Cheap Sound

[jon-monon]

While shopping at 1stplace, I noticed they have a lot of railroad sound CD's and tapes in the Book Section. I thought that would be a cool way to get some cheap background sound. Most of it is bygreenfrog productions. This would work if you have a portable tape or CD player, or better yet a nice sound system, which everyone needs in their hobby room I think I have better tunes in the garage than in the living room. I know the garage stereo gets used a lot more/louder! I was thinking about someday getting the cheap $50 MRC sound deal with cheapo plastic speakers and pumping it into the stereo, but I don't think I want to keep pushing buttons or listen to constant clack-clack-clack, so I think I'll get the $13 background CD. Of course, we have to crank up Pink Floyd when modeling

 

[rich maiorano]

some dark side of the moon,the wall and the pipers at the gates of dawn when you what to get real wired up

 

[Vic]

Green Frog

Hi Jon, A couple of years ago I purchased a Green Frog Narrow Gauge Background Sounds tape. I was going to feed it through the aux of my sound system. Boy was I dissapointed In addition to narrow gauge sounds of locos etc I heard jet planes, semi trucks and even a helicopter Not hardly the right sounds for a 1930's era layout!!! Sent it back for a refund but maybe they have improved them.

 

[jon-monon]

bummer

I guess it'll be umaguma and animals; maybe not appropriate, but much more enjoyable

 

[rich maiorano]

them too rich

 

[shamus]

Hi Jon,
checkout this thread about CD sounds
http://www.the-gauge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=20472#post20472


Shamus

 

[jon-monon]

Thanks for looking that up! Looks (sounds?) like you have a real cool sound system! Did you have better luck with greenfrog than Vic? I wonder if the NG tape he got was an exception, or the standard

Heya Vic, you didn't say it came complete with the King of Pop!?!? Is that a bonus track? Is it a remix? I can just hear it, to the sound of Beat it: ribets, do do, them ribets, do do. RIBETS ribets, RIBITS, ribets, ribets, ribets, ribets, ribets, do do, them ribets...

 

[eightyeightfan1]

Vic,
Wish you were here when I tried to get a refund. It hit the wall.

 

[jon-monon]

Originally posted by eightyeightfan1
Vic,
Wish you were here when I tried to get a refund. It hit the wall.

So, 88, you also evidently vote agin' greenfrog. What soundtrack did you buy from them?

Rich, the weekend before last I listed to three different PF the wall CD sets back to back: remastered studio, the soundtrack, and then the live concert. Believe me, I had a little black box with my poems in I have a lot of the old PF stuff from the 60's on vinyl. I have everything old on vinyl, about 2000 of 'em, I estimate. 16 ft., anyway. Ever get into the final cut?

 

[Vic]

Jon, I dunno They never offered to replace it, just sent me a refund so I assume they had nothing better.

88, Hmmmmm, all I did was mail the thing back to them with a note explaning why and they sent me a check. But....they do hate to see me coming at the Wal~Mart

 

[rich maiorano]

hey jon any thing by pf is good for me saw them once a couple of years ago with my wife man what a show rich

 

[eightyeightfan1]

Mine turned into a clay pidgeon.
Pull...............................

 

[cidchase]

88 BETCHA DIDN'T EVEN CHIP IT!!!

 

[Woodie]

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd????? One of THE concerts of the century. I went twice! Once in Sydney, then again in Melbourne! The air was a bit... ummm..... smokey, but!!

 

[NYCentral]

Pink Floyd

I saw them in NYC at Madison Square Gardens..... don't remember much though.......

 

[Gary Pfeil]

Careful with that ax Eugene.

Gary