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Engine Sound Simulator
- dsjoerg 2y agoAdd buttons for people on mobile?
- snthd 2y agoEven better, use the gyroscope.
- alopes 2y agoThis is really good!
- Otek 2y agohmm, I either don't know how to use it or it doesn't work in Safari
- peterfirefly 2y agoReload. Click in the window. Then rev up the engine. It breaks when you switch sounds -- so reload, select sound, click somewhere, etc.
- cathalc 2y agoThis is truly music to my ears!
- HeatrayEnjoyer 2y agoTapping on the controls is broken. Typed text in gear number field is erased immediately. The app sounds fun. Excited to try it again later.
- carlos-menezes 2y agoThis is way too fun.
- simse 2y agoreminds me of this masterpiece: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKT-sKtR970 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKT-sKtR970
- Clueed 2y agoI love his videos but all the sound demos are a a bit too much sometimes :D
- nsingh2 2y agoVery cool, get to top RPM in gear 6 and drop down to gear 1 for an ear-rending shriek.
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- xattt 2y agoThis would be great to load up onto an RPi and put into a kids toy. Maybe use it to pimp up one of those toddler steering wheel sets.
- otteromkram 2y agoWhy turn your kid into a degenerate before they've even reached adolescence?
- xattt 2y agoThe car sounds add to the experience of playing with a steering wheel, versus some tinny soundbox?
- hyperific 2y ago^^ This. I thought the same thing. I want to rig up a optical encoder to a bicycle tire and use the output to drive the engine simulator - make my bicycle sound like a sports car.
- imiric 2y agoWay overengineered... Back in my day we were happy with sticking a plastic bottle between the tire and frame :) Looks like kids still do it today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWRv17qvM0s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWRv17qvM0s
- hyperific 2y agoGranted, but can a plastic bottle be modified to make my bike sound like a Star Wars speeder bike?
- jcims 2y agoFun! Would be funner if it handled the money shift.
- elromulous 2y agoIf you liked this, y'all owe it to yourselves to checkout AngeTheGreat's channel. It's truly amazing work. https://youtube.com/@angethegreat https://youtube.com/@angethegreat
- fourteenfour 2y agoYeah, I always look forward to their new developments. This is similar to Ange's effort with SiliconX to add realistic engine sounds to an electric motorcycle though this appears to be for an electric race car.
- jkingsman 2y agoAbsolutely — the procedurally generated fluid-sim engine sound generator is just wild: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bJTkBsiTPc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bJTkBsiTPc.
- genewitch 2y agoif you get to the 0.1.11a release and are annoyed that you have to manually edit some file to change engines, you can use 0.1.14a of the community edition of the software https://github.com/Engine-Simulator/engine-sim-community-edition/releases https://github.com/Engine-Simulator/engine-sim-community-edi... it is almost the same except has some severe qol improvements.
- kivle 2y agoFor a less scientific approach LAxemann has some interesting videos as well. He uses software synthesizers to create the sounds. His introductory video is quite interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afvKUTIL4D8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afvKUTIL4D8 He has other examples and updates on his channel as well.
- dclowd9901 2y agoThat rigid body engine sim is, without a doubt, one of the coolest software projects I’ve seen in my entire life. If only we could get sim racers to adopt this tech.
- Waterluvian 2y agoThis is amazing. I think a small amount of window dressing would make this a classic page people bookmark and return to frequently just for fun. Especially if that make it mobile friendly. Like even just two pedals and two flappy shifters on screen with all those other tools hidden behind a collapse or whatnot.
- gffrd 2y agoIf you downshift with RPM too high, UI breaks off and falls to floor of screen Whole Page turns red when you hit RPM limit Shift score. Can you pick the perfect shift point based on sound alone?
- fourteenfour 2y agoThe sequel to Dragster for Atari 2600!
- xnx 2y agoTangentially: Does anyone know where to find a collection of the low speed sounds emitted by electric vehicles (in the US at least)? I'd be interest to hear the different approach different manufacturers have taken.
- ricktdotorg 2y agoi too would be very interested in this! i am for now a petrol head but continue to be fascinated and also mildly irked by the varying EV sounds. some sound like galactic spaceships, some like weapons, some like "blurred mechanical noise", and some are almost indescribable in words. some can be semi-nightmarish. i'd love to play with a soundboard that had all the different EV manuf sounds on it.
- dylan604 2y agoShortly after moving into my current place, I would randomly hear this hum that for the life of me I could not figure out what it was. I had even looked at maps to look for some sort of place nearby that might make sense. It wasn't a constant hum, and there was seemingly no schedule for it. A week ago, I just happened to be in my drive way instead of the fenced backyard when I heard the noise. It was my neighbor's EV <facepalm>
- rootusrootus 2y agoThere was a short moment when I thought the future looked like no fumes and no noise (well, at least no engine noise; tires are quite loud at speed). And then the government decided that EVs should not be quieter than ICEVs, in fact they should be louder. And some of the hybrids on the roads (looking at you, Toyota) are the loudest of them all. Different strategies for different cars, though. My neighbor's Highlander hybrid is audible a couple blocks away as it comes into the neighborhood. Our old Bolt EV was not quite as loud, but still distinctive and never a surprise to anyone as it came down the street. My Model 3, however, makes a white noise sound going forward that you don't really notice aside from very low (single digit) speeds in a very quiet environment. But in reverse, it howls pretty loudly, and is probably louder than any of the hybrids.
- HanClinto 2y agoAbsolutely delightful! This is way more fun than it has any right to be.
- explorigin 2y agoAutomation (game) does a pretty good job of simulating sounds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkU5KkF_L4I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkU5KkF_L4I
- mosfets 2y agoAnyone know good tutorials for simulating drone/airplane propeller sound?
- dylan604 2y agoThat would be an awesome PsyOps sound to get people looking in the wrong direction
- hyperific 2y agoThis is a scary but incredible idea.
- dylan604 2y agoIt'd probably much cheaper just to fly a set of drones in the area rather than deploy a full PsyOps team and gear. They do it with actual jets while the actual attackers are flying in fast and low from the opposite direction now that you've sortied your defensive aircraft towards the bait.
- draugadrotten 2y agoUsed to have fun back in my childhood playing Round Sounds from a set of speakers on the roof of the apartment building. People on the street started looking for the airplane. https://aircraftrecords.com/products/round-sounds-volume-1?variant=7679098421309 https://aircraftrecords.com/products/round-sounds-volume-1?v...
- genewitch 2y agowow, most of the time the engine sounds of cars designed to go 0-100 quickly sounds super generic, but this i can actually get to sound like two different cars i've owned. I could almost get it to sound like a Lancer Evo X but there's no blowoff or turbo sound... maybe in the next version!
- a2128 2y agoLooks like this uses soundbanks instead of actually simulating an engine like AngeTheGreat's simulator. The author of this one has published their source code here https://github.com/markeasting/engine-audio https://github.com/markeasting/engine-audio
- mywittyname 2y agoPretty cool! Downshifting under braking doesn't feel accurate. Most fast cars brake like 2-4x their acceleration rate, but in this sim, the braking feels more like 100x. The sound of an engine under decel is just as awesome as acceleration.
- jachee 2y agoDeceleration is where you get fuel overrun and backfires, too! VrOOOOooomm-pa-pop-pow-ooooom.
- LoganDark 2y agoSlightly off-topic, but I hate when people modify their engine / exhaust system to do this on purpose, just to be obnoxious. You're not cool, dude. You're just a jerk.
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- otteromkram 2y agoNo, this is 100% on point. I support your comment and it isn't off topic at all. They are certainly cunts and it would be amazing if police actually enforced noise ordinances for passenger vehicles at some point. Fingers crossed! As always!!
- mywittyname 2y agoBoth of my cars are stock and are like fireworks going off if I lift off the throttle. So this isn't just a modified car thing, a lot of cars made in the last 10 years pop, bang, and fart from the factory. If police started ticketing me, I'd probably just sell the cars since tuning either car is a pain in the ass (locked ECUs). Granted, police are already ticketing people with stock exhaust.
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- jonwilks 2y agoThe smile on my face...
- jonwinstanley 2y agoThis is great! For a game I was making years ago, I tried to make a “crowd noise” generator. As in for a football/soccer match. But it was not my skillset and I failed miserably. Does anyone know of something that might get me started?
- rzzzt 2y agoA non-procedural approach might be easier: collect loops of baseline murmurs / elevated cheering / peak ecstatic crowd and vary the volume of each based on what is happening on screen. If you have variants of each "energy level" you can also smoothly fade between them, queuing the next one randomly as the current version runs out. This way the wrap-around point should not be that noticeable. Something similar is done for music that varies according to gameplay intensity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_music https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_music
- sangnoir 2y agoThis is sometimes known as "walla". This tutorial is specific to Sound Particle (audio app), but the basics can be implemented easily from scratch. https://youtu.be/nigFrC2mORk?si=Cktdb3aTrIs5vUbB https://youtu.be/nigFrC2mORk?si=Cktdb3aTrIs5vUbB
- rootusrootus 2y agoMore fun than I expected. Now I want more engine sounds. I wonder how hard it would be to contribute new engine models. Like, what is the recording process and processing required to build the source sounds.
- culebron21 2y agoI touch Theta param in the left part of it, and the sound disappears, all the numbers go mad into infinity and then become NaN. Also there's no sound if none is selected in controls, but changing anything in controls makes the same effect -- all params spiral into infinity. Not fun.
- numbsafari 2y agoI’ve got one of these. It’s called a toddler.
- genter 2y agoI've also got one. It's called my jackass neighbor.
- numbsafari 2y agoFrank? That you?
- jagged-chisel 2y agoOT, sound simulator related: I recall a thunder simulator (generator?) from years ago. You could draw/modify a “line” representing the ground surface, give it a few seconds, and it would output thunder. Early-ish internet days, Java applet. Might have been on a university web site. I tried searching fairly recently and came up empty handed. Is it possible that anyone here on HN might remember this and have a reference? I would settle for a paper.
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- jellydonut9 2y agoPartially related: I love the sounds of electric vehicles. They're so futuristic and weird! If you close your eyes, you can imagine a spaceship instead of a car.
- rzzzt 2y agoAround 5000 RPM I get transported to the back seat of a two-stroke Trabant struggling to reach 70 km/h on a mild incline.
- giobox 2y agoYou can sort of "heel and toe" with the space and b keys, while shifting down. Use the same finger for both keys for added realism.
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- bring_back_sky 2y agoDigital sound is criticized but creating fake analog sound is celebrated. [1] Hyundai Ioniq 5 N https://youtu.be/HZczpFsv9ZY https://youtu.be/HZczpFsv9ZY [2] The Secret To Making Your Car Sound Like An Old F1 Racer Is Found Under Pressure https://jalopnik.com/the-secret-to-making-your-car-sound-like-an-old-f1-race-1851576154 https://jalopnik.com/the-secret-to-making-your-car-sound-lik...
- inasio 2y agoFree startup idea: Restomod an old Porsche/Mustang into electric and keep the rumble and feel of a big V8. Needs: Engine sounds, haptic seats, and a few small modifications (e.g. clutch pedal, gear stick)
- TheLoafOfBread 2y agoCars are already having in-built engine sound simulators, especially ones with manual gear to force people shift when necessary.
- adolph 2y agoIt would be interesting to see an engine sound sim with various malfunctions, sort of like the call-in part of Click and Clack. Just this afternoon my daughter asked why a car was making a particular sh-hiss between some cylinder beats and I speculated it was a small head gasket leak between cylinders allowing some of the ignited gases to expand into exhaust. Maybe it was something else though, maybe crispy cooked feline remains against a fan belt.
- ElCapitanMarkla 2y agoMy 4 year old is loving this
- osigurdson 2y agoI'd like to hear a gas turbine sound simulator. It would be cool to hear a T700 (Blackhawk engine) enter the critical RPM ranges for example.
- osigurdson 2y agoI managed to get negative RPM - cool!
- phs318u 2y agoReading a lot of the comments it seems that most people here are keen to have otherwise quiet cars fitted with fake sounds. While I appreciate there's a safety aspect to making some sort of sound for pedestrians, I am actually looking forward to a future that makes cities and heavy traffic areas both quieter and cleaner. If you live in such areas, this would be a great quality of life improvement and dare I say, may improve property values in such places. I'd hate to think that 20 years from now I'll still be subject to morons deciding to delight the neighbourhood at 2am with their overblown engine sounds.
- fnordpiglet 2y agoYeah Skeuomorphic EVs is a bad idea.
- DonHopkins 2y agoI kinda like the Skeuomorphic Brooke 25/30-HP Swan Car, which has Eerie Glowing Skeuomorphic Swan Eyes, can Rudely Spray Skeuomorphic Steam from its Skeuomorphic Swan Beak to clear a passage in the streets, can Obnoxiously Skeuomorphically Honk with an exhaust-driven, eight-tone Gabriel horn that can be operated by means of a keyboard at the back of the car, and can Disgustingly Dump Skeuomorphic Bird Shit onto the road through a valve at the back of the car. It even has a baby daughter, Cygnet The Baby Swan Car! I bet Elon Musk and every CyberTruck owner would love to drive a CyberSwan. https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/en/car/brooke-25-30-hp-swan-car/ https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/en/car/brooke-25-30-hp-swan-car... Brooke 25/30-HP Swan Car This Brooke Swan Car is truly extraordinary. It was the creation of the eccentric and wealthy Scotsman Robert Nicholl ‘Scotty’ Matthewson, who lived in early 20th century Calcutta, the capital of what was then British India Matthewson wanted to shock the local elite with his car, and he certainly succeeded in doing so. The bodywork represents a swan gliding through water. The rear is decorated with a lotus flower design finished in gold leaf, an ancient symbol for divine wisdom. Apart from the normal lights, there are electric bulbs in the swan’s eyes that glow eerily in the dark. The car has an exhaust-driven, eight-tone Gabriel horn that can be operated by means of a keyboard at the back of the car. A ship’s telegraph was used to issue commands to the driver. Brushes were fitted to sweep off the elephant dung collected by the tyres. The swan’s beak is linked to the engine’s cooling system and opens wide to allow the driver to spray steam to clear a passage in the streets. Whitewash could be dumped onto the road through a valve at the back of the car to make the swan appear even more lifelike. The car caused panic and chaos in the streets on its first outing and the police had to intervene. Matthewson sold the car to the Maharaja of Nabha, whose family owned it for over seventy years. The car was discovered years later in its original state, albeit in poor condition. The sumptuous Indian silk upholstery had been eaten away by rats. In 1991 it came into the ownership of the Louwman Museum and was fully restored. New upholstery was commissioned from an Indian weaving mill following the discovery of remnants of the original material under the seats. All the gadgets were made to working order again. In 1993 the Swan won the Montagu Prize at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance in California. https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/en/masterpieces-of-mobility/swan-car/ https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/en/masterpieces-of-mobility/swa... Designed to shock The Brooke ‘Swan Car’ is truly extraordinary. It was the creation of the eccentric and wealthy Scotsman Robert Nicholl ‘Scotty’ Matthewson, who lived in early 20th century Calcutta, the capital of what was then British India. Matthewson wanted to shock the local elite with his car, and he certainly succeeded in doing so. Quite a sight! The car’s first outing in the streets of Calcutta lead to newspaper headlines: “Women screaming” and “animals in the streets scattered in all directions”. At the time traffic in Calcutta was already very busy and chaotic. The authorities’ response was to be expected: they banned the car from public roads. A work of art on wheels The body represented a swan, probably inspired by Swan Park in Calcutta where Matthewson lived. The accessories are just as quirky as the body of this work of art on wheels. In particular the system that allowed hot water to be sprayed from the swan’s beak and the brushes used to keep the tyres clean. The Maharaja of Nabha Matthewson decided to sell the car. A buyer was found in the person of the Maharaja of Nabha. After a conflict with the neighbouring principality, the Maharaja was forced to abdicate. His son, at the time 9 years old, succeeded him. The Baby Swan was built specially for him and beautifully complements the Swan Car. Meet the Swan Car The cars didn’t see much use and in the 1980s part of the Maharaja of Nabha’s car collection was sold, including the famous Swan Cars. Both cars were acquired by the Louwman Museum and subjected to a thorough restoration. https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/en/car/cygnet-the-baby-swan-car/ https://www.louwmanmuseum.nl/en/car/cygnet-the-baby-swan-car... Cygnet The Baby Swan Car To accompany the large ‘Swan Car’ The Maharaja of Nabha had this smaller version made for use on his estate in the 1920s. The body was hand-beaten from steel sheet and fitted with an electric motor. It was called the ‘Baby Swan’ or ‘Cygnet’. Note the cygnets at the front. This is probably the oldest Indian-made automobile. Both cars are now reunited in the museum, like ‘mother and daughter’.
- wmsmith 2y agoReminds me of the sound racer v8[0]. This gismo was a lot more fun that people gave it credit for -- it read the rpm from the 12v signal in the power and modulated a v8 over fm. Had a blast in my little four cylinder sounding like a beefy v8! [0] https://www.soundracer.se/?p=98&p2=505 https://www.soundracer.se/?p=98&p2=505
- richrichardsson 2y agoI love that when you get to max RPM in 6th gear and then just downshift to 1st you hit comically high RPMs!
- willis936 2y agoMore than you ever wanted to know about this. https://youtu.be/p9SbDvMhCFs https://youtu.be/p9SbDvMhCFs And a decent specimen. https://youtu.be/EjHMkkkLQaU https://youtu.be/EjHMkkkLQaU
- al2o3cr 2y agoThe best/worst of those videos are the ones where you can actually HEAR a bunch of metal bits hit the ground right after the shift :)
- DonHopkins 2y agoI liked to lie to people that my big old modular Thinkpad (the one with two bays for batteries, disk drives, cdroms, etc) had a tiny gas generator module in it to charge up the batteries, then I'd mime pulling the start cord, while surreptitiously playing a loud audio file of a chainsaw starting up and running, to prove it.
- lapinot 2y agoSee other similar funny stuff like electric drill sound simulation using phaseplant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Ifle4q7Tw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Ifle4q7Tw