> The easy way out is to buy both a toy car with sound and a toy train > with sound, and swap the modules (Maybe put the train with car sounds > into a toy donation box...? ;-D ). Or put the 4-year-old on eBay....... Still, he could be on to something. They laughed at steam cars, they laughed at rubber tyres on trains. He might have a future as a comedian. Steven Wright can't go on forever. Perhaps he can. I don't think he's quite sussed out death yet "I was kneeling down at the casket and I was looking at him inside the casket, and I started thinking about my flashlight. I started thinking about the batteries inside my flashlight. And I said to my aunt 'Maybe he's not dead. Maybe he's just in the wrong way'" > What have you all been doing lately to generate sound? Beans and cabbage do it for me. Love beans and cabbage And finally, a sensible answer A 'puff-puff' sound would be fairly simple, using white or pink noise (and a filter and envelope generator). For more complex sounds an ISD chip would probably be easiest, using downloaded sounds. I remember going to a train enthusiast site years ago and there was a whole library of train sounds -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist