Re:The rise of fake engine noise
by ferrari8608 on Thursday January 22, 2015 @03:12AM
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I just wonder, why does it have to be engine noise in particular? If I saw a Tesla, Leaf, Volt, etc. I wouldn't expect any engine or exhaust noise. Beeping, maybe.
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I'd love Tesla to license https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdWswvLPdE0
Re:The rise of fake engine noise
by robin_reala on Thursday January 22, 2015 @03:58AM
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Benny Hill theme, played at a speed that matches the car’s speed.
Re:The rise of fake engine noise
by JetSpiegel on Thursday January 22, 2015 @05:48AM
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I'd prefer La Cucaracha
Re:The rise of fake engine noise
by davegardner on Thursday January 22, 2015 @03:40AM
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I expect there'll be a new set of businesses built up around custom engine noises. If the manufactures don't make it easy to load your own MP3, then you'll probably be able to take it to a car mod specialist.
Expect to hear this a lot more often then https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI6nc3aH_pI
Domino's Pizza did something like this with their electric scooters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n17B_uFF4cA
Beeping? Like a lorry backing up? Even a low pitch beeping would become annoying pretty quickly. It should just be a sort of hum.
Re:The rise of fake engine noise
by ferrari8608 on Thursday January 22, 2015 @03:39AM
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A hum would work just as well. I was just trying to think of a noise I would expect from an electric device, and beeping was the first thing that came to mind. It's better than coil whine at least.
Lorries are switching to white noise instead of beeping, because humans hear that better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa28lIGuxq8
I have a Leaf. The sound is precisely what you'd expect for "electric car noises".
You see a car, you expect engine noise, that's all.
Re:The rise of fake engine noise
by smileysteve on Thursday January 22, 2015 @03:55AM
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Classical music would be pretty awesome.