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General Discussion => Campfire Talk => Topic started by: Buford on August 12, 2009, 09:12:46 pm

Title: wav files?
Post by: Buford on August 12, 2009, 09:12:46 pm

Does anyone have any good sound files of a Royal Enfield?

Title: Re: wav files?
Post by: jdrouin on August 12, 2009, 09:51:25 pm

An Australian dealer has a file that sounds like the AVL motor to me. Click on the "start your engine" button:

http://www.royalenfieldaustralia.com/bullet_classic_efi.php

Then there's this guy (also in Australia) with a couple of good videos that let you hear the sound:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLn_M3_YoA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJN9HI52mYU&feature=channel

Turns out he recently picked up a 1956 Super Meteor!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J45OLZQlB_c&feature=channel

You probably want better sound quality, but these are the best media I know of right now. Maybe someone on the forum has recorded their own bike and can post a file.

Jeff

Title: Re: wav files?
Post by: Buford on August 12, 2009, 10:28:05 pm

Any idea on how to download them as sound files?

Title: Re: wav files?
Post by: r80rt on August 12, 2009, 10:36:03 pm

Man those are sweet sounding bikes.

Title: Re: wav files?
Post by: jdrouin on August 12, 2009, 10:51:47 pm

If you use the Firefox browser, which you should be able to get or upgrade here:

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html

you can get the Download Helper plugin, which lets you copy YouTube videos, images, and just about any media onto your hard drive:

http://www.downloadhelper.net/

You should be able to download the high quality version of any of those videos, if it's available, and it should have better sound/visual.

I imagine there are similar plugins for Internet Explorer, Safari, Opera, and other browsers, but I don't have experience with them.

Once you have the video on your hard drive, you can use GarageBand or iMovie (if you're a Mac user) to separate out the audio component and save it as a separate file. I don't know what Windows tools are out there.

Jeff

Title: Re: wav files?
Post by: Buford on August 12, 2009, 11:48:11 pm

I'm one of those Apple wierdos.  :D

I looked into what it takes to make it work on a Mac and it looks a little sketchy. The phrase "may cause failures" was used.

I guess I'll keep looking. Thanks anyway.

Title: Re: wav files?
Post by: PhilJ on August 13, 2009, 01:41:05 am

Sounds like a poll .. Mac or PC

Title: Re: wav files?
Post by: jdrouin on August 13, 2009, 02:32:53 am

Don't leave out Linux:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-L-0s-7-Z0&feature=channel_page

Jeff

Title: Re: wav files?
Post by: Slider on August 13, 2009, 05:41:51 am

This one sounds best if you listen to it with headphones...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLIImOUnW7I


This guy takes you on a ride with his bike. You have to get through about five minutes before he finally hits the road, but it sounds pretty good once he gets going...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-gxBFBp9g4