Or at least I'm a bit worried.
 

 

In the read me file it says:

 

 

Extract these two folders into your Microsoft Flight Simulator X main directory.
Be sure to make back-ups.
 

 

 

Ok that's good, but there are folders in there already called SimObject/Airplanes.

 

Is it really saying drag the files into the relevant folders. If I just extract it will it overwrite all the other aircraft? (not that I fly anything else)

 

Bit of a newbee question I know.

No, it should be safe. It will only ADD the new files to that directory if already present, not overwrite. Always safe to make a backup first though.....!

 

 

Or at least I'm a bit worried.

 

The NGX installer automatically places everything in the appropriate directories.

 

...or you're installing third party rubbish for some reason.  In that case, good luck.

I sorted it, I was just careful.

 

The NGX installer automatically places everything in the appropriate directories.

 

 

I got my sounds off AVSIM, and I didn't see a exe, is that something on the pmdg site?

 

The sounds are really good,  I noticed the new flap sound on the wing view.  :rolleyes:

 

But by far the best sound are the engines spooling up, a nice hum to it.

 

Seemed very loud the engine sound, I couldn't hear ATC,

 

'Please repeat squawk?'    :mellow:  at the same time thumbing with the volume settings. ATC decide to come on right after departure as well.  Doooo!

The NGX soundset that comes with the product was painstakingly recorded on the real airplane. (I know this because I was there with professional recording equipment doing it)

 

Nothing else you're downloading is going to be anywhere close to as accurate. Please trust me on this - we spent a crazy amount of time making sure the sim matched the real thing. It's extremely close to the real thing.

Why would you replace the default sound. I can't believe there is better than them out there? PMDG sounds are the best Ive heard.

The NGX soundset that comes with the product was painstakingly recorded on the real airplane. (I know this because I was there with professional recording equipment doing it)

 

Nothing else you're downloading is going to be anywhere close to as accurate. Please trust me on this - we spent a crazy amount of time making sure the sim matched the real thing. It's extremely close to the real thing.

What you mean you didn't make these?

 

 

 

Why would you replace the default sound. I can't believe there is better than them out there? PMDG sounds are the best Ive heard.

 

The defaults where excellent , I liked the old flap sounds a bit more.

 

OK I'm just twigging that these aren't PMDG sounds, I thought it was an upgrade for some reason. So these are doctored by another developer?

So you are saying that the defaults are more real?

I must admit one of the things I liked about the new sounds was the sound of the noise wheel hitting the runway lights. And as it gets faster it becomes more prominent with speed. You hear this a lot on cockpit videos.

 

What do people think of this?

 

I kind of liked the hum of the engines spooling up.

 

But didn't like the new flap sounds.

 

They are very subtle tweaks, They didn't sound much different to be honest. Just a slightly different tone.

 

I'm going to go back and listen to the original set again. With a new flight. The original set where still excellent.

Why would you replace the default sound. I can't believe there is better than them out there? PMDG sounds are the best Ive heard.

 

Because simmers are used to being in the back.  To them, realism isn't actually realism.  It's "expectedism."  This is what I expect it sounds like, ergo, this is most real.  All engine noise, no packs, exaggerated everything - you name it.

Because simmers are used to being in the back.  To them, realism isn't actually realism.  It's "expectedism."  This is what I expect it sounds like, ergo, this is most real.  All engine noise, no packs, exaggerated everything - you name it.

 

 

I don't feel I'm as bad as that...

 

I have noticed that at the front of the cabin you hear more of the engine mechanics, where as at the back you get more of the jet blast, the crackle. I do try and listen to the sound on the real 737. So I'm not a complete expectationist. Obviously I am limited to the cabin.

 

Both sets of sound are good to me, but with a subtle difference in the doctored version . At first I thought it was a PMDG upgrade, so I wasn't trying to de-value the original default sound sets. If the original is what PMDG experts think the real a/c sounds like out the front then I won't argue with that. I trust your judgment.

 

 

If the original is what PMDG experts think the real a/c sounds like out the front

That's exactly what they're saying.

 

 

Obviously I am limited to the cabin.

 

Understandable.  That's why I said what I said though.  So many people think that - based on their experience in the cabin - that the sounds should be a certain way, so they try and change them.  If that's what you absolutely need to feel better about the product, then that's fine, but I stand by what I said earlier because you pretty much described what I was talking about:

 

Experience from the back of the plane is tarnishing the idea of what the front of the plane should sound like.

 

 

 

At first I thought it was a PMDG upgrade

 

I'm kinda curious as to who is passing off their modifications as a PMDG-sanctioned upgrade...

I'm kinda curious as to who is passing off their modifications as a PMDG-sanctioned upgrade...

 

It's probably just the way I interpreted it. You see a file on the PMDG forum and people saying 'great' and so on. I'm sure there is nothing malicious about it. If people want to hack their sounds it is up to them. 

 

I will be sticking with the default sounds.