How To Use a PinSound Board in Your Pinball Machine

[@ToucanF-16]

Keep the PinSound videos coming. I’d like to see your start to finish flow replacing and editing the sounds.

[@jaysellers6469]

That was the most helpful video I have seen in along time.....thx for uploading it!

[@timothyroth1980]

Another great video brother ! I never done anything with pinsound and now I know a little bit .thank you

[@2244ian]

Great video. Best mod ever for a movie based game. On a budget I would always improve the sound before a colour dmd.

[@Mo_Ketchups]

You changed my world w this just now. I have a Monopoly I love, but _that_ 4-bar loop is one of the most annoying & relentless loops ever burnt into a ROM. I just went to the site, they support Monopoly, and soon I’ll be able to play it without bashing random targets to stop the loop! HELLS YESSS!!! (Just another reason I joined yer Patreon-awesome tips like THIS ☝️!!) 🤙🤘🤘🤘

[@TampaTec]

That's a really nice getaway with color dmd please do mod review 🙏

[@CaryHardy]

I go over all my mods in my getaway finale video.

[@TWIPThisWeekinPinball]

Great video Cary!

[@mikeartzcom]

This video is great! One question, there are lots of games on PinSound ,like Space Jam, that don’t have the original files or any files to as a starting point. Is it easy to setup without the original files?

[@cigarsandpins4781]

Great video Cary. My TFTC had the dreaded data East speaker hum. Completely rebuilt the sound card no improvement. Finally broke down and got pin sound. Wow. These boards are incredible in person. Sounds amazing better than factory, and whisper quiet in attract mode.

[@caprilaser3]

Great video Carey. Really insightful...thanks for showing how it all works. Very tempted to get one for T2 and Getaway sometime. Movie soundtrack for T2 would be awesome.

[@tntamusements]

I think I may just loop my voice on every single track!

[@CaryHardy]

You could - if you really wanted to...

[@tntamusements]

@@CaryHardy :-)

[@spacecowboyfpv5511]

Make them all say " Bendies "

[@tntamusements]

@@spacecowboyfpv5511 :-)

[@rowbear5862]

Great work! Solid video. Thank you

[@kwayabailey4394]

Awesome video! I have a pinsound that I've tried on three or four different machines. Always downloaded custom packages from the pinsound website but every mix I've downloaded I've had issues with volume. The music will be really loud and the sound effects quiet or some sounds loud and some quiet. Would love if you could make a video on how to fix this issue. You touched on reducing decibels but I can't seem to figure out this step of the process

[@CaryHardy]

This is where learning the program Audacity that I mention and show comes into play. To lower the volume of a track just highlight the entire track. Then go to the "Effect" tab and then "Amplify". This will give you the ability to lower the volume or increase it to how you see fit. Then export into wav format.

[@kwayabailey4394]

Thanks for the info I will try that tonight. We appreciate all of the hard work you put into these videos. You rock!

[@pauz2175]

Good video man. Good to know a dummy like me could actually do this. Would love to win one.

[@King_Henry]

I’m about to order a pinsound plus..my question is that I have sega AND williams machines, and I know that the Sega Whitestar setup needs the extra board that comes with thst..IS that little sega board detachable, so that I can throw that into my williams WPC machines? I’m trying to save money and also maximize compatibility on my purchase..any knowledge on this would be awesome! BTW this is the BEST video i have seen yet!!! Thank You man!!

[@CaryHardy]

I would contact the PinSound guys and ask them that question. I'm unfamiliar with it. Thanks for the compliment.

[@billybmx]

GREAT VIDEO, i GOT PINSOUND FOR MY GNR, ITS AMAZING, BUT IT TAKES LIKE 10-15 MIN TO UPLOAD IT ON THE MACHINE, IT SAYS 10 PERCENT DONE, THEN 2MIN LATER,20 PERCENT AND SO ON, ? IM USING PREMADE MIXES FROM PINSOUND WEBSITE, ANYWAY, COOL VIDEO,WISH MY GAME LOADED THE MUSIC THAT FAST !! TAKE CARE :)

[@CaryHardy]

You need to make the file format the way I describe in the video. Sounds like it may still be in zipped format on your drive.

[@ericmanuel1]

Outstanding video, well produced and well explained. You completely rock dude. Thank you for your effort and work producing this program

[@QuadriderFMX]

Awesome vid Cary! The community has definitely needed this. Pinsounds are such a fantastic improvement

[@garydinsdale]

I'm 20 minutes in and you've answered so many questions they aren't easily Googleable here. Brilliant explanation, didn't even know you can have multiple files in a folder so it's random. Going to be great on my T2 and WWF Royal Rumble. Thank you, great video!

[@CaryHardy]

Glad I could help!

[@Astraalilaama]

Great explanation. I have a South Park pinball where the callouts are really annoying. Will be making a lot of changes with one of these for sure.

[@robodobro]

Hey Carl... Im looking at a Gottleib System 3 machine... what kind of mods can i do that arent specific to the theme? It doesnt look like i can do anything with the Dot/DMD? how about sound?

[@richm.7373]

Hey Cary, Been wanting to get Pinsound for my T2 so this is awesome info! Now I just have to commit to spending the 4 bills 🤑 You the man! Thanks!!! 😀👍👍

[@AllPinballFanatic]

nice vid! thx, would love to save money to get pinsound for my getaway HS2... do You have maybe pin2dmd in Your machines ? What do You think on the quality of how it looks and performs ?

[@Srt8Adam]

Good luck getting you pinsound anytime soon, I ordered mine 2 weeks ago, paid for 4-5 day shipping and it came to the states and now is back in France... still waiting

[@chadalexander1924]

This was invaluable. You are doing the Lord's work.

[@johnrike2556]

Hope you put a video out for the new Judge Dredd soundtrack. Would like to hear what you came up with.

[@CaryHardy]

I will!

[@snextime]

Damn cool. Thank you.

[@-Gramps]

Again, thank you, Cary. I recently obtained a LOTR, simply because I had heard & read so much about the potential of this pin, not to mention fun & strategy. I first read Tolkien’s trilogy when I was 13 (1968!) & was hooked. Back to the pin, one reviewer commented about the soundtrack becoming “almost cinematic” after installing the PinSound system. My initial thought was: okay, add a nice amplifier, some good speakers, & like a base-level car sound system, of course it will sound better. Why would I need a PinSound board? You answered about 5 pages worth of questions in this one video, & I appreciate the fact that you explained everything from formatting the USB to editing music or specific pin actions & sequences. Your attention to detail is sincerely appreciated. Question: Do you have a “Hardy” discount code like you do with Pin Stadium?

[@CaryHardy]

Sorry, no discount code. Thanks for the kind words!

[@Tranceinyapantz]

Considering buying Pinsound for my Doctor Who. Thought I would take a look. Downloaded the original sound files from the Pinsound site like described in your video and it's a PSPACK file... Whats that? I can't open it. So where do I go from here? Looking at other peoples created sound packs they all seem to use OGG files instead of WAV are both formats equally good or should I create all sound files as WAV like you say? that's when I can get hold of the original sounds to change.

[@Tranceinyapantz]

Just ordered one, found the PinSound app which unpacks the PSPACK, looks fairly straight forward if I follow your instructions.

[@Mo_Ketchups]

One quick Q: I have a TSPP & had replaced the speakers w new killer ones that came w a bigass sub. The sound was way too lousy to make use of the speaker quality. If I get this board (& download the original), will it make the ORIGINAL sounds of this TSPP machine a lot clearer w better fidelity, or is the turd just baked into the cake? 🤔 🤷‍♂️🤟

[@CaryHardy]

I think the sound was lousy due to the stock Amp and speakers. With pinsound it can actually push the speakers, and if that isn't the case, you can always change the sound and music to your liking that do have better quality.

[@gopooalreadyplease5842]

Excellent video! Thank you!

[@professorterry1808]

I've tried pinsound in a Data East Machine with not a good experience. How did you find the differences between installing in a B/W vs a DE?

[@CaryHardy]

When getting the card to work with my LAH game I needed an additional power cable to help power the board due to my power supply. Other than that it worked great. The PinSound team walked me through the issue and gave me the cable I needed too.

[@NotWatching666999]

Do you think using a faster USB, like a Class5+ will make the card load tracks faster on boot?

[@CaryHardy]

The board I'm using is a few years old - not sure what type of USB is on the newer models. In the end it depends on the capabilities of the board and USB slot. Wouldn't matter what kind of drive you use - the hardware would be the bottleneck.

[@loubilly]

Such a great resource- thankyou

[@ThePhalcon2600]

Wow much much easier than I thought this was going to be. I thought I was going to have to be writing python code ect.. what a great product 👍😁 Thanks for the video!

[@CaryHardy]

You are very welcome!

[@TheFiftyQuid]

Wait... Did you actually spell weapon with two p's? Thanks for this vid.

[@CaryHardy]

Any kind of naming of files was not done by me. That is how they are spelled from the original download. The only naming I did was when I labeled the mix folder. So, no I did not spell weapon incorrectly. Thanks for watching.

[@DubsBrown]

.WAyV or .WAhV? 😉 cool vid

[@Code2Quest]

Can someone please let me know if this would work on phantom of the opera pinball machine, its a musical theme pin that i really want to add this board to.. thanks

[@CaryHardy]

I'm not seeing the game listed on their website. Try contacting the PinSound brothers via their website and asking them about it's compatibility with that game.

[@TiltingT]

Great insight, great video, love to here what your end user experience was like.. thanks for another great video!I would love to hear your complete mix on LAH just to see what your final mix would be and how it all flows together.. I could see myself getting into using these.. funny you mentioned LW3 because thats the one I have in mind to change!

[@CaryHardy]

I have a video showing off my mix on the channel. The Cap'n mix! I will be doing a video on my Dredd mix in the future too.

[@TiltingT]

@@CaryHardy ok I will look back in the catalog and check it out ! Thanks

[@clintevans6643]

Great video Cary!!!

[@MelonHead_Arcades]

Can you use pin sound speaker with factory soundboard??

[@CaryHardy]

yes, but factory doesn't have the amps to push them to full potential.

[@geoffgrove565]

Good clear video!

[@waynegram8907]

CARY HARDY, Pinsound No more reset board, is a current double booster circuit or what to prevent the WPC games to reset when you add more circuit boards it will need more current from the power supply causing the MPU board to reset but the Pinsound No More reset board adds more current to prevent the MPU board from resetting when adding more lamps and other additional circuit boards?

[@CaryHardy]

The WPC reset boards are only a temporary fix that will need an actual repair down the road.

[@waynegram8907]

@@CaryHardy PINSOUND no more reset board they make a special board called no more reset that fixes this problem they claim

[@CaryHardy]

@@waynegram8907 again. its a fix - but it merely covers an existing problem that can be repaired. The board is for those that aren't savvy enough to perform the board repairs.

[@luigicicciarelli8831]

GREAT VIDEO...

[@paulclarke7571]

Hey Cary. Looks like an awesome system. Will a PinSound system work in my Black Knight 2000?

[@CaryHardy]

I'm not seeing it on their website. Which is weird because I'm seeing other games around that time on the list...

[@paulclarke7571]

@@CaryHardy You know so much more about pins than I do. I have 2 (1 Being Black Knight 2000). Can the leads and harnesses be adapted to the sound board for my pin? Could it be that simple? Maybe possible but is beyond my understanding of such systems. But man, I love to rework the sound as you have on your Judge Dredd.

[@CaryHardy]

@@paulclarke7571 When you order a card the site asks for what machine you will be using. Then they will ship what you will need. If anything else I would contact the guys at pinsound to be sure. They will get back with you.

[@paulclarke7571]

@@CaryHardy Thanks Cary. I have emailed them. Really excited to see if this PinSound board will work. Sure hope so!

[@TxJayYT]

Great video..very informative. But who the hell would take the time to make sounds for a crap game like Lethal Weapon 3? What a waste of time and effort! You can't polish a turd!! :)

[@mannymets5687]

I know a lot of people that love Lethal Weapon 3, and for the money; it is a good buy currently.

[@TxJayYT]

@@mannymets5687 I agree 100%...I'm giving Cary a hard time. I have a LW3 with the Pinsound board and it is awesome with all of the songs

[@kennytaylor5849]

Many thanks..I have quite a few pinsound cards but never created my own mixes. After watching this, you certainly made it look simple. The converter app is Audacity ?

[@CaryHardy]

Yes. Link in the description.