Silverstreak Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 basically if you have the throttle open (as an example speed step 25 on a lenz 100) so its chuffing then shut it back to just rod clank (say speed step 22) and then open it back up by a couple of notches (speed step 23-24) it will give the draincock hiss, if you then open it up futher the draincock sounds shut and the exhaust it will give a deeper "bark" (eg back up to 28) its not a function its built into the program, most howes steam chips do it now or if not bryan is slowly updating his progrmas to include it Thanks Jim, I understand it now. The Tornado Chip looks very temping as it has a far more authentic chime whisle than that available on the SWD A4 supplied chip especially so when on on the move. Im assuming that the intermittent discharge of the Drain cocks will eventually be added to the Tornado chip but I can check that out with Howes when I eventally get around to ordering one Thanks for the info much appriciated Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 28, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2010 i think tornado does the draincock thingy too, will have to check on the rolling road later!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 31, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 31, 2010 found a few old vids on a memory card yesterday which i've uploaded to youtube, all recorded on 250BOB's layout, i originally uploaded them to photobucket but here they are via youtube: standard 5 being banked by a class 25 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWeADhiXsJk britannia being banked by the super D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GUUelfzpv4 there are more up there including an 08, 66 and 153 doing runs of the layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmustu Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nwGJ4XK50g http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwegUi6WuAM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted August 7, 2010 Share Posted August 7, 2010 HI All and particularly to Big Jim. When you put the sound clip of the ROD on I thought that the recording sounded good enough to buy. I know my comments and those that you passed to Brian and the "observations" (they weren't criticisims) from the down load I know "where" right. There is a major difference to hearing the chip in a loco in front of you! There is a lot of quieter sounds that are there but are not picked up on the Youtube recording and they really do sound absolutly fantastic. I say that once the speaker is installed properly, my job tonight to make a better enclosure (or change to a bass enhanced) which infills the "splashers" in the tender chassis, will improve the sound efficiency as well as clarity. The loco will be good if not slightly better than the fantastic Super D recording. So after all this ramble a big thanks to "big Jim" to upload the information, and also a masive thank you to Brian for bringing the product to the market! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 8, 2010 Author Share Posted August 8, 2010 Well, Doug didn't get that enclosure done last night, largely due to my talking to him on the phone when he "should" have been modelling! I have to agree with Doug's assessment of the ROD sounds, having now had a litle play with his ROD on my layout leftovers. It really is a lovely sound package, Bryan has excelled himself. As Doug said, the speaker installation leaves the sound a little tinny at the moment but a few minutes work with some plasticard, glue and Blu-Tac should see a major improvement in the output quality - he may well have done that by now, even as I type this! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted August 13, 2010 Share Posted August 13, 2010 As an aside to the install of the sound in the ROD. I have changed the speaker to be a base enhanced 40mm x 20 (or there abouts) sound is improved in that the 'tinny' sound has droped to almost gone. The challange in installing is you have to remove the mounting for the 21 pin decoder and thin down as much as you dare the coal space. (I ended up with a slight over cut, so it won't hold water ) So in the end the speaker just fits in the longtudial direction to the front of the tender with the decoder/ plug loose above the speaker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 13, 2010 Author Share Posted August 13, 2010 Sounds good, Doug (oh, a pun!). Does the coal space really have to hold water? Just tell that fireman not to hose the coal down! I'll look forward to hearing it soon - probably on Saturday week at the exhibition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted September 7, 2010 Share Posted September 7, 2010 Hornby's sound fitted Castle, definantly the best steam loco in their range http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF9Yv8TFmkQ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
15A Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 Hornby's sound fitted Castle, definantly the best steam loco in their range The sound file 'sounds' very good, but watching the film clip was a bit like peeping through the curtains! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed-farms Posted September 8, 2010 Share Posted September 8, 2010 The sound file 'sounds' very good, but watching the film clip was a bit like peeping through the curtains! It was a bit, not easy to drive the train, control the functions and hold the I-phone all at once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 22, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2010 recorded a few more video's the other day, nothing new but enjoy anyway CLASS 92 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE7NwqtKDok UNREFURBISHED CLASS 37 SHUNTING ROUND THE DEPOT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rdit79JFI8 CLASS 40 COMING ON SHED FOR FUEL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcmOboTZqI COMPARISON BETWEEN NON LOW EMISSION AND LOW EMISSION CLASS 66'S http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0fjAyW7Yq4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 Another member (thanks, Kev) has alerted me to the fact that my links to photobucket seem to have failed. I'm not sure why this has happened but it also applies on another forum I'm a member of. I will try to upload all the vids to YouTube (as soon as I can remember my password!) and redirect the links to there, although this may take a bit of time to get up and working properly. Please be patient with me as I have been a bit busy of late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matador Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 "Some vids of 37s with Pete Harveys sound box mod" Being new to the site where can I find the sound box mod DC Sr A Brit in the USA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted September 30, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 30, 2010 couple more from me, nothing new again but i've bought a new (2nd hand) camcorder and am trying it out, the quality is loads better than the mobile i've been using previously, its not HD but its DVD quality i will have a few more new howes locos to try out tomorrow including a Bachmann 03, reblown Hornby castle and a revised howes peak Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmustu Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXlKUNv6G60 Class 37 arriving on the depot and shutting down. Howes refurbished 37 chip and bass reflex speaker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady_Ava_Hay Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Just playing...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsFFcdQ5U4A Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
158722 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Howes 101 (generic) in New chassis Hornby 101 painted into Strathclyde with 29mm round speaker http://www.youtube.com/user/airthreypark#p/u/4/0udzlP3ggyc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boleyn Road Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Here are some videos from my DCC sound layout 'Oaks Park'. Howes refurbished Class 37 with a silver bullet http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgbVIxJvA5A Howes Class 108 http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRwI6uuq2W0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Digital Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 A couple of videos of my Large Logo Blue Class 37's running on "Willaston Road" Both locos fitted with South West Digital Sound decoders. Link to Willaston Road Videos John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Digital Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 "Some vids of 37s with Pete Harveys sound box mod" Being new to the site where can I find the sound box mod DC Sr A Brit in the USA Pete's Sound Box article is in this thread.................... http://www.rmweb.co....ch__1#entry6949 John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 22, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2010 couple more videos from me, nothing new but these pair hadn't been run on bobs layout before, the other advantage being they are recorded on the new camcorder, there is a lot of noise from the wheels of the wagon the camera is sat on but they vids have come out very well first up my chiltern 165 with the usual howes sounds the soundchip does not step down at 50mph so it seems to scream round the layout as it is using the original howes 158 as a basis for the sounds, hopefully bryan will be able to adjust it when i visit next http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu055ZB21A4 next up the Bachmann 150/2 with howes sounds as usual, unfortunatly bobs contorller only goes up to 12 functions and my "station announcement" recordings are higher up, this time the train stops in the station (we forgot to take the tools off the platform!) to demonstrate the door sounds etc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z41dEoHQm6A i should all being well have a couple more chips tomorrow, a class 37/4 and a class 67, once i get them i'll post a couple of vids up here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Neil Wood and I did some recordings on Saturday, of his Voyager and GNER HSt, plus my classes 150, 158 and 4CEP. I have still to edit mine into something presentable before uploading. this time I'm going to try uploading to YouTube rather than my usual Photobucket. If successful, I'll upload all the previous ones to there and amend the broken links in my earlier posts. As they say ... watch this space! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassey jones Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Hornby 08 with Howes sound chip and 23mm speaker fitted into the cab, sounds much better than the original Hornby speaker fitted to it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcLgQEWwhmk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
making tracks Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 this one is worth a look Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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