Is Ford Infringing on BMW Chime Tones?

[Xat1cZ]

how the hell did you find that out.....

I happened to feel nostalgic the same day I read this thread so I put on that song since I liked Malcolm in the Middle back in the day... and then I immediately noticed the ring

[lbthe3rd]

There was this big fancy Documentary on how BMW makes the sounds for there annoying door chimes. Theres like a whole building dedicated to the door chime. All those people hard work goes out the window everytime you hate a door chime.

Thank you. This is exactly why I was even bringing up this resemblance in the first place.

See link @ 16:11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPSCh3Ys_B8

BMW literatly has a guy who all he does for the company is design the tones and chimes for the three makes in BMW Group (Mini, Rolls and BMW). He sits in a room a listens to a chime thousands of times a day, slightly tweaking the timbre to make it a "BMW" sound. I myself thought it was obsessive and hence enjoyed the irony in the fact that this commercial uses a nearly identical sound to that which undoubtedly took thousands of R&D dollars over in Germany to create and most likely trademark.

As far as giving a waffleswaffleswaffleswaffles ... I don't really either. I daily drive an 81' 320is and have no frivolous things like customized ignition chimes, but I still share an interest in the brand, both new and old, and still believe they create the ultimate driving machine.

If you don't have anything nice or constructive to add, keep it yourself.

[defaultName]

Best part about my E30 is the lack of a door chime.

Every time I drive my wife's car I wonder how mad she would be if I disabled her door chime.

[ELVA164]

There was this big fancy Documentary on how BMW makes the sounds for their annoying door chimes.

How was the sound work?

[TimKninja]

There was this big fancy Documentary on how BMW makes the sounds for there annoying door chimes. Theres like a whole building dedicated to the door chime. All those people hard work goes out the window everytime you hate a door chime.

[Holland]

Who the waffleswaffleswaffleswaffles needs an ignition chime?
People are idiots and need a warning for everything nowadays.

And who in their right waffles gives a shit about a new BMW?

Stupid thread is stupid.

[Fusion]

Who the waffleswaffleswaffleswaffles needs an ignition chime?
People are idiots and need a warning for everything nowadays.

Add voice for christ's dimwit sake

*ding dong* "Hey dumbass, you're about to turn on an engine, concentrate."
*ASR FLASHING ^&%##* "Holy SHlT driver, stop giving it so much gas. I just saved your ignorant ass bro."
*SatNav command* "Nooooooooo you mentally challenged baboon, I said left. JESUS"

[george graves]

They may have sourced the sounds from a sound library. Kinda like stock footage - but for audio.

[Roysneon]

Heh. I like this but I'm hoping we won't both end up banned over it in this 'New R3v'....

[chadthestampede]

My e34 is the first bmw I've with a working chime. I've had the car for a week and I'm already annoyed with it.

[ELVA164]

^ Whoa now, no need for sweeping statements...

[dougie30]

In the end of the day they are all ripping of the sound in the background of the intro to the "Malcolm in the Middle" theme song...

how the hell did you find that out.....


also, ford sucks and bmw is a much better company so i would be surprised if they tried to mimic the sound.

[MikeLenoch5]

Meh, it's a door chime, I hate all of them. I ripped the E30's out as soon as I got it, lol.

:thumbsup:

[Xat1cZ]

In the end of the day they are all ripping of the sound in the background of the intro to the "Malcolm in the Middle" theme song...

[ELVA164]

Yes, strong resemblance. I'm pretty sure this is the proof we've been expecting to confirm the secret Ford/BMW joint effort to corner the "bleeding heart hippie who is, like, soooo in love with sounds.....what was the question?" demographic.