Mojang changed Pistons... I fixed them

In the latest Minecraft snapshot, Mojang made a huge change to Minecraft pistons for the first time in many years. So I decided to fix them myself. I created new Minecraft sound effects using various different minecraft redstone components, as well as creating a PISTON PROTEST resource pack.

[axolottadamage]

I never thought the actual sound was an issue I just thought they were a bit too loud. The new sound just doesn’t sound powerful enough imo. Thank you Mumbo for fixing this, now that I am deaf I cannot complain ‼‼️

[thomasdevlin]

I love how the sound isn't actually as loud as it sounds, so it's perfectly silent ten steps away form the machine but it blows your speakers out when he takes one step forward

[Cole]

Mumbo has learned that Loud = Funny and we should all be very afraid now

[huiba]

The beautiful thing about Minecraft is that within 2 minutes of the sound even being revealed, there have probably been 100 resource packs released that restore the old sounds

[Juchelak]

Mumbo: Listen to the sound
Also Mumbo: Speaks 5x louder then the actual sound over the sound

[superspider]

You managed to not only make me hate the lack of piston sound but simultaneously be interested in its potential within a minute. fascinating

[merry_]

I feel like a "grease"or "oil" option could be really interesting. If you are looking for a loud, clunky sound for a redstone build, you would keep the pistons as normal. But if you were wanting to add sound effects, oiling the piston with maybe a bottle of honey, honeycomb or a totally new item to make it sound softer could be really cool!

[mollymelotter]

They should make the pistons waxable. If you don't wax the piston it has the OG sound, if you wax the piston it turns into a "silenced" variant of the piston which has the new sound. I think that would be a good solution! ^w^

[williamjones]

"It's nothing special."
There are four lodestones in that design, Mumbo.
Edit: yes, I later saw there are 4 lodestones there; you can stop telling me! :)

[clancuthbertson]

Even as a handicapped user with noise sensitivity issues, I think this unobtrusive sound setting should be part of accessibility settings as a toggle for the softer sound option. The balanced solution is not to push a complete sound design change on users where it is not necessary. This is akin to Mojang forcing everybody to use a high contrast resource pack to help accommodate those who require that support. Mojang needs to go back and give this strategy a rethink.

[KurzhaarBard]

Docm77 made a really good description of it sounding like someone "slapping 2 wet fish together"

[GoldKnightProduction]

Loud piston sounds were a design choice that was set in stone over a decade ago. We all used to complain about not being able to make anything "covert" with pistons, but that was the point. The sound is meant to warn unsuspecting players that something BIG is happening nearby.
But all of that could be fixed if we just had a resource-intensive option. The standard piston could still be viable in the early game, but the new, muffled, piston can be a quality of life upgrade in the late game.

[lyrai]

Okay that door opening sound with the wither skulls might actually be worth it ngl, that was really cool

[catboygremlin]

I have desperately wanted mojang to just ADD A REDSTONE BLOCK VOLUME SLIDER
pistons, droppers, dispensers, etc on their own slider.
Please, my misophonia has been begging for this for ages.

[StartouchArts]

Literally all Mojang had to do was make pistons a little quieter, instead they make them sound like an awful mixture between a placed honey block and the OG door sound.

[bakedbeansbaked]

Mumbo: *turns on resource pack*
Minecraft: *the sound of being inside a shed during a hurricane*

[knicklichtjedi]

9:19 Exactly! My first thought was "Oh, they sound like a super weak trapdoor". It is a nice additional sound for something, but not for something as mechanical and heavy as a piston.

[novademon]

Old piston sounds: Mechanical, Everyone recognizes it

New piston sounds: Soft, Sounds like you could snap it like a twig

Mumbo's piston sounds: *Aggressive waterfall noises*

Wow this blew up... (Edits for spelling)

[tntaco]

Something i heard was making this an option that you can get by waxing a piston. I feel like this would be the best option because we keep the current sound, but it opens up the option for much quieter builds. If they do it like this they could also make it so this sound isnt detected by skulk sensors.

[haltaenni]

A potential solution to the issue could be making wool actually block sounds instead of just blocking sculk sensors from hearing them. This way, you could design quiet redstone contraptions by blocking the sound of the pistons, or dispensers, or whatever makes it too noisy, but still be able to make the noisier, more mechanical builds by just not changing anything.