Gramophone's and their actual use

Enchanter · 01-05-07, 12:55 PM

I'm confused... what precisely is the value of the gramophone? Does it actually mislead the enemy boats? Or is it just aesthetic? I read up on one of the forum posts that the enemy boats confuse it for radio waves...but I'm a bit skeptical. Any advice from the respectable Kaleuns would be of value here! (Just no suggestions I go flank speed down the English Channel...again... :p )

mookiemookie · 01-05-07, 12:58 PM

Don't know who told you that it confuses enemy boats. Its meant solely for you, the player, to be able to listen to music while you play. It has no bearing on the game world at all. You could have your gramophone blast "You Shook Me All Night Long" while under depth charge attack, and aside from getting a little chuckle from the irony of it, it doesn't affect the gameplay at all.

And if you want to unlock the extra secret bonus gramophone tracks, you have to make a run through the English Channel at flank speed. Really!

:rotfl:

Morts · 01-05-07, 12:59 PM

i think its just used to listen to and relax

Enchanter · 01-05-07, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Don't know who told you that it confuses enemy boats. Its meant solely for you, the player, to be able to listen to music while you play. It has no bearing on the game world at all. You could have your gramophone blast "You Shook Me All Night Long" while under depth charge attack, and aside from getting a little chuckle from the irony of it, it doesn't affect the gameplay at all.

And if you want to unlock the extra secret bonus gramophone tracks, you have to make a run through the English Channel at flank speed. Really!

:rotfl:

TriskettheKid · 01-05-07, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Morts

i think its just used to listen to and relax

I have it set up so that I've got a decent amount of music to listen to, including Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Wagner, and Haydn.

It's strangely relaxing to be listening to Bach's Cello Suite No.1 in G Major while being DCed by 3 DDs.

hyperion2206 · 01-05-07, 01:20 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

And if you want to unlock the extra secret bonus gramophone tracks, you have to make a run through the English Channel at flank speed. Really!

:rotfl:

The bonus gramophone track is "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" by the way. You know:"Glory, glory hallelujah!":rotfl:

Tigrone · 01-05-07, 01:24 PM

The grammophone was an important part of Das Boot, and it was something that all the old gang asked for from the beginning. Play it, you know the one: J'attendrai -- "I will wait for you night & day. I will always wait for you."

FIREWALL · 01-05-07, 01:27 PM

Hi Everyone

Can anyone tell me how to put my own music into gramophone?

I don't seem to have any luck putting Chicago in. Thx in advance.

Sailor Steve · 01-05-07, 01:41 PM

Just move the file into the Data/Sound/Gramaphone folder. MP3s tend to skip, so .ogg or .wav is the way to go. It will play sooner or later.

Herr Russ · 01-05-07, 01:43 PM

It just adds to the atmosphere.. If you DL & install the gramophone packs, it'll even sound scratchy like the old vinyls..

Jusa_Finn · 01-05-07, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by TriskettheKid

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Originally Posted by Morts

i think its just used to listen to and relax

I have it set up so that I've got a decent amount of music to listen to, including Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Wagner, and Haydn.

It's strangely relaxing to be listening to Bach's Cello Suite No.1 in G Major while being DCed by 3 DDs.

You forgot Sibelius

mookiemookie · 01-05-07, 01:50 PM

I've put the Das Boot soundtrack in. It's fun to listen to Rita Cadillac singing Mon Gars and having all that 80's synthesizer music while on patrol. I'll even put on the "high tension" tracks when I'm under attack or if I'm lining up for a torpedo shot so I can feel like Der Alte

Letum · 01-05-07, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jusa_Finn

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Originally Posted by TriskettheKid

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Originally Posted by Morts

i think its just used to listen to and relax

I have it set up so that I've got a decent amount of music to listen to, including Bach, Mozart, Liszt, Wagner, and Haydn.

It's strangely relaxing to be listening to Bach's Cello Suite No.1 in G Major while being DCed by 3 DDs.

You forgot Sibelius

Chopin for me

Herr Russ · 01-05-07, 02:27 PM

I do keep 1 'modern' mp3 in my gramaphone collection. When ever I'm pursuing a convoy or merchant I like to play "Promised Land" by Elvis.. Gets the blood pumping

Kind of nice to pop it on after I expend the last fish & turn towards home port too...

Paajtor · 01-05-07, 03:47 PM

In RL, I still play vinyls!

I bought a new grammophone (Technics-based) 10 years back - together with a couple of spare-needles - so I could keep playing my vinyl-collection.
Which is still expanding, btw.

For example, last year, I bought an lp of Marlene Dietrich, called "Das war mein Miljöh", filled with her great songs.
In the same store (1000's of 2nd hand lp's in classic/vintage/oldies/pre- and post WW2, all in top-condition, filling 2 entire 15m walls!!

), I found an lp of Count Basie, with great big-band jazz songs, recorded between '42 and '46.

And guess what woke up this newly found love for oldies....a grammophone-file for SH3, called Ultimate Gramophone Pack - 150+ tunes and broadcasts.
There are some really nice songs in that pack...I like a female voice, with jazz, like Ella Fitzgerald. Zarah Leander is beautiful too.
I hate Edith Piaf, though.

When I hear her, I want to go back to my more recent music, heavy/progressive/alternative rock LOL

I think the grammophone option is a great tool for roleplaying.

01-05-07, 12:55 PM	#1
Enchanter Bosun Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: South Africa Posts: 66 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Gramophone's and their actual use I'm confused... what precisely is the value of the gramophone? Does it actually mislead the enemy boats? Or is it just aesthetic? I read up on one of the forum posts that the enemy boats confuse it for radio waves...but I'm a bit skeptical. Any advice from the respectable Kaleuns would be of value here! (Just no suggestions I go flank speed down the English Channel...again... :p ) __________________ Hasta la wookie...baby.

01-05-07, 12:58 PM	#2
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Don't know who told you that it confuses enemy boats. Its meant solely for you, the player, to be able to listen to music while you play. It has no bearing on the game world at all. You could have your gramophone blast "You Shook Me All Night Long" while under depth charge attack, and aside from getting a little chuckle from the irony of it, it doesn't affect the gameplay at all. And if you want to unlock the extra secret bonus gramophone tracks, you have to make a run through the English Channel at flank speed. Really! :rotfl: __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-05-07, 01:24 PM	#7
Tigrone Commander Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Newport Beach, CA Posts: 470 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Das Boot's effect on us all. The grammophone was an important part of Das Boot, and it was something that all the old gang asked for from the beginning. Play it, you know the one: J'attendrai -- "I will wait for you night & day. I will always wait for you." __________________ Commander Hiram Cassedy: "Tigrone has saved the Air Force and is now returning to Iwo Jima with 28 rescued zoomies." B-29 SNUFFY & THE SHIF'LESS SKONKS among them. I've a broom at the mast said he, for the broom is a sign for me, that wherever I go, I sweep the mighty sea.

01-05-07, 01:27 PM	#8
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Hi Everyone Can anyone tell me how to put my own music into gramophone? I don't seem to have any luck putting Chicago in. Thx in advance. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

01-05-07, 01:41 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Just move the file into the Data/Sound/Gramaphone folder. MP3s tend to skip, so .ogg or .wav is the way to go. It will play sooner or later. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-05-07, 12:59 PM	#3
Morts Admiral Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,395 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	i think its just used to listen to and relax

01-05-07, 01:43 PM	#10
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It just adds to the atmosphere.. If you DL & install the gramophone packs, it'll even sound scratchy like the old vinyls..

01-05-07, 01:50 PM	#12
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I've put the Das Boot soundtrack in. It's fun to listen to Rita Cadillac singing Mon Gars and having all that 80's synthesizer music while on patrol. I'll even put on the "high tension" tracks when I'm under attack or if I'm lining up for a torpedo shot so I can feel like Der Alte __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-05-07, 02:27 PM	#14
Herr Russ Officer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: San Diego, CA. Posts: 246 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I do keep 1 'modern' mp3 in my gramaphone collection. When ever I'm pursuing a convoy or merchant I like to play "Promised Land" by Elvis.. Gets the blood pumping Kind of nice to pop it on after I expend the last fish & turn towards home port too...

01-05-07, 03:47 PM	#15
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	In RL, I still play vinyls! I bought a new grammophone (Technics-based) 10 years back - together with a couple of spare-needles - so I could keep playing my vinyl-collection. Which is still expanding, btw. For example, last year, I bought an lp of Marlene Dietrich, called "Das war mein Miljöh", filled with her great songs. In the same store (1000's of 2nd hand lp's in classic/vintage/oldies/pre- and post WW2, all in top-condition, filling 2 entire 15m walls!!), I found an lp of Count Basie, with great big-band jazz songs, recorded between '42 and '46. And guess what woke up this newly found love for oldies....a grammophone-file for SH3, called Ultimate Gramophone Pack - 150+ tunes and broadcasts. There are some really nice songs in that pack...I like a female voice, with jazz, like Ella Fitzgerald. Zarah Leander is beautiful too. I hate Edith Piaf, though. When I hear her, I want to go back to my more recent music, heavy/progressive/alternative rock LOL I think the grammophone option is a great tool for roleplaying. __________________