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Choppergirls' Edgy SoundPack for Open-TX (soundpack.air-war.org)

"I have the sound pack folks! Totally worth it. Gets a head turn every time!" -- Farmlands FPV TEA

I made this SoundPack while I was blind, as something I could still do for the hobby, since I could no longer fly quadcopters, only in the sim, as I could no longer read the OSD screens or settings menus inside FPV goggles. The idea was to move all telemetry reporting and feedback for switches to be audio at least for myself, to get rid of all OSD chartfunk off my screen so I could have an unobstructed view while flying aerobatics, and then I just decided to go the whole nine yards while I was at it, and record any sounds anyone else might need that flew planes or helicopters.

You can see how blind I was at the time, when you see I mispelled the main folder "Install" as "Imstal". Three years later, I see it for the first time today thanks to Theia :-) Wow, just wow.

You will drag the contents of the soundpack out of this folder onto your microSD card so it not affect function, so I'll leave it as is as a historical reminder of how much being blind sucked! Not just from everything being super blurred like looking through binoculars way out of focus, but losing the ability to see a lot of the colors which I wasn't aware of at the time. Some colors looked to me as one color, but were in fact another. When I got my eyes fixed and could see the full rainbow of colors again properly on a computer screen, I was like holy heck, they were all dayglo rich and intense to me, like seeing them all for the first time. It is truely wild.

Most all of my videos I made and flying in the sim I did while blind to a 42" 1080p TV screen sitting two feet away. When I could see again, I watched my videos again really for the first time, and saw things in them I didn't even know were there. Or that one I had recorded screen footage in acceptable medium or high resolution, and the next in very low resolution... it all looked the same blur to me. Fun!

↪ Step ① ➡ First subscribe to my Youtube Channel

Because you like to be in the loop and stay in the know. :-) I've moved my irrelevant videos off this page to their own page so you don't have to wade through so much crap: *Choppergirl's Videos**.

My Discord Server: https://discord.com/invite/TsbCNhFvzs

↪ Step ② ➡ Download Choppergirl's Edgy SoundPack for Open-TX

No adware, no viruses, no installer even, just 870 non-executable sound files. Free! Derrr.

Work's with Edge-TX too! For all intents and purposes, sound files on both Open-TX and Edge-TX are located in the same file structure place and work the same.

To download Click Here

Or download the same SOUNDPACK WITH A FEW DEMO MODELS included:

Same as above, but WITH FOUR EXTRA OPTIONAL DEMONSTRATION SAMPLE OPEN-TX MODELS:
https://github.com/choppergirl/soundpack/raw/main/Choppergirls%20Edgy%20SoundPack%20English%20for%20OpenTX%20with%20Sample%20Models.zip

Note that the sample demonstration radio models have a .bin file extension and may set off some anti-virus software programs for no other reason than having a .bin extension, which is why I have made two zip files, one without them (for those super paranoid), and one with.

The sample models are however not executed or executable, and are just binary aircraft model settings files, which I made to demonstrate some of the sound settings files and how to use them for you. They will also need to be renamed to be in sequence with your other models if you would like to try them, see included instructions. Their button assignments may not match your radio, but you can look at the code on your radio under Global variables, etc and see how it's all done.

One of the models uses all the buttons and trim switches on a big box radio (i.e., TX-16s) to read out and report Crossfire telemetry values back to you as seen in the demo videos.

The .wav Sound Files in both archives of course are just data files played by audio software and are not executable.

↪ Step ③ ➡ Install it, play with it, learn how to use it. Have phun! -- choppergirl

If the Soundpack is too big to fit on your particular microSD card, you may delete any of those sound files you won't be using or don't need to trim it down or save space on your microSD card, or you may select individual files or groups to copy over selectively.

There is an included Readme file with info on how to bind sounds to label your tranmitter switches.

You can also find information on features and instructions on how to install the Soundpack further down this page.

❤   Rock a New Girl on Your Radio   ❤

This is a page about adding my custom speach sound pack (quick download link) to your radio control transmitter used to control flying Planes, Quadcopters, Helis, Gliders, and my favorite, Quadcopter Flight Simulators.

V2 release is available for download, which adds Simulator Voice Support for Liftoff, Velocidrone, RealFlight and Telemetry Support for Crossfire,. This pre-release includes about 125 new sound files, including the alpha bravo charlie military alphabet. It also includes optional editable transmitter models for the simulators and a Crossfire Checker voice reporting sound demo for full switch compliment trasnmitters.

27mb... 870 new sound files.. It will fit just fine on a 256mb microSD card or higher.

Non-executable sound files. Download with confidence that it's virus free.

WITHOUT MODELS: http://air-war.org/edgy/Choppergirls%20Edgy%20SoundPack%20English%20for%20OpenTX.zip

WITH MODELS: https://github.com/choppergirl/soundpack/raw/main/Choppergirls%20Edgy%20SoundPack%20English%20for%20OpenTX%20with%20Sample%20Models.zip

Most new transmitters come with a 512mb card which leaves you with plenty room to spare. It will fit just fine on a 256mb card if you nuke all the superfluous foreign language sound folders by deleting your /SOUNDS folder and completely replacing it with mine. Then the total SDcard contents will come out to be about 230mb, leavng you 10mb, or room for 1,000 models.

I also recommend you use Open-TX Companion and the Windows file viewer to pick out sound files to use, instead of scrolling through the insanely long list of sound files on your radio with the scroll wheel.

Unzip with Winzip, WinRar, newer versions of Windows file explorer, etc.

To install, just replace your /SOUNDS/en folder or the complete /SOUNDS folder if you have a256 card on your transmitter with mine included in the zip archive. Voila! Be sure to chose "English" (i.e. "en" ) as your radio language on the SYS gear icon tab at bottom.

More detailed quick instructions if you need them further down this page. -- choppergirl@air-war.org

What can you use audio sound files for?

1. Verbal identification and confirmation of the function and positions of your transmitter switches. Beginner Vic-20 level, easy and simple, a piece of cake to do!
2. Reading back telemetry values (for example, ground speed, altitude, rssi) or other values to you that couldn't access other wise. Intermediate C=64 level!
3. Audio reporting of warnings or values (low battery, for example) when logical alarm conditions you set up are met so you don't have to watch them and can focus on flying instead. Advanced C=128 level!
4. Decluttering your OSD from chart funk overload that obstructs and distracts your view and creates instrument fixation. Move all of them to audio reporting. You don't need to know your satelite count, altitude, ground speed, gps coords, rssi, or all that mess 99% of the time, so why have it obstructiong and reducing your view 100% of the time? Leave what you feel you absolutely think you obsesively watch all the time on the screen all the friggin' time, and move the rest to be reported on demand by you at the flick of a switch or press of a button. IMHO, the best OSD is no OSD at all. As an aerobatic pilot, I fly with zero OSD elments on screen for 100% unobstructed view, like I was swimming in it. Elite mode Amiga level unlock achieved!

Some nifty things about my Sound Pack:

➤ Drop in replacement for all other English Sound Packs
➤ 870 new audio files, more than any other sound pack
➤ If you use the Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, or Chromium webbrowser that natively supports the .WAV MIME type, you can now browse and preview play individual sound files right from your webbrowser here: http://air-war.org/edgy/SOUNDS/en/
➤ From your desktop, you can browse in Windows Explorer and see the phrase said in the file, and sort by Album / Category. See how it looks in Windows Explorer here: http://air-war.org/graphics/edgy_dir_listing.jpg
➤ No more 4 different voices on your radio, finally your radio will talk to you in one voice.
➤ I down sampled everything to 16kbs, with no loss in sound quality, which should work on even the oldest transmitters, but let me know if otherwise
➤ Actively maintained, unlike all other sound packs
➤ Free! Download link is below the videos. Pimp your transmitter to the max with the latest and greatest. It's what you live for!
➤ Unlike those other sound pack chicas, I actually carve up the sky. Violently. Full acro. Battle. Bring it. Be warrior. Game face. Can't touch this! :)
➤ I'll keep you frosty and on your game. Don't just fly, tear up the sky... Play, play. My playlist to fly to: http://mv.air-war.org
➤ Let your transmitter watch and warn you of all the vlaues when they reach a certain point, you watch where you are going.
➤ Flying with friends? Turn them all down, on, or off with the twist of a pot setup as volume control
➤ Everyone else is flying the stock computer voice or if you're a creeper, the tired and jaded Amber. You're flying a new girl nobody's heard of before. Who's the cool one. Chyeah!
➤ When your friends ask, who the hell is that on your radio? You say it's Chopergirl, the patron goddess of aiir war! Guns guns guns, you're dead! Open up the portal, let the demon out!

Take your Open-TX transmitter to the next level

And, do it for free. Well, I mean, there's Commodore level programming work invovled...

➤ Discover more view by getting rid of all that OSD crap in your view... be able to see everywhere again... and not have to look past an ocean of Ascii text rubbish.

➤ You don't have Sharpie text written all over your glasses or car windshield, do you? Imagine trying to drive a car let alone fly with all that quatsch in the way. The best OSD is no OSD at all.

➤ Talking transmitters are just way more fun ! You need a new friend anyway you can control. And now, for the technical crapola... you geeks, nerds, techies, and propeller heads live for...

You could probably use my Soundpack voice sound files for other things too, like...

• adding speach to embedded Arduino projects
• setting up a covert shortwave Numbers Station
• mixing up a bizarre rap song
• make a talking wall / alarm / cuckoo clock
• splice together one bizarre ransom note style answering machine message like Archer to annoy his mom, eschew ever speaking to anyone ever again and instead answer all queries to you by flipping switches to give out pat little answers from your radio (I did that for a while from the Lazy Boy, to really tick off my mom)
• hack your creepy Furby to talk English in my voice, whateva!
  All that's beyond the scope of this page. I'm just throwing it out there. I'll phuck the brains out of the first mortal tho that does the Furby thing, with the stipulation Freaky Furby gets to watch.

Be a powerful sneezer, and share this build far and wide with your friends ! It's the best hidden page on Rotor Builds : - )

Get it here

Direct Download Link from GitHub:

WITHOUT MODELS: http://air-war.org/edgy/Choppergirls%20Edgy%20SoundPack%20English%20for%20OpenTX.zip

WITH MODELS: https://github.com/choppergirl/soundpack/raw/main/Choppergirls%20Edgy%20SoundPack%20English%20for%20OpenTX%20with%20Sample%20Models.zip

Direct Download Link from AirWar:

http://air-war.org/edgy/Choppergirls%20Edgy%20SoundPack%20English%20for%20OpenTX.zip

Download Directory (if the above does not work):
http://air-war.org/edgy/

Project Home Page:
http://edgy.air-war.org

These are simply .WAV sound files, I'm not responsible for any nonsense or bizarre damage you are able to do with them (how?) or shenanigans that ensue by stiching them together piece meal into some bizarre answering machine ransom note or bad rap song or Tiktok video :-)

Quick install instructions

➦ ➦ ➦ Basically, you just replace your /SOUNDS/en folder on your TX's microSD card with my /SOUNDS/en folder.

That's it! For some, that's all you need to know.

For the challenged, step by step instructions....

1. unzip the Zip archive to your desktop. You'll get a "SOUNDS" folder with another "en" folder inside of it. The "en" stands for "English".
2. connect to your transmitter with a USB cable (or put your microSD in a card reader)3.
3. in My Computer, backup your old microSD cards /SOUNDS/en folder if you wish, or rename it to /SOUNDS/en_original , or... just delete it
4. drag and drop my new replacement /SOUNDS/en folder that you just unzipped
   ..... onto your microSD card drive using Windows Explorer
   ..... to simply replace your old /SOUNDS/en folder. (say yes to replace queries)
5. when done copying,,, disconnect safely from USB. you're done.
6. if you don't hear new sounds when power cycling your radio, make sure your radio "Voice language" is set to "English" in SYS: Settings:(gear icon) 7.

7. Caveat: Note that if you don't use the other language sound packs, if you are pressed for space on your microSD card, you can delete them.

   I highly recommend using Open-TX Companion to select sound files for your switches or functions, rather than chosing them from the radio interface. Typing them in from a computer keyboard is a lot easier than scrolling through hundreds of files with the scroll wheel, plus in Windows Explorer it's much easier to locate the name of the file you want especially if you need to configure many of them at one time. Note that Companion has a bug in it that won't let you blank out an entire text field and then start typing; you have to backspace but leave at least one dash there, then type, then go back and delete the dash, then finish typing your file name (if it goes out to seven characters).

➧➧➧ I hope you'll chose me as your co-pilot, because I live to play play in the sky, but if you don't like my voice, you can restore back to the stock /SOUNDS/en directory, or if you deleted it... download the computer voice generated soundsfiles again for your version of firmware under Sound Packs from https://www.open-tx.org/downloads are repeat the reinstall for it instead. This is a very simple and straight forward install, but if by some bizarre way you totally bodge things up, email me and I'll try to help.

Read Me File is included in the Sound Pack

Or you can read it here: Read Me File: http://air-war.org/edgy/_ReadMe.txt

Contacting Choppergirl

Questions? Comments? Input? Advice? Brilliant Ideas? Requests? Hate mail? Suggestions? Bug Reports? Neat things you do with audio reporting I haven't thought of yet? Positive Reinforcement? Email me... choppergirl@air-war.org

Be a powerful sneezer, and sharethis page with your RC groups and friends. This is one of my funky weird little passion projects that I keep polishing up for some reason.

Be sure to smash the ❤ Heart Like button at the top left corner of this build, it's kind of hard to find from the header graphic, if you like it !

choppergirl@air-war.org

http://choppergirl.air-war.org

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