Awhile ago, I seem to remember some vendors made sound units that could be placed inside buildings (wide variety of available sounds) and activated by providing current. I just can't remember their names and offerings. Can anyone assist?
Yes, I know I can do that with an Arduino and an MP3 player but I'm looking for something a little more simple.
Thanks,
George
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Thumbs up for ITT Products! He provided a custom sound chip with a Church Bell and Wedding Music from his library ... for placement on my layout in a MTH Country Church where a wedding is in progress at the Pergola on the lawn. Simple, affordable, and perfect.
Mike M.
Mike M.
gunrunner John makes an excellent board and speaker project and can operate many devices with sound effects! MP3 FILES
Alan
You could consider this module: MP3 Universal Sound Module. It allows you to activate different sound tracks of any length, either by a discrete trigger or RF remote control. Each sound track can be hours or even days long if you like. You also get to add own sounds so you're not stuck with "canned" sounds.
Thanks John. I will definitely consider this as it is more flexible.
George
For prebuilt near turnkey modules, other listed some good items. I have too used many of them including the ones from @gunrunnerjohn .
That said, if you are DIY and have to do a bunch of them, cost matters and savings can add up. Example, I'm taking a lot of the animated but silent accessories that do not have sound and adding sound to our club's public layout. I'm using $6.50 MP3 modules from a popular website- heck, jus now found 5 for $11 "AITRIP 5PCS TF Card U Disk Play MP3 Decoder Player Module with Audio Amplifier Audio Decoding Player Module Micro USB 5V Power Supply" . Built in amp, common 5V supply, use any 8Ohm speaker, use a microSD card or even USB stick. BONUS: this module begins playing the instant power is applied. You'd be had pressed to find something easier.
And you are asking yourself- where can I get MP3s of the sounds I want? Simple, go on Youtube and find a given video of the subject, use one of the many youtube downloader online websites, they convert to MP3. If you need to get fancy and edit, I use the downloader site to grab the video- edit in free windows movie maker (simple cuts and edits) export audio (sorry, free doesn't do MP3) and then go back to the web and find an audio to MP3 online tool and convert WMA audio to MP3.
Heck sites like ITT literally have posted the very sounds (MP3 )they encode in their modules.
Again, I'm all for paying a dealer for a turnkey module and for a lot of folks that makes sense. But when I have the skills, and we have a budget, and I have to do 20 modules, not to mention we already have a 5V power supply for Menards buildings, this makes it cheap and easy.
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