
JGOEDHART gpl66 soundset:

First of all I want to thank the GPL66 mod team for asking and having the privilegde , making sounds for the gpl66 mod! 
Secondly I want to thank Ray ( Tifo ) for all testing and good advice!!  I am quite sure that the community will  benefit from our co-operation!  

My personal goal was as always to deliver and achieve the most authentic expirience possible within Grand Prix Legends regarding sound immersion while driving a virtual formula one car.  A lot of research has been done prior to release, and I can tell that this is the best soundpack so far delivered by myself. 
The sounds are constructed to have the best incar expirience. Taking into consideration that externally they should sound good as well. After all youre watching replays from action made by yourself from overtaking manouvres, crahses, starts etc..;-)
The sounds had to sound authentic like the real counterparts. Therefore development took far longer than previous soundpacks such as my 67, 65 and 69 packs.

This soundpack represents a reconstruction off al racing engines used incorporated during the entire 1966 season.
Before I continue I want to emphasize the following:


---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ALL CARSOUNDS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN STEREO. AFTER COMPLETION THEY HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO MONO. THEREFORE THE SAMPLES DO SOUND BEST IN STEREO
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Lets continue! ;-)  
New functionality has been added to GEM which made it possible to have 11 different cars on track instead of 6.  Result of this was that new engine sounds had to be created such as:

Ferrari 156 V6 2ltr.
Eagle Weslake 2.4 ltr 
Mclaren V8

The search started again to find reference points for the new cars. Something which was not easy. Luckily lately there are more and more videos around on youtube, so I will make a listing from where I did get my references.

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Ferrari 156:
the engine is a 2.5 liter V6 being used in several later ferrari cars such as Ferrari 256 dino. Therefore I used a Ferrari Dino engine sounds for the 66 F1 engine. There are a lot of samples out there, but really one stood above all others.
Take a look here and you will see what i mean:
listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nRASIfDI8U


Eagle S4 climax:
well,this car was very underpowered compared to the rest of the bunch. However the challenge was to create an engine sound which does sound capable and fast at the same time.
Otherwise this car will not be attractive to drive at all. Because of its low revving ( 6500 rpm ) nature it was quite hard to make this one work. Most GPL cars from that time started to create power from 6500 rpm onwards but the climax stopped there. 
To get a clear image of what I am running into I visited co-incidently the historic GP at Spa-Francorchamps in Summer 2007, and there were quite a lot 4 cylinders running on track. Most of them were F2 cars, but with tiny engines such as the formula Lurano. Those are 1.5 ltr engines, but the sound of them was really awesome. A modern Formula Ford sounds weak and tiny compared to them. So I had a lot of external material, but no onboard shots. Its was try and error to get a good result, mixing and tweaking a lot. At almost the final stage from development I discovered some recordings at Goodwood which were very good. And my samples just matched those recordings.
listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogw-AlXDvY8&feature=related
Sharing the same engine are the following cars:

Brabham 2ltr
Eagle 2 ltr
Lotus25 2 ltr



Mc Laren V8 3 litre
A big american Can- Am motor engine. That is what the mclaren used. At first glance i thought that this was going to be an easy one cause there is enough material to be found. However creating this engine was far more complicated than originally thought.


Maserati Cooper V12:
I am very proud of this one. Close your eyes, drive at Spa at the Masta straight and imagine yourself sitting in Jochens Rindt car while revving up the engine to its maximum rpm. You will notice that the reference point, the well known recording at Spa sounds almost similiar. The only difference taking into account is that the old recording is very disturbed and has lot of noise underneath  The GPL66 version for the itself is a polished version of that image. Have fun driving it, and think of Jochen again ;)

Ferrari 312 V12:
Basicly this is the same version as in gpl67, and in GPL69. No changes done here.

Eagle V12:
Basicly it is the same version as created in my previous 67 pack. However the mono version is different. 
I had to create a new version cause the mono version sounded to dull. The mono version is using a new construction, taken from the matra recording as posted at RSC.
Listen here: http://forum.racesimcentral.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=444788&d=1195309011
Thnx Oliver-Alexander for posting this!

Honda Ra273 V12:
Much improved version compared to my 67 set. Ignition timing has been changed and the character became more authentical. There is a lot of reference material around the net, but only a few real usable. The character has been deepened and it became more throaty. Close your eyes again, oh no....there is a video.....just watch my reference and you will see and hear what I am talking about! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0gAkQC_S58

BrabhamBT19:
This one is an already existing version of my previous 67 pack. However during the process of improving this sample we decided to go back to the already existing version. The new created sample had a more external sound and it was ready to be released, but Ray and I decided not to use it, cause the one in this pack sounds more authentic. It took a lot of time before we realized both that the existing version was already a winner! 


BrmH16:
There are a lot of different versions available, but i never tried to recreate this cause i assumed that i couldnt improve the existing version. BUt eventually i started to work on it, and the results were promising. 
It took by far more then 30 different versions on my hd before it started to sound right. 
Anyway enjoy the ride! 

BrmV8:
Basicly this one is a modified version with improved loop from my previous 65 soundpack. Body has been added, and the revs have been lowered. I didnt want to work too much on this one cause it already sounds brilliant. For me this one is my personal favourite.

CLimaxV8:
same as for the BRMv8, originally coming from my previous 65 soundpack.

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Well.....
I really hope you do like the sounds as much as I had fun creating them.
Lets not forget to credit the following people involved in this project:

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Ray ( known at RSC as TIFO ) thnx for your advice buddy and testing! 
DoOg: well known for his carsounds as well.
Wolfgang Buthe ( known as Ducwolf ). He doesnt need any introduction. He is the one who inspired me creating carsounds in the first place. He delivered Thnx Wolfgang! a lot of real material in the past. Thnx again for that! 
Speed Eraser
Paul Skingsley: for asking me into the gpl mod team
Gilles Regassat: for work on his BRMh16
Bram Schoonderbeek ( BRam ) for his advice while testing
GPL mod team for giving feedback
and all youtubers posting your videos!


cheers


Jeroen

















