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| Installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 00:38 #30018 | |
handle
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i've downloaded the *blip* for messages but how do i install it and make it work (how do i install others too)
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| Re: installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 01:31 #30023 | |
BarryM
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Place the "wav" files in the Simsig folder. In a sim go to Options (F3) and select Messages. You can then allocate a sound to the various messages. Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Log in to reply The following user said thank you: Ben86 |
| Re: installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 05:56 #30025 | |
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maxand
1637 posts |
This seems like a good place to ask how many of you use sounds at all, and if so, which ones you find the most useful. For my part, I've enabled sounds for Train entering system and Train ready to start, but the more I add, the less prototypical it would be, since AFAIK signallers work in quiet rooms with only telephones to disturb them. Log in to reply |
| Re: installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 08:08 #30028 | |
Peter Bennet
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Phone is another. Future Sims will have some additional sound/message options for developer use like for instance the alarms on Edinburgh and the block bells on NESCOT (latter currently not available). At the moment these are done by hijacking other sound/message options. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| Re: installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 08:24 #30029 | |
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BarryM
2158 posts |
quote="maxand" post=30025]This seems like a good place to ask how many of you use sounds at all, and if so, which ones you find the most useful. For my part, I've enabled sounds for Train entering system and Train ready to start, but the more I add, the less prototypical it would be, since AFAIK signallers work in quiet rooms with only telephones to disturb them.[/quote] Here are some photos[ of the "Quiet Rooms". Nothing to disturb them? You have got to be kidding! Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Log in to reply |
| Re: installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 13:31 #30038 | |
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maxand
1637 posts |
Excellent collection of pics thanks. Anyone who has never been inside a PSB and wonders what a real panel looks like should go through the series, all 111 pics. Listened closely to each, even turned up the volume, but didn't hear a sound. All the same, I believe you  Home page. I'll add this to Wiki Links page. Steamer said in post #2 of How useful are Simplifiers?: Quote: The Simplifier can be helpful for checking platform conflicts should you need to re-platform anything, and no doubt others use it for other things. Real signallers have simplifiers for some locations- I remember seeing one on some photos of Doncaster PSB. That thread has been locked but this is the pic you meant. Last edited: 26/02/2012 at 14:03 by maxand Log in to reply The following user said thank you: Steamer |
| Re: installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 15:55 #30047 | |
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handle
42 posts |
i got it to work thanks
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| Re: installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 23:17 #30067 | |
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UKTrainMan
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" said:This seems like a good place to ask how many of you use sounds at all, and if so, which ones you find the most useful.I've loaded up Euston (one of the latest simulations, so that it has the latest range of Message Events), so here goes: I've listed the Message Event along with a link to what I believe is the sound effect itself, and I've colourised them as they are in the simulation too. I have omitted the Message Events that do not have a sound alert. Trackside Equipment Failure - TRTS Might be a TRTS sound effect, but I think it's apt at drawing my attention to a failure. Train waiting at red signal - IECC 'beep' Also used for Train still waiting at red signal too. Can't immediately recall ever having either of these go off though?? Wrong route set for train - IECC 'beep' Apt sound effect, again to draw my attention to it. General telephone message (white) - Phone - Train entering system - Whistle May seem odd to use this one for this, but at the end of the day I don't have a use for it otherwise as very few if any simulations are of signalboxes on or near enough to the platforms to hear the whistle go off. And, again, it's good at drawing my attention to it. Funnily enough, someone who works on the railway themselves at a station once heard this sound effect go off and made a remark that it was like being back at work  Train ready to start - TRTS 2 Also used for Train ready in siding. Warning of delayed train entering the area (white) - IECC 'beep' - Slot release/request - DING1 from Dings.zip. Originally used Slot Ping, but recently-ish changed it for this one whilst playing on a simulation where this Message Event is heavily used - which can get slightly annoying after a while. Level crossing clear - IECC 'beep' - Multiplayer Message (white) - Blip Of-course So that's the lot for me. I recall not long after I had downloaded and set all these sound effects, it didn't take very long at all to realise the benefit of doing it. I think one remark I may have made on a multiplayer session near the time was that it really enhanced the simulations having them set up. So, to conclude this probably very long post now, I thoroughly recommend setting up some sound effects for yourselves. Enjoy!
Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Last edited: 26/02/2012 at 23:24 by UKTrainMan Log in to reply The following user said thank you: maxand |
| Re: installing sounds 26/02/2012 at 23:28 #30068 | |
jc92
3685 posts |
i have TRTS for TRTS and train ready in siding. the iecc blip is for crossing down (i dont know why its that one), which proves useful on larger sims i used to have 2 tings for train entering system, however i now have an AWS clear sound i use an AWS caution sound for a signalling failure telephone for telephone "We don't stop camborne wednesdays" Log in to reply The following user said thank you: maxand |
| Re: installing sounds 27/02/2012 at 06:39 #30072 | |
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Peter Bennet
5402 posts |
I had "whistle" for TRTS, have not actualy set any up on my new computer yet. Peter I identify as half man half biscuit - crumbs! Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 27/02/2012 at 13:23 #30083 | |
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mfcooper
707 posts |
The only sounds that the panel generates at work are... * Train Entering from an adjacent signal box * Slot given by adjacent signal box * Emergency Alarms However, there always seems to be a telephone or fax ringing, a printer printing, or lots of banter between the signallers going on. Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 27/02/2012 at 17:06 #30093 | |
Steamer
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UKTrainMan said:Train waiting at red signal - IECC 'beep'To the best of my knowledge, they are only given to the Host of a multiplayer Sim when a driver rings a client. It's a bit like the Wrong Route Set For Train message, which is given to clients when a driver rings in because of a wrong route. "Don't stress/ relax/ let life roll off your backs./ Except for death and paying taxes/ everything in life.../ is only for now." (Avenue Q) Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 27/02/2012 at 18:52 #30108 | |
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Sam Tugwell
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Matt said:The only sounds that the panel generates at work are...That must be a lot of noise at Victoria Central then! "Signalman Exeter" Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 27/02/2012 at 21:55 #30119 | |
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UKTrainMan
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Thanks mfcooper for that interesting post. On the subjct of 'real world' sounds, I've always wondered what a SPAD alarm sounds like? Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 27/02/2012 at 22:00 #30120 | |
headshot119
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" said:Thanks mfcooper for that interesting post.You know what a SPAD alarm sounds like............................. "Passengers for New Lane, should be seated in the rear coach of the train " - Opinions are my own and not those of my employer Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 27/02/2012 at 22:08 #30121 | |
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UKTrainMan
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" said:" said:I do?!!Thanks mfcooper for that interesting post.You know what a SPAD alarm sounds like............................. Any views and / or opinions expressed by myself are from me personally and do not represent those of any company I either work for or am a consultant for. Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 27/02/2012 at 22:09 #30122 | |
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headshot119
4869 posts |
Yes, the OSTO alarm, the same one we heard in a training simulator and the real thing.
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| Re: Installing sounds 28/02/2012 at 08:27 #30143 | |
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Stephen Fulcher
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IECC will also generate sounds for SSI alarms (faults) and track circuits occupying or clearing out of sequence. There can also be annunciators programmed for when trains hit a certain point, but this is done at the design stage and the signallers cannot alter where or if these go off. Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 05/10/2012 at 11:16 #36017 | |
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PrEZeX
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So which settings and sounds do you all use to make the simulation as "real" as possible? I also wondering if real controllers have a message box and train list (like in SimSig)?
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| Re: Installing sounds 05/10/2012 at 16:01 #36020 | |
GeoffM
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" said:There can also be annunciators programmed for when trains hit a certain point, but this is done at the design stage and the signallers cannot alter where or if these go off.I think this is done at the TD berth level. Not quite as painful as changing SSI data but not trivial either! " said: So which settings and sounds do you all use to make the simulation as "real" as possible? I also wondering if real controllers have a message box and train list (like in SimSig)?There are certainly message areas, whether IECC, MCS, Westcad etc, but the information provided tends to be less verbose. SimSig Boss Log in to reply |
| Re: Installing sounds 05/10/2012 at 16:17 #36021 | |
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PrEZeX
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" said:" said:So which settings do you propose to use if I want to make this simulation as real as possible?There can also be annunciators programmed for when trains hit a certain point, but this is done at the design stage and the signallers cannot alter where or if these go off.I think this is done at the TD berth level. Not quite as painful as changing SSI data but not trivial either! Log in to reply |
| Installing sounds 29/09/2017 at 14:57 #101987 | |
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keredsonej
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I am relatively new to SimSig and have recently purchased the York North/South simulation. I have tried several times to add sound effects for things like TRTS, telephone calls and train approaching/strike-in but have had no success. Would anyone be so kind as to talk me through the process and maybe advise me where I am going wrong? Many thanks for any help offered.
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| Installing sounds 29/09/2017 at 16:23 #101990 | |
Dick
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Perhaps if you answered the questions asked in your other thread it might help.
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| Installing sounds 30/09/2017 at 07:06 #101997 | |
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BarryM
2158 posts |
PrEZeX in post 36021 said:" said:It is up to you as you will be the only one to hear them! No one else will hear your sounds as they are locally based. Sounds are available by clicking "Download" at the top of the page then:" said:So which settings do you propose to use if I want to make this simulation as real as possible?There can also be annunciators programmed for when trains hit a certain point, but this is done at the design stage and the signallers cannot alter where or if these go off.I think this is done at the TD berth level. Not quite as painful as changing SSI data but not trivial either! click on Browse Downloads Click on User-contributed Click on Sounds. Barry Barry Barry, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Log in to reply |