Music poll

[EZeemering]

I play all kinda stuff, whatever i can find on my pc. Tho when missions get serious and tense I switch to historic music to get in the mood a bit better. The gramaphone is nice, but i added extra ww2 songs plus alot of classic (Dvorak mostly).

[baggygreen]

I play U2 mainly, on the stereo near the computer. When i slow TC down to 8 or lower, I turn down Bono and throw on the headphones to listen to the sounds etc. Especially when im being DC'd, i dont look outside then and have to rely on my ears.

[Capt. Shark Bait]

other=stock. i like that they included Panzer Lied, got the lyrics here somewhere, Battle of Britain, Lili Marlene, and a piece by Wagner used in John Boormans Excalibur

[Checkmate King 2]

Victory At Sea

[Blacklight]

Durring travel time in Silent Hunter III, it's all period German music for me. I think it adds to the immersion a lot.

When playing other naval games like Dangerous Waters, Sub Command and so on... I don't like to listen to any music. I much prefer the ambient sound of the submarine's engines and the realistic sub sounds. When I play these games, I tend to crank the volume so the ambient stuff is loud and with the surround sound system I have in this room (It doubles as a home reccording studio), when the door is closed, it really makes me feel like my room really is 1000 feet down moving through the water like shark hunting for prey.

Immersion is a BIG thing for me when playing a sim.

[Sigurd]

I generally dont listen to music much while playing SH3. Every now and then I throw on Long way to Tiperary or something, but usually its silence. I usually watch TV or something when I play, and then ignore everything but the screen whenever something is sighted.

But if I ever listen to anything outside SH3 (like on my iPod or something while I play), its usually some sub-genere of Metal, but I'm also strange that way.

I deleted all the stock gramaphone tracks and put a collection of WWII original songs, german war songs, soviet war songs, etc, it gives a lot more WWII ambient. The best song is "Tipperary" (red army version) played at "Das boot"

For me it's nordic death metal. Perfect u-boat music. My favorite band is Emperor.

[Pascale]

Originally Posted by silentrunner

Which type of music do you listen to while playing a sub sim

On the Gramophone to SH3 I listen to period music. (Only exception is a few classical pieces, Wagner, conducted by Wilhelm Fürtwängler after the war, and Liszt, conducted by Kurt Masur.) I have several Gramophone mods which are sorted and rotated by dates of release, so I will not hear a track released in 1940 when the campaign is taking place in 1939. (If you're going to try to be authentic it should be reflected in the music as well!) The music are mainly light German popular schlagers and Tanzmusik of the time. Some German march music too. French music can also be found, but especially after the fall of France in 1940.

Although I have a decent collection, I have so far not included any music or radio from enemy or neutral countries such as Britain, America, or Sweden. It is true the U-Boats had radio and could listen to foreign broadcasts but, for the moment at least, I feel it somehow spoils the atmosphere inside the U-Boat. In time I hope to include music from the Netherlands and other occupied countries...

Besides music I can hear speeches, interviews, PK-reports, fanfares followed by OKW gibt bekannt... with front developments, entertainment. I don't have enough of this kind, so I am always looking for more.

Oh, and no music during battle!

[Ivan Putski]

Period music, with some war news broadcasts thrown in.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Hank Jr's song I'd Love to Knock The Hell Out of You and If the South Would've Won go pretty good on the high seas

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Pascale

I have several Gramophone mods which are sorted and rotated by dates of release, so I will not hear a track released in 1940 when the campaign is taking place in 1939.

I completely agree; I do it pretty much the same way. However, are you aware that you can use SH3 Commander's randomizer function to organize them by year, so they rotate themselves automatically?

Saves much time and effort.

[Oldgamer48]

I put classical into the grammophone folder, and big band. I'm a big fan of Wagner, and so much of his works are played on my boat. I don't care if the crew likes it. I do ...

[vodkavera]

I don´t lisend to any music at all.
I like to hear the sound of the ocean.
Word!

/VV