is moving. Happens when I try to watch it at YouTube, so it’s not an embed problem, it’s something with the original video.
In the meantime, here’s 5 minutes of TOS ambient bridge sounds…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlDGwSZfHDQ&feature=player_embedded
I actually like the quivering picolo-type sound in the bridge background on the Reliant. It sounds every few minutes and you can hear it when no one speaks. You can hear it on the HMS Bounty in Voyage Home after Kirk gives his lecture about primitive culture and Earths lack of ET experience and Spock ties his robe fragment around his head to cover his ears. That affect works well in the former ship for its sounding like the ping of sonar on submarines.
You know what? I was a baby and young child when TNG was on the air and my grandmother watched it all the time. New episodes and then reruns once they kicked up. Some of the first sounds I reacted to with a measure of comfort were the hum of the Enterprise-D’s engines.
I often use rainymood.com to help me sleep at night but I’d be willing to bet this will work too. I have a connection to that hum in an admittedly weird way, and I think it’s going to do just fine as an occasional replacement.
I’ll have to admit that the TNG sound of the Enterprise D is soothing. I feel like I’m in a very safe, high tech starship.
It was really interesting to discover when watching the dvd extras for XI that when it came to designing the sound for the new film, they had real difficulty in recreating those sounds. Apparently the original sound designer left no notes behind on how they were done. I just assumed they’d somehow sample them from the original if it came to it, but I guess there’s just no substitute for the “real” thing…
What junk. My water and heating boiler sounds slot better than that
Cool! That ambient sound is similar to that of a mild Earthquake.
30. Captain Karl – December 10, 2011
“Maybe it’s just me, but all I hear is the sound of my computer speakers…I don’t hear anything that sounds like ambient sounds of the Enterprise on either clip.”
The sound of your speakers? What sound is that? I mean, speakers produce the sounds we put through them–music, movies, ambient warp-engine noise–but they don’t really have a sound of their own.
Both clips worked perfectly for me, right away, right after this story was posted and still today. But I’m really curious about what “the sound of my computer speakers” sounds like… It’s like saying, “The only thing I see on my tv is the image of the tv.” Huh?
aw.. TOS Enterprise’s engines are indeed “purrin’ like happy kittens”. Thank you fpr posting this…
I’m sorry, but that’s no different than having my air conditioner run all day…
Ahhhh, this helped me get to sleep last night.
I am typing this from on board the USS Enterprise-D, apparently. Unless my ears deceive me.
wow someone was bored
Oh nice idea… the TOS sound is more soothing actually :)
I had a track like this for years that i pulled from a video game its not exactly revolutionary but still cool
I like bridge chimes/beeps/whirs myself. Soothing.
It’s making me sleepy…
hehe never tried this but I’ve definitely fallen asleep to the ambient noise of TOS Blu-Ray menus. Bridge sounds chirping away in my dreams.
This could be the reason why my son puts on a TNG episode to watch when he can’t sleep, but is tired, and sure enough, ten minutes into the programme, he’s out to it. The same happens to me as well, especially any TOS, TNG or Star Trek 09. It’s not that we are bored. We are just tired and watching what is good and familiar can have a soporific effect.
@44 No. Someone was a dedicated fanboy (or girl)!
He spent hours cleaning up the noise? I have a paramount-created proper engine sound loop I pulled out of Elite Force back in 2003 for Cg shorts. What a waste of time to rip it out of the episode and clean all the noise and stuff out of it.
Funny for a few minutes, but can’t imagine listening to that for twenty four hours.
#3 – Love it!
Awww man. I didn’t realise I got here too. /m\
Play each one on it’s own and it is great background white noise. Play them both at the same time and I got an instant headache. I guess that means you can’t cross the two.
Now what about DS9? ;-)
Try both clips AND the ytmnd page at the same time. Fun! :D
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mvTCr5Z-0lA
oh my god i love hear that!
In a perfect world I´d sit down – listen to the hum and read this TNG publication…
http://8of5.blogspot.com/2011/11/build-enterprise-issue-by-issue.html
A perfect 1701 – D -Day to you all
This is what I like to listen to at work when I need to go into a “happy place”
Arcade Ambience–Not too loud in my headphones. It takes me back to the arcade in the 80’s!
http://arcade.hofle.com/
I like the TARDIS ambient sound:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBEjntzJ34
The guy on YouTube didn’t clean up the sound byte himself, he downloaded it from Trekcore.com and looped it. Give credit where credit is due, please; Trekcore.com has a huge library of Star Trek sounds, and even the YouTube guy crysknife007 credited Trekcore.
They should put this on “The Big Bang Theory”. Sheldon’s new clock. It plays the engine sounds to put him to sleep. Then the Red Alert Klaxon. It will not only wake him up but the whole floor.
I found the TOS one incredibly poor quality and with no beeps or anything… now the TNG one doesnt either, but at least it is of good quality.
Moved into a new office. It’s dead quiet in here. Quite unnerving. Putting this ambient sound to good use.
Would adding the Romulan War in Seasons 5 and 6 brought the ratings up?
Sorry posted above in the wrong topic
New Star Trek video game screenshots.
http://gamerant.com/star-trek-screenshots-tao-121009/
The STAR TREK GENERATIONS soundtrack CD has the Enterprise-C and the Enterprise-D ambient noise (complete with button pushing beeps). To impress my guests at either my home theater or PC surround setup —both systems are 7.1—I throw on the Enterprise-C clip and they swear they’re on the bridge of a starship.
if you’ve got the HBO package with all the different HBOs, keep a look out throughout December. They’ve been running almost all the Trek movies TMP through First Contact back to back. This past weekend HBO Family ran the marathon.
Me too Simon.
i have the album on my MP3 player and set the entire lot on shuffle so randomly i am suddenly warping or having Klingons beaming into the car as I drive.
the kids love it.
me too.
Big kid
@39 the sound of my speakers, when turned up full volume, is a white noise hiss. When most people turn their laptop speakers on full, they produce a white noise. Speakers don’t always produce the sounds you put through them, as with ALL electronic devices, they create a sound, albeit low, but when you turn speakers up, especially on a laptop, to their full volume, they emit a low hiss…they DO have a sound of their own.
i would love to have the Borg ship background noise
I think that TOS one is really the movie version
Someone posted something like this on trekbbs ages ago, pretty cool.
might be a good sleep aid
I hear the wind blowing…
I’d like the purring of tribbles on a loop.
The December 14 Real Life Comics strip makes mention of this:
http://www.reallifecomics.com/
gosh, doesn’t anyone know anything? the background sound on the ship is among other sounds the 7.83 HZ “Schumann Resonance” (rotation frequency of planet earth). as astronauts, once they’re off earth, would start to feel space-sick due to lack of that frequency. it has now been introduced in modern travels. it’s as needed as oxygen for a fully functioning body. they knew this back then already and put it in the series. now try to dispute that with arguments cuz I know what I’m talking about.