Hello Henry,
Thank you for the information, it's very much appreciated.
Serge
Tonight I downloaded a sound project (S0770) and installed it into a Loksound 5 decoder.
I played around with CV285 and managed to change the bell rate with the confirmation that the ring rate increases or decreases as the value is raised or lowered from 128 but this ALSO changes the pitch of the audio along with the rate.
This is true of the Loksound Select as well.
ESU points out that this feature can be used to slightly vary the pitch of the prime mover and I believe the pitch of the horn files can be increased or decreased as well.
Changing the prime mover pitch can help avoid harmonic distortion when running multiple engines with the same prime mover sound. Likewise, a slightly "de-tuned" horn can sound realistic as some horns began to get a little wheezy with age and worn diaphragms.
I varied the values in CV 285 from 1 to 254 and, as expected, got sounds like a giant church bell with a low value to a vintage British ambulance at the higher value. CV 285=0 disables the bell.
You can find a sweet spot right around the default 128 but straying too far from there will offer some unrealistic sounds.
With the LokSound 5 ESU is at least offering more bells and horn choices than previously. That's good news!
Just when I thought I was getting familiar with the LokProgrammer I opened this sound page on the latest version!
ESU by Edmund, on Flickr
This is going to take some getting used to.
Regards, Ed