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What board for animal sound effects?

General Discussion
#1

I have a LGB stock car with the sounds of horses and I would like to add the sound of cows to another car and maybe sheep to another to make up a really noisy train.

I know that there are different companies that make these sound boards but which should I invest in?

I plan to run track power with a battery backup.

What are your experiences with these sound cards.

#2

There is at least the sound module and various sound files available from ITT Products though I’ve no experience with them.

#3

I have a couple ITT boards for different sounds as well as a QSI Soundbloxx.

You can hear the ITT sounds here and judge for yourself:

http://www.ittproducts.com/GL.html

#4

Soundtraxx Sound Car decoder has sheep and cattle sounds. It also has tons of train sounds.

I don’t have one, but I have seen the ads and info on their web site.

Tom

#5

I like the sounds from the ITT site but in the fine print there might be a concern about track powering their boards.

There was another company that produced boards for animal sounds but I can’t remember the name?

#6

Maybe something from this search will fit your need - model railroad sound modules

#7

Todd Haskins said:

I have a LGB stock car with the sounds of horses and I would like to add the sound of cows to another car and maybe sheep to another to make up a really noisy train.

I know that there are different companies that make these sound boards but which should I invest in?

I plan to run track power with a battery backup.

What are your experiences with these sound cards.

Todd - if you aren’t opposed to doing your own there is a very nice board that can be had for less than $10 that allows you to add your own MP3 files to a microSD card that fits into the board. I have used dozens of them for a host of projects - you only need some sort of power supply (can be batteries), an 8 ohm speaker and an SD card.

Audio files can be download from a bunch of sites on the Internet and the board contains an amplifier that may provide all the volume you need.

Some notes are here:

http://www.trainelectronics.com/Arduino/MP3Sound/No_Arduino/index.htm -

If you need more info please let me know -

dave

#8

Ram products makes several different animal sound cards. we have them on our website.