Whoop whoop whoop ...

Am I the only one finding the DCS Huey sounds sounds too " synthetic " ?

My reference video is this one for years :

What do you think ?

Wow, the sound in that video was amazing!! I watched it two times now. One more movie to make the time pass:D

Ive watched the dcs videos alot as well, and i dont think the sound is better or worse in any of them. I think that what kind of camera were used and maybe the altitude and loand may have impacts on the whoop whoop sounds.

But then again, your the hueyman, not me ! :D

Edit: of course i can hear differences between the two, but i really like the Dcs sound as well, tho having the sounds from that movie in there would be awesome!

Sure a rotor sounds are generated from so many factors... blade AoA, aircraft speed, density, temperature, pressure, global atmosphere, wind going through rotor disc etc etc...

But basically, there is a common sound everyone can recognize, like in this amazing video ;-)

I'm sure we'll have to hear the actual sounds on the game to make opinions, but that sounded strange on the video. Don't know if they recorded real sounds on a real one ( I wondered the one in the UK, the " G-HUEY " ) or if they created sounds with some Computer Assisted Music synthesizers...

Hmm. I know inread somewhere that they have used actual sound recordings from the real thing, but i can remember where i read that at the top of my head.

And to be honest, if they slightly exaggerated the whoop whoop, i for one wouldnt mind a bit !

I know that some cockpit sounds are recorded from the real thing. Solenoids, gyros, inverters, ect. I would bet that engine and blade sounds were also recorded. Then remastered and made useable for game sounds.

A blade will never make the same chop sound irl. The hueys weight, atmosphere conditions, power settings, and your perspective will change how it sounds. Sounds is a tricky thing to simulate. As a person who works around helicopters, I will tell you that I think the sounds are very good.

Indeed Krebs. I like the sound you guys have gotten in there..

Cant wait to hear how my OWN Huey are sounding :D

if you read the credits at the end of the manual it appears they had someone actually record the huey sounds live..

probably pretty authentic then.

Get a 7.1 soundcard and speakers, crank the volume dial all the way clockwise, report back :D

Get a 7.1 soundcard and speakers, crank the volume dial all the way clockwise, report back :D

Deafinitely :lol:

I think most people would be surprised to know that the tail rotor is way louder than the main rotor on the ground close up. The higher pitch comes out like a buzzing sound. The lower pitch whoop from the main, I think carries further so is heard from a good distance away. The "buzz" will fade at that distance. During takeoffs and landings, you get a clean chop chop sound as the main grabs air.

All of these sound dynamics feel well simulated in the product. 7.1 users will be happy. I wish I had a but kicker.

Now, I have 7.1 surround headphones but I'm using the 7.1 audio chip on my motherboard. Slightly off topic, but will putting in a card make that much difference?

Ill report back on the ButtKicker Krebs, now that will show how well programmed the sound is. :) can't wait to feel the Huey.

Cowboy10uk

can't wait to feel the Huey.

Wow, you really are desperate :D

Wow, you really are desperate :D

:megalol: damn, does it show. :) ok I asked for that.

Cowboy10uk

Cowboy, depends on the mobo chip really, but no mobo chip will match a dedicated soundcard, especially one with an amp with power to drive the speakers it's connected to. You need to marry the card with the speakers as such.

I remember years ago in IL2 Sturmo days, a dedicated soundcard and speakers made a world of difference to running off the std 2 little pc speakers most pc's came with, lots more depth and range in the sound.

just my opinion.

Now, I have 7.1 surround headphones but I'm using the 7.1 audio chip on my motherboard. Slightly off topic, but will putting in a card make that much difference?

 

Ill report back on the ButtKicker Krebs, now that will show how well programmed the sound is. :) can't wait to feel the Huey.

 

Cowboy10uk

yes it makes a huge difference; not only does it free up CPU cycles, Free's up ram, it give you more rich sound:thumbup:

you know that annoying stutter in the sound when you play heavy GPU and CPU side games that's sound and gaming data fighting to get through the bottle neck...

Hopefully a few days and i own the Huey with patch 124. Cant wait for that bird. I am really happy that this little nice thing will be available.

Nice vid:thumbup:

I'm sure ED did good job about Huey's sounds. I know they took the sounds with professional equipments that some friends have already told firts page.

And I know that most of sounds in those videos may not be exact sound - because of non-professional quality of the microphone of camera, etc...

But after those words, I'm excited to make sound mods for Huey by gathering sounds from "these" videos. :D

I've not heard anything that sounds like the UH-1s I have heard - some of them come close, but it just depends on which direction the helicopter is from you, how close, it's altitude, speed etc etc. There are so many differences and they can be absolutely huge with this aircraft.

For example - I'd seen many flying around in the 70's (in West Germany) and they sounded pretty much like they do in places on some of the videos. But one sound I have never heard on a video was what I would hear when one was approaching me directly overhead, at a couple of hundred feet. An incredible whup-whup sound that was like nothing I had heard before or have heard since. It sounded like someone was trying to beat the atmosphere on your head about twice a second - absolutely awesome.

The first time I experienced that, I was really wondering what the hell was happening. I thought it was an aircraft, but as it was like nothing I had ever heard before, I wasn't sure. I was surrounded by trees and there was this massive whup-whup at incredible volume, getting louder and louder.

Finally, a white and green Bundes Polizei Iroquios (as I called it then) came from behind the trees at low speed & altitude - and the funny thing was that once it was directly overhead, it was really quiet - just a slight mechanical whistling type of sound - and as it receded towards the airfield, it sounded just like any other helicopter of the time, with just the occasional louder whup (but not as loud as when it was approaching). Amazing.

Edit - I just played the OP video linked to and it does sound similar at times. Not heard it sound as similar in any of the DCS vids I've seen thus far.

Yeah yeah yeah ... I know sound is something very complex, as I stated before, and you too guys, many many factors are coming into the equation...

But from the simplest point of view, I didn't heard anything really convincing from the DCS videos I've seen so far, especially in the cockpit.

For example, let's compare the sound in the " Autorotation " Huey Belsimtek Video and this http://www.sounddogs.com/sound-effects/25/mp3/312523_SOUNDDOGS__he.mp3

You clearly hear the rotor sound is more present than the turbine. Not in our incoming simulation. We also can hear one blade seems to be louder than the other one, because it's behind the " wake " of the previous blade etc etc...

If you want to get nice sound samples of real Huey's >>> http://www.sounddogs.com/searchresults.asp?Keyword=Huey

Yeah low quality, but good enough to feel that bird.

@Noj : what you are saying is certainly true as Germans didn't have Huey's... I mean, Dornier licensed made UH-1D with... much wider chord main blades ! : http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/8/1/0/1950018.jpg this explaining that sound.

Hueyman

Do you really expect sound heard on the ground to be the same as in the cockpit?

We have huey... German Bundeswehr (Heeresflieger and Lufwaffe SAR)

Startup UH-1D German Bundeswehr Heeresflieger

>>> http://www.flugzeuginfo.net/acdata_php/acdata_205_en.php

" Remarks

The Bell 205 is a stretched development of the Bell 204. The Bell 205 was license-built in Italy by Agusta(Agusta-Bell 205 & 205A-1) and Japan by Fuji Heavy Industries (Fuji-Bell 205A-1). 352 Bell UH-1D have been assembled by Dornier for the German Forces (Bundeswehr). "

So, no, it's not " genuine " North American built Huey's, and those Dornier German ones got wider blades.

Then, the sound link I gave isn't 100% accurate as it's the Bell 212, with two Pratt & Whitney PT6 free turbines instead of the single Honeywell T-53. But the rotor system remain almost the same.

Anyway, we can't get agree or disagree on sound before they release it ;-) And for people who are looking for more " natural " sounds ( at least, compared to what I heard until now ) I'm sure there will be several other soundpacks, like the KA-50 had.

Hueyman

I am wondering what everyone's impression of the sound now that it has been released? Any comments?

Do fer me - certainly happy enough with it :thumbup:

I am wondering what everyone's impression of the sound now that it has been released? Any comments?

I just have std 2.1 sound but to me its really nice. Pump up the volume and let the woofer work that whoop whoop whoop :thumbup:

Have a new Xonar STX soundcard (not installed), just waiting for my Senneheiser headsets to arrive then I am going to crank it properly :)