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When I did the A3 decoder, someone commented that one of the things they'd love to see (hear) is wheelslip for the big steam loco's.
Well.... I've done it.
I've been re-vamping my Coronation (Duchess) soundfile masters and was motivated by a couple of video's with Duchess of Hamilton slipping and dancing everywhere when moving off (some careless work at the controls actually - whoever was at the controls nearly primed it well and truly so the whistle was squeaking & spewing water too!)
So... I have integrated a short wheelslip sequence into the decoder as follows.
Added in this case to Fn 4.
Loco set up with momentum at 20 in forward, 15 in reverse (this gives good control over drifting once the loco has reached line speed.
Start loco sound.
Put the loco into gear - as you would for any start with a load on, at say speed step 1~4 depending on controller and amount of momentum.
before moving, the loco does the usual steam hiss as the cylinders are cleared of condensation. Just as this happens you press F4
So...
As the initial hiss dies and power is applied, theres a flurry of wheelslip (actually taken from another Duchess, not Hamilton)
a moment after the slip stops, the first chuff happens as the loco moves off.
In other words, a short wheelslip as was common with big loco's starting reasonable tonnages.... nothing extreme.
The question is, should I do it for ALL pacifics and larger loco's - I'd like to know if its important to you as its a lot of setu-up owrk.
Please post and advise me!
regards
Richard
PS: Other things that I like about this new sound file: Two distinctively Duchess whistles, both very "stanier" but with the airy sort of breathlessness that duchess fitted whistles seem to have.
One is set up to replicate the sound when its not all that close to you and running at speed (a little doppler and echo in it), the other just like it should sound close by... sharper but still with the "breathless" undertone of a Stanier whistle.
REJ
When I did the A3 decoder, someone commented that one of the things they'd love to see (hear) is wheelslip for the big steam loco's.
Well.... I've done it.
I've been re-vamping my Coronation (Duchess) soundfile masters and was motivated by a couple of video's with Duchess of Hamilton slipping and dancing everywhere when moving off (some careless work at the controls actually - whoever was at the controls nearly primed it well and truly so the whistle was squeaking & spewing water too!)
So... I have integrated a short wheelslip sequence into the decoder as follows.
Added in this case to Fn 4.
Loco set up with momentum at 20 in forward, 15 in reverse (this gives good control over drifting once the loco has reached line speed.
Start loco sound.
Put the loco into gear - as you would for any start with a load on, at say speed step 1~4 depending on controller and amount of momentum.
before moving, the loco does the usual steam hiss as the cylinders are cleared of condensation. Just as this happens you press F4
So...
As the initial hiss dies and power is applied, theres a flurry of wheelslip (actually taken from another Duchess, not Hamilton)
a moment after the slip stops, the first chuff happens as the loco moves off.
In other words, a short wheelslip as was common with big loco's starting reasonable tonnages.... nothing extreme.
The question is, should I do it for ALL pacifics and larger loco's - I'd like to know if its important to you as its a lot of setu-up owrk.
Please post and advise me!
regards
Richard
PS: Other things that I like about this new sound file: Two distinctively Duchess whistles, both very "stanier" but with the airy sort of breathlessness that duchess fitted whistles seem to have.
One is set up to replicate the sound when its not all that close to you and running at speed (a little doppler and echo in it), the other just like it should sound close by... sharper but still with the "breathless" undertone of a Stanier whistle.
REJ
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