Hey everyone! ːpraisesunː

We’re back with a fresh update for our playtesting build, and it’s been awesome seeing all the wild tracks you’ve been creating so far. Huge thanks to everyone who’s been testing, experimenting, and sharing feedback — your input is shaping the future of Ten Second Mixtape!

We’ve got a bunch of bigger features in the works based on your suggestions, but since our main gigs have been keeping us busy, those will take a little longer to land. In the meantime, we’ve cooked up something fun:

We’ve added a ton of new instruments and sound effects for you to experiment with. We’re especially curious to see which ones you end up using the most (and which get ignored 😅). Your choices will help us decide what kinds of sounds and styles to expand on next!

⚠️ Note: None of these have their final art yet — you’ll see temporary icons for now.

⚠️ Note: Because these sounds are for testing purposes some of them might get retired as development continues. In that case any tracks made with those sounds will likely remain but get replaced with another instrument.

Here’s the full list of what’s new in the latest test build (available in our Discord[discord.gg]):

🎵 New Instruments & Sounds:

Xylophone • Vibraphone • Boys Choir • Matsusne Hiku • Acid Bass • Slap Bass • Chiptune • Timpani • Accordion • Whistling • Orchestra Hit • Koto • String Section • Clav • Tuba • Flute • Clarinet • Church Organ • Electric Piano • Jazz Kit • 808 • Drum and Bass Kit • Air Horn • Banjo • Harp • Bird • Church Bell • Jaw Harp • Eastern Kit • Indian Kit • Steel Drums • Djent Guitar • Music Box • Sitar • Dial Tones • Record Scratchin’ • Wine Glasses • Sad Ghost • Broken Toy • Throat Singer • Cellotron • Old Movie Violins • 80s Synth Keys • Aerobics VHS Drums

That’s a lot of noise. We can’t wait to hear what kind of beautiful chaos you come up with.

If you’d like to get early access to all this and join the feedback loop, hop into our Discord[discord.gg]

— we’d love to have you there!

Keep rockin’ 🎸

— The Different Strokes Team

Hey mixtape makers!

We’ve been hard at work over the past month, and we’re super hyped to finally share what we’ve been cooking up!

This update is packed with new tools, fresh sounds, and some quality-of-life improvements to make your 10-second jam sessions even smoother.

Oh, and one more thing… we’re running a playtest of these new features in our Discord!
Scroll down to the bottom for details — or just Join the Discord[discord.gg] and come hang out.
We can’t wait to hear what you think! 💜

🎛️ Track Creation Upgrades

In our last dev diary, we said it loud and proud: making music is the heart of Ten Second Mixtape.
So, we’ve doubled down on improving the tools that help you build bangers in seconds.
This isn’t the final version of the editor, but trust us — it’s a huge leap forward.

✨ What’s new:

• Click to add/remove notes → Left-click to add notes to your track!
  Right-click or double-click a note to remove it.
  

• Drag to resize → Grab the edges of a note to adjust its length, or drag the middle to move it wherever you want — even between rows.

  

• Better snapping → Notes now snap more cleanly to the beat making it wayyy easier to create smooth grooves. How did we live without this before?

  

• Play / Stop button → Stop the play head anytime and tweak your mix at your own pace.

  

• Record toggle → Want to jam without committing? Turn recording off and freestyle freely. 🎹

  

Quality of Life Improvements

Little tweaks, big vibes.

• Track rows light up when you play notes — just a nice lil thing for visibility.

• Notes now play instantly when the playhead hits them. No more waiting for loops to restart.

🎹 New Sounds & Instruments!

Our original build had 17 sounds… but honestly, some were kinda meh.
So we fixed them and then went wild adding a ton of new instruments.
We’re talking double the sounds (and then some) — and yes, they slap. 🔥

Here’s just a taste of what’s new:

• Boys Choir (lol wut)

• Acid Bass

• Slap Bass

• Chiptune

• Timpani

• Accordion

• Jazz Drums

• Drum & Bass Kit

• Banjo

• Electric Piano

• Sitar

• Record Scratches

• Koto

• …and many more!

(New instrument art coming soon — we’re cooking up some wild visuals for these sounds.)

🎨 New Instrument Art!

Some instruments are getting a fresh coat of paint, and we love how they’re turning out:

• Female Singer 🎤
  

• Male Singer 🎤

• Trumpet 🎺

• Guitar 🎸

• Epic Sax Guy™ 🎷

• Xylophone (she plays behind it…what a baller)

🌐 Website Sneak Peek

Big news: we’re building a website for Ten Second Mixtape!

Why? So you can share your creations online and hear what the community is making. Right now, it’s focused on uploading your tracks, but we’ve got a lot more planned!

For now though If you participate in out playtest you will be able to get a link to songs you create and share the webpage with anyone :) You can even download the song!

💡 Community Suggestions

We’ve been keeping a close eye on your ideas in Discord — and we’ve seen some amazing ones already.
We can’t spill the beans on everything yet, but know this:
some of the most-requested features are already on our roadmap.

So keep the suggestions coming, and stay tuned for a future update where we reveal more of what’s next. 👀

🎮 Playtest Time!

This is the big one! We want your hands (and ears) on the new build.
Here’s the plan:

• The latest build of Ten Second Mixtape will be available for playtesting through our Discord.

• We want your feedback on the new features, instruments, and everything else.

• We’re friendly. We promise. Come hang out and jam with us. 🎧

Join our Discord[discord.gg] and check the announcements for details.
We can’t wait to make some noise with you. 🥁

That’s it for this dev diary!This update gets us one step closer to making Ten Second Mixtape the ultimate short-form music-making party.

Thanks for sticking with us, you’re the reason we’re doing this. 💜

See you in the playtest! 🎶