Ed K. has written a blog delving little bit deeper into his TrainCrew app. You can read it HERE. Chuck Hunt has a very nice piece on creating a sense of place HERE.
Author: Lmind1
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Mixing It Up
With the discovery of Ed’s TrainCrew audio app., the next step was to see if I could overlay those sounds seamlessly on top of the locomotive audio being fed from the under layout sound decoder to my wireless headphones. Anticipating this need, awhile back I picked up an audio “mixer” from Pricom. One side of […]
Audio Props: TrainCrew
After my last post on audio props, Ed Kapuscinski dropped me a note announcing that he’s developed an app. that already does many of things on my wish list. Wow Ed, that was fast! Thanks! The app is called TrainCrew URL: http://traincrew.conrail1285.com/ I’ve been playing around with it and it’s a simple matter to carry your smartphone […]
Op. Session Design
I feel like I should track down all of the attendees of my early op. sessions and issue a formal apology for what I put them through. It’s a common mistake layout owners make when they get into the operations game and have their first several years of sessions. We feel obligated to […]
Audio “Props”
When it comes to simulating the multitude of tasks an actual switch crew performs, each modeler has to decide for themselves which methods add to the experience, which are simply mind numbingly boring, and which just feel moronic. These tasks, which include things like setting brake wheels, throwing out fusee’s, three step procedures, opening industry gates, […]