MOTM

A very realistic simulation, Elhardt!  Thanks for sharing it.  I am 
interested in the train horn sounds and have wondered about their 
tunings.  I found these links.

http://atsf.railfan.net/airhorns/index.html

http://www.dieselairhorns.com/sounds.html

Here you can find recordings of actual train horns and a good deal of 
information about them.  If you think about it, train horns are part of 
the mystique of the train.  Not just an attention-getting device, a 
train horn carries a message of weighty authority, at the same time 
musical to the ear.  The people who built them must have intended to 
project an image of the corporation that owned the trains, too, I 
imagine.  The sound does not have much 'brand recognition' to the casual 
bystander, but to afficianados horns must be like fine wines in their 
aesthetic characters.  It is such an immediate, stunning sound, you 
hardly stop to ponder its origin.

-Richard Brewster

Andrew Sanchez wrote:

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>  Once again..that is awesome, Elhardt. How did you go about getting 
> the sounds of the wheels (or whatever the source is of that sound in 
> real life)? Sorry if that is a little vague.
>
>  Another question I have is, did you do this solely by your memory of 
> the train's sound, or were you able to record it for reference? If it 
> was by memory, that's also an incredible thing. There's a lot there to 
> consider.
>
>  Thanks for sharing,
>  Andrew Sanchez
>
>
> > Here's a little something I threw together over the
>
>> weekend.  It's a
>> diesel train passing by, done on the MOTM, inspired
>> by all the times
>> I'm out biking and had to stand there and wait for a
>> real train to pass
>> by.  I always thought it would be a real synth
>> challenge to try to
>> synthesize all those odd sounds like metalic
>> screeches, empty bouncing
>> train cars, and so forth.  Should be played loud on
>> good headphones or
>> speakers.
>>
>>
>> Filesize 570K
>>
>> http://home.att.net/~elhardt2/MOTM_Train.mp3
>     <http://home.att.net/%7Eelhardt2/MOTM_Train.mp3>
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>> -Elhardt
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