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<p>As mentioned above, you <strong>can</strong> run sound and non-sound locos in a DCC consist, but you'll have to do some speed matching. Sometimes that's fairly easy, sometimes rather tedious and complicated. Depends on the engines and decoders.<br /> </p><p>On the other hand, I often run two (or more) sound locos in a consist. Depending on how you set CVs 21 and (perhaps CV 22, again depending on the decoder) you can get either of the following when you use a function key for the consist:</p><p> All sounds for both engines are heard, or,</p><p> Only the lead engine's horn/whistle, bell, etc. are heard, but <strong>both</strong> engines "running" sounds are heard. This is usually the default (out-of-the-box) setting. I find this very pleasant when running 2 steamers double-headed -- you distinctly hear the two different chuffs, coming into sync, then going out of sync. And of course if you have a diesel helping a steamer, or vice-versa, it's quite strange to hear only one! </p><p> </p><p>In either case, you might want to lower one or more of the sound volumes. Again, depending on the decoder, you might have a lot of flexibility or very little. </p><p>Additionally, if you then want to run the engines separately, they both sound good.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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