Hey @lucy kemnitzer Could you recommend specific videos from those channels as per the first post?

Edit:
I found this video about the Ocracoke dialect, very interesting I thought!

Darude "Sandstorm" - The making of a dance anthem

A classic of course so obviously I clicked to watch. Found out that:

1) Music was always an interest of his but he never realised that making music himself was an option until one day he had his eureka moment
2) He's super committed to his interests clearly cos dude bro basically did statistics for fun just to figure out music secrets
3) The song was successful for lots of reasons and great that he chooses to play it live at events instead of just playing a recording of it

Saw a documentary the other day (in French though unfortunately) about a town in France called Monton. This show is usually about vibes and food and this time it really was perfect. It seems that Monton is basically Superior Nice™ but smaller (and less expensive???).

Anyway, the main lesson is that the climate there is incredible and everything from almost everywhere can grow there - and its got mountains, rivers, and is also by the sea! Time to pack my suitcase I guess!

@Noa1500 Monton is very charming!

New theories about Ötzi the Iceman's fate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pht_xK4nV3I

Biggest Science Mysteries of the 21st Century | Free Documentary
This documentary is fascinating look into modern scientific puzzles, from dark matter to consciousness, still baffling researchers today. It's entertaining to watch and full with interesting facts about the modern era.

@Johnny_Bravo told me the name of the audio mixing effect that allows for the throbbing volume changes in some modern music- sidechain compression.
@vesko_sims3 posted a phonk track here:
https://modthesims.info/showthread....140#post6001140
I show the waveform here:
https://modthesims.info/showthread....327#post6001327

I found this article that explains applications for sidechaining:
https://audiouniversityonline.com/what-is-sidechaining/

Interesting I thought, thanks Johnny_Bravo and to vesko_sims3!

One day, while I was scrolling through IG Reels, I found an interesting video that briefly explained the bitcrushing effect. This effect was used decades ago in game consoles, children's toys, and similar devices.

In short, bitcrushing is a process of intentionally reducing the bit depth and the sample rate of an audio, which lowers audio resolution and quality. This was often done in the past to reduce data size due to limited storage space. Here's a video that explains bitcrushing in depth:



Here is an example of a song that was widely used in children's toys, features this effect:



...and here's the original "normal" version of this song :



Today, storage space is no longer an issue, and we have devices with powerful hardware capable of handling high-quality audio. However, bitcrushing is still used to evoke a sense of nostalgia.

Here's a link to the IG video I was inspired : https://www.instagram.com/p/DDN9k6EsOU3/