============================================================================ PCC STREETCAR SOUNDS PROJECT This Sound Project was developed by Fred Miller for use in DCC controlled models of Pre-War (Air) and Post-War (All-electric) PCC Streetcars. Unique Sounds are provided for each type of car. ============================================================================ Project: PCCSET.SPJ Developed 11/20/10 SDF: PCCSET.ASM Last Modified 12/20/10 ============================================================================ (A) Function Key Definitions ============================================================================ F0 Headlight (Motor Decoder) F1 Continuous Warning Gongs (Post War see CV155) F2 One/two Gongs F3 Available (Motor Decoder) F4 Door Open/Close (when not moving) Track Squeal (when moving) F5 Crossing Horn (PostWar Only) F6 Available (Motor Decoder) F7 Mute all sounds ============================================================================ (B) Sound FX defined CV's: (Note default values are shown in [ ] brackets) ============================================================================ CV3 Acceleration Momentum [0] CV4 Deceleration Momentum [0] CV8 Reset CVs to Default [9] CV58 Master Volume (15=Max) [15] CV60 Sound Scheme 0=PreWar, 1=PostWar [0] CV132 Notch Rate (Suggest 64) [64] CV135 Mute Volume (Suggest 0) [0] CV140 Motor whine and track noise Volume (1=Off, 64=Max) [45] CV141 Gong Volume (1=Off, 64=Max) [45] CV142 PreWar Air Compressor Volume (1=Off, 64=Max) [45] CV143 PostWar Motor Generator Volume (1=Off, 64=Max) [20] CV144 Door Sounds Volume (1=Off, 64=Max) [45] CV145 Farebox Clink Volume (1=Off, 64=Max) [45] CV146 Voice Announcement Volume (1=Off, 64=Max) [45] CV147 Track Squeal Volume (1=Off, 64=Max)[45] CV148 PostWar PCC Horn Volume (1=Off, 64=Max) [45] CV149 PreWar Time between Compressor Runs (2 sec incr) [60] CV150 PreWar Compressor Run Time (2 sec incr) [10] CV151 PostWar Gong Selection 1=SF FLine, 2=PTC [2] CV152 Author (0xFC) Fred's Carbarn [252] CV153 Project No (5=Combined PreWar/PostWar PCC Two Scheme) [5] CV154 Gong Count 1 or 2 (2 also adds auto at start) [2] CV155 PostWar (0=standard, 1=F1 compatible with TCS M4T decoder) [0] ============================================================================ (C) General Notes ============================================================================ This Project adds sound to either a Pre-War (Air) PCC Streetcar such as the Con-Cor HO model or a Post-War (All-electric) PCC Streetcar such as the Bowser HO model. The sounds can, of course, be added to any PCC model of any scale. The cars must be equipped with a Digitrax SFX sound decoder, e.g., Digitrax SDN144PS or SDH164 Motor/Sound decoder or a Digitrax SoundBug in parallel with any DCC motor decoder. - Motor and Track Sounds will reflect the throttle speed settings. - (Pre-War PCC) Air Compressor sounds will cycle on/off based on CV149 & CV150 settings. - F1 issues continuous warning Gongs (Setting CV155=1 in PostWar PCC will avoid use of F1 sounds for the TCS M4T special traction motor decoder. - F2 issues one or two trolley gongs depending on CV152 setting. - When two gongs are selected (CV154) for F2, two gongs will also be auto- matically sounded at streetcar startup. - Post-War PCC scheme can select a San Francisco F-Line gong, or a Philadelphia PTC Gong using CV151 - When the streetcar is NOT moving F4 On/Off will issue unique PCC door open and close sounds accompanied with random farebox and operator comments. When the car is moving, F4 will issue track squeal sounds. - F5 issues a standard crossing horn (- - . -) for of street operation of the PostWar streetcar. - F7 Mutes (turns off) all sounds. - F0, F3 and F6 Function keys are available for Motor Decoder use, e.g, head- lights, internal lights, etc. In some cases the Motor Decoder Functions may need to be "remapped" if there is a conflict with this sound project. - CV155 value of 1 removes F1-Continuous Warning Bells and frees up F1 for motor decoder compatibility with TCS M4T special traction decoder. (Inside lights) The overall sound volume is controlled by Master Volume CV58. Other individual sound volumes are set by CVs listed above. The Default for CV58 is 15 but can be set 0-15 from a Throttle or the simulated throttle in SoundLoader. Individual sound volume CVs can be set 0-64. A setting of 1 effectively turns off that sound. The software for this Sound Project was developed by Fred Miller. Original Sound clips were graciously loaned by Carl Schultz of Transit Gloria Mundi (Pre-War car), George Huckaby of Custom Traxx (Post-War FLine cars of San Francisco) and Dennis Cramer of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (Post-War PTC). Although the sound clips were substantially edited by Fred Miller for use in the Digitrax SFX Sound Decoders, ownership of the original sounds remains with Transit Gloria Mundi, CustomTraxx and PTM and cannot be reproduced without their permission. This Sound Project was developed for the trolley modeling community and the PCCSET.SPJ project file can be shared without charge.