Or use for example an IR detector to trigger it when a train pulls into the station.
Any of these last few ideas is better than it being in the loco's decoder. By using a stationary sound player, you'd have the correct sounds at each station, not one generic one that plays everywhere.
--Randy
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A small item of interest caught my eye while catching up on my Model Railroader subscription. Ngineering has a new product called Little Sounds which can play back up to 5 minutes of pre-recorded audio.
http://www.ngineering.com/little_sounds.htm
They have a library of sound files, most of which are things like cows in a pasture or seagulls and surf, like some other manufacturers have for adding background audio to a scene. One thing I noticed is that the basic small unit is less than $20, considerably less expensive than most I've seen, and it includes a speaker.
In the fine print, they let you know that they will program in user-supplied files for a small additional fee. The boards have the option of selecting and playing several different files from the same board.
These are not decoders so you can't activate them from a throttle, but for station announcements you could connect them to fascia buttons and get a range of announcements for each station.
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wjstix Also possible with the Digitrax sound decoders that allow sound projects to be down(up?)loaded onto the decoder. I found a good "all aboard" sound file on the internet and added it to the sound decoder for an RDC and an E-7. Technically, any .wav sound file can be added, so you could add anything you want.
Also possible with the Digitrax sound decoders that allow sound projects to be down(up?)loaded onto the decoder. I found a good "all aboard" sound file on the internet and added it to the sound decoder for an RDC and an E-7. Technically, any .wav sound file can be added, so you could add anything you want.
That would seem to be the way to do it. You could download the file to a Soundbug and mount it inside a passenger car if there isn't room for a second decoder in the engine. Or, if you've only got one station, you could program a number of announcements into a Soundbug and mount it inside the station, so that the same unit could be used for any passenger train passing through.
MisterBeasley Now there's an idea for the MR Sweepstakes! The winner gets customized station name announcements read by Steven Otte, and they show you how to burn them into a Tsunami on DCC Corner in next month's issue.
Now there's an idea for the MR Sweepstakes!
The winner gets customized station name announcements read by Steven Otte, and they show you how to burn them into a Tsunami on DCC Corner in next month's issue.
While this is not possible with Tsunami, or Econami, it IS possible for Loksound...
Watch the Yahoo SoundTraxx DCC Group. I suspect that might be the first or near first place to see something about the new run.
I subscribe to the Group in email.
Rich
If you ever fall over in public, pick yourself up and say “sorry it’s been a while since I inhabited a body.” And just walk away.
Keep your ears peeled, because there is something fresh on the horizon that will soon replace the old Tsunami...I'll bet that will be within its capabilities in some form or fashion.
Mike Lehman
Urbana, IL
The SoundTraxx Tsunami TSU-1000 does not have vocal station/conductor announcements.
RR Baron
Does the Soountraxx Tsunami TSU-1000 have vocal station/conductor announcements? If so, how do you access and control them?
Thanks,
Richard