simple sound effects

We have, somewhere in the Elektor laboratories, a sound effects department, although the exact location has yet to be discovered. There was a widely held opinion that it was found during the last Christmas office party but this was eventually discounted because a) the noises were too lifelike and b) it was not possible to simulate them electronically! We usually associate their normal products with the dying shrieks of tortured cats, horrifying howls and a whole assortment of plops, bangs, whistles etc. However on the odd occasion they do produce sounds suitable for publication and, to prove that this department really does exist, here is their latest circuit design.