The first gameplay trailer for Gimmick! 2 is full of platform puzzles and swinging music

Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube772k Publisher Clear River Games and developer Bitwave Games have revealed the first gameplay trailer for Gimmick! 2, the long-awaited (and somewhat surprising) sequel to Sunsoft’s 8-bit platformer. Originally revealed with a teaser trailer at this year’s Limited Run Games showcase , this is our first look at what Gimmick! … Read more

Hands-on: Cong Burn’s Stacks Plug-in and iOS App Synths, Loops and Layers – CDM Create Digital Music

From the creator of Strokes, Stacks is a unique 4-voice wavetable morphing polysynth combined with a 4-track granular looper. But that description doesn’t really do it justice: modeling and digital grunge combine to create a raunchy instrument that behaves like an experimental studio. I’ve been playing around with a test version of Stacks on desktop. … Read more

Polyend Tracker Mini 2.0: Synth Engines, PERC Drum Synth, More of Everything – CDM Create Digital Music

Hot on the heels of the big Tracker+ release, Polyend has a big update for the little Mini: now with Synth Engines, PERC drum engine, USB mass storage, more MIDI tracks and other improvements. And there is a big sale going on right now, this week only. Tracker Mini has come a long way. The … Read more

54 Switch ports we’d like to see before the generation is over

Image: Nintendo Life Since 2017 we’ve seen a large number of ports come to Switch, many of which seemed impossible beforehand. Surprises like Doom (2016), which arrived in the system’s launch year, and 2019’s Witcher 3 showed that while some smart optimization was needed, Nintendo’s console could be deliver perfectly playable and utterly engaging portable … Read more

YouTube in talks with record labels about AI music deal

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor-in-chief of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. YouTube is in talks with record labels to license their songs to artificial intelligence tools that clone the music of popular artists, hoping to win over a skeptical industry with upfront fees. Google’s video site … Read more

YouTube Music now on Garmin Watches: quick guide

 Garmin has rolled out support for offline YouTube Music on their watches. It allows you to download music and podcasts from YouTube Music in exactly the same way as you do for Spotify, Amazon Music and others. Like this one, this also requires a subscription to those platforms to download music. For those familiar … Read more

Saturday Quotes: The sound of music, sneaky birds, better training for LLMs. Plus: Diversity improves research

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! by Chris Packham, Phys.org A male beautiful fairy wren brings food to a young Horsfield’s bronze cuckoo. Credit: Mark Lethlean × close to A male beautiful fairy wren brings food to a young Horsfield’s bronze cuckoo. Credit: Mark Lethlean In the small … Read more

Couple leaves vacation five days early because of sewage smell and techno music

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s travel email A couple cut short their three-week five-star beach holiday, which cost them £2,700, because they couldn’t bear the stench of sewage in their room and had to walk for almost an hour in the sweltering heat … Read more

How the brain distinguishes music from speech – Neuroscience News

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Resume: A new study shows how our brains distinguish between music and speech using simple acoustic parameters. Researchers found that slower, steady sounds are perceived as music, while faster, irregular sounds are perceived as speech. These insights could optimize therapeutic programs for language disorders such as aphasia. The research provides a deeper insight into auditory … Read more

OMA’s Klymax nightclub is designed as a “sonic sweet spot”

Architecture studio OMA has collaborated with DJ Harvey on a nightclub at the Potato Head resort in Seminyak, Bali, where optimized acoustics and a sprung dance floor take the experience for partygoers to the next level. Following the completion of the resort itself in 2020, OMA went back to work with the Potato Head Design … Read more