Re: (erielack) DL&W horns

["Dick Honeyman" <hmanrr_@_rochester.rr.com>]

I had wondered about the Mark I videos having noticed a few scenes where the
sounds seemed canned to me.   But, are all the sounds canned?  If so, my
hat's off to the sound editor as there are some very convincing audio
tracks - in particular in Lackawanna Steam vol II  (for instance the
Dansville & Mt Morris segment).  I'll go back for another more critical
listen and watch - an enjoyable way to spend an hour any time!

Dick Honeyman


- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Tupaczewski, Paul R (Paul)" <paultup_@_lucent.com>
To: "'A Samostie'" <quahog_@_sprint.ca>; <erielack@lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 1:31 PM
Subject: RE: (erielack) DL&W horns


> > I recently viewed the Mark I Videos "Lackawanna Diesels" and
> > "The Phoebe Snow" for the first time.  I noticed two very
> > different horn sounds from the E8s -- one was melodic and
> > high-pitched, the other less shrill and not as "rich" a chord
> > sound; perhaps these were just "short toots" with the horn
> > valves only partially open.  I'll need to watch the videos
> > again and listen more carefully to see if there was a
> > difference in horn sound between pre-merger and post-merger
> > DL&W E8s, as well as between Erie and DL&W E8s.
>
> WHOA! Do NOT use Mark I Video's sound tracks as a reference! All the
sounds
> in his "vintage videos" are canned sounds - you'll hear many of the same
> sounds throughout the tapes. I can almost guarantee you that those horns
are
> NOT those of EL/DL&W/Erie units!
>
> There are some tapes out there with good live sound - Green Frog's EL tape
> is one example, and I believe Clear Block Productions' EL videos are also
> live sound. Revelation Audio-Visual's EL tapes are live, too, I think.
>
>
> > The DL&W freight F3s definitely had a flat "blat" horn... not
> > sure about the passenger F3s.  No PA or Train Master horn
> > sounds on the video, unfortunately.
>
> I believe both roads' F-units were identically equipped with blat horns
(not
> sure if they were from the same manufacturer, though)
>
> - Paul
>

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