Sovjet Radio-Calls

If you can convert the GVR files and send them to me it would help a lot. Then my only learning would be how to create the audio clips. My specialty was with ground forces, but I do know soviet/russian radio jargon. How do we reproduce that gravelly throat mike sound the the stock xmissions have? Maybe some could be pulled of IL2 FB if you have it too.(?)
 
It sounds exciting but...

xavierb said:
....Anyway, an equally more challenging problem is to find volunteers to actually record the voices: they must be nationals of the country, have a good voice and above all know the exact terminology used 70 years ago...
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Hi Erufle!

I got your PM and the answer is yes, I'd be interested in making an Italian radio chatter pack but, as Xavier already pointed out, I have no idea which slang Italian pilots used 70 years ago over the radio.

Keep in mind also that in the first part of the war Italian fighter pilots despised radioes for not being the best technology around and the conspicous weight which was added to their planes. Much like Japanese pilots in the early part of the war.

Fiat CR.42 Falcos didn't even carry radio equipment and this brings up a sorry subject already covered when Rami worked on the Italian (ridicolous) participation during the late Battle of Britain. Open cockpits biplanes armed with just a pair of machine guns and no radio over the Channel, in November 1940 against battle hardened, with a strong victory attitude since they had repelled the Luftwaffe already, Spitfire and Hurricane pilots........no further comments are needed here. :faint:

Italian ace Luigi Gorrini released very bitter comments about that period in his web interview of a few years ago, his CR.42 squadron was sent to Belgium and he lived through that ordeal.

I read somewhere radio equipment was field removed by many pilots in North Africa in their open cockpit Fiat G-50's and Macchi 200's. When the C.202 was deployed, things improved because it was equipped with a German-made radio. :gossip:

I wouldn't mind recording Italian hand signals...........:bananapowerslide:

Cheers!
KH :ernae:
 
I can understand your thinking regarding Italian pilots not using radios. However, many of us have the radio on when we fly Italian missions so that we can react accordingly. Besides, having an Italian voice in the sim would give those of us from other countries a better experience; more immersion if you know what I mean. There is no hurry. But if you want to help just download Martin Wright's split gvr program from http://www.fly.to/mwgfx and listen to the gvr files named usa01, usa02, usa03, etc. and make a very brief recording of an equivalent Italian phrase.

I don't know if attempting to use authentic wwII Italian pilot phrases would work anyway because CFS2 initiates gvr audio files when you make a specific command. For instance, when you order your wingmen to attack, CFS2 initiates a gvr file that is associated with that command. In this case, the gvr file that is initiated is a recording of a man saying "ATTACK." What I am trying to say is that the recordings I need are direct translations of the files in CFS2/SOUND/Radio. Plug a microphone into your computer (if there is not one already built in) and record the Italian equivalent of "ATTACK" in a brief, excited, and loud voice. Then, just e-mail the audio file to me. I'll do the rest. Then, continue with the rest of recordings in CFS2/SOUND/Radio.

Adding the radio static is no problem. Franz Von Baron has supplied us with a radio static file that my Audacity program simply merges with the voice recordings. We could even make a gvr file imitating several excited pilots all trying to talk at the same time, when in reality, all of the pilots are the same person. Audacity is great! I can add any number of effects to the files. Do not worry about this. I'll send the finish product back to you so that you can critique them and make suggestions beforew they are released if you wish.

I'm not in a big hurry to get the recordings. Whenever you get the time is fine. Just PM me when you are ready to help and I will be forever greatful. :Banane41: :Banane35:
 
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