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Yet another version, V1.3.0, of ADPCM can be downloaded from my web page.

http://www.silogic.com/trains/ADPCM.html

This new version allows you to add sounds to empty index locations in the sound file. Those of you who have been around for a while know that the Xing Signal (SXS) was added late in the life of PS2. Many earlier engines don't have this sound.

My 20-3163-1 P&LE 2-8-0 H9 (from 2005) was one of these. Since I didn't like the whistle and bell sounds in this engine I  replaced those with sounds from a 20-3372-1 4-8-2 L-3a Mohawk (from 2009). The Mohawk had a Xing Signal so I fixed up ADPCM to be able to add a completely new sound into an empty index. The Xing Signal is in index location 42 so I added the Mohawk's Xing Signal sound into that location.

Since I discovered where the soft keys are stored in the sound file, I turned on the appropriate bit for the SXS soft key. I loaded this sound file into my H9, deleted the engine from the remote and added it back. The SXS soft key was there. All of the inserted Mohawk whistle and bell sounds were there and the SXS soft key played the Xing Signal.

With my RTC program, you can play any sound from 1-255 with the press of a button. You could insert sounds in any empty index location and play that sound. You would have to use the RTC program, though, as the remote does not have a way to command these new sounds to play.

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