Someone here once mentioned making a round timer CD, but I searched and couldn't find the thread. I thought it was a good idea, but I can't claim it for myself. This stuff may sound complicated, but I'm a total idiot with computers, and if I can do it, anyone can. Here's how I did it:
I went to findsounds.com and downloaded a bell, a buzzer and a hammer sound in .wav format. I copied the sounds and pasted them onto a program called Nero Wave Editor (came free with a CD burner I bought). I spaced them out at appropriate intervals to fit my needs, then burnt the CD. When played on a CD player, I set the "repeat" button to give a continuous loop. Here's how it starts when it plays:
Start- Hammer sound (thump, thump, thump) 10-second warning to start of round
:10 - Bell sound (ding, ding) - start of round
3:00 - Hammer sound - 10-second warning to end of round
3:10 - Buzzer - end of round
50 seconds of blank space, then the CD loops back to the hammer at the beginning
I checked it with my stopwatch, and everything's right on the money. I did about 6 rounds over the weekend with it on the heavy and double-end bag in my garage, and it worked flawlessly. I thought about adding some "tones" into the round to let me know how much time has gone by, but I wanted to keep it simple at first and the 10-second warning is enough for me right now.
If anyone's interested, I could put the file up on yousendit or something if someone explains how to do it...
