Hi All

 

I was wondering if there is a file with the text for the pilot flying voices?

 

I want to record my own voice for the captain. I appreciate there are going to be a LOT of files but wanted to give it a go and see if it's possible.

 

Thanks for any help

 

Regards

 

Alan

 

Maybe the txt files in the script folder can help?

Thanks for that antomorse. Hadn't noticed those!! :rolleyes:

 

I presume the pilotscript folder is what it says?

 

Cheers

 

Alan

Hi All

 

I was wondering if there is a file with the text for the pilot flying voices?

 

I want to record my own voice for the captain. I appreciate there are going to be a LOT of files but wanted to give it a go and see if it's possible.

 

Thanks for any help

 

Regards

 

Alan

 

We are talking 1800 files total.

 

If you are interested, we have developed a tool that makes the process a breeze.

 

You basically sit in front of the screen, and when ready to talk press and hold a PTT button, record and release.The next text will appear, and you can proceed further.

 

No tedious things like typing specific file names. It's all automated.

 

Are you a MCE user by any chance?

Here's a sample configuration.

 

Browse to RCv4 or RCv4x\winwood. Open folder 51. flag.gif is the image used in the voices selection page. The file !Jon Boe V4.txt has this text:

Pilot name: Jon Boe

 

You now have 1,796 wav phrases to record.

 

It is important to note that the actual wav recording may not contain the exact contents as noted by the name of the wav file which is used in the script file.

 

Now starting on page 131 of the RC manual goes into the organization of winwood files. However that refers to  chatter files, not your own files.

 

Here by reverse engineering is the folder line-up I found in Winwwod for pilots/copilots. Folders are following the names in red.

 

 

 

Pick a pilot you wish to replace by going through the list in the voices page. Make a copy of that folder outside of the RC folder as a working file folder. You will be editing this working temporary folder.

 

You can copy/paste a different flag.gif file from another of the above folders if you wish. Rename the .txt file and edit  it to match your name.

 

List each name of a wav file and listen to it and write down the phrase as heard. When your list is complete rename each .wav extension to .wah to back it up. Now record each wav file using the original wav name and extension.

 

I use the freeware audacity audio editor.

 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/?source=directory

 

Here's a screen shot in part of an existing winwood pilot wav file:

 

 

 

On the lift side you see it is mono, 11,000 Hertz, 16 bit PCM (that's a wav format). You set that up for your recordings in preferences. Pick your audio source input on your PC or audio card - a line for an external amplifier or a mic for directly connecting a mic or headset. Talk and set your input slider. Make a test recording and then play it back.

 

There are features described in the audacity manual that will let you by batch mode normalize the levels for all of the wavs in a folder. You can also try the clean feature to eliminate noise preceding and following by setting a threshold. What you want to do is just create a few wavs in this working folder and try everything and play them back.

 

wav by wav you can also use cut (like in Win) to clip the beginning and end in the waveform. I think it has an undo.

 

When all done, move the winwood folder you are replacing outside of RC. Copy your working folder into winwood and rename it to the original.

 

Start RC and go to the voices tab/pilots. Your name should be there and when you select it it will play.

 

Hopefully that will work for you. Good luck!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gerald, thanks for that, I'm not a MCE user presently but i'd be interested to look at the tool you mentioned, is it on your site?

 

Ron, many thanks for that detailed (and rather daunting!!) explanation you gave above. I have Audacity and everything else necessary for recording so..... ^_^

I'll let you know how I get on!!

 

Cheers

 

Alan

Gerald, thanks for that, I'm not a MCE user presently but i'd be interested to look at the tool you mentioned, is it on your site?

 

Ron, many thanks for that detailed (and rather daunting!!) explanation you gave above. I have Audacity and everything else necessary for recording so..... ^_^

I'll let you know how I get on!!

 

Cheers

 

Alan

 

 

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