Last Updated: 01Oct24

Overview:
This is a new plug-and-play design of the old Bally Star Trek AS-2518-32 pinball sound board. This design uses current technology to replicate the old sound board and add custom sound features. Although the board can be configured to sound stock, it is intended to be used for the custom sounds for the Bally Star Trek pinball machine. All the sounds are contained in WAV files on the on-board MicroSD card. You can select from three sound banks.
Bank 0: Background sounds from the TV series.
Bank 1: Single background sound is the control room.
Bank 2: Background sounds from The Motion Picture.

I bet you will never be able to sit through a stock sounding game again. This Custom Star Trek Sound Board is an extremely popular board. See the link to customer reviews at the bottom of this page.

The board has the following stock features:
1. It utilizes the same machine mounting.
2. It is a plug-and-play direct replacement, utilizing the same power as the stock board.
3. It contains a volume knob to adjust the level of the board's amplifier.

My design has extra features:
1. All the chimes, tunes, sound effects, quotes, music, and backgrounds are customizable as they are WAV files on a MicroSD card.
2. An EXTRA SOUNDS volume knob to turn on and mix the extra sounds not included in the stock machine.
3. A BACKGROUND volume knob to turn on a repeating background sound not included in the stock machine.
4. You can specify custom attract sound file(s) to play when the game is at rest.
5. There are 4 sets of customizable sound banks available.
6. All the sounds are played overlapping (polyphonic). This includes the stock scoring sounds.

Stock and Custom Sound Control:
STOCK SCORE SOUNDS: These are the sounds (chimes or short noises) that play when scoring in the stock setup. Their volume is controlled by the STOCK volume knob.

STOCK TUNES: These are the tunes (longer series of notes or noises) that play at the start of the game, tilt, saucer eject, and the end of the game. Their volume is controlled by the STOCK volume knob. If the EXTRA volume knob is turned up, these stock tunes will not play - they are replaced with extra custom sounds.

CUSTOM EXTRA SOUNDS: These are the custom sound effects and voices that play in place of the stock tunes and during solenoid activity. Their volume is controlled by the EXTRA volume knob. Turning this knob all the way down will cause these custom extra sounds to stop and cause the stock tunes to return.

CUSTOM BACKGROUND: These are long sound files that are put into repeating play mode during game play (when a ball is in play). Their volume is controlled by the BACKGROUND volume knob. Turning this knob all the way down will cause the background to stop. DIP switch 1 controls whether there is one background for the whole game or different ones for each of the balls. Up to five backgrounds can be defined, one for each ball.

CUSTOM ATTRACT SOUNDS: These are the sound files (sound effects or quotes) that play every 3 minutes between games when no balls are in play. The volume of the attract sound is controlled by the EXTRA volume knob, unless it is off. If the EXTRA volume knob is off, the attract sound volume is set by the STOCK knob. DIP switch 2 controls if the attract sounds will play. DIP switch 3 controls if one attract sound file will be played or one selected randomly from 30 files.

Check out one of my YouTube videos on the installation and operation of the board in a Bally Star Trek machine:


Here is a close up of my Custom Bally Star Trek sound board. This board will only work in the Bally Star Trek pinball machine. It will do very little in any other -32/-50 sound board machine. Click on the image to see it in higher detail.

Order Details: You will receive the custom Bally Star Trek sound board along with a printed manual. Contact me if you have questions about purchase: geeteoh@mchsi.com

Cost is $220 plus $10 shipping to US addresses. The direct Pay-Pal purchase button below is for US buyers only. Outside US, email me at geeteoh@mchsi.com to send an invoice with shipping charges. $25 Canada and UK, $35 to Australia and most other countries. I am not shipping into South America. Customs forms are filled out as merchandise and total value of the board(s) shipped. Customs duty/taxes will be collected by your country prior to delivery.