On3 Shay - big sound.
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Before the surgery, we took it outside for a couple of "publicity shots."
Peter is an excellent photographer and he brought his stage.

Then we disassembled it and inserted the two cube speakers. They face each other in a kind of 'hyperbaric' configuration. They are 8 Ohms each, wired in parallel = 4 Ohms.

Then I wired in a Loksound V4 decoder and downloaded the Shay project file from the ESU website. As Peter's is wood fired, I removed the coal shovelling sound and tweaked a few of the controls.
Because I didn't have any On3 track, I put her up on blocks to hear what the download sounded like.

Here's a rough recording of the sounds . . .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hr4mHNDvRM
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Here's how the photo shoot turned out . . .


. . . and here's a copy of his Function Map to tell him what goes where . . .

. . . a very enjoyable way to spend Saturday arvo'
Max
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Fascinating stuff.
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Watch this space. :lol:
Max
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As you know, I've commented elsewhere on the results.
Those who haven't watched the clip yet - I urge you to do so - it's not time wasted !!!!
'Petermac
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Thanks Max.
John
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Max
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No distortion and so real.
John.
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I must admit that I was not really convinced about sound but yesterday has changed my mind. I was impressed with what the Climax could do straight out of the box. I am now in the process of finding out what else is out there. I am also interested in providing some of the other sounds that are not directly connected with the trains themselves. I have seen (heard) layouts that have other odd sounds like the blacksmith's hammer etc but what about the ambient noise to tie the whole scene together?
I was thinking of just recording the 'silence between the trains at my local station…
There is a picture of my test track with the Climax running on my new blog HERE
Ralph.
It will be finished one day…
http://ralphsmodelrailway.blogspot.co.uk/
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The sound decoder I used was a Loksound Version 4 4 Aux. The sound project was downloaded from the ESU site and I hardly had to change much at all. Peter's is wood fired, so I removed the coal shovelling, then remapped a few of the functions and set up the performance parameters. Easy to do with the Lokprogrammer.
I made up some ambient sounds for one of our club members which included trains leaving, passing and arriving. I copied and pasted the 30 minute result until we had 4 hours. I did it in .mp3 and he plays it in an old iPod through a 5.1 under his layout.
I can let you have a copy if you would like one, or I could make a bespoke one for you.
I enjoyed your blog. :thumbs
Max
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[user=269]MaxSouthOz[/user] wrote:
A copy of your ambient noise would be nice to experiment with - thank you! I had not thought of using a 5.1. I was debating going custom…I made up some ambient sounds for one of our club members which included trains leaving, passing and arriving. I copied and pasted the 30 minute result until we had 4 hours. I did it in .mp3 and he plays it in an old iPod through a 5.1 under his layout.
I really need to explore the possibilities of DCC fully. I am still at the Cor! and Wow! stage at the moment and that is just what my MRC Prodigy 2 can do on its own!! For me, it is the research that I enjoy. I have a basic knowledge of electronics and I am looking at all sorts of uses for micro controllers. I have been playing with the Arduino ( http://arduino.cc/ ) of late and I can see all sorts of possibilities here, especially in the area of mood setting and scenic effects, including sound.
Now this is going to sound really silly, but I have been messing around with plastic croaking frogs. The electronics that drive the speaker can be used to drive an LED to flash and dim in a seemingly random way, musical greetings cards have similar potential. go to my workshop blog: http://ralphsworkshop.blogspot.co.uk/ and put enter "Frog" into the search box. There are two or three posts referring to this strange carry on…
Thanks for your kind words regarding the blog - it is very early days as I only set it up at the end of last week. The railway website has had some attention as well but I must find some time to add some more content over the next few days.
Ralph ;-)
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It will be finished one day…
http://ralphsmodelrailway.blogspot.co.uk/
Ralph's Workshop
www.my-modelrailway.co.uk
www.my-meccano.co.uk
http://ralphsmodelrailway.blogspot.co.uk/
Ralph's Workshop
www.my-modelrailway.co.uk
www.my-meccano.co.uk
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PM me with your address and I'll put it on a stick and post it to you, Ralph. It's too big to email.A copy of your ambient noise would be nice to experiment with - thank you!
There are a myriad of electronic gizmos around now for us to play with and subvert to our models. I'll be watching with interest to see what you make of them. :thumbs
Max
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