Would it pay someone to produce service facility sounds?

[mikebonellisr]

If they would produce it,do you think there would be a market for it?Especially with Walthers new engine service facility.I would love to control the sounds of a busy roundhouse,coal chute,water filling a tender,engine blow down,ash dropping & cleaning,turntable motor and general background noise.I do it now with my mouth {when nobody is around]It would be better to just press a button.

[Texas Zepher]

No, because of just what you said. One or two sounds are nice and can add to a scene. After just a few they cease to be sounds and become noise.

Our club had to limit the number of locos with sound because there were too many that were too loud and it made one want to wear ear plugs, let alone hear the dispatcher.

[AntonioFP45]

Contact www.greenfrog.com and give them your suggestion.

The sounds of a shop would fit nicely in a servicing facility. As always, the key is to keep the sound level low, so that it would pass as the typical "white noise" that becomes part of the scene.

[mikebonellisr]

In my case the room is large enough that if you keep the sound low, you would'nt hear it from the other side of the room.Also I'm a lone operator so the other sounds would be controlled by me when the engine is being serviced.I can see where it could be annoying on a club layout.

[AntonioFP45]

Mike,

You gave me an idea for my own upcoming layout as I plan on having a diesel service facility on it.

I have easy access to a shop. I can record the sounds of air powered tools, mechanics bantering back and forth, fork lifts, diill presses, and machine lathes in action. The taped sound can be looped. With a speaker mounted inside the diesel service building, the sound can be piped through at a very low volume. Would make a very nice effect!

[willy6]

There is a company that makes "industrial" sound modules. And when you go to their web site you can listen to samples of the modules. It is www.ittsound.com.

[AntonioFP45]

QUOTE: Originally posted by willy6

There is a company that makes "industrial" sound modules. And when you go to their web site you can listen to samples of the modules. It is www.ittsound.com.

Willy,

Impressive site. Thanks! I've bookmarked it and am going to check it out thoroughly when I get a break.

May sound corny, but I really feel that as the years go by background sounds, in addition to locomotive sounds will be come quite common. Especially since their are more vendors and the technology is (slowly) getting cheaper.

10-4! [:D][8D]

[Anonymous]

About 20 years ago I used a car radio that had a tape player. I mounted the radio under the layout , used a RadioShack voltage reducer and had a tape that played indusrial and steam railroad sounds. I had taped the steam loco at a meet. I used two speakers that I had gotten from some junkyard and spaced them about six or eight feet apart. I used low volume and the whole thing worked great. The only place I went wrong is that I should have sold Ben-Gay to all my railroad buddies for their sore necks trying to see under the lay out

I still have the two speakers and they are in use under my present layout.

[Anonymous]

It would work great if they made one that could be controlled with the DCC system I already have. Soundtraxx might like that idea, or if QSI ever goes public they could probably sell something like that. As everyone has said already, it needs to have easy volume control to turn it down if you want more sound to run on your board.

[jrbarney]

Mike,
You might want to check out Miller Models sound modules. Here's a link to their engine shop sound:
http://www.millermodels.com/sounds/enghouse.wav
They have others structure and environmental sounds.
Bob
NMRA Life 0543

[PennsyHoosier]

Good grief! I read "service facility sounds" and thought...[:O]