The current Trent 900 sound set is pretty decent overall. Here are things you guys can do that WILL make it more accurate.

This stuff is really hard to explain properly on text so I'd really appreciate if I could just chat with the sound people in a call somehow.

1. The spool in higher ranges sounds a little too whistle-like. If you can make it sound less like a whistle, the core component of the engine sound will sound better.

2. This is my biggest complaint of the current spool sounds. At30% THR, the engine pitch should settle at D natural. At ~71% N1, where METOTS caps the second spool, there is no growl. In audio clips and the ones I've been on, there is a growl at that sound point. The howl component of the spool will be a B flat and the growl should be an E flat there. This goes to say in general, the growl part of the engine sound starts too late in the spool.

3.) Additionally, the slats sound pitch is wrong. Currently, you guys have it close to a G natural. The pitch of the slats should be a slightly sharp F Sharp. The sound itself could also be reworked to be louder in certain parts of the sound. Real Recording at 5:56

You can hear the sound F sharp there. Additionally, you can hear how much louder the beginning wind up is. You can hear it loudly in the cockpit too as seen in this video at 6:37. And I have flown on-board the aircraft IRL multiple times so I can confirm the sound.

Again, this is hard to explain here. I would REALLY appreciate if I could talk this through on a call somehow. PLEASE seriously consider these changes.

Edited Tuesday at 01:48 PM3 days by HimMonster27
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I think the F sharp is only noticed in front of the wings like in the real cockpit... the g natural sound i only heard behind the wings.. which is accurate

Firstly, I find the external engine sounds especially at flypast are stunning (minus the random volume fluctuation ruining them)!

But, the interior engine sounds.. are.. lacking something? Ive only flown (though, MANY times) on a Trent 900 powered a380 so I cannot speak for the Engine Alliance sounds, but for the Trents, based from experience are definitely missing a lot of growl..

During takeoff, looking past the late onset of the growl during spoolup like the OP mentioned, they also seem to be drowed out by some kind of.. whooshing or rumbling sound? Maybe some kind of low quality recording? Or.. sometimes i feel like the "buzz-saw" growl may be somehow cancelling itself out, a double layer maybe..? As if it may be possible that two different recordings are fighing over each other though i may be wrong..

Either way something sounds off. Again, its really hard to explain.. but its easy to hear what they SHOULD sound like on any youtube video (such as this one, my favourite, gives goosebumps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRe-l6Zgk4w&t=2s ), or even by using the freeware a380 competitor, whom in contrast i feel got the interior engine sounds spot on. (Id expect a Payware aircraft to sound better than a freeware in this regard)

Contrary to popular belief, whilst in general the a380 is a VERY quiet aircraft to fly on, the engines growling during takeoff should sound rather clean and clear (though not overly noisy) and really, rather beautiful when in front of the wing. They do not sound muffled in person, like they currently do in this model.

In Addition, during spoolup ive been comaring the exterior sounds (beautiful) with the interior sounds (needs work), and found that the interior sounds do not match what is happening on the exterior. For example during the FADEC METOTS pause before TOGA, in the exterior there is already a gentle but noticable and clear growl. In the interior the engines sound like they are at a lower power setting, with no growl. The inside and outside sounds dont match.

Edited 8 hours ago8 hr by MaxxieB
Added paragraphs for easier reading..

Why do people feel the engine sounds from right beside the engine in the cabin of the fuselage sound the same as they do in the cockpit?