Interesting topic as I just spent several hours programming a heavy steam Tsunami installed in an Allegheny boiler last night. Ive ben using a SPROG II programmer that makes nearly instantaneous changes to cvs possible. That is, it permits endless tweaking which turns into endless hours, etc.. Ed makes a good point. The simulated articulated loco logic in the Tsunami is good enough that you can program in slip at three speed levels. I have not yet figured out to make the sounds synch perfectly though while using articulated 8 chuffs per revolution dont think there is an electronic solution. Oh and this loco has cam wipers installed as well. Of course the cams will permit occasional synching but they present their own issues of random events and not so good back up sounds until a decent speed is reached. On balance the synthesizer wins this round and cams are disabled for now. There is a more fundamental problem being worked on. The exhaust chuff seems much too well defined for what I imagine the Allegheny really sounded like. More endless tweaking with the equalizer and reverb cvs may or may not solve this well see. Meantime saw on the C&O group that someone is planning to make an Alleghany sound unit from actual sound tapes. Hmm................ BTW those in the know say the 2-6-6-2 being a compound steam distribution only needs to be programmed as a conventional loco with some reverb maybe. Reason is the low pressure steam emission was overwhelmed by the high pressure. Chris
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