Re: Tram simulator
  Ronald Besdansky

Thanks Andrew. I currently have a copy of the last track from the
Destination City 1969 LP via Matthew Geir which should keep me going for
the moment thanks.
Best wishes

On Wed., 9 Jan. 2019, 17:09 Andrew Cook d3619@... wrote:

> Hi Ron,

>

> I have here an LP record dated 1969, produced by the TMSV, which has

> several tracks on it of Melbourne W2s (with spur gears), SW6s, W3s, PCC 980

> and X2 676. It says in one instance that the microphone was attached to a

> leading bogie under the tram! The record is titled 'Destination City'. I

> have a player which can convert the sounds to MP3 (I think) audio files.

> Will have to dust it off and re-train myself into how to do the conversion,

> if you want the sounds. From memory, those spur gears sound magnificent!

>

> Cheers,

> Andrew Cook (who has a copy of the new Trainz 2019 simulator on the

> computer here).

>

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> *From:*tramsdownunder@... tramsdownunder@...>

> on behalf of Ronald Besdansky shrdlu.junction@...>

> *Sent:* Wednesday, 9 January 2019 1:38 PM

> *To:* TramsDownUnder

> *Subject:* [TramsDownUnder] Tram simulator

>

> I'm creating a tram-driving simulator. The photo shows the controller type

> RB-1 in an early stage of construction. It uses an Arduino microcontroller

> board to communicate with my PC. I'm sure somebody has already done this

> (e.g. Microsoft Train driving simulator) but I like doing my own thing.

> (I've been writing programs for 51 years this year!)

>

> What I would like to get is a good recording of the gear noise during

> notching-up - especially from a spur-gear (as opposed to helical-gear) tram

> - e.g. a Melbourne W2. I've tried creating the sound with a synthesiser but

> couldn't get it right.

>

> Any suggestions welcome!

>

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