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Blade Runner, Alien , Star Trek and Doctor Who Will Help You Relax & Sleep">42 Hours of Ambient Sounds from Blade Runner, Alien , Star Trek and Doctor Who Will Help You Relax & Sleep

in Film , Random | March 3rd, 2017 3 Comments

Back in 2009, the musi­cian who goes by the name “Cheesy Nir­vosa” began exper­i­ment­ing with ambi­ent music, before even­tu­al­ly launch­ing a YouTube chan­nel where he “com­pos­es long­form space and sci­fi ambi­ence.” Or what he oth­er­wise calls “ambi­ent geek sleep aids.” Click on the video above, and you can get lulled to sleep lis­ten­ing to the ambi­ent dron­ing sound–get ready Blade Run­ner fans!– heard in Rich Deckard’s apart­ment. It runs a good con­tin­u­ous 12 hours.

You’re more a Star Trek fan? Ok, try nod­ding off to the idling engine noise of a ship fea­tured in  Star Trek: The Next Gen­er­a­tion.  Mr. Nir­vosa cleaned up a sam­ple from the show and then looped it for 24 hours. That makes for one long sleep.

Or how about 12 hours of ambi­ent engine noise gen­er­at­ed by the USCSS Nos­tro­mo in  Alien?

Final­ly, and per­haps my favorite, Cheesy cre­at­ed a 12 hour clip of the ambi­ent sounds made by the Tardis, the time machine made famous by the British sci-fi TV show, Doc­tor Who . But watch out. You might wake up liv­ing in a dif­fer­ent time and place.

For lots more ambi­ent sci-fi sounds (Star Wars, The Matrix, Bat­tlestar Galac­ti­ca, etc. ) check out this super long playlist here .

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10 Hours of Ambi­ent Arc­tic Sounds Will Help You Relax, Med­i­tate, Study & Sleep

Moby Lets You Down­load 4 Hours of Ambi­ent Music to Help You Sleep, Med­i­tate, Do Yoga & Not Pan­ic

Music That Helps You Sleep: Min­i­mal­ist Com­pos­er Max Richter, Pop Phe­nom Ed Sheer­an & Your Favorites

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Suit­ably soporif­ic

Here is 45 min­utes of pure ambi­ent joy

Jean Michel Jarre — Wait­ing For Cousteau (Full Song)

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Relax To Ambient Engine Sound Of The USS Enterprise (TOS & TNG)

| December 10, 2011 | By: Alex Fletcher 81 comments so far

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 .

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.

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. amazon.com/gp/product/B000QZX0XS/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B000001P04&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1QMDJX3HP25FG9KRENN6

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?

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.

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The Star Trek White Noise Sleep Machine provides the low thrum of a familiar spacecraft exploring some corner of an as-yet-unknown galaxy to gently lull you to sleep. Use the easy-to-navigate LCARS touch screen display to select a ship or station, whose schematic will pop up in the next window. Rest your head on your pillow and watch the stars race by, projected onto the ceiling. Bask in the light of the glass "warp" tower as you relax to the familiar sounds of the warp core... or whichever sound you choose. You'll soon discover one craft in particular provides your optimal nighttime environment for maximum relaxation. And there will be no more hitting the snooze bar in the morning with our Red Alert alarm. You'll wake up refreshed, ready to attack the day. Because today is a good day to -- well, do anything, really!

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Hear 13 iconic Star Trek sounds created by the late Douglas Grindstaff

Listen to a Tribble cooing and a phaser blasting and remember the man who made it happen.

• Co-author of two Gen X pop-culture encyclopedia for Penguin Books. Won "Headline Writer of the Year"​ award for 2017, 2014 and 2013 from the American Copy Editors Society. Won first place in headline writing from the 2013 Society for Features Journalism.

The Tribbles' distinctive coos were created by Douglas Grindstaff.

Douglas Grindstaff, the man responsible for many of the signature sounds in the original Star Trek TV series, died July 23 at age 87, StarTrek.com reported .

"Please join us in remembering Douglas Grindstaff, the award-winning sound editor and designer behind many iconic  #StarTrek  sounds," reads a tweet from the show's official Twitter account.

Please join us in remembering Douglas Grindstaff, the award-winning sound editor and designer behind many iconic #StarTrek sounds #TOS #StarTrekFamily #StarTrekRemembers https://t.co/J0qxlSo1AQ pic.twitter.com/XncRDozxmT — Star Trek (@StarTrek) July 25, 2018

Grindstaff and co-workers Joseph Sorokin and Jack Finlay teamed up to deliver all the background sounds and effects on the fabled CBS show, which ran from 1966-1969. (CBS is CNET's parent company.)  In 1967, Grindstaff was nominated for an Emmy Award in the Individual Achievements in Film and Sound Editing category.

Fans appreciated Grindstaff's work. "He made the Enterprise come alive," wrote Twitter user Kelly Key. "The background buzz on the bridge always reminded me of crickets and cicadas from a field on a summer night -- full of life and activity."

He made the Enterprise come alive. The background buzz on the bridge always reminded me of crickets and cicadas from a field on a summer night-full of life and activity. — Kelly Key (@KellywrtrKey) July 25, 2018

May the stars always shine brightly down on DG. May the songs of the universe call his name. — Ann Flynt (@AnnFlynt) July 25, 2018

a talented man - RIP : were his beautiful ambient sounds ever available on some kind of mp3 ? did they ever do that - its very theraputic stuff - please advize — JonjackJones (@JackJohnCarter) July 25, 2018

Why must all the great people die...RIP Douglas ♡ — san || 🖖 (@triwizardkirk) July 26, 2018

Grindstaff is survived by his wife Marcia, his three children and her three children, and by 16 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, with more on the way. Grindstaff, a Korean War combat veteran, also worked on such shows as The Brady Bunch, Dallas and Mission: Impossible.

Take a listen to some of the memorable sounds Grindstaff helped bring to life.

1. Red alert klaxon

Set this one up on your iPhone for the most unnerving wake-up alarm ever.

2. Transporter sounds

Some of us seriously thought this would be the transportation of the future. Still waiting though.

3. Tribbles cooing

Poor Kirk just wanted his chicken sandwich and coffee, Tribble-free.

4. Phasers firing

Some of us may've made these noises while running around the backyard pointing random objects at our neighbors. 

5. Bridge doors

Modern doors just don't close with this satisfying swoosh.

6. Boatswain's whistle

On the original show, the boatswain's (pronounced BEAU-son's) whistle was used to open shipboard communications via the ship's intercom. You'll know it when you hear it.

7. Heartbeats

Dr. McCoy probably heard a lot of these in sick bay.

8. Hull hit

That sounds like a bad one. 

9. Inside the shuttle craft

Lots of sounds share space inside the shuttle.

10. Sick bay scanners

These sound a little bit like a plaintive waterfowl calling to its mate.

11. Warp drive

Brace yourself: Warp speed, Mr. Sulu.

12. Food and drink synthesizer

Kirk was more of a coffee achiever, but later on, Jean-Luc Picard would demand his "Earl Grey, hot."

13. Open a hailing frequency

Nichelle Nichols' Lt. Uhura, the Enterprise's communications officer, was a pioneering character.

First published July 30, 4:29 p.m. PT.  Update, July 31, 1:09 p.m. PT:  Adds some of Grindstaff's most iconic sounds.  

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Star Trek White Noise Sleep Machine

ThinkGeek has just unveiled their latest Star Trek -themed product, the Star Trek White Noise Sleep Machine. StarTrek.com

has an exclusive First Look at photos of the device, as well as details about it, direct from ThinkGeek, which p romises t hat it will be as effective as the Vulcan nerve pinch.A combination of speake r, projec tor and alarm clock, the Star Trek White Noise Sleep Machine generates 8 sounds from 5 of your favorite iconic Star Trek spacecraft and projects a moving starfield on your ceiling

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Peppered with subtle references to both Shakespeare and Star Trek , this fully orchestrated musical tale has been specially crafted to induce sleep using calming music, increasingly mellow narration and sleepy themes.”

The story is part of Moshi Twilight, a “sleep and relaxation audio app for kids.” Moshi Twilight features “melodic sleep stories, meditations, music, and sounds to help kids relax and fall asleep.”

“We are thrilled that Sir Patrick has narrated this very special story,” said Ian Chambers , CEO of Mind Candy . “It sounds incredible and Patrick’s rich, authoritative performance is totally magical. As well as helping kids fall asleep, we are now learning that our sleep stories are benefiting children with additional needs such as autism and ADHD, which is why this particular story focuses on a character with a busy bedtime mind.”

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