Playing Music Through Fire Alarms

[@Adriethyl]

Imagine dying in a fire or whatever and all you hear is classic Kevin Macleod tunes coming out of the fire alarms lol

[@imark7777777]

I think I'd rather that than the ear piercing alarm.

[@Because_I_Felt_Like_It]

Even better, Rick Roll starts playing

[@vintprox]

@@Because_I_Felt_Like_It Gonna give you up TO FLAMES!!!

[@wardrich]

All the sick songs in the free music library, and you started with the one PTSD triggering song lol

[@tallreversd]

what’s the ptsd from?

[@British_tea_guy]

yes real

[@human7656]

That was what I was thinking!

[@Antney946]

At least it wasn't that damn, stupid "Oh no, oh no, oh no" garbage.

[@wardrich]

@@tallreversd that whistle song is the song used by sooooooo many stupid KZbin videos. All it needs is some shitty AI voiceover lol

[@Butterscotch_96]

Surprisingly good speakers for a fire alarm

[@DeezBMemes]

I'm amazed by that quality, even if it's coming through a lot of processes like yt's compression thing and lot more.... it's superb, tho

[@COSMIC_SECRET]

Uhh they need it to be clear enough for you to hear

[@RainbowTraps]

​@@DeezBMemes Uhm it has nothing to do with YT compression when it's audio but compression exists to 128kbps and it already sounds lossless and good. The only compression is the video itself. And don't forget to rely on this guy's phone microphone? Or a camera that captures the sound with 2 mic stereo. The fire alarm on this video is just a speaker instead of using the mechanism of generating tone to make an alarm sound, overall the fire alarm is so goofy when it's replaced to speaker ahh fire alarm design💀

[@DeezBMemes]

@RainbowTraps yes it's going through his mic and everything

[@3D1ofakind]

sounds distorted to me. But yeah surprisingly loud

[@coondogtheman]

Dang. For a speaker designed to sound a fire alarm sound these sound pretty good with music.

[@ExitSign250]

I enjoyed this video until 6:56

[@TheDigi321]

hahahhahahah i was like was like why the eff, then i clicked the timestamp then i came back and saw your name lol, but hey we all had to start some where when we start our passions whether it is in a classical band in 6th grade or starting out on yt :)

[@NEILSMITH-n4v]

@@TheDigi321 stop talking about passions, its a sign. you are talking to a sign bro, what is wrong with you?

[@Eric_Rosen]

copyright him lol

[@ppal19812]

ShopRite can can song 😂 IYKYK

[@mbcommandnerd]

A lot of Walmart stores have a system like this, except the speaker strobes look more like regular PA speakers with strobes slapped on the front. They play music and broadcast intercom announcements in standby mode, and immediately switch to a voice evac message during a fire (the strobes also start flashing when this happens of course). Speaker strobes are THE fire alarm, imo!

[@MrPacMan36]

My Walmart near me had music playing through it. Was so interesting to me

[@ThatOne_omarr]

@@MrPacMan36Yeah same, a Walmart kinda far from my house has those PA speakers with the fire strobe on it and it played music FROM THE ALARM!

[@alejandromorazan3420]

Only the 2014 and up i think, the 1990s and 2000-2010 stores have tbe old old annying loud asf fire alarm beep thing

[@tylerhoffman8491]

Yep, those are the Wheelock ceiling mount speaker strobes.

[@OleBlue1987]

Something about the first song you chose playing through a fire alarm is absurdly funny to me for some reason

[@NEILSMITH-n4v]

I only watched to see the song choice. I was hoping for hot in here by nelly or The roof is on fire😂

[@starship2023]

It's probably because it's such a fun and jolly song being played on a device made to tell you that your house is on fire

[@737Garrus]

The fact that these Fire Alarms whose whole purpose is to warn people about a fire are capable of so much more is amazing!!! I didn't know they could do this!

[@PlatinumEagleStudios]

Rick roll the entire building with this. "Attention. Attention. An emergency has been reported in the building" *Never Gonna Give You Up plays*

[@Andrew.Anthony.Rodriguez.0.]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

[@Ihateskibidi_ppl2-w9x]

"Attention, attention, attention. An rickroll situation has been detected in this building. Proceed to the nearest exit and leave the building. Do not re-enter the building until directed to by Rick Astley." **Never gonna give you up starts playing**

[@FanFanFan777]

How the fook did you add that search thing.

[@Junden-w1u]

​@@FanFanFan777I think it's an automated thing that Google added so that people can easily search for something mentioned

[@Ihateskibidi_ppl2-w9x]

@@FanFanFan777 wym

[@mazda9624]

That unit mounted on the ceiling sounded unbelievably clear, even though the KZbin video. I had no idea fire alarms had such high quality speakers in them! Thanks for uploading this video too! This is something I've wondered about since I was a kid.

[@OliversElevators]

As he mentioned in the video, the audio quality has a _lot_ to do with what kind of enclosure the speaker is mounted in. An open-back speaker (like the white one mounted on the test board) has no enclosure to resonate bass frequencies, so it’ll sound tinny and cheap. On the other hand, the speakers mounted on junction boxes (and the one in the ceiling itself) have an entire enclosure behind the speaker that can resonate and enhance the bass and midrange frequencies, which is why they sound so much better. It’s the same reason that real speakers are mounted in a speaker cabinet - the cabinet greatly enhances the audio quality and fullness. In the case of the ceiling-mounted alarm, the entire ceiling is essentially its speaker cabinet, so it sounds the best.

[@elevatorfan19_roblox]

You: chillin in your basement. *editing music plays* You: PARTY TIME

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

You know, “Scarlet Fire” won’t get you a copyright strike. Dankpods might send Australian ninjas after you though.

[@TimeWisely]

> Building on fire > All you can hear is sick music That would honestly be funny if someone rigged their system to blast some song whilst it's going off, highly illegal though I bet.

[@AWaifuInVR]

🔥It's gettin hot in here 🎶

[@jasonkeeler1649]

Sweet brown aint nobody got time for that

[@Kitkat014]

subnautica's "abandon ship" song

[@nathanwillow1997]

Light ‘em Up by fallout boy. 😂

[@COSMIC_SECRET]

Shotty on the dance floor would get y’all out if it said THIS IS REAL

[@FlynnAlek]

I absolutely love the fact that there are people THIS enthusiastic about something as unassuming as fire alarms

[@BlaBoy17]

Imagine there was a fire and the next thing you hear is free KZbin audio 😭

[@nics-systems-electric]

6:50 never been more relieved I took down some of my first ones…

[@Mrdream1060Ayoub]

Ejjj nic

[@Junden-w1u]

I genuinely prefer when people leave their old videos up because it shows the progress and how far you've come. Some KZbinrs themselves have even said it makes someone more genuine to Their audience especially respectful to those who have been watching for a long time and want to revisit the old videos

[@HappyJigg]

​@@Junden-w1u Yes! Exactly! This is why we keep pretty much all our old videos up.

[@ExitSign250]

I will be the first one to say my old videos are cringe. I only leave them public so others and myself can look back and see how much has changed over the years!

[@nics-systems-electric]

@@ExitSign250 all of ours were man.

[@clover182Harry]

Didn't know much about fire alarms before this video, I have learnt a lot more now. Great video man!

[@Ronnocbot]

5:50 brings be straight back to my junior/senior year of high school. 2015/16 was such a good time

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

Those were the days (I was literally in like third grade)

[@caden.23_]

Ronnocbot!!! I remember watching your fire alarm videos

[@Ronnocbot]

@ Glad you have fond memories of me!

[@Organham4903]

Literally when I got into fire alarms

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

​@@FireAlarmDude5967why is that song so common in the fire alarm community? Its the classic song of this community lol.

[@ThatOneHWcollector]

The one in the suspended ceiling actually sounds REAL nice. I mean just for being a fire alarm speaker, actually decent bass response for what it is. Could you play music with specific frequencies, like 60hz, 70hz, 80hz, 50hz, ect. I still can't get over how good the suspended ceiling one sounds

[@MrHack4never]

6:30, "I can also make announcements" My first thought was "I have come to make an announcement..." On a more serious note, this could also be used for testing purposes, by playing quiet safe music and walking around and checking if each speaker is working correctly

[@ShayBlez]

2:43: I was thinking that speaker had pretty good bass response. Could you have the strobes going off while playing music? :o

[@swatprodev9792]

My interpretation of the music played: First Song: "hello guys, in today's video we are going to be escaping from a fire" 2:09 Second Song: memes 3:33 Third Song: WE GETTIN 2016 NOSTALGIA WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥4:40 Fourth Song: gamer intro 5:43 Fifth "Song": fire alarm vlog 6:56 Sixth Song: classical music 7:20

[@bigfoot13s80]

All you need now is to activate the stobes! Dance Party!

[@IndustryAndMusic]

it would be interesting if they were mass notification strobes too, with the different colors.

[@Zephyr-mist]

For Fire alarms, These sound pretty damn good

[@michaelriddle9674]

That's awesome! Love that they can do so many things. A musical fire alarm.

[@curtchase3730]

Your home meets the minimum number of fire extinguishers required. Ya, those alarm heads sounded great! Years ago I was given some old noise masking pendent speakers that hung above a drop ceiling in a store. All they did was play a shhhhhh noise (aka white noise). The speakers were inside of some cylinder thingie. I played music through a few and it sounded really strange. Hollow, resonations all over the place! Strictly midrange.

[@RWL2012]

I'm over in the UK, and from what you describe, at a guess (and assuming you mean sphere/ball rather than cylinder) they might have been Penton GB20Ts. over here, you come across them every now and then in some shops, often actually used for music. The older ones sound muffled but the newer ones are clearer, so maybe they made some improvement to them over the years.

[@elevatorfan19_roblox]

7:35 all your pain as a fire alarm enthusiast lol

[@Weldoholic]

These alarms have no business sounding that good 😂😂

[@nataliezapata5054]

Imagine being in school and suddenly there’s a fire drill and all you hear is music

[@dutchwolf2675]

Interesting! My school is the opposite. The PA system is actually notification for fire alarm. It is completely up to code due to it being wired in FP. Really cool video! NCS was definitely hot during the 2010s

[@coloradoalarms]

These are very unique fire alarms because with speaker strobes, you can use it for of course fire alarm purposes, or you can code it to do a shelter in place or lockdown message with an addressable panel like my middle school has. Or, you can play music. Endless possibilities basically.

[@ElCalamardo69]

One reason I love my Wheelock SAFEPATH is being able to play music while it's in standby mode. I definitely should play those bangers on it one day!

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

I ve heard that Walmart have them a lot of places. Too bad my Walmart has Wheelock AS's and commander 4's

[@joeycaridi3030]

08:25 And for more fun, play study music through the speaker strobes! This is a thing schools should do when they have voice evac systems

[@alyanahzoe]

try baby einstein music. song: non piu andrai (from the marriage of figaro) artist: the baby einstein music box orchestra, jonathan bloch album name: classical songs for babies

[@nics-systems-electric]

4:40 takes me right back to elementary school!

[@All_ConsumingBandu]

Oh hi Nic, Why not do this for your own system and make a video on it? This is fire, get it

[@RMA2009]

"how to build a minecraft mob farm" ahh song

[@mackdoyle8673]

That's cool just like when i went to walmart in Forest Lake or Andover MN they played music so well!

[@idkanymore9590]

I think pretty much every Walmart with speaker strobes play music on their fire alarms

[@mackdoyle8673]

@@idkanymore9590 I think they do

[@SirinthipSrisombat]

If you pull a fire alarm in school, they will be music❤😂🎉

[@FireAlarmDude5967]

Not quite

[@chadrowland5234]

In response to this video. Fire alarm speaker/strobes and voice evac systems are typically required in large buildings. Theaters, sports stadiums, casinos, things like that. One thing I do see very frequently is voice evac systems installed in schools. Fire takes priority. But if an intruder is in the building, the principal can push a button and a different tone will broadcast over the speaker/strobes and play an automated message, informing students and teachers to the situation. In hospitals, they play the code 3 chime tone with a message telling doctors instructions during an emergency. In colleges and universities, I see voice evac systems constantly. They use it to tranmit tones and messages other than fire. Tornado warnings, intruder, fire, natural gas leaks, carbon monoxide, accidents, you name it. You can do that with voice evac systems. You can't do that with conventional horn/strobe systems. Because conventional horn/strobe systems can only transmit fire emergencies, they can only beep very loudly, conventional horn/strobe systems are not really allowed in a whole lot of applications anymore. Conventional horn/strobes are still allowed in buildings, but only if they are installed in specific applications. More often than not, conventional horn/strobes are installed in addition to voice evac systems. They have components that can code the tone in sync with the horn/strobes, I don’t know how. They even have components to silence the horn/strobes for the messages, again, I don't know how. I just know that they exist. They even use horn/strobes in private apartments for local smoke alarms and speaker/strobes for general alarm evacuation. In private apartments, they use horn/strobes, Wheelock NS for example, and speaker/strobes, Wheelock ET80, E-70, or something similar in the rest of the buildings. They really only allow conventional horn/strobe only systems in very small businesses like restaurants and daycare centers, and in older school buildings from the 80s and 90s. But even still, many older schools from that era with horn/strobes only are being retrofitted with speakers and voice evac systems being retrofitted. Voice evac system being used as a paging system is something that I do every time I'm running a horn/strobe test in a building that has a voice evac system in it when I am on a job working on the fire alarms. The microphone is almost always in the panel. May I have your attention please! May I have your attention please! We are now working on the fire alarm system! Again, this is only a test! Please disregard all signals you may see or hear until further notice! Thank you for your cooperation! Yes, right over the fire alarm system through the speaker/strobes. I do that every time there is a voice evac system on the fire alarm system that I am working on when on a job involving life safety equipment. Using the voice evac system as a P.A system.

[@Handy-lw9jp]

Well my school does and it says a fire was reported in the building 😅

[@West_Kootenay_railfan]

🤓☝️

[@mason-wr1we]

Award for longest comment

[@chadrowland5234]

​@@Handy-lw9jpmy high school did not have one, just horn/strobes. My elementary school didn't have one either, 7002T's and 7001T's. My middle school for 6 and 7 grade didn't have a voice evac either, Edwards 895B's everywhere. I doubt those systems are still there though. When my parents split, I was moved to a very small middle school for 8 grade and that school not only didn't have a voice evac system, that middle school didn't even have a fire alarm system. I don't know how that school was able to operate that way. It only had a few smoke detectors tied into the burglary alarm system. I don't know how that would have been legal. However, my college had a voice evac system. Simplex 4100U system with the iconic air raid siren tone that Simplex is known for, especially on the 4100 systems. Simplex 4906 speaker/strobes everywhere. My best guess is that perhaps voice evac systems in public schools is a new thing. My dearest friend's mother works at an elementary school and her elementary school has voice evac with System Sensor speaker/strobes. However, her school is newly renovated. Our fire codes change continuously. My local library has a hybrid horn/strobe and voice evac system with horn/strobes Wheelock HS4, with System Sensor remote speakers on the ceiling. The horn/strobes sound in code 3 and the panel silences them and the voice come on. May I have your attention please! May I have your attention please! There has been a fire alarm reported in the building! There has been a fire alarm reported in the building! Please proceed to the stairways and exit the building! Do not use the elevators but proceed to the stairways and exit the building! The horn/strobes then sound in code 3 again. No tone on the speakers, that is what the horn/strobes are for. Very weird system indeed but whatever floats their boat. I was there with my adoptive sister (I was adopted) when they were testing it. I have seen systems where the voice evac tone is done with a separate tone card that is coded to code 3 by the panel. I have tested those and the tones on the remote tone cards are yuck tones. Ear shredding awful shriek that I promise you won't ever forget. Some even have tones that sound like the emergency alert tone on our phones but in code 3. Everyone hates it, of course we all know why.

[@henry1cats232]

I ain't reading that

[@davidperry4013]

Voice evacuation systems can double as a background music system and a general PA not just fire alarm system. So if you have a voice evac system, you definitely don't need a separate 70v distributed audio system unless you're doing foreground music or need high fidelity sound for your background music which is pretty cool.

[@jodyjohnson265]

Not gonna lie you did got me with this banger 6:00 I hear this song a lot in youtube background music

[@EvilNeuro_IITPP]

4:40 "top 5 coolest controlled demolitions" ahh music ngl

[@adedmusicgroup]

Finally we got Dolby Atmos at home with those fire alarms lol

[@martinsaviationlife2690]

Love this video so funny having jazz in paris just blast ❤

[@clevelandarearailfan]

Person: "wow, nice place, what's the sound system?" Me: - plays music on the fire alarm-

[@Surfdaddyrock]

6:22 I still listen to the songs today lol

[@KadenStenka]

Same

[@georgegeysen2727]

My favorite KZbin Audio Library bangers: Emotional Mess - Amy Lynn & the Honey Men Scarlet Fire - Otis Mcdonald Walk Through the Park - TrackTribe I use these songs to test audio equipment.

[@Redfur-]

Actually a good choice of music dude!

[@dogbunns]

Imagine if fire alarms had to play royalty free music in an emergency. 🤣

[@Peter28148]

I love the wite bad quality one xD

[@sophiapriest]

You should make a podcast talking about and playing your favourite songs ... honestly I'd be down to listen to it

[@jonahplayscello]

I wasn’t expecting to sound nearly that good

[@randallferguson8147]

This is so cursed. I love it.

[@juoig7799]

Imagine the fire alarm going off and it suddenly plays rock music lol

[@ryanthegamer31]

“I hope they play fein”

[@MrAlex3461]

Honestly what criteria does something have to meet for it to have that search icon next to it.

[@Johnytiger]

This video slaps, great pull

[@neohistoryfan1014]

I could blast various forms of heavy metal through these things. I would probably use a Pantera song. it's now a code requirement for newer schools to have voice evacuation fire alarm systems. my former high school may have to get one of these systems when they finally decide to renovate the building

[@DigiVore.official]

Okay I've had this thought for a while now: when I buy my first home, I'll install some speaker strobes for a general PA system as well as for music, and fire-alarm installation. Any recommendations to what brands and stuff to get for a beginner in the hobby? I'd probably want something similar to your system

[@officialsimplexguy]

4:40 top 10 biggest waterslides

[@SLICED24]

Imagine there being an actual fire and when the fire fighters come to put out the fire, they hear music coming from the fire alarms as they go inside the house lol 💀. Of course there would be people crying and screaming, but at least there will be some nice relaxing music playing in the background. The music makes up for the fire lol.

[@calvinnguyen7059]

thank you. i was trying so hard to find this

[@officiallyjk420]

Perfect for throwing a basement rager. Don't need the giant standing speaker setup anymore

[@SimpleSteveMC]

The jazz in Paris song is actually perfect for the alarm sound, extra points if you can get the strobe to sync with the beat.

[@YourLocalFireAlarmTech]

I played Mastodon which is hard rock through a 4903 speaker strobe. Needless to say Simplex makes BUMPIN ass speakers LMAO. Love this.

[@Junden-w1u]

This would be so cool as just a home sound system to play music off of as the speaker sound like they have some bass to them!

[@LunarFlareStudios]

Should have played Neffex. They're a royalty-free metal/rap band that is popular in the Free Audio Library. And boy, is their music awesome!

[@fangthewarrior]

Something about it being the music absolutely everyone uses makes this funny

[@KaiBannon]

Imagine if the voice evacuation message was jazz disco while the strobes are having a party

[@hirusthehellhound]

Those amps in the box [the light illuminated blue light on the top circuit boards] are actually a diy kit ?

[@RWL2012]

the whole thing is funny but the infinite baffle one in the ceiling with the bass is especially funny lol! a bit disappointed that you didn't capture the actual beat of the 4:39 track on that one though haha

[@bassdrumflextime1253]

The one in the ceiling actually sounds pretty good lol

[@Psythik]

4:29 To this day, when people mention using KZbin as a kid, it still blows my mind because I'm only in my 30s and don't feel that old... until I hear comments like this.

[@JimsElectrics-w4q]

Imagine people’s reactions hearing Microsoft Sam reading funny customized Windows Errors and/or stupid signs. 😂

[@LegendaryMaoMao20]

Surprisingly good speaker, even better than my laptop speaker 😂 also, activate thr strobes, its a dance party now 😂

[@whosayink9026]

This music was fire!

[@lucyluwickerbeast851]

that was cool those speakers are pretty ok sounding ^_^

[@Tjcarrillo1999]

These no copyright music are sounds really nice I like ncs

[@bread_cat__]

This takes me back to elementry!!

[@kaelen3279]

It's interesting seeing the american based fire alarm panels and systems after working on australian fire alarm systems for over 2 years now!!

[@JyKrp]

Awesome video

[@johnrickard8512]

Using fire alarms as a PA is actually a genius life hack. You see, you are constantly testing your apparatus and will quite quickly find any alarms that are not functioning.

[@giffardjustin]

Can you access the strobe functionality when not in emergancy mode? Imagine using the stobes to flash to Can Can instead of flickering the lights

[@iiiiiiii3283]

“How to escape from a building fire! DIY-Tut-Guide-dexter-make it yourself!” ahh fire alarm

[@BobbieBees]

Hospital where I work uses the fire alarm system for Code pages and general paging.

[@nicolastanoe]

Best sound sistem 🗿🗿🗿🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷

[@ArthurKhazbs]

"This is a newer speakerstrobe, which means it has a slightly worse speaker". Damn, they used to know how to make 'em back in the days.

[@stephenkellervideos]

Not sure which I enjoyed more, the unconventional whole-home audio or your commentary 😂

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

This is funny but I totally get it now!

[@alexandersalarms5380]

bro 5:27 LEGIT nostalgic for me as fuckkk

[@Flawless-z4y]

3:33 it literally sounds so funny while you are saying how loud it is and and the way you're kind of freaking out

[@ThatOneHWcollector]

Now that I think of it, the white alarm speaker sounds like its going through a crossover, Meaning that there is an electrical thingy or capacitor filtering out low frequencies because it sounds like it's ALL high frequencies. If there's a capacitor on the line going to the speaker, then it's going through a high pass filter.

[@mraiwa1000]

I vaguely remember one time in grade school 20 years ago hearing music playing out of the fire alarms instead of the regular pa speakers and I was extremely confused by that for a whole week 🤣

[@switchthechannel6317]

🎶We didn't start the fire It was always burning Since the world's been turning We didn't start the fire No, we didn't light it But we tried to fight it🎶

[@sam-yt]

Fire alarm or not, speaker quality is great

[@Alwaysdoinit112]

Your old videos are how i found "Ncs feel good"

[@borkluchtalarm]

Very interesting!

[@boredreindeer5602]

I've seen this at a few Walmart stores, though I'm questioning if my own Walmart has these. At my local walmart we have these white speakers on the ceiling that don't have a strobe or fire lettering, however no alarms can be seen throughout the building

[@thepro7404]

Now i know that you can call all your homies and party with these speakers. No sound systems needed.

[@pokemon-morgan]

This is definitely something I need😂

[@ASavage9794]

That's a lot of fire extinguishers lmao.

[@Liftmaster78]

Also good taste in music

[@lexvox44]

2:12 i would freak tf out if some actual fire alarm in a public space would start plaing this tune. Imagine being in an empty hotel hallway in the middle of the night and this shit starts playin

[@Void_F33]

How do you actually do this got me wanting to 😅😂

[@ITS-MISHARBLX]

2:10 THIS SONG IS BEST BANGER! ITS MY CHILDHOOD!