Download Star Trek Sounds

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Ever since the advent of the Internet, Star Trek fans have searched the web to download Star Trek sounds for a variety of uses. Whether it's for a computer theme, a cellphone ringtone or for any other purpose, Trekkies are always able to put Star Trek sounds to creative use.

Star Trek Soundtrack

The Many Uses for Star Trek Sounds

Every Star Trek fan has their favorite use for Star Trek sound effects and music. When the first recordable phone answering machines came out, many fans recorded Star Trek themed messages to welcome their callers. Manufacturers created Star Trek themed toys, watches and other gadgets. As time progressed and technology advanced along with it, Star Trek fans became a force to be reckoned with, and many of them now integrate Star Trek into just about every aspect of their daily life. Today, you can download Star Trek sounds for many uses, but the most popular include:

Cellphone ringtones
Computer sound effects
Sound effects for devices like GPS or a PDA
Sounds to integrate into computer programs

How to Download Star Trek Sounds

How you install Star Trek music or sound effects depend on how you hope to use the them.

To install a ringtone, there are two methods to download. Once you find a Star Trek ringtone that you like, most ringtone websites offer two methods, either the website is sent directly to your cellphone number, or you have the option to download the mp3 file to a computer or directly to your cellphone using WAP (wireless internet), and installing the file into your phone's ringtone folder. Either way will work, but mostly depends upon the brand and features of your phone and the cellphone carrier.
Installing computer sound effects is fairly easy on a Mac. All you do is drag the sound file onto the System Folder icon, and the OS knows where to place the file (as long as it's in ".aiff" format. In Windows, on most operating systems you can download any of the Star Trek WAV files into the C:\Windows\Media folder. In the control panel under "Sounds and Audio Devices" in the "Sounds" tab you can browse to the file you want for any of the Windows program events listed there. This can make for a very fun and authentic Star Trek computing experience!
Installing Star Trek sounds or themes onto your mobile device depends mostly on what device you are using. In some cases it's as easy as downloading the sound files directly to the device, just as you would a ringtone. However with devices like a GPS or PDA, sometimes there are special theme files you need to find which come with their own setup program (see the Windows Mobile example below).

Where to Find Star Trek Sounds

Since there are so many uses for the sound effects and music from the various Trek movies and television shows, the places where you can download them and the potential uses are really limited only by your own imagination. The following are a few examples of where you can find some great Trek sound files and themes.

Freeware PocketPC offers a popular, free Windows Mobile app called the Star Trek PADD PPX, which is a very cool interface theme based on The Next Generation. The theme looks like something that a crew of the Starship Enterprise would have carried around.
Mobiles24 offers a list of 23 free Trek ringtones for your mobile phone, including "Captain Incoming Message", "The Borg", and other popular sounds that would make great ringtones.
The SoundBoard is probably one of the top sources for free Star Trek sound effects, ringtones and computer sounds, including effects and music from the original series up through the 2009 movie.
Menga.net offers this interesting Trek voice theme for the Garmin StreetPilot GPS, however the download isn't free.
Trekkieguy offers visitors a very long list of music, transporter and communicator sounds and more.
Media College offers a list of WAV files from The Original Series, The Next Generation and Voyager.
Macintosh Garden provides this fascinating free download of "SoundMaster" which integrates a Star Trek theme into the various system sounds for a Mac.

More Information

No matter how you decide to use the various sounds and special effects from the Star Trek series, you can be sure that it'll bring back great memories from the show. You can also be certain that when you pull out your PocketPC and it starts beeping like a Communicator, heads will start turning your way.

For more information about where else you can find Sci-Fi sounds for your computer or mobile, check out the following LoveToKnow Sci-Fi articles.

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