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Re: Engine Sound Simulator

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Post by lomase »

deadbunny wrote: post #102
phs318u wrote: post #79

Reading 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…

Having lived in apartments on many busy roads in my life the main source of noise from cars is tyre noise, not engine noise.

My experience is complatly different.

Re: Engine Sound Simulator

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Post by lomase »

constantcrying wrote: post #91
IAmGraydon wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unless I'm missing something, these sounds only occur inside the car. Can you explain how that affects you?

EVs at low speeds need to produce external sounds to warn pedestrians.

Warn pedestrians about what?

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Post by tekknik »

lomase wrote: post #132
constantcrying wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

EVs at low speeds need to produce external sounds to warn pedestrians.

Warn pedestrians about what?

That they’re near. They’re so quiet unless you hear them shifting gravel on the road you won’t hear them. It’s dangerous to walk around anywhere vehicles park if an EV is present.

Re: Engine Sound Simulator

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Post by tekknik »

USiBqidmOOkAqRb wrote: post #130
IAmGraydon wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm aware of that. We're talking about artificial engine sounds, though.

I'm not a motorhead, so I only skimmed second hand part offerings and found this: OEM Maserati part number 670006946. For optics it's advertised as noise cancellation system, but owners' forum [0] suggests it can work either way. They also discuss a defeat mechanism. [0]: https://www.ghibliforum.com/threads/increase-diesel-active-e...

That’s because it’s a microphone with a speaker playing the inverse wave form.

Re: Engine Sound Simulator

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Post by tekknik »

phs318u wrote: post #79

Reading 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…

People like the sound of engines. It’s interesting to me that you have issue with car exhaust notes but not police or other sirens. In urban environments you typically hear sirens more than vehicle noise, at least in my experiences in SF.

Maybe don’t be concerned with things that don’t really matter. Likely real engine sounds aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Re: Engine Sound Simulator

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Post by hollerith »

tekknik wrote: post #137
phs318u wrote: post #79

Reading 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…

People like the sound of engines. It’s interesting to me that you have issue with car exhaust notes but not police or other sirens. In urban environments you typically hear sirens more than vehicle noise, at least in my experiences in SF. Maybe don’t be concerned with things that don’t really matter. Likely real engine sounds aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

Most jurisdictions have laws against modifying cars to make them louder, so your attempt to make GP believe that his adverse reaction to loud cars is unusual or is his problem fails.

Maybe you should face that fact that your loud car is bad for the health of your neighbors.

Re: Engine Sound Simulator

#139

Post by USiBqidmOOkAqRb »

tekknik wrote: post #135
lomase wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Warn pedestrians about what?

That they’re near. They’re so quiet unless you hear them shifting gravel on the road you won’t hear them. It’s dangerous to walk around anywhere vehicles park if an EV is present.

I know that HN is not one person, but this is getting out of hand. Some commenters are so upset about EV sounds they write petitions to have them banned, others swear that pedestrians fall dead from their sheer quietness.

Maybe the EVs adapt to local regulations, because from my experience, depending on the model, they sound like a sad harmonica, hurdy-gurdy, or a model fighter jet, all of which are quite entertaining but fulfill the function.

Re: Engine Sound Simulator

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Post by mywittyname »

otteromkram wrote: post #86
LoganDark wrote: post #53

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Slightly 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.

No, 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!!

Both 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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