What synth makes the best police siren?

[Electroluver]

I'm not even going to venture a guess.

[Stab Frenzy]

Microkorg.

[Old Iron Giant]

any sampler

[monolith]

A stolen one?

[space6oy]

A stolen one?

ha! we have a winner!

[monolith]

A stolen one?

ha! we have a winner!

What do I win?
..and don't say a signed 8x10 glossy of AG.

[Newtown]

A stolen one?

ha! we have a winner!

..and don't say a signed 8x10 glossy of AG.

[sequentialsoftshock]

This all just leads back to the great debate of FILTERS VS. OSCILLATORS.
I bet this thread ends up in off topic like everything else lately.

[smoothcriminal]

A police siren IS a synthesizer, isn't it?

[sequentialsoftshock]

A police siren IS a synthesizer, isn't it?

That's what I thought. And Amtrak AEM 7's bells are samplers

[rhino]

when I needed a siren sfx for a stage production of ANNIE, I used an SQ-80.

[knolan]

Years ago I managed to successfully quieten a late night party in the garden behind mine with a Mono/Poly as a police siren. Worked a treat.

[monolith]

Years ago I managed to successfully quieten a late night party in the garden behind mine with a Mono/Poly as a police siren. Worked a treat.

Brilliant.

[V301H]

There are Mechanical sirens and there are Electronic sirens. Mechanical sirens pump bursts of air at high speed and pressure through a slotted metal drum rotated by a pulsed motor at up to 9000 RPM's generating a square wave. Traditional Electronic sirens use transistors to generate a sine wave which is projected through an electro-magnetic diaphragm similar to a horn driver. Newer electronic sirens digitize the sound and also play it back through a electro-magnetic driver.

Whether synthesis or sampling is used to generate a siren it will likely sound more authentic played through a loud horn driver.

[Phollop Willing PA]

Yamaha DX 7

If it's good enough for Linton Kwesi Johnson....