So I’ve decided that at least once in my life, I ought to go in costume to the opening of a Star Wars movie. Well, my (hopefully) last chance is coming up, so I’ve been making a Darth Vader costume. No problem; I come from a very artsy crafty family, and the costume itself is coming along just fine.
But the costume wouldn’t be complete without the respirator sound effect, and here I’m stumped. How should I produce the sound effect? So far, I’ve considered:
1: Just make the sound myself, vocally. Except that this would sound bad, and I couldn’t talk while doing it.
2: Getting an MP3 of the sound, and playing it through a pair of headphone-jack speakers (I would put this in the boxy chestpiece of the costume). This would work great, except that I don’t have an MP3 player nor a set of speakers for one. I might be able to borrow a player, but how much do cheap speakers cost?
3: Creating a custom ringtone somehow for my cell phone with the sound effect. This has the advantage that I already own the equipment, but I don’t know if it’s even possible, or, if it is, how I would do it.
4: Again using the cellphone, set the sound as my voice mail message, and calling it on speakerphone. I know this is possible, but the drawback here is that I don’t think I can loop it, so it’d only be a short duration, and anyone who tried calling me then would be really confused.
And yes, I know that it’s possible to buy an official Vader costume which has the sound effects built in, but that’s cheating. I make the costume myself, and I make the sound effect myself. I’m sure that the other artsy crafty dopers would understand.
Any suggestions?