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Yes, it's FREE ... Matt Herman of ESU / LokSound demonstrates their new "drive hold" feature and how it allows more easily controlling prime mover sounds.

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joef MRH Founder 17,402 posts
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Check out this free TMTV video

Make sure you check out this free TMTV video demoing the DRIVE HOLD feature of LokSound's new Full Throttle decoder firmware upgrade. Also post your thoughts here in this thread!

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RandallG Super User 772 posts
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The link you posted to check

The link you posted to check out this free video asks you to sign in or join. Since i do not have an account to sign into, and am not joining at this time, there is no video available for me. The video title screen says free video, however there is no way to access it.

Randy
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joef MRH Founder 17,402 posts
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Fixed, try it now!

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The link you posted to check out this free video asks you to sign in or join. Since i do not have an account to sign into, and am not joining at this time, there is no video available for me. The video title screen says free video, however there is no way to access it.

Randy

Oops, our bad! The video has been fixed so it's open and freely available for all to play. Try it now!

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rickwade Prolific poster (deceased) 6,447 posts
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Troublemaker here (tongue in cheek)

Watched the video.......

Is that yet another NCE PowerCab control?  No Digitrax? 

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RandallG Super User 772 posts
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Thanks Joe. the link works

Thanks Joe. the link works fine now. After watching this video, I think I need new speakers, or new ears. The voices come through loud and clear, but you can just barely hear the loco sounds if at all. Sorry, but I can't comment on what I can't hear. It's been that kind of day for me. Apparently I can't hear the audible signal on my stud finder either.   

Randy
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Dave.S58 Regular poster 399 posts
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What Randy said

I have to agree with Randy. The content of the video is to demonstrate the ability to change the sound independent of the actual speed. I would like to hear the sound changes more clearly, they are too faint for me also.

DaveS
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joef MRH Founder 17,402 posts
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As for the DCC system being used

As for the DCC system being used, NCE sent us *two* (count them, two) systems to use in our videos. Digitrax has sent none. No worries, though. This now gives us some pretty good leverage to approach Digitrax again about sending us a system to use in some of our on-screen demos. (wink) We're totally on board with equal time as long as the vendors will provide a demo system to use.

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Station Agent Frequent poster 527 posts
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DCC systems

I'd like to point out that for most of the past three years any NCE system viewers have seen on the DCC Decoded segments happens to be my personal system. It happens to have been NCE because I purchased someone's equipment when he left the hobby in 2014. I'd love to be able to say that I'm able to afford to have a room full of various command stations and throttles standing by for guests, but that's not the case. But if it was, guests could use whatever product they are most comfortable with. Most likely it would be one that is easiest for them to set up and get running. The shoot days can be long ones and I want folks to be comfortable when they're on camera. Now having said that, I'd like to point out that I have seen control systems from ESU, Digitrax and NCE on the DCC Decoded series. You'll even see an MRC DC throttle on the set now and then. Way to go, Rick.

Barry Silverthorn
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Station Agent Frequent poster 527 posts
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Audible

Everyone's computer, TV, smartphone or tablet has a different frequency response. I was surprised to find that the speaker in my smartphone actually sounded better than my TV does in the "flat" setting The monitoring equipment in the studio may be a bit better than what most of us are using at home but I can trust it. It saddens me that at a younger age my budget always meant that I had to buy nosebleed seats at rock concerts, but I can also boast that my last hearing test showed I have average hearing for someone my age. That might be a problem for others who have problems at different frequencies. My suggestion is to try a set of good headphones. Something that makes contact with your skull will help elevate some of the lower frequencies if you are missing the rumble.

Barry Silverthorn
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RandallG Super User 772 posts
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There have been lots of

There have been lots of videos on the MRH forum that demonstrate the full throttle decoders. You can hear the loco's. On your video, you can barely hear the loco sounds. And since this is what you are demonstrating, I just think the loco sounds should be in the forefront. 

Having good expensive audio equipment is always nice to have. However, having the system set up for a true flat response is also very important. Especially when you are recording the sounds. If your playback system accentuates any particular frequencies, although they sound great on that system, they will be lost when played back on another system that has a relatively flat playback response. The opposite is true for the lack frequencies. I remember the local musician who recorded his band. His studio monitors lacked a good base response. When he recorded the music tracks, he added base because he wasn't hearing what he wanted.  When he took the recording to a friends to listen to, he cranked it up. Blew one of the woofers. There was an enormous amount of very lo frequency, which could not be heard in the studio where he recorded it.

Now of course we are talking about trains and decoders here, but the sounds of the loco should be far more out front to properly demonstrate the drive hold feature.

just sayin...

Randy
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joef MRH Founder 17,402 posts
joef

Okay, I boosted the volume bottom end

Barry may have a different opinion, but I took the video and applied an audio compressor to try and boost the lower volume sound up some. I can hear the loco better now. Please take another listen and see if you can hear the loco better. Thanks!

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RandallG Super User 772 posts
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Joe, there is a very slight

Joe, there is a very slight difference, however you still can not really hear the loco. I think the problem is that the loco volume needs to be cranked up in the decoder. The voices are really loud, but you can barely hear the loco sounds. I don't think changing the eq is the answer. Perhaps the next time a demo of loco sounds is filmed, just crank up the loco volume to really demonstrate the feature.

Randy
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