The devs should make the horns so they can be heard for longer for example With a quiet background (countryside night time) 6-8 miles. Suburban, 2-3 miles. Loud city, 1 mile if you're listening for it also they should add like a 1st gen and 3rd gen k5lla for the bnsf and up aces the es44s should have a k5hl that is bit better it should be like when one bell on the horn is facing forward you can only really hear that horn bell but when it passes camera you can hear the bells facing backward or the other way around if that one bell is reversed it should be like that for all trains i know its alot to ask for but they can record the front facing bells and then the backwards on so they can cahmge when the train passes the camera i hope they know what im talking about aslo i hope they chamge the horns in the ac4400s to the video link skip to 4:43 and it shows the backward and forward facing bell thing i was talking about It would be so nice if they implemented this stuff Also here might be a better explanation Sound Variation: When a bell on the horn is facing forward, you should mainly hear that bell's sound when the train is approaching. As the train passes the camera, the sound should shift to emphasize bells facing backward. Recording Technique: Record the sound from the perspective of front-facing and backward-facing bells separately. This would allow for a realistic change in the sound as the train passes by, simulating the directionality of the sound.
I watched some of his other horn videos there are more varietys of the horns than i thought.. I like the sound of the k5lla 3rd gen on the UP BNSF SD70aces in TSW except they a bit muffled should be louder ..the k5la s on the NJ transit ALP electric s in NYT and the F40 ph 3 in boston Providence sound best the leslie RS3L on the HsC NS gp38 2 sounds good as well as the SD40 clinchfield ..the nathan M5 on the santa fe F7 sounds decent ..the k5hll 3rd gen on the es44c4 and HSC es44ac sound kinda off from what a true tuned 3rd gen k5hll should sound , The k3 horns on the dajon sherman UP BNSF sound decent .
I think the K5LLA on the BNSF ACE is a 2nd gen but we need a 1st gen thundercab aces usually always had 1st gen and they are also quite beautiful sounding
