# Simple Music Control<\/p>\n
This mod tweaks the playback of background music in the game:<\/p>\n
– **Reduced delay between music tracks**. By default, background music plays twice as often.
\n– **Next track keybind**: When pressed, immediately starts playing the next music track, and stops the current one if it’s playing. Keybind is set to M by default and can be changed in the vanilla keybinds menu.
\n– **Now Playing widget** that shows the artist and track name in-game when a track starts playing and in the pause menu while a track is playing.
\n– Pausing the game no longer pauses background music.
\n– Creative mode music has a chance to play in survival mode.
\n– When playing a jukebox, background music will be stopped. Background music will also not start while a jukebox is playing nearby.
\n– Additional optional control over situational music.<\/p>\n
Every feature can be configured and toggled on\/off in the config.<\/p>\n
_**Fabric requirements:**_
\n– Minecraft 1.21.11 and above: Fzzy Config required, Mod Menu optional for in-game config
\n– Minecraft 1.21.10 and below: YetAnotherConfigLib required, Mod Menu optional for in-game config<\/p>\n
_**NeoForge requirements:**_
\n– Minecraft 1.21.11 and above: Fzzy Config required
\n– Minecraft 1.21.10 and below: No requirements<\/p>\n
### Inspiration and mod recommendations<\/p>\n
I really like Minecraft’s music, but it just doesn’t play as often as I want it to, and some of the best tracks are locked behind creative mode for some reason (meaning you can never hear Aria Math in survival… wtf mojang?). I used Mixtape for these purposes before, but that mod has way more features than I actually need and it hasn’t been updated in a while.<\/p>\n
Minecraft is a bit too silent in general for my tastes, so here are some sound mod recommendations to help break the silence in the game and bring in some more sound variety:<\/p>\n
– Euphonium: The only ambient sound mod that I think doesn’t feel out of place in Minecraft.
\n– Presence Footsteps: Incredibly high quality footstep sounds. I can’t play without this anymore.
\n– Sound Physics Remastered: Turns cave exploration into a whole different experience.
\n– ExtraSounds Next: Satisfying UI sounds for moving items around inventories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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