Hi guys
Not sure if it is just my system, or whether others have been experiencing the same sound anomalies since the 4.56 update. Below are 2 of my most noticeable changes:
1. Engine Sound: At startup, there appears to be 2 separate and distinct engine sounds. It is more noticeable as when I increase the throttle to about 22%. So much so that I have actually looked around for a second aircraft that may have started up next to me, but no aircraft is present.
2. Machine Gun Fire: I've read posts of others reveling in the new gun sound. Perhaps this is something experienced in an external view. For me, I've been flying "realistic" which does not permit external views and if I do not see the tracers leaving my wings, I'd be hard pressed to know if my guns have fired or not. There is a sound present but it is hardly noticeable ... more like a tick, tick ticking sound. Not to appealing in my assessment.
3. I know, I know, I said I had only 2 comments, but while writing I thought of something else that I find less than appealing when it come to the sound files. That is the sound emitted by the DH82A better known as the Tiger Moth. When starting this aircraft, and the engine is running at a low RPM, the sound emitted is more like a "clicking-hiss-pop" than that of an engine. It is only once the RPM's are increased that it actually begins to sound like and engine. I first noticed this when I was practicing in this aircraft in preparation for the ATAG Tiger Moth event. When I first started playing around with this aircraft, it took me awhile to realize that I had actually successfully started the engine ... not by the sound that it was making, but by the blur of my rotating propeller. It was only when I was able to increase the RPM's that the aircraft began to emit noticeable engine sounds. I had hoped this had been addressed in the 4.56 update, but sadly it had not.
Those are my simple observations regarding the new sound files. Overall, I am constantly thrilled by this SIM and often wonder what it must have been like in its "hay-day" when the servers where plugged with active participants. I've only been flying this SIM since September 2018 and have logged a mere 706 hours.
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