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Berkshire Sound
Posted by alexstan on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 10:04 AM

So ESU doesn't have a Berkshire sound file for the Select. What other engine does the Berk sound the closest to? Would the 2-8-2 sound file sound close enough?

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Posted by gmpullman on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 3:57 PM

Hi, Alax

Which railroad's Berkshire are you trying to emulate? ESU has several that would be close, even one that says "Steam: four driven axles"

If I were going to gamble I'd go with this one even though a U2g is a 4-8-4

Steam "CN U2G"

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Posted by alexstan on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 4:19 PM

gmpullman

Hi, Alax

Which railroad's Berkshire are you trying to emulate? ESU has several that would be close, even one that says "Steam: four driven axles"

If I were going to gamble I'd go with this one even though a U2g is a 4-8-4

Steam "CN U2G"

73437

Have fun! Ed



Ed - The one I have on order is the Nickel Plate Road Railfan Version #763.

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Posted by locoi1sa on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:36 PM

Alexander

  The Select has 4 prime mover sounds on one decoder. I am sure if you put the Heavy steam sound set in you can customize the prime mover sounds to approximate what you are looking for. If you have a programmer it is a lot easier to do. Even though the diverse sound set has a 2-10-0 prime mover advertised I instead used the Heavy steam for the large Decapods the PRR had. I also used the same sound sets for the K5s Pacific. So far I have 5 Select decoders with only 2 different sound sets and each sounds different from one another. I have 2 in 2-10-0 locos. One has a coast to coast tender and the other is smaller as built tender. They are both set up the same but just the size difference in tenders makes a huge change in tones. I am still waiting for the PRR sound set to come out.

        Pete

 I pray every day I break even, Cause I can really use the money!

 I started with nothing and still have most of it left!

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