drgj Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I have asked this before but I thought I would see if anything has changed. I have looked at all the sound sites but there are no details. Has anyone produced a sound file for the class 50 with the proper "Hoover" sound? I was in Waitrose underground car park recently and the extractor system sounded very similar! Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 I don't think I've even seen a video/heard a recording with the original hoover sound - I remember hearing them echoing across the Stroud valley when I was a boy, and have been hoping to hear that sound again one day. Without the hoover, they sound like every other chugging EE tractor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 If all else fails I'm here ...... S.Ucket 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgj Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 V. good replies! Could some generic sound be combined with a 50 sound file (maybe not Henry )? Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 LegomanBiffo class 50 sound chip. F12 Automatic roof fan ('hoover' sound). When turned on, fan starts automatically when loco takes power and stops when loco stops 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgj Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 Nick- Not sure that is the same thing. The sound I am talking about is the air filtration system that sounded all the time. It was quite loud. When they refurbished the locos it was removed so the ones left don't sound like "Hoovers" anymore. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
50A55B Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 The Arco Transacord album of Western recordings has a long clip recorded at Reading station which features a pre-refurb 50 arriving (and a Hymek on a coke train too). It's only a short part of the clip but does give a flavour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 (edited) so what you are saying is all current hoover sound files suck? I'll get my coat... Edited July 1, 2017 by Luke Piewalker 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIRCLASS80 Posted July 1, 2017 Share Posted July 1, 2017 so what you are saying is all current hoover sound files suck? I'll get my coat... This is all going to blow up in your face Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgj Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 They don't suck. They just don't sound like the class 50s I remember from the 70s. Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Piewalker Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 No offence to the sound recording and file creating peoples who put a lot of time and effort into putting together their sound files, purely a terrible joke... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Wot 'e sed was they sound like they suck!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
drgj Posted July 2, 2017 Author Share Posted July 2, 2017 I'm a bit slow and didn't get the joke at first! I wish they did suck! Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshPaws Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 I recently got both the Legomanbiffo (ESU) and the Digitrains (Zimo) projects, both have the option to switch on the hoover sound and both sound great to my ears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gerbil-Fritters Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 Can you post a link or a vid? I've still only heard one unrefurbed 50 on the internet (this one) and it doesn't really capture the sound that well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoshPaws Posted November 5, 2017 Share Posted November 5, 2017 50011 is cleaning the floor quite nicely a couple of minutes into this. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarks Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Quite an interesting and unusual sight passing my house last night and tonight at 7.45pm. Two class 50 ' Hoover's' pulling a rake of coal wagons. Didn't get thier numbers ( I thought one was 50190, but that doesn't exist) but had DC frieght with a grey livery. The sound is the most unusual sound I have heard from a loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick G Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 5 minutes ago, Clarks said: Two class 50 ' Hoover's' pulling a rake of coal wagons. Didn't get thier numbers ( I thought one was 50190, but that doesn't exist) but had DC frieght with a grey livery. They would be class 56's, 56091? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarks Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 Thanks Nick, I will keep my eyes peeled tomorrow night to see if they return and try to get their names & numbers. As said above, a really unusual sound. I actually thought it was a helicopter hovering above the house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 7, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 7, 2019 On 05/11/2017 at 16:14, PoshPaws said: 50011 is cleaning the floor quite nicely a couple of minutes into this. That clip gives those modellers who try and nicely line up all the louvres food for thought! Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold uk_pm Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 Lovely vids. With an O gauge 50 due in a few weeks, it’s worth restating the original question at the head of this thread: what is the current state of play with class 50 sound decoders? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 13 minutes ago, uk_pm said: Lovely vids. With an O gauge 50 due in a few weeks, it’s worth restating the original question at the head of this thread: what is the current state of play with class 50 sound decoders? We seem to be going in circles because this has already been answered. Both Legomanbiffo & Digitrains/Paul Chetter produce sound projects for class 50s. Both have the 'hoover' fan sound switchable which you can turn on by a function if you have an original. I though all the Heljan ones (for the initial release at least) were refurbs though, so the hoover sound is irrelevant. Sound projects can be blown to the larger, more powerful decoders & a 7mm model should be perfect to fit a larger speaker to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted August 20, 2019 Share Posted August 20, 2019 I chatted to Heljan at Model Rail Scotland and they said that they had no plans to release a pre-refurb 50, mainly due to the lack of livery variations available to be able to generate the orders to cover with the extra tooling expense. Time for a good old conversion kit to be made available, those sandbox filler points will be a sod though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold uk_pm Posted August 22, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2019 On 20/08/2019 at 08:23, Pete the Elaner said: We seem to be going in circles because this has already been answered. Both Legomanbiffo & Digitrains/Paul Chetter produce sound projects for class 50s. Both have the 'hoover' fan sound switchable which you can turn on by a function if you have an original. I though all the Heljan ones (for the initial release at least) were refurbs though, so the hoover sound is irrelevant. Sound projects can be blown to the larger, more powerful decoders & a 7mm model should be perfect to fit a larger speaker to. Apologies. The emphasis in my question was meant to be on the word "current" (the majority of the activity on this thread being more than 2 years old). It may be that there have been no developments since then - which s a pity, since the class 50 made a wonderful din, not yet captured on any DCC project IMHO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BR Blue Posted September 17, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2019 The original non-refurnished class 50s sounded different to the refurbished ones. A lot of equipment was removed from them during refurbishment and the ventilation system was changed. The sounds in the file above of 50002 in 1980 are not available in any of the sound chips on the market. All those sound chips are refurbished examples. The current sound chips can make lots of hoover like sounds but they are not the same ones that gave the class its nickname. Even though it is not that long ago (well maybe it is - 40 years) the original sound is hard to source in a format the sound chip producers can use. I wonder will we ever see a sound chip with the original sound? Maybe someone has done their own based on personal recordings? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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