Coalguy posted:Hi, new here, but I'm sending my J1a back to the dealer, he said he would take it. I called lionel and got the same run around as all of you did. I hate that thomas whistle. Also I can hear the 3 audio cuts when you quil the whistle, kinda a click. Just poor quality that leads me to believe more quality issues will pop up on this.
Welcome Coalguy,
Since you are new here you can find a conversation a few comments up between Gunrunnerjohn and myself. A fellow named Rudy, who was with Lionel many years and an absolute sound wizard, departed Lionel about a year ago. It is unfortunate for Lionel.
Also somewhere amongst these J1a threads you will find a real unaltered J1a whistle sound posted by me if you are inclined to listen to it.
Know that good audio software, when used with the appropriate plug-ins, would eliminate any transition click. Its called loop tuning. The audio transitions need to begin and end at a point in the audio file called the zero cross.
Probably more than you wanted to know.
You will find many answers and explanations here. The knowledge base here on any topic is vast.
Lou N
