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Yeah, that sounds cool. Let me know how I can help!

I've been listening to a lot of Selda Bağcan recently. She's a Turkish singer-songwriter. I recently found out that she has another career retrospective collection out called 40 Yılın 40 Şarkısı Vol. 2 (40 Songs of 40 Years), released in 2020. So with Vol. 1, it's actually 80 songs in 40 years... Either way, that got me rocking out again to her music. My current jam, Mehmet Emmi (Uncle Mehmet). You can hear how this influenced modern neo-Pych bands like Goat, Wolf People, King Gizzard, etc. Enjoy.

So, the "engaging bandit" sound was mined from DCS when DCS left their sound files out in the open. However, ED-created sound files have been encrypted since DCS 2.5.6. This doesn't apply to Third-party sounds. They should be somewhere within the modules. However, most Third-party sounds are less than useful. When I want to create a sound, I most often use a text-to-speech website. Though, I have experimented with using actors (i.e., me or Brit, etc.) Method #1 for getting TTS sound files involves using a free or free(ish) website. However, they usually have a download limit. And the more free they are, the worse they sound. My favorite free(ish) TTS website is: https://ttsmp3.com/ You can also get good Morse code through a website like this: https://www.radio-amater.rs/morsecodegenerator/ Once you create and download the sound file, it'll be in a .wav or .mp3. You should get this into an .ogg. Open the .wav or .mp3 file in Audacity. Boost the Gain of the opened file to +12.0 dB, as DCS makes files sound muted/soft. I learned this lesson the hard way, as many of my first sounds in missions were muffled and lost in noise. Then save the file as an .ogg, by going to Export Audio > Format - Ogg Vorbis Files. Then hit Export. Exit Audacity. No need to save the project. Next, go to this website to compress the .ogg file: https://www.compresss.com/compress-audio.html We need to make the file as small as possible, without negatively impacting the audio quality. DCS has a limit for how much extra stuff it will allow in a mission. This extra stuff includes images and sound files. If you have too many sound files in a mission, the sound files will stop working. So you want your stuff as tiny as possible to maximize your space. Drag your new .ogg into Choose Files on the compress.com website. Output is at the bottom, with a new download link. Personally, I send the files through twice. Or until they file stops getting smaller. You now have an .ogg you can use in game. Method #2 is almost identical, but uses a cheat to get the better TTS sound files from the not-free websites: My favorite website for this method is: https://www.naturalreaders.com/online/ You can preview the voices with text, but it won't let you download without a login/account. We can get around that by using Audacity to record your desktops audio. So, click on the AI avatar, pick your region, pick your person, and then enter your text. Don't create an account. Don't save. But keep the window open, ready to go. Open Audacity. Click on the Audio Setup button. Select Audio Settings in the drop down menu. Make your Host: Windows WASAPI. Then select your speakers/headset as the Playback method. Place Audacity side-by-side with the Natural Readers website. Hit the red record button on Audacity. Then push play on the Natural Readers website. If was done correctly, you should start to see Audacity recording what your headphones are hearing. Stop the recording in Audacity when done. Then trim the file to remove the dead air from the leader and tail of the audio recording. Now boost the dB, save as an .ogg, and compress the file as you did in Method #1. Good to go! To get the files into DCS, that requires some Mission Editor magic. But, you can trigger sound files through trigger zones, add sound files to trigger zones to replicate NDBs, and other cool stuff. I can show you how if you want to set up a meeting. Hope this helps!

Thanks @Vonrd!

This is a great interview! Thanks so much for posting it!

This looks like a really fun mission and a great campaign! I'll have to give this a shot when I have some free time.

Can't wait to talk about it when you finish.

Sababa 5 is fantastic! Отмель is great too. I really like them.

And here is the other video he mentions:

Here is the entire interview:

This looks great. I can't wait.

Thought this was a cool interview. It has some great information on the second gen MiG-21s and the MiG-17.

This is pretty cool!

This worked great for me. @Britchot - it may help you too.

Hi Guzzler, Sounds good. In the meantime, you're more than welcome to join us online when you see us on Discord.

Hi @Zachos, welcome! Thanks for checking out JG1. I'll send you an email to the address you registered with. Looking forward to talking with you more soon!

All, here is the link to the skin: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3334245/

Looks great! Let me know when it gets posted.

@Guzzler - definitely let us know if you have any more questions. If all this sounds good, we can start your recruitment. Let me know what you think.

Hi @Guzzler, Welcome! Our European squadron usually flies IL-2 around 2000 UTC to 2100 UTC. @Heinrich is the CO of that group, so would be an excellent person to direct questions to. We no longer actively fly IL-2 Forgotten Battles or any of the IL-2 1946 titles. We do fly IL-2 Great Battles though. You can check out our calendar of activities here: https://jg1.org/oesau/calendar/ The EU IL-2 group usually flies on Mondays and Thursdays. On the web page, look for the "European Calendar (UTC)" tab. It's slightly hidden. I believe our EU squadron also get together at other times throughout the week as their availability allows. Regarding Axis/Allied aircraft, while they focus mostly on Axis aircraft, they do fly Allied from time to time. If you're interested in joining, we can start the application process. Let me know.

While the Fw 190A always has my heart, the Bf 109K is a ton of fun. Great aircraft to fly.

The author was in JG1 for a time. And then helped with the Ghost Skies tournament. I didn't know if you knew that. He was Bard.

Hi All, @IRFC Hawkeye reached out to let us know about The Third Battle of Ypres on Combat Box. This will happen on Friday, 11 November at 0200 UTC (Thursday, 10 November at 9:00 PM EST) and Saturday, 11 November at 2000 UTC (3:00 PM EST). If anyone has any questions, let me know. I'd be happy to pass them on to the IRFC.

Looks like a ton of fun!