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RailPro => RailPro Specific Help & Discussion => Topic started by: CPRail on December 21, 2025, 01:22:50 PM

Title: Issue with making custom sound file
Post by: CPRail on December 21, 2025, 01:22:50 PM

Hi Group,

I'm trying to load a custom horn file (which I've done before) and I get an "Error - Format not PCM!" message. The specific files are in WAV format, 705kbps bit rate, 1 channel (mono), sample rate is 44.1 kHz. From what I can tell this is all correct as per the Ring manual for the RailPro Assistant.

What am I doing wrong?

Title: Re: Issue with making custom sound file
Post by: JRad on December 23, 2025, 09:27:33 AM

I have had this issue and it ended up being a setting in Audacity. Unfortunately, I can't recall which one. I just went an looked at my latest project from almost a year ago and nothing jumps out at me.

The settings on the track I am exporting is Mono, 44100Hz, 16 Bit PCM and in the export box, the encoding drop down is Signed 16 Bit PCM.

Title: Re: Issue with making custom sound file
Post by: CPRail on December 23, 2025, 09:39:11 AM

Okay, I'll see what the person doing the editing on the files has set-up. Fingers crossed!!