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RailPro => RailPro Specific Help & Discussion => Topic started by: William Brillinger on July 21, 2016, 09:09:51 AM

Title: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: William Brillinger on July 21, 2016, 09:09:51 AM: To Setup Manual Notching on RailPro follow these steps:

Program the Notch Up and Notch Down buttons as follows:
(You must use the Notch UP and Notch Down Images for the buttons.)

Set the Locomotive to use Manual Notching:

Manual Notching should look like this on your screen main:
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: Josephbw on July 21, 2016, 12:14:55 PM: Hi Bill, what does your "Roll" button do?

Thanks, Joe
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: nodcc4me on July 21, 2016, 12:15:52 PM: Couldn't be any easier. Thanks Bill! :)
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: William Brillinger on July 21, 2016, 12:32:02 PM: Quote
Hi Bill, what does your "Roll" button do?

The Roll and Squeal buttons are for recordings I made of a train rolling and Flange or Brake Squeal.
You can find the Squeal here: http://rpug.pdc.ca/index.php?topic=140.0

The Roll sound is not uploaded as I didn't think there was much interest in it.
You can hear it in this video:

They are fun, but could be better.
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: SD90 on July 21, 2016, 06:00:19 PM: Nice! I like the squeal and clank sounds!
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: William Brillinger on July 21, 2016, 08:14:48 PM: Thanks! the Clanks can also be downloaded from the files section on this site.
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: Josephbw on July 22, 2016, 09:59:35 AM: Thanks Bill, that adds another dimension to the layout experience. ;D

Joe
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: Dean on July 25, 2016, 12:35:36 PM: Does the notching control the sounds, or does it control the throttle?

Thanks
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: nodcc4me on July 25, 2016, 12:40:54 PM: Notching does not control the throttle. The controller buttons control the notching effect.
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: Josephbw on July 25, 2016, 01:04:57 PM: The way I do it, is to notch up 1-3 notches, then gradually increase the throttle knob, then notch up as necessary, with the appropriate throttle response. Or you could adjust your momentum up, crank up the throttle, then notch up. There are several options on how to control it.

Joe
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: SD90 on July 25, 2016, 03:27:17 PM: Is this like LokSounds full throttle feature? Where you can increase the prime mover sound without actually increasing the speed of the locomotive? Making it sound as if the train is very heavy?
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: nodcc4me on July 25, 2016, 03:33:08 PM: I'm not familiar with the Loksound feature, but yes, the notching and throttle are independent of each other when using manual notching.
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: William Brillinger on July 25, 2016, 03:40:07 PM: The biggest difference is RailPro's manual notching vs Loksound's Full throttle control is that you never remove the ability to control the speed of the train from the knob. You can always control the train, and you can always control the prime mover sound. But you cannot currently exit Manual Notching "on the fly" with RailPro, either you're using it, or you're not.
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: SD90 on July 25, 2016, 05:33:36 PM: So you mean if you are using manual notching, the prime mover sound is controlled by you, not the throttle? And you just have to set it up on the throttle? This sounds like what I want!
Is there a video that shows this?
Thanks Bill!
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: William Brillinger on July 25, 2016, 05:51:44 PM: My RailPro custom sounds demo uses manual notching exclusively.
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: SD90 on July 25, 2016, 08:26:30 PM: So cool! Thanks Bill!
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: William Brillinger on July 25, 2016, 08:52:36 PM: it sounds better in person ;)
Title: Re: How To Setup Manual Notching
Post by: Pilar Valley Railway on March 13, 2017, 10:00:39 PM: Great video's Bill. I love that rolling sound, it adds so much to the whole sound of the train.