Any MTH PS3.0 Mallet-type Steamers with awesome sounds?

Paul Kallus posted:

Am trying to find videos of MTH Mallet articulated steamers with exceptional chuffing and whistle sound, preferably PS3.0. I am not able to download sound files from MTH's site. If you have or want to share a video of a PS3.0 Mallet I'd appreciate it.

Are you talking about any MTH articulated models, or strictly the true "Mallet" Compound articulated models?

Hot Water, articulated models would fit the bill. I am trying to find a "good" and "fun" sound file for my PS3.0 Erie Triplex - released earlier this year. Unfortunately, the default chuffing sounds and whistle MTH's sound department chose is neither good nor fun. It actually becomes annoying after a few minutes - kind of like a diesel-electric low-frequency roar. I've listened to another Triplex from the same release and so I know its not a problem with mine nor the speaker. I am sorry to say that after spending a good amount of money on an otherwise very nice model. Sounds of chuffing and whistle are really the "3rd dimension" of operations, for me anyway. There's got to be a decent sound file for a mallet/articulated MTH PS3.0 out there somewhere. If I can find one then I can move on to pursuing obtaining and upgrading my engine. I am in-different to prototypical accuracy - just needs to sound good.

Since the Triplex model has SIX cylinders, four of which exhaust through the front stack, while the rear pair of cylinders exhaust through the stack on the rear of the tender, there really SHOULD be "lots of noise". Maybe it's just me but, I can't imagine changing to a "regular articulated", i.e. ONLY four cylinders, sound set. To each his own, I guess.

I'd be tempted to install 2 8 ohm speakers putting one in the engine. It might not be ideal as having a multi channel board. It might add interest to the engine's sounds.

 I did this inside my scratch built diesel. It doesn't sound much different in there.

Hot Water posted:

Since the Triplex model has SIX cylinders, four of which exhaust through the front stack, while the rear pair of cylinders exhaust through the stack on the rear of the tender, there really SHOULD be "lots of noise". Maybe it's just me but, I can't imagine changing to a "regular articulated", i.e. ONLY four cylinders, sound set. To each his own, I guess.

There's a point of prototypical accuracy and a point of fun. I messed around with the chuffs per rev, setting it from 2 to 12, and nothing helped - so its not about number of cylinders. There's a background noise of water leaking, or chains dragging, something that someone took license with. I really just want the model to sound decent. And, the whistle, it is not so good, to put if fairly.

I have the PS3.0 Erie Camelback 0-8-8-0 (Angus) and MTH did a decent job with the sound file for it. Its not up to Legacy steam sounds but if I cannot find any other candidates this will be the sound file I'll go with for the Triplex. I'd like to find something different for variety. 

I'm not exactly sure of the soundset since I don't have that engine. I do have it in G scale and like the sounds and whistle. I'm tempted to tell you to load the G scale sounds into it. Maybe it would be better to watch videos first to see if it's any better.

BTW, I do know what you're describing. I have the early MTH O scale GE ES44AC and the sounds irritate me. They re-released it in the GE ES44DC with the narrow nose sound file and horn after much complaining here. I tried to swap sound files and the earliest models had 1meg file cap and couldn't load the 2 meg file. I did swap it in a later model.

 I keep that early model as a helper.

about half way thru this video shows off the G sounds better :

of course the speaker is much larger too.

Joe, great video, love the track-side camera angle. Am not a big fan of MTH's steam sounds, given I've become addicted to Legacy Railsounds, but some MTH PS3 sound files seem better than others.

Here's a sound file clip from the 3-rail Triplex w/PS3.0 courtesy of Gunrunnerjohn: Its kind of hard to hear the water dripping or what sounds like chains rattling from the clip. When you actually run the engine it is pretty strong and downright annoying. I have two other PS3 steamers and they do not have that background "noise."

http://mthtrains.com/sites/def...151123a-webckout.mp3

The whistle sounds the same. I do hear some extras that I didn't notice running outside. I believe the engine chuff maybe lighter?

I'm wondering if the overall sounds are the same? There's a PS2 soundset for just one of the triplexes that's available. I don't see the mp3 file as active so I can't compare. You could try it as long as you leave the chain files alone.