How to recreate the sound of the 1996 stock using a cello!

[Mikey C]

https://twitter.com/samaracello/status/1335947688425246721

 

[Sad Sprinter]

https://twitter.com/samaracello/status/1335947688425246721

Oh dear, cue hundreds of love-struck train enthusiasts all competing to see how much they can impress her with their knowledge of GEC traction packages.

 

[Domh245]

It's alright, but I won't be impressed until she can do a 323 on a wet autumn morning!

 

[bluenoxid]

That’s really good. Samara’s YouTube channel is brilliant. I will start with a rail themed introduction

 

[Bletchleyite]

Quite a lot of EMUs make sounds like stringed instruments. Even classic traction motor sound is a bit like that.

And then you've got the Siemens Taurus that plays (or played, I think a later software update broke it) a scale as it sets out:

 

[CBlue]

365's always used to play an initial tone like a cello when starting to pull away.

 

[PeterY]

That’s really good. Samara’s YouTube channel is brilliant. I will start with a rail themed introduction

I 100% agree with you bluenoxid, about Samara's channel . A very clever young lady.

 

[LOL The Irony]

or played, I think a later software update broke it

The U & U2 variants still do it. You're thinking of the upgraded U4 variant which contains various updates, including to the traction package, so they no longer go do-re-mi-fa-sol. The U4 variant also served as the basis for the ACS64 used on the NEC between DC & Boston.

 

[PG]

365's always used to play an initial tone like a cello when starting to pull away.

Indeed they did though personally I always liked the double repeat sound they did when accelerating - about the 16s mark in this clip.

 

[CBlue]

Indeed they did though personally I always liked the double repeat sound they did when accelerating - about the 16s mark in this clip.

Always a noise I associate with heading to London! Was a surprise when in Austria several years ago to hear a Siemens Taurus doing its best to imitate one.

(We are still broadly on topic aren't we?)

 

[D365]

365's always used to play an initial tone like a cello when starting to pull away.

Used to? The traction package hasn't changed.

And then you've got the Siemens Taurus that plays (or played, I think a later software update broke it) a scale as it sets out:

The effect works even better in snow. Sounds almost like an orchestral symphony:

 

[43096]

The U & U2 variants still do it. You're thinking of the upgraded U4 variant which contains various updates, including to the traction package, so they no longer go do-re-mi-fa-sol. The U4 variant also served as the basis for the ACS64 used on the NEC between DC & Boston.

The U and U2 variants use GTO traction systems, the U4 uses next generation IGBTs, hence the difference. The ES64U4 traction system owes more to the ES64F4 (BR189) than it does to the ES64U2.

DB’s later ICE1 and the ICE2 power cars also have the same effect, but it is usually drowned out by the blowers. These are being/have been converted to IGBTs, though.

 

[Journeyman]

That’s really good. Samara’s YouTube channel is brilliant. I will start with a rail themed introduction

Her recent recreation of the Battle of the Planets theme is just awesome.

 

[CBlue]

Used to? The traction package hasn't changed.

To be fair, I never said it had been!
Apologies for the poor or misleading grammar.

 

[D365]

To be fair, I never said it had been!
Apologies for the poor or misleading grammar.

Wasn’t sure if you were thinking about the Brush/Hitachi 465s.

 

[geoffk]

I'm in an orchestra and have sent the twitter link to the cellists I know. Don't know what response I'll get.