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QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 20 Feb 2009, 21:30) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I guess this will be one of those threads where there is a large difference of opinion. I wouldn't be without sound in any loco and consider a stealth loco as incomplete and lacking. With DCC you can turn the sound on and off so if it's doing your head in; you can turn it off. I have the sound on all the time on all the loco's I happen to be running that day. That's how it was in real life in a railway station.

I agree with neil, it is a each to their own thing. All my sound locos are volume controlled to approx 5-6ft distance.
I use mostly Loksound and all locos (steam& diesel) can coast with engine sound at idle or chuff all but disappears.
Diesel shunters rev before moving off, motor goes back to idle, loco keeps rolling.
Automatic air release as loco comes to stop. Automatic horn toot as loco begins to move.

I could go on here but how prototypical do you want to get.
There is very little that can not be done with Loksound. The motor can be turned off and just the horn/whistle if you want.

The beauty of DCC is we are only limited by our imagination and the amount of money we want to spend.

I love sound, sometimes 4/5 locos at same time.

Ian

 

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QUOTE (locoworks @ 21 Feb 2009, 18:20) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>it may not be a cheap sound optioin for what you are looking for, but you could still use a 'normal' sound decoder if you get it's programmer ( i'm thinking lok sounds ESU programmer thingy that allows you to load your own sounds ) you could just delete the sounds in the decoder you don't want i suppose really that would be just the 'chuff' or engine noise. you could keep all the buffer noise, air brakes, horns, bells, whistles, couplings etc. so the only noise would be what you want at your command regardless of speed. you may need to record silence if the decoder has to have a file in place for it to work?? i really don't know.

With Loksound the motor/steam sound can be turned off any time with a function button. With motor sound off all the other sounds, horn/whistle,bell, airbrakes,coupling ,etc,etc, can be played.
A Lokprogramer is not needed to do this( it does make it easier) but can be done with CV adjustment.

Ian