3rd Rail E7 Garbled "Talk"

Bob - The E7's had RS4.  Garbled talk was part of the sound set.  I think the only way to change it would be to install a new ERR board, but you would have to check on that.

Try the 7 key and see if that generates an intelligible dispatch dialog. 

Thanks guys!

 

At idle - AUX1 + 2 = garbled

 

At idle - AUX1 + 5 = garbled, engine shuts down, normal

 

At idle - AUX1 + 7 = "You are clear for departure", very clear speech!

 

Moving - AUX1 + 2 = garbled

 

Moving - AUX1 + 5 = garbled, then engine sounds cut out.  Have to stop/restart the engine to get them back

 

Moving - AUX1 + 7 = "You are clear for departure", again, very clear speech.

 

It's not a big deal, just was wondering if there was an easy/cheap fix.

That is normal Railsounds 4. No cheap fix. Like Marker says you can buy one of the new ERR Railsounds Commanders if you want intelligible crew talk. Maybe at some point Lionel will start selling RS5 boards but I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

Pete

Pete,  I'll just pretend they're speaking a foreign language or something and let it go at that.

 

I meant to add that I'm running under DCS and these are all the speech clips I get on the E7.  I have a Legacy GP9 that has the fuel filling speech sequence when the engine is stopped and I hold down the 0 button for a couple of seconds.  Not sure if the GP9 is RS4 or RS5, but it's only maybe 2 years old.

If it plays the fuel filling sequence, it's a Legacy Locomotive with Legacy Railsounds. The RS4 and RS5 boards mostly pre-date Legacy locomotives.

 

-Rudy

Id rather have the garbled crew talk than some of the ridiculous stuff they say anyway lol

Bob, The guys they recorded on that where from Portsmouth!  G

Bob, The guys they recorded on that where from Portsmouth!  G

 

LOL George!  I was figuring South Norfolk, but you may be right

 

Rudy, thanks for that info.

 

 

Id rather have the garbled crew talk than some of the ridiculous stuff they say anyway lol

 

LOS, WHAT?!?!?!  You don't like the dog barking sound .  That's on at least 1 of my PS2 engines.  They must have run out of things to say at that point

Lmao...dogs barking.. I haven't heard that one yet.

Gotta agree there.  RS4 garbled crew-talk sounded MUCH more realistic.  RS5 "intelligible" crew-talk has some of the corniest dialogue sequences -- not to mention some of the voices still sound like a person's first day on the job.  Like somebody stuck a microphone and railroad script in front of my accountant or doctor and said, "Here... read this.".    Lots of the voices lack the presence and character you'd expect from folks working a long railroad career.  Who makes these choices? 

 

David

 

I make those choices. 

 

I recognize our dialog is very polarizing. Like it or loathe it, you won't hear it if you don't press the button. 

 

Rudy Trubitt

Director of Audio

Lionel, LLC

Rudy,  You did a great job on the sounds for the Legacy GP9 I have, the quilling horn will shake you in your boots , the talk and the diesel rumble/sounds are the best I've heard.

 

I forgot about my MTH Railking with ERR Cruise Commander, I'll have to check the crew talk again to see, but I think it's all discernible.