Multiple Locomotives with sound on one layout.

[mikebonellisr]

You can keep the sound low if you have multiple units, place the engines you are not using on "mute"[ usually F8] OR you can program the sound to come on only when that engine's address is chosen....I have at least 4 engines at a time [sometimes more] running with no problem.

[cacole]

That's going to depend a lot on the size of your layout and the number of trains running at one time. On the Cochise & Western Model Railroad Club 20x40 foot HO-scale layout, we have had five or six sound equipped locomotives, both steam and diesel, running simultaneously, and a couple of others just sitting on sidings, and it never became a distraction or irritation. But again, different strokes for different folks. On a small layout, two sound equipped locomotives may be one too many.

[simon1966]

I recently got a BLI mike, which became my first sound equipped loco. The temptation is to add more locomotives to the sound equipped roster. I am curious how folks who have multipe sound equipped units feel about running a number of units on their layouts at the same time? I can imagine that it quickly turns into a cacophony of sound that might become irritating after a while. Any one care to comment? Can sound become too much of a good thing?