Modern locomotives - My ears hurt

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    I have an abnormally good hearing, which tests have proved again and again. Can be useful at work as a technician, but hurts more than it is useful. I worked 9 years with Norwegian locos, fault tracing, testing, driving them (the funny part) :D .


    I know all too well how bad the stromrichters sound from the outside, and when in the engine room. They do absolutely not sound as bad in the cab of for example the EL-17 (the E-120's sister loco), or the EL-18 (Re 460). The EL-18 is downright scaringly quiet in the cab - way to go.


    So either the modern locos have gotten worse regarding the high-pitched sound, or the TS locos (including vR) are way off. For example I love the BR 185, but simply cannot drive it for a long period as my ears hurts after a short while.


    Is there anything I can do to manipulate the stromrichter sound file? If the case, please tell me how. I have decent audio programs, so I just need to know where to find the files, and/or how to extract them.


    PS: Found some info in other threads, forgive for posting this (want to delete but can't). Got to do my searches in German ;)


    EDIT: OK, there seem to not be any special threads about this (in general) but if I'm wrong, moderator please delete this post. Meanwhile I found a solution. Being used to xml coding, I just changed a value in BR 185\Audio\Cab\Cab_Sound_Proxy.xml. The BaseVolume.


    \Traktionsstromrichter-Loop.dav</Filename>
    </kLoud-cSampleID>
    </Sample>
    </kLoud-cSingleSampleSound>
    <kLoud-cSingleSampleSound d:id="17781">
    <Name d:type="cDeltaString">Traktionsstromrichter End</Name>
    <IsLooped d:type="bool">0</IsLooped>
    <Priority d:type="sUInt32">50</Priority>
    <BaseVolume d:type="sFloat32">0.25</BaseVolume> (Original value 0.4 replaced with 0.25)
    <VolumeVariation d:type="sFloat32">0</VolumeVariation>
    <BasePitchShift d:type="sFloat32">1</BasePitchShift>
    <PitchShiftVariation d:type="sFloat32">0</PitchShiftVariation>
    <AttenuationStartDist d:type="sFloat32">10</AttenuationStartDist>
    <NoFutherAttenuationDist d:type="sFloat32">10</NoFutherAttenuationDist>
    <InstanceGroup d:type="ref">0</InstanceGroup>
    <Sample>
    <kLoud-cSampleID>
    <Filename d:type="cDeltaString">virtualRailroads\vR_BR185_2_EL\Audio\Cab\Traktionsstromrichter-End.dav</Filename>


    See this for more info: https://railworkswiki.com/tiki-index.php?page=Audio+Controls