Matthew-376785 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 As title states just wondering if you will be planning on adding the class 20 sound profile to the app it’s one of my favourite locos and would love to add sound to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Only Hornby themselves can give you an authoritative answer and they do not routinely monitor forum posts. Contact Customer Services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I asked this very same question for an unrebuilt Battle of Britain/ West Country class. The response I got from Hornby was a link to the released list which is at the top of this forum. I must admit I am surprised they haven't got one. It appears for HM7000 they appear to be collecting new recordings and not far from here is the Ongar railway which has one. So it is probably one of the closest to Margate. Perhaps they have run out of Budget for this project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM6 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 ‘Run out of budget’ is a somewhat extreme scenario. A more realistic assessment is that the team responsible for recording and compiling the various sound files is a small one (I know how many it is but it would be unfair to Hornby to reveal details). These things take time as revealed by the staggered release schedule already published.The schedule, by the way, was released to coincide with the launch of HM7K and covers the first 15/18 months and would give Hornby a short/medium term assessment period for the new system. No doubt a revised list to take us through the remainder of the year (at least) will be available at some point.This of course demonstrates a key benefit of the HM7K system in that if a profile is not available for a particular loco, a similar alternative can be loaded as an interim measure, then replaced at no additional cost when a more appropriate profile becomes available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 All firms run out of budget especially when it gets to December or April, we definitely used to, so all travel gets stopped until the next financial year. It doesn't seem that Hornby are currently selling a class 20 so perhaps that is why it is not high on their priority list. I am surprised though I think they sold a lot of them. I think we all know how big their team, or at least do a calculated guess, we have all seen the program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rallymatt Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Rather than speculate wildly on what budget what project has and how far through it they are…. I would refer to the published guide to what sound profiles are currently available and which are the next ones due with estimated time frames (by quarter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Well Rallymatt we have a list at the top of this forum which if you ask Hornby they will point you to. So there is your answer, it is not on there. As SteveM6 says they haven't planned that far ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM6 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Colin, I said nothing of the sort. Please amend your post accordingly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 SteveM6 you said "A more realistic assessment is that the team responsible for recording and compiling the various sound files is a small one (I know how many it is but it would be unfair to Hornby to reveal details). These things take time as revealed by the staggered release schedule already published." which to me says they haven't planned that far ahead, or if they have their small team hasn't got round to it yet. If they had it would be in that spreadsheet listed as summer 2024 or so on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM6 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Sorry but you are misrepresenting my comment to support your own agenda.Final chance to amend/delete your comments....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I don't have an agenda, it is not in the list, end of story. When they get the time they will probably add it. Looking at their current range of models it is not in there and when it was it was a Railroad model, so it should not be top of their priority list. Unrebuilt West Country has just been released , a premium product and that is not in the list, so to me that should be higher priority. I thought this was a discussion forum which is what I am doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 The yellow card will come out soon if you lot don't play nice.The post has been answered so it is now locked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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