MrGhostman

http://www.lcpdfr.com/files/file/8476-federal-signal-vintage-siren-pack I've recently uploaded a siren sound mod pack of the older federal signal siren models such as the PA-300, PA-15A 1D Series, and so forth. However I noticed that unlike some of my other siren sound mods, this one wasn't well received most noticeably its unrealistic tones or similar. I might have to either scrap the entire siren mod pack completely or I have to majorly re-work on them for a few days. What siren do you think I should re-work on? Please let me know. Update: I've decided to make a Federal Signal PA-200 siren mod for the FIB vehicles instead because I personally think that this siren sound pack is kinda pointless at the moment. Plus I might have named the sound pack incorrectly. As a result the siren pack has been removed from the downloads section. Again sorry for the disappointment. =(

Here's the preview of this siren mod: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Skd_EqUSw http://www.lcpdfr.com/files/file/8462-federal-signal-pa-15a-siren-police-version/

http://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/54443-wip-federal-signal-pa-15-police-version-siren-mod/ This is what I'm currently working on since I wasn't able to find a higher quality siren demo of the PA20A. But the PA15-CPA25 is just a good as this one. =)

I got some good news and some bad news. Bad News: I had to scrap the PA20A siren mod because I was still unable to find a higher quality siren sound for me to sample. Good News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUgAd49x5fs This right here is the PA15-CPA25 old school siren used in police cars in the 60's-70's and I not only have managed to sample a much more higher quality sound for the wail and yelp but it works fairly well in GTA 5. Plus this was less of a hassle to work with in AVS Audio Editor and Audacity. <3 I've lowered the pitch of the wail and yelp to match the sound of the PA20A but I've greatly increased the tempo of the SIREN_2 audio file and made another copy of this modded yelp as POLICE_WARNING. Do keep this in mind however. There are reports that certain audio archives have been muted in game regardless of rather the sound mods were installed properly or not. To ensure that the audio archives for vehicles won't be muted in game make sure that the vehicle.oac file or the vehicle.awc file doesn't exceed over 15.7 MB (at least under or around 15.75 MB not over it) in size (you can check the size of the vehicle.awc file in OpenIV under RESIDENT.rpf) and make sure that the siren sound audio files have the appropriate bitrate/sample-rate/etc (32000hz, 16bit mono, 512kbps) for the vehicles.awc file. I don't think there's much to fix or re-work on at the moment. However if the modded police sirens in-game are somewhat quiet or not loud enough compared to other sirens, I'll try to increase the volume by amplifying it on audacity. I will upload a preview video soon. =) Federal Signal PA15-CPA25 Siren Mod - WIP.rar

Did you create a mod folder for the game?

I've resampled the wail, amplified the yelp and added a hi-low as POLICE_WARNING. However the wail will be heavily tweaked as I wasn't able to make it loud enough as my Code 3 RLS siren sound mod was. Plus you may hear some clipping of the wail so use this siren mod in progress at your own risk. Do keep this in mind however. There are reports that certain audio archives have been muted in game regardless of rather the sound mods were installed properly or not. To ensure that the audio archives for vehicles won't be muted in game make sure that the vehicle.oac file or the vehicle.awc file doesn't exceed over 15.7 MB (at least under or around 15.75 MB not over it) in size (you can check the size of the vehicle.awc file in OpenIV under RESIDENT.rpf) and make sure that the siren sound audio files have the appropriate bitrate/sample-rate/etc (32000hz, 16bit mono, 512kbps) for the vehicles.awc file. Hopefully this will resolve the issues regarding muted sirens in game and hopefully I'll manage to sample the wail in higher audio quality. Federal Signal PA20A Siren Mod Version 2 - WIP.rar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UA4diGS8BXY That right there is the old school Federal Signal PA20A used for police cars in the 1960s. I have managed to sample the wail and the yelp from the demo video. However I haven't managed to sample the hi-low yet and I'm currently working on it so the POLICE_WARNING sound is basically a lower-pitched hyper-yelp of the original siren. =) Let me know you thoughts on this siren sound mod in progress. A preview video of the siren mod in progress will be up in the next day or two since I do have to go to work in a few hours for the rest of the day. Federal Signal PA20A Siren Sound Mod - WIP.rar

I know right? >_<

I have some good news! I've managed to make that siren mod you requested. =) http://www.lcpdfr.com/files/file/8435-whelen-beta-siren-fib-version/

Bad news: I've tried my hardest to get the right video with high sound quality for the Whelen 295HFSA6 wail but I wasn't too successful. I'm afraid that this siren sound mod will be scrapped very soon and instead I'll be trying to work on the Whelen Gamma 2 siren mod for the FIB Granger and Buffalo. I'm currently waiting for the GTA 4 Whelen Gamma 2 siren mod owner to respond on rather I should edit and then re-upload the siren mod for GTA 5. Otherwise I might have to work on the Whelen Beta siren sound mod for the FIB vehicles since I did manage to find a solid demo video with solid sound quality on the Whelen Beta. I apologize for disappointing you guys and gals.

Also the maximum file size is probably 15.6 MB for the vehicle.oac or vechicle.awc file so size might also be a factor of muted sirens in game.

That's odd. O_O If the length was fine for the vehicle audio archives then maybe the bitrate and sample rate were factors of certain muted modded sirens in game http://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/52037-sirenhorn-editing/?do=findComment&comment=346804

Update: I'm currently making major revisions on version 2 because the sound quality of the wail is not very good in my personal opinion. The same could said for version 3 so I'll be completely starting the siren sound mod all over for the next few days.

Alright. Good luck.

Damn.....sorry to hear that. Try creating a mod folder for the siren sound mods if necessary to see if that'll work: http://www.lcpdfr.com/forums/topic/53081-adding-custom-siren-help-with-open-iv/?do=findComment&comment=362301

I know. Have you tried re-installing the sirens or tried some other siren mods from other users to compare which ones are causing the muted audio issues?

I noticed that there were some people that had issues with the sirens after installing them mainly the entire vehicle audio having to be muted for unspecified reasons other than more than longer length used compared to the sirens in the vanilla game (the original ones). If the modded sirens were not indeed longer in length then there must be some other issues regarding this. I'm planning on trying to re-work on my siren sound mods to fix the issues of muted vehicle sounds in game. If you guys and gals have issues regarding the sirens not working in game, please let me know and tell me in detail on how it could've happened.

Here's the preview video of the re-sampled siren mod version 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lDVsyS7I1Y The download of the third version is available for testing. Version 3 has the wail and yelp re-sampled again from another siren demo video. Whelen 295HFSA6 Siren Mod Version 3 - WIP.rar

I've re-sampled the wail and made the yelp a bit faster and louder too. =) Whelen 295HFSA6 Siren Mod Version 2 - WIP.rar

This is the Whelen siren model in the video I've sampled from and so far it's working quite well. I'll upload a WIP preview of what I have at the moment soon. =) What are your thoughts on the progress so far? I also plan on making an alternative version such as the alternative wail/yelp for the Sheriff Grangers. Kind like this one: https://youtu.be/oXoohTVxAV8?t=1m45s Whelen 295HFSA6 Siren Mod - WIP.rar Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMN70P1JA4Y