What Airports and Countries are the clips from
There is a CSV file that you can download, which lists all the countries and airports from which clips were collected. Click HERE for more details.
Will I hear chatter in languages other than English
No. At this time we are only collecting clips from pilots and controllers that are speaking English. You will hear the pilot or controller's native accent as clips are collected from many different countries. The main reason we don't accept other languages is that I only speak English so I'm unable to validate if [...]
Why does the support for clip updates have a date limitation
X-ATC-Chatter and FS-ATC-Chatter have clips that are curated from LiveATC.net. Stick and Rudder Studios has a licensing agreement with LiveATC.net that needs to be renewed every two years. That agreement has been renewed multiple times and we expect that will continue to be the case. In the highly unlikely event that the agreement is not [...]
I’m having trouble with the clip updates
X-ATC-Chatter 1.7.1 or older and FS-ATC-Chatter 1.2.2 and older relied on the FTP protocol and a different update server. These older versions of the products will not work with our new dedicated update server which uses only the HTTP protocol. Update X-ATC-Chatter and/or FS-ATC-Chatter to the latest versions to make use of the new [...]
How can I stay informed about product updates
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What Version of 124th ATC Supports the Integration
X-ATC-Chatter was tested against 124th ATC v2.0. You can download 124th ATC here: https://124thatc.matacchieri.eu/
Where can I get more SAPI Voices for Simple ATC
The X-ATC-Chatter user guide has an extensive section on how to get more voices. It will tell you how to install a number of free Microsoft voices. You can also purchase SAPI-5 voices from Ivona and Cereproc: https://nextup.com/ivona/index.html https://www.cereproc.com/en/buy-voices Amazon also has an Amazon Polly Windows Plugin that will install the Polly Text to Speech [...]
What is the Simple ATC Feature
Simple ATC provides for a more immersive ATC communications experience by using the text to speech capabilities of the operating system to synthesize communication between your aircraft and ATC. This capability is built into X-Plane but the voices tend to be very robotic and it does not handle the various flight plans such as VFR [...]
What is the difference between X-ATC-Chatter and FS-ATC-Chatter
The only difference between these two products is the standalone chatter player. The clip collection is the same in both products. X-ATC-Chatter has a player that works with X-Plane, and FS-ATC-Chatter has a player that works with FSX, FSX Steam Edition, P3D V1-5, and MSFS 2020 and 2024. Either product will work with Pilot2ATC, [...]
Will I hear chatter from the exact airport I’m at
No. Chatter from LiveATC.net is collected by volunteers near airports that operate Air Band radio scanners. Not every airport has a volunteer and in some cases the feed from the scanner varies in quality. Clips are collected from feeds that have reasonable reception quality and then the clips are edited to remove some of the [...]