That awful sound...

Sorry, but since the overhaul update the KA-50 has awful sound effects. It is absolutely overprocessed and overcompressed, it has no dynamics. It sounds so lush, it doesn't sound anyway near a KA-50 in video recordings.

Plus: What's up with the fighter jet sound that gets mixed in during a flyby? It absolutely doesn't sound like a helo. I think there's a standard fighter jet sound in the sound engine that automatically blends in during flybys. It doesn't fit helicopters.

Do you people know if the current sounds are work in progress or placeholders? I hope so...

Just today a helicopter flew overhead and as it passed by the dominant sound wasn't the rotors, it was the turbine engine. So at least under certain conditions this is accurate.

I'm not talking about turbine noise, there's literally a fighter jet mixed in the sound.

Yea, I also hear the fighter jet sound. just press f2 while flying and rotate to the rear of the helo, You get constant F15 flight noise. Annoying. I've spent years working on and being around helicopters, it's literally an FC3 sound effect stamped into the mix, lol.

Rest of the sounds aren't terrible for me, sounds a bit too much H-60 and less Kamov in blade noise, like the number of blades and RPM is wrong, but for me the only thing that stands out in the rift headphones is that jet flight noise.

At first i didn't like the blade sounds. But Pretty quickly i came to like it. But if theres a jet sound in there then wut!? That needs fixing.

And I'm not only talking about the jet sound.

The sound is absolutely overprocessed compared to the sound of other modules. There is an audio limiter in the external sound effects, that is cranked up to the maximum wich is annoying and unrealistic, resulting in a muffled mess.

The internal sounds are okay.

I agree. There's clearly an afterburnerish sound in the flyby.

As far as the in cockpit sounds... They're alright. Not great. There used to be a great sound mod... Does it still work?

To me the new Ka-50 sound is better than the old one. So far I thought it sounds really nice.

To me the new Ka-50 sound is better than the old one. So far I thought it sounds really nice.

+1

External is not loud enough i wanna hear that loud roar.

Not talking about helicopter turbines, there is really fighter jet mixed in when using external views like it is constantly flying somewhere around you. Best way to test is use F3 camera and wait a bit when the helicopter passes, you will clearly hear generic fighter jet sound soon after.

Someone report it as a bug pls.

When I was in the army I watched the actual allied USFK Apache pass by. I was surprised because it was so quiet

Looping jet noise confirmed, once you hear it starts to grind very quickly!

I believe people are refering to the sound that starts at around 44 seconds in (the whooshy/windy kind of sound)

I guess that is just some closer distance sound that starts to fade in. Fades are difficult to control, maybe that is it.

You can also slightly hear it around 2:37

I guess that is just some aspect of the sound that stands out in some cases because it fades in.

In my experience with helicopter fly-bys in real life they have a wide range of different sounds. Sometimes you hear the blades, other times they can't be heard at all, same with the engine sounds. Lately I even heard a UH-1 where you almost couldn't hear the loud blade noise. I guess it is very complicated to mimic and what we hear is some fade in difference that stands out a bit.

But I would not call that awful at all. I think it sounds great in general. There is just some rough edges maybe. As can be expected with something as difficult as helicopter noise.

Listen to this video of KA-52s and all the different nuances in sound, it's like incredibly difficult to model/simulate

They did a great job.

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From the info below your name, it appears you are part of the actual ED team, not just some middle hand forum admin. Good to see you around in these forums, wish more of your colleagues followed your example!

To me the new Ka-50 sound is better than the old one. So far I thought it sounds really nice.

+1

From the info below your name, it appears you are part of the actual ED team, not just some middle hand forum admin. Good to see you around in these forums, wish more of your colleagues followed your example!

Recalling BTD's older posts in warbirds sections of the forum, I'll point out he's not just some middle hand ED-team member either ;), but the only engineer of sound content in this sim (not counting 3rd parties with their own sound guys, of course). In either case, it's good to see him listening to feedback and interacting with community a lot.