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About this mod
A fun pack of 13 different whistles that I personally find interesting or pleasant, and at a more realistic volume.
- Requirements
- Permissions and credits
This is a very simple whistle pack designed to be dropped directly into the Zsounds folder, with little to no fuss. Included in this pack are the whistles of:
-Alaska Railroad No.152
-Canadian National No.89
-Handy Dandy Railroad No.9
-Little River Railroad (OR Smoky Mountain) No.110
-London North Eastern Railway No.4464
-Pennsylvania Railroad No.1361
-Pere Marquette No.1225
-Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad No.464
-Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway No.3415
-Sierra Railway No.3
-Ukranian Railways ER799-18
-Union Pacific No.4014
-U.S.A. Transportation Corps No.6046
And as a bonus (non-railroad) whistle:
-The whistle from cp_foundry (TF2)
Each whistle is enclosed in its own folder, and these folders are to be placed within the main Zsounds folder. Each of these contain an audio file for said whistle and a corresponding config file. I'm sorry if any of this seems very innefficient, please be patient, I'm a neanderthal when it comes to computer stuffs. I'm just a brakeman who can barely use audacity like a geriatric.
with the exception of the cp_foundry whistle, the rest of the sound files are heavily edited audio, some of which are layered from up to as many as 3 different recordings, most of which began as very short samples ranging from 0.75 seconds up to 3 seconds long. These were modified and lengthened to between 7 and 7.5 second long .ogg audio files of relatively (but not perfectly) consistent pitch and volume.
WARNING: LOUD
Yes, whistles are loud... that's kinda what they're supposed to do, so I want to be able to hear it over the chuffing of the engine (as it does in reality), even when the exhaust is at its loudest. THEREFORE... the default volume of these whistles is significant. Blast your volume at your own peril. If you find that the audio is too loud for your tastes, adjustments to the max volume can be made by modifying the accompanying config file for the whistle.
Because I'm not well versed in whistle manufacturers, I have simply noted the locomotives from which the sounds came from. For all I know, two of these could be equipped with the same model of whistle, but their different boiler pressures, bowl and valve wear, and how dry or wet the steam is (among a plethora of other things) could be dramatically affecting the sound beyond my ability to distinguish them.
Most importantly of all, please enjoy, and have yourself a great day of railroading!
-Alaska Railroad No.152
-Canadian National No.89
-Handy Dandy Railroad No.9
-Little River Railroad (OR Smoky Mountain) No.110
-London North Eastern Railway No.4464
-Pennsylvania Railroad No.1361
-Pere Marquette No.1225
-Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad No.464
-Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway No.3415
-Sierra Railway No.3
-Ukranian Railways ER799-18
-Union Pacific No.4014
-U.S.A. Transportation Corps No.6046
And as a bonus (non-railroad) whistle:
-The whistle from cp_foundry (TF2)
Each whistle is enclosed in its own folder, and these folders are to be placed within the main Zsounds folder. Each of these contain an audio file for said whistle and a corresponding config file. I'm sorry if any of this seems very innefficient, please be patient, I'm a neanderthal when it comes to computer stuffs. I'm just a brakeman who can barely use audacity like a geriatric.
with the exception of the cp_foundry whistle, the rest of the sound files are heavily edited audio, some of which are layered from up to as many as 3 different recordings, most of which began as very short samples ranging from 0.75 seconds up to 3 seconds long. These were modified and lengthened to between 7 and 7.5 second long .ogg audio files of relatively (but not perfectly) consistent pitch and volume.
WARNING: LOUD
Yes, whistles are loud... that's kinda what they're supposed to do, so I want to be able to hear it over the chuffing of the engine (as it does in reality), even when the exhaust is at its loudest. THEREFORE... the default volume of these whistles is significant. Blast your volume at your own peril. If you find that the audio is too loud for your tastes, adjustments to the max volume can be made by modifying the accompanying config file for the whistle.
Because I'm not well versed in whistle manufacturers, I have simply noted the locomotives from which the sounds came from. For all I know, two of these could be equipped with the same model of whistle, but their different boiler pressures, bowl and valve wear, and how dry or wet the steam is (among a plethora of other things) could be dramatically affecting the sound beyond my ability to distinguish them.
Most importantly of all, please enjoy, and have yourself a great day of railroading!