How do I make an Fs2004 sound file?

[Miggers]

How do you do it ?

 

I'd like to make an engine sound file for an ASh-21 engined Yak/Let C-11.

 

There's some good clips on youtube of them starting,taxiing,take off,fast fly-by's,landing and taxying back in,is it possible to "clip"the sound and make a file to use with the Yak?

 

For example:

 

Edited October 9, 2022 by Miggers

[JSkorna]

They are just .wav files assigned to the proper event.

[chris_eve]

If you examine the 'sound' sub-directory of one of the default aircraft, (c172 is as good as any), you'll get an idea of the various sounds necessary, then it's just a case of "clipping" the sound from a suitable source, editing it to an appropriate length and saving it as a .WAV file. Obviously the sounds.cfg file associated with your aircraft will need to be edited to reflect the names of your new files.

It does take a little time, especially if you're unfamiliar with sound editing software, but once you've done one or two the rest will follow quite promptly.

Good luck :)

[ColR1948]

Also do a search for sound files, I've seen a few in/on various sites you may find one that suits and just rename it, worth a try.

 

Col.

[Miggers]

If you examine the 'sound' sub-directory of one of the default aircraft, (c172 is as good as any), you'll get an idea of the various sounds necessary, then it's just a case of "clipping" the sound from a suitable source, editing it to an appropriate length and saving it as a .WAV file. Obviously the sounds.cfg file associated with your aircraft will need to be edited to reflect the names of your new files.

It does take a little time, especially if you're unfamiliar with sound editing software, but once you've done one or two the rest will follow quite promptly.

Good luck :)

Pretty much as I thought Chris,I'll have a look for the software to pull the sound from the clips.

 

Also do a search for sound files, I've seen a few in/on various sites you may find one that suits and just rename it, worth a try.

 

Col.

 

I've had a looksee all over the place Col. The only Russian radial I can find is the Shvetsov Ash-62.

This is a nine cylinder that has a big collector ring and a single pipe,so it muffles the exhaust note quite a bit and drives a four blade prop in the An-2.

 

The ASh-21 in the C-11 is a seven cylinder with twin pipes exiting underneath driving a two blade paddle prop with hardly any rasp(more of a deep thrum,nothing like a Harvard).

 

Seven cylinders sounds are hard to find,the closest in sound to the ASh-21 is the M-14 9 cylinder in the Yak 18T that drives a similar prop but 360 hp compared to the ASh-21's 700.

[tiger1962]

According to Wikipedia, the Shvetsov ASh-21 was also used in the Beriev Be-8, Beriev Be-30 (prototype), Yak-11 and Yak-16. A.F. Scrub has several versions of the Yak-11 in the library here, maybe one of those has the sounds you're looking for?

[Miggers]

According to Wikipedia, the Shvetsov ASh-21 was also used in the Beriev Be-8, Beriev Be-30 (prototype), Yak-11 and Yak-16. A.F. Scrub has several versions of the Yak-11 in the library here, maybe one of those has the sounds you're looking for?

 

Thnks for the H.U tiger,I'll have a look,many though seem just to alias the sounds to the stock DC-3/C-47,which of course,sound absolutely nothing at all like a Shvetsov ASh-21 seven cylinder.

[johnhinson]

Just changing file names in an existing sound.cfg file will rarely produce the desired result. The sound.cfg includes numerous settings for RPM, volume etc at various speeds and ranges.

 

There is an old utility called FS Sound Studio still available (FS Sound Studio: Microsoft Flight Simulator Sound Configuration Editor) which will make changes and code them accordingly. Unfortunately, it is incompatible with recent Windows versions but I have an old, unconnected, Windows XP machine which I use almost solely for such work and then move the file to my current PC.

 

John

[Miggers]

Just changing file names in an existing sound.cfg file will rarely produce the desired result. The sound.cfg includes numerous settings for RPM, volume etc at various speeds and ranges.

 

There is an old utility called FS Sound Studio still available (FS Sound Studio: Microsoft Flight Simulator Sound Configuration Editor) which will make changes and code them accordingly. Unfortunately, it is incompatible with recent Windows versions but I have an old, unconnected, Windows XP machine which I use almost solely for such work and then move the file to my current PC.

 

John

 

Many thanks John.

As it happens,my Fs9 actually runs on an XP drive slaved to my main "runner" drive,so it should be possible to install and run that programme.

 

I did actually find a pretty good engine sound file for the Yak's Shvetsov(one of AF Scrub's)but it does lack the "hiss" of the Yak's pneumatics,i.e the flaps,the brakes and the Shvetsov's unique "air starter"

which turns and primes the engine to give a pretty instant start up hot or cold