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Originally Posted by WTE_Galway
I cannot comment on the quality of the 4.09 sounds as they do not work on my system. However this argument is usually not about quality its about the type of sounds.
I agree that it is simply totally impossible for the makers of those/any sound packs to have had access to recordings from inside the cockpit of aircraft which in many cases have not been flyable for 40 years.
Even where they are flyable the sounds will be usually those of a restored warbird with a similar but usually not identical engine running at reduced boost for safety recorded from outside the aircraft.
Unfortunately these inaccurate soundpacks are exactly the type of sounds that the average person thinks sound "fantastic" in a flight sim. They expect the sort of outside sounds you hear in movies or when standing on the ground at an airshow watching a flypast. Historically correct sounds will not make these people happy.
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Come on, guys! I'm sure the makers of the various soundmods would be able to point DT to their reference material (videos/sound files/etc), if asked. I think you would be surprised just how much accurate reference material is out there for this. If you are worried about ACCURACY then I would think you would be clamouring for a new sound scheme for stock IL-2. According to the current stock game, a BMW801-powered Fw190A/F sounds EXACTLY like an IAR8x or Hs129B both of which used different propellors and entirely different (Gnome-Rhone) engines. All axis inline engines apprently sound the same according the stock IL-2 regardless of model or whether or not they were built by Junkers or D-B. They also sound like R-2800 radials for some reason. The Fiat A.74 in the CR-42/G.50/C.200 sounds the same as the American engine in the Brewster. The list goes on and on. I would suggest replacing all sounds that can be proved, at least in part, by the available references. Any sound mod sounds that are un-referenced could be left out in favour of the original stock IL-2 sounds. Keep in mind that the key element of engine sounds is the combination of engine exhaust note, propellor pitch/type and whether the plane is multi-engined or not. Reasonable extrapolation can be made for engine variants or for aircraft equipped with the same engine/prop combo.
My two cents,
Fafnir_6
Edit: I see no reason why aircraft and gun sounds could not be subject to the same vetting process that is currently in place for aircraft flight models in terms of references. This way we could strive to provide IL-2 users with the most accurate sounds (backed by the available references) with the acknowledgement that IL-2 is a simulation and that, given the massive scope of the sim, complete fidelity to wartime aircraft performance and sounds is next to impossible but that we will try to emulate them to the best of our ability and knowledge. I agree that for some types of aircraft, no references of reliable quality are available, but to eliminate new sounds for better known aircraft because of this is preposterous. The crappy sounds of stock IL-2 is one of the main reasons I use mods (the others being better campaign generators, map repaints and some of the effects).