making new engine sounds

[j_field]

I was wondering how i can make new engine sounds from recordings. I have figured out how to do hornsounds. but the enginesounds still haveme baffled.

 

[bigfitzy]

while the subject is fresh im looking for somewhere to download a few brief train engine and whistle / horn sounds as well, if anyone knows of somewhere.

 

[Ferrous]

Hmmm...

I always imagined that to record loco sounds one would have to set up a mike (with one of those duster-looking things to keep it from picking up wind noise on it) near the horn/bell/engine/whatever it was you were trying to get sounds of. Then it would just be a simple matter of blowing the horn or whatever and recording that sound.

@bigfitzy, there is a sound clip of the whistle off of the Nickel Plate 765 at 765.org (go to gallery, then audio)