[Loco Lee]

I have no problem with the one I have.

Loco Lee

 

[Loco Lee]

I'm waiting on the RDC sounds to be finished, and then I'll put a QSI in it.

Loco Lee

 

[Loco Lee]

.I can't do that. To me, that would be like having a Harley that sounds like a Honda. The RDC sound is being edited as we speak. I've worked out the mix, and it's just a matter of cutting it up, and making all the loops now. I can't give an exact date, but it will be soon.

As far as the Goose goes, I've been tring to get one of those, but CO is a long way from FL. I'll be back on the west coast sometime in Sept. I'll see what I can do about getting one on that trip. It's not as easy as standing there with a hand held recorder. It takes a quiet place, and the owners have to approve it, and give me a place to do it, as well as the equipment has to be in good working order. I've made 3 trips to the west coast just to get the perfect recording of a K5LA horn. That sound will be out soon as well.

Loco Lee

 

[Loco Lee]

They MU the RDC's to the SD40. There is no way that an RDC can pull much more than it's self. If you want to go up a grade greater than 1/2 a percent, you need to have both motors running. RDC's were not made to climb hills, or move freight. The original motors were Detroit 671's. IE, a crane motor. They were also used in small fishing boats, and for generators on larger fishing boats, and tugs.

I haven't had a chance to dig into my new one yet. Since I was gone for almost two months, I now have trains stacked up everywhere that need to have decoders installed. I can tell you that when I do work on my RDC, there will be a few changes made. I will be changing out the lights in the car body for something a little less blue, and not as bright. The cab light will also be dimmer.

Loco Lee

 

[Loco Lee]

All I can tell you is that when I recorded it, they said it was a 671. I actualy thought that a 671 was big for the size of the box on the side of the thing. Also, they are electric, just like a locomotive, but with a twist. They are duel motored, and each motor powers one axel on each truck. So say for example you had one facing North and South on a track. If you start the engine from the North end, you will start the engine on the East side, and it will only power the northern ends of the two trucks. If you want to power the southern ends of the trucks, you have to start the other motor from the southern end of the car, and that would crank the motor on the west side. They only had 4 notches, and idle. Notch 1 and 2 were real weak, even with both motors running. Notch 3 would start to get you going, and 4 would move you down the track. Allot of them were only driven from one end, and the second cab was hardley used at all. Well, that's about all I can tell ya. There are people that can tell you much more than me, so I'll get back to installing decoders. Oh, one more bit of news. Josh is almost done with the RDC sounds, and the owner of QSI has agreed to make it top priority, and get it done ASAP.
Now, if I could just capture that Goose.

Loco Lee

 

[Loco Lee]

Good News on the RDC sounds. I checked to see about the motor recording, and it is a Detroit 6/110 like Jerry said, and the sound set should be done in a couple of weeks at most. There is special programming required to make it operate like the prototype, and they are working on that as I type this out. Does anyone know what motor blocks are under it, or what other loco from Aristo uses these blocks??

Loco Lee

 

[Loco Lee]

Thanks Gary, I'll pass that on.

Loco Lee

 

[Loco Lee]

Yes,

I'm pleased to announce the RDC Soundset of Q2 Upgrade v.
1.16.0.0. The new version is available here

.

You must install this new version in order to access any of the new
sounds listed below.

As many of you know we have been working on a sound file for the Budd
Rail Diesel Car for some time now, well we've finally finished it and
it's available for download! This new sound required an entire new
firmware build in order to accommodate the particular idiosyncrasies
of the twin Detroit Diesel motors which power these locos. It should
be mentioned that this file works very prototypically in terms of the
timing of the transitions between notches so it is highly recommended
that you run with some momentum programmed into CVs 3 and 4 for the
most realistic effect. I use 30, and 20

Here are the two files:

1041-478 G Scale As Delivered Version. Single Chime Air Horn
1041-479 G Scale New Haven Version. Hancock Air Whistle

They can be downloaded here

.

I'd like to thank the Fayette Central Railroad for allowing me to
come and record this unique beast! I hope you enjoy them!

New Features and Improvments:

Improved Preview of Baldwin Diesel Motors (also applies to new "EMD
567 FP7 1st gen" motor)

New Sounds:

A shortened version of the Cass Shay #5 steam Generator which makes
it more usable in Cut & Paste with less memory conflicts

Firebell: For use with Aerotrains, Zephyrs and other streamlined
diesels.

SantaFe_6_Chime whistle. This is a recording of the Santa Fe LFM 192
6 chime whistle, done for the Santa Fe modelers society.

Thanks to MD Whistles in Fairmont WV. for providing us the prototype to record.
WabCo E1 horn. This was recorded from the DS-44-1000 at SMS Rail.
RDC Bell, from Fayette Central RDC.
RDC Horn, Small unknown single chime from Fayette Central RDC.
EMD567_FP7 motor.
This is a new recording of the EMD 567 taken from
an ex Southern FP7 in Spencer NC, this one utilizes the same new
diesel firmware that was designed for the Baldwin sound files. This
new method creates more realistic action between idle and notch 1
making the overall feel of the motor much more prototypical.

Bug Fix:

In some previous versions a qcv file saved by Q2 Upgrade would have
bad values for the first several lines of the file, making it
unreadable by Quantum CV Manager, if the qcv file was read in first,
the problem would not occur. This has been remedied so you can now
save qcv files from Q2 Upgrade normally and then access them from
Quantum CV Manager.

Fun Stuff:

We've been asked a lot recently about "Doodlebug" sounds. We have
arranged to record one of the last remaining units with an EMC gas
electric motor on the planet next spring. IN THE MEANTIME, we were
poking though some of our un-used records and we stumbled upon the
motor sound we had done for Eureka's Australian 620/720 Railcars. We
discovered that the motor works particularly well for the Doodlebug.
It's not perfectly prototypical but it sounds great.

For The Future:

We've already mentioned the Zephyr once, it should be mentioned
officially that we have arranged to record possibly the last running
Winton 201 in the world so we will soon have appropriate sounds for
the Zephyr streamliners.
The highly sought after EMD 710 is finally nearing completion. We've
been working very hard on this one and hope to have it available
within the month, keep your eyes, and ears peeled for it!

Enjoy the new sounds and happy railroading!

Loco Lee