Cockpit check list

[nigelb]

Hi all

I trust everyone enjoys the pre-flight sounds addition (see earlier topic in this forum). My work involves using professional sound effects,
stereo panning, and subtle reverb filtering to give natural and accurate sounds for the environment being reproduced. Also, the voices
used is the result of a text-to-speech computer voice technology... so there's no issue with copyright either.

As an extension of my audio work with pre-flight sounds, and my current work on the crew's interaction with the captain during the flight,
would anyone be interested in an audible 'cockpit check list summary' being played out prior to the crew's 'welcome onboard' message?
It could be produced to represent the co-pilot's interaction with the captain to go through a generalised list of checks inside the cockpit,
i.e. flaps set, engine set, COM and NAV radio, etc.

If so, could someone who's had a bit more flight experience than me (I've only had about 25 hours flying experience so far) help me with
the check list? Bare in mind the same sound file would be played out inside ALL types of aircraft so it would need to be a general all-
purpose and reasonably small-ish check list, i.e. say around 30 seconds in length.

Would it make sense to do this? Or prehaps it's better to forget the idea and just go through a personalised check of the cockpit?

Your thoughts...

Thanks
Nigel



Post Edited ( 02-01-06 22:20 )

[ivo]

I think its a good idea but some payware aircraft like the Flight1 Super 80 already have a voice checklist. Might be a fun thing to do though,
so everyone can download it from the download area.

[DBE]

First of all...

nigelb wrote:
...the voices used is the result of a text-to-speech computer voice technology...

I'm flabbergasted!!! As an IBM NotesBuddy (i.e. an instant messaging cum text-to-speech app) user, I was used to a rather robotic Pamela Anderson
clone reading my mails. Before I killed her...

nigelb wrote:
If so, could someone who's had a bit more flight experience than me (I've only had about 25 hours flying experience so far) help me with
the check list? Bare in mind the same sound file would be played out inside ALL types of aircraft so it would need to be a general all-
purpose and reasonably small-ish check list, i.e. say around 30 seconds in length.

Could be a nice idea; unfortunately there are so many different types of aircraft out there (including a Zeppelin and a motorbike), that a generic
check-list could prove to be rather tricky!

Besides, there are apps such as FDC Live Cockpit which offer the whole checklist package, so I'm kust wondering if it's worth the effort?

[nigelb]

ivo wrote:
I think its a good idea but some payware aircraft like the Flight1 Super 80 already have a voice checklist. Might be a fun thing to do though,
so everyone can download it from the download area.

Yeah that's true... I might do for fun, but... we'll see.

Regards
Nigel

[nigelb]

DBE wrote:
Could be a nice idea; unfortunately there are so many different types of aircraft out there (including a Zeppelin and a motorbike), that a
generic
check-list could prove to be rather tricky!

Besides, there are apps such as FDC Live Cockpit which offer the whole checklist package, so I'm kust wondering if it's worth the effort?

Yep I guess so. The hardest part would be to make it generalised enough to cover all types of aircraft as I'd be reworking a single sound
file that plays out by default (is not selected by aircraft) - but that could possibly render it pointless in the first place. Especially, as you
say... FDC Live Cockpit achieves that already.

Had to laugh at your comment about using a Pamela Anderson clone voice reading your emails... I'm still looking for the Cameron Diaz
one!!!

Thanks for your input.

Nigel