The best sounding A4 in DCC? Locoman sounds in a Hornby A4 

JAZZ MAN thanks for that!

@@trw1089 Yes....how did you produce the background photo?

Craig's Classics it was a photo stitch from around 8-10 pics I took in North Yorkshire, then professionally printed at the local printing store onto photo paper

Thanks very much Martin. The close coupling comes from much trial and error I can assure you!

G Thanks Greg, it’s probably my favourite sound loco

thanks!

Thanks George

Thanks Robert

tom ellis thanks for that, it is very much like that!

exactly DCC being silent movies VERY GIMMICKY and the WORST thing to happen to model railways

Yep, this is exactly what a Locoman A4 decoder sounds like. The speaker is important too, in this I’ve used the ESU sugar cube speaker mounted high up in the tender so it uses the tender body as part of the baffle.

@@trw1089 fantastic thank you. I have the Experimental Blue/Purple "Merlin" which is crying out for this kind of sound, certainly a worthy investment it seems! Mind you someone will have to fit it for me. 😂😂

Yes, the XL should be able to power the synchronized smoke generators. If you check out the RU-vid channel for SBS4DCC, he has done some amazing work in O scale steam with synchro smoke and sound

Sorry, that should be rayman4449, but he uses MTH smoke generators

Thanks Richard, they are my photos of Yorkshire countryside that I stitched together and then got printed out at a local printer. I spent a bit of time colouring the scenery materials to match the backdrop.

I’m happy to arrange it if you need. I sell decoders with Locoman sound files now and can post to the US. Feel free to email me at locoman@steamsounds.org.au

Green Shark in that one I used a sugar cube speaker, but now I use Tang Band ones from Parts Express. Speakers are a big part of the sound but if you mount the speaker high up in the tender too, you get a much nicer overall sound than lower down. For most locos, I suggest the ESU sugar cube would be a good default option, and once you get a bit of experience, then start experimenting with the different types and where you place them.

@@trw1089 thank you for replying. Which sugar cube do you use? Is it the single or double?

Green Shark I used a single one in this loco, with it fully sealed with the plastic baffle. I forget the ESU number for it, but a single it was.

@@trw1089 ok, thank you for taking the time to reply to me. This helped out a lot :)

@@trw1089 sorry to bother you again, does the speaker need to be soldered on or does it come already soldered?

Nothing was required to have it run well right out of the box, but I like to adjust the acceleration, braking and top speed so it’s more consistent with my other locos

@@trw1089 Did you buy a decoder? Or did you somehow get the sound files?

idiodic7prouductons yes, it was bought from Locoman Sounds, which was supplied on a Loksound V4 decoder

SteamsoundsAU is it worth the price?

idiodic7prouductons yes, most definitely!

Yes Dave, I apologise for that inaccuracy! I too like bird named locos and Curlew will hopefully have some more appropriate sounds in the future. I also have A1s Kestrel and Osprey

Good luck with 'Woodcock' ;-)

Thanks Connor - it’s a 3 cylinder loco so they have 6 beats per revolution, not 4. If there is one thing I am very pedantic about it’s making sure my locos have the correct 4 or 6 beats per revolution.

SteamsoundsAU yeah that would be right. Thanks.

Thanks Michael. The birdsong was added at the request of Locoman to prevent people copying the loco sounds, so I did turn it up a little.

So if you know nothing about trains then how do you feel qualified to comment?

LOL!

Really? In what way is it false? Surely it’s better than no sound at all!

@@trw1089 absolutely not ...and it sounds NOTHING like the real thing...my dad used to work on them

ROB EVANS sorry but I respectfully disagree. I’m a qualified steam driver, have built live steam locos and have ridden, chased and made sound recordings of many steam locos all over the world. This is one of the best simulations of steam sound I have in OO scale. It will always have compromises, but compare it to anything else that is attempting to simulate sound in model scale and it far better and more advanced. I used to make sound files for train simulators and this is a much better replication of steam loco sound than just about anything I have heard on simulators. It also is not just about the sound, but how the sound makes you drive the models much more realistically. I find having sound on DCC makes for a far more realistic model railway than one without. If you ask just about anyone who runs with or without sound, they will tell you that DCC sound adds a much greater dimension to a layout than just about anything else. I resisted sound on this layout for a long time, because none of the steam sounds were up to scratch when I started, but now I have over a dozen sound equipped locos because of decoders like this one. Perhaps you need to try out a good sound decoder for yourself, not a cheap TTS or Economi chip, but one of these ones from Locoman, Wheeltappers or SWD. It is also about the speakers too, I’ve been doing a fair bit of testing of these and they make the world of difference.