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RPG Honkai Star Rail is known for its distinctive banners, so here’s a look at what’s coming up in the schedule.
The banner system in incredibly profitable Honkai Star Rail involves trading in Star Rail passes for the chance of getting banners featuring the best and brightest of the Honkai Star Rail characters. There’s a wide range of characters that are set to be featured, including:

Acheron (five-star character – Lightning, Hunt)
Aventurine (five-star character – Imaginary, Preservation)
Gallagher (four-star character – Fire, Abundance)
Screwllum (four-star character – Imaginary, Erudition)
Firefly (five-star character – Quantum, Harmony)
Sam (five-star character – Fire, Destruction)
Yae Sakura (five-star character – Ice, Hunt)
Phoenix (five-star character – Fire, Erudition)
Setsugekka (five-star character – Ice, Erudition)
Fenghuang (five-star character – Fire, Abundance)

Specifically, the next Honkai Star Rail banner is expected to feature the five-star character Acheron (Lightning, Nihility) on her debut banner. She should be partnered with a rerun of Fu Xuan (Quantum, Preservation) on her ‘Forseen, Foreknown, Foretold’ banner. Both banners will comprise the first phase of Honkai Star Rail 2.1 and be available from Wednesday, 27 March.
Also coming up soon is the ‘Brilliant Fixation’ light cone banner, starring Along the Passing Shore, Achero’s signature five-star light cone, and the ‘Bygone Reminiscence’ light cone rerun banner, including an increased drop rate for Fu Xuan, Fu Xuan’s signature five-star light cones.
Honkai Star Rail 2.1 banners
Marking a new era of Honkai Star Rail banners, the Honkai Star Rail 2.1 banners will likely feature the five-star characters Acheron (Lightning, Nihility) for the first phase of the update and Aventurine (Imaginary, Preservation) for the second.
PCGames also reports that the four-star character Gallagher (Fire, Abundance) is believed to be about to make his debut in the second banner phase of the 2.1 update.
The exact details of the banner 2.1 update will be confirmed in the Honkai Star Rail 2.1 live stream, including the defined drop rates. However, rest assured that the drop rates will almost certainly be increased for a selection of four-star characters. It’s updates like these that earned Honkai Star Rail as one of the Apple App Store’s top apps of 2023.
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A new update with several useful features has now begun rolling out to Xbox consoles with some exciting new features including a controller calibration tool.
In February’s update to the Xbox Series X|S, Microsoft introduced a new tool to calibrate the thumbsticks on its wireless controllers, along with several other new features.
The calibration tool is designed to resolve minor issues with thumbsticks such as inconsistent responses, particularly those that can arise when users have repaired or modified their controllers.
The easy-to-use tool has been released as part of “Xbox’s continued investment in improving the repairability experience of controllers,” according to Microsoft’s post on the subject. Because official spare parts are available for people to fix their own controllers, it makes sense that they have released an official software element to sit alongside.
Microsoft says that it’s especially important for anyone who has replaced a controller’s base or circuit board to use the calibration tool to ensure continued performance of their device, due to the high chance of disruption caused by these repairs.
Additionally, Microsoft has noted that the calibration tool can’t fix every controller issue, namely any drift or other issues caused by normal wear and tear.

How to recalibrate your Xbox controller
The recalibration tool can be accessed through the Xbox accessories app. On Xbox consoles, this can be found by pressing the Xbox button on the controller > Profile & System > Settings, Devices, and Connections > Controllers and Headsets. For PC users, the Xbox accessories app can be downloaded from Microsoft.
When you’ve reached the correct place, select the “…” menu associated with the controller, which opens the detail screen for the device. If there is a firmware update available, this will need to be installed before you can calibrate.
Select Recalibration Options, and you can then recalibrate each of the left and right thumbsticks individually by following the on-screen instructions.
In addition to the recalibration tool, the February update included improved filtering and sorting for games and apps, and touchscreen controls for Xbox remote play. Microsoft recently announced that the entire Xbox catalog will be available for cloud play this year, and the new control options will support that.
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Adobe has announced new experimental generative AI tools the company hopes will revolutionize how people create and edit custom audio.
Called Project Music GenAI Control, the tools allow users to generate original music simply by providing text prompts. Users can then finely edit the AI-generated audio to fit their exact needs.
The new tools build on Adobe’s Firefly image generation system which has already been used to create over six billion images. Adobe says Project Music GenAI Control makes generative AI a “co-creator” that assists people in crafting customized music and audio for projects like podcasts and videos.

Explore the future of sonic creativity with Project Music GenAI Control! Emerging experimental tech from the Adobe Research team can create audio tracks using text prompts and even transform your music based on reference melodies. Learn more: https://t.co/hy9J4qOXfO pic.twitter.com/6HBBIxsptF
— Adobe (@Adobe) February 28, 2024

“With Project Music GenAI Control, generative AI becomes your co-creator. It helps people craft music for their projects, whether they’re broadcasters, or podcasters, or anyone else who needs audio that’s just the right mood, tone, and length,” says Nicholas Bryan, Senior Research Scientist at Adobe Research and one of the creators of the technologies.
How does Adobe’s Project Music GenAI Control work?
After entering a text prompt like “suspenseful rock” or “cheerful pop”, the AI generates a unique audio clip. A simple interface then allows for granular editing changes – transforming melodies, adjusting tempo and song structure, extending length, remixing sections, and more. This gives users pixel-level control similar to Photoshop but for audio waveforms instead of images.
The tools aim to solve workflow issues around producing custom intro/outro music and background audio. Rather than manually editing existing songs, Project Music GenAI Control makes it easy to generate precisely what you need.
The technology was developed alongside researchers from UC San Diego and Carnegie Mellon University. The research team claims AI co-creation can enhance human creativity rather than replace it. Time will tell if that is the case.
Adobe says transparency and ethics are crucial, so AI-generated content will include “nutrition label” metadata showing its origins.
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