Man, if it was up to me, every sound bite I would have would be in a separate file in a sound directory. If someone wanted something different, the user could just swap it out. I believe this idea has been brought up before.

This would solve most of the issues.

I had a similar a long time ago with my IJ. Someone on these boards was able to take out the "I HATE YOU AND I HATE THE WATER" quote for me. I had little kids at the time and my wife was complaining about it. Someone literally made a new version of the ROM for me.

Now fast forward to today's pin w/PC's and SSD drives. It would be so simple to allow someone to just override sound bites.

Now the ethical side of me says this probably is a problem. On the other hand, some of these IP owners are over the top with their control of these age old assets.

Oh, IMO without the original licensed songs, TBL really will be taking step backwards. Sad.

My 2 cents....

In some circles, "Hate" is viewed fairly strongly. I had four year old kids at the time. I was indifferent at the time, but my wife felt differently. Let's just say by bleeping out that line, I was able to further my pinball hobby

One has to pick his battles in life !

I still think an easy solution is to have an "accessible" mp3 file storage solution that can be overwritten. Seems like an easy fix. One could then swap out given MP3's with any sound bite to what they want.

I could only imagine this group and the sound bites that would be put in place. To me this would be a blast to have as an option. Maybe even put ones in there that are not from the movie? Custom ones and all.

I am an IT guy, so for me I could visualize how this could be coded. Maybe I am missing something though.

I also feel bad for the DP guys. I think licensing has gotten out of control. Thus the work arounds that start getting created when the Greed engine kicks into high gear.

To me that sounds like the tail wagging the dog.

So when the Blackhawks play a Chelsea Dagger at the UC, they bought the rights correct? I doubt Fratellis dictates how that MP3 of the song is stored and used. My guess is it is some open system that some tech can play at will. Then add and take away songs at will. Seems to me there would be a loop hole or two here. Maybe I am mixing apples and oranges though.

And if the machine had all custom audio clips, the content owner wouldn't even be in the loop, right?