DCCSound.com

NR class sound now available! GE 7FDL-16 prime mover

DCCSound is proud to present at the: 

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Why just see your trains when you could hear them too? 

DCCSound is dedicated to the former Victorian Railways of Australia, by providing prototypically respresentative sound files for the DCC sound modelling community.

Sounds are recorded in 16 bit, 44 kbps wav format (CD quality) using the latest hi-tech sound recording equipment. Sound files are then constructed using professional sound editing software.

 Features:

1) Sounds are recorded from actual motive power of the Victorian Railways

Recordings are taken from motive power, engineered for and operated by the Victorian Railways from the early 1950s through to privatisation in the late 1990s. Our recording of the Clyde-EMD G6B is unique as the Y class was the only locomotive in the world fitted with a 6 cylinder version of the famous 645 series EMD prime mover.

2) Strong exhaust presence

Sound is taken from on board or adjacent to locomotives. When safe to do so, recordings are taken with microphones at exhaust height. This provides the most pleasing aural experience possible.

3) Locomotive operation is more typical

DCCSound files include the audible response of the locomotive as it accelerates and decelerates, as the generator loads up and unloads etc. Our files in combination with the best sound map control system from ESU LokSound make it happen. The unique DERM sound files also include manual transitioning for switching of the electrical circuits in the GE traction motors - 1920's technology from EMC. No one else, even in the USA, has a recording of these.

Sound files include the acceleration schedule, which enables prototypical use of the DCC cab. With an acceleration schedule enabled in your decoder and when a large speed step change is dialed in, the prime mover will ramp up and the locomotive will accelerate accordingly. When the set speed is reached, the engine load will back off into a coast condition. Most other sound decoders respond with one notch increase at a time, even with a large speed step increase. So the engine noise response is proportional to the loco road speed, and not the load, which most will appreciate does not reflect the prototype.

Of course the outcome of these efforts is always dependent upon the sound reproduction once the waveform leaves the decoder for the speakers! I.e. speaker choice and enclosure design are paramount and cannot be over-emphasized.

We hope you can use this website as a resource to enrich your enjoyment of sound equipped model trains. Please visit the 'Sound Centre' page to appreciate the many features of our sound files as well as the many classes of locomotive and railmotor we cater for.

If you're a modeller of interstate railways, our files could be considered, as many locomotives shared common equipment.

Feel free to submit an enquiry via the 'Contact us' page. Feedback and suggestions are always welcome.