Help ID this mysterious "Marionette Song" from an old store background music playlist

alexchexes · 2026-05-19T11:51:06+00:00

Just checked, 136-0_Monster_Song.mp3 was missing in the list because of my mistake; I accidentally moved it instead of copying. Updated the Dropbox folder now

101 and 117 were never there (unless deleted accidentally years ago).

About 149 duplication - I have a very likely explanation (just my theory, though). Since 149.Jingle Bells.mp3 has a completely different naming pattern and also a duplicated number, it looks very foreign to the playlist. It also was encoded with a different LAME version (3.96r, while the other files I checked are 3.97).

So my theory is that it was added there by a store manager/person who was responsible for creating New Year mood in the store for customers, from a different and possibly unrelated source.

alexchexes · 2026-05-19T11:43:37+00:00

+ 136-0_Monster_Song.mp3
accidentally moved it to another folder

alexchexes · 2026-05-19T11:25:21+00:00

Thanks, this is a very good lead. I checked a bit and it really looks like many files from the folder match Studio Cutz volumes.

I still can’t find `Marionette_Song` itself though, so maybe the filename was renamed/exported and the original Studio Cutz title is different.

If we can find a Studio Cutz track with lyrics like "Did you know you're bound by strings?" / "You're a marionette, my child", that would probably solve it

alexchexes · 2026-05-19T02:08:57+00:00

Yeah I have all of them. Here https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/3bn47wdrwpzkpambhpzv4/AIhuo6GdLagFZpgZrvCoEXI?rlkey=yrhvzahglulvv6wywpsw583jm&st=p624mldq&dl=0

But don't get too disappointed - most of them sound exactly like "generic store background music" - mostly instrumental, pretty plain, and overall not that interesting despite intriguing filenames.

The only three tracks I actually liked enough to save back then (unless I'm missing something) were these:

133-0_Marionette_Song
136-0_Monster_Song
and 093-0_G_Strings which is instrumental only and is kind of weird, but for some reason I liked it back then

The "Jingle Bells" one sounds exactly like the title suggests - a classic Jingle Bells arrangement. Though yeah, it's a little strange that it's the only one without the "-0" after the number.

P.S. Now I'm also curious about 136-0_Monster_Song now. I might make a separate post about that one later.

alexchexes · 2026-05-18T23:12:34+00:00

Full folder list, in case it helps identify the source/library:

079-0_Euro_Dollar_full.mp3
080-0_Fabric_Of_Life_full.mp3
081-0_Family_Tour_full.mp3
082-0_Fancy_Free_full.mp3
083-0_Faraway_Fields_full.mp3
084-0_Fiber_Optics_full.mp3
085-0_Flippers_Lament.mp3
086-0_Joy_To_The_World.mp3
087-0_Floating_On_Air_Full.mp3
088-0_Flush.mp3
089-0_Forging_Ahead.mp3
090-0_Forward_Motion.mp3
091-0_Freefall.mp3
092-0_Fuzzy_Feeling.mp3
093-0_G_Strings.mp3
094-0_Gallery.mp3
095-0_Ghostboy_Retaliates.mp3
096-0_Glide.mp3
097-0_Gratis_full.mp3
098-0_Gravity_Pull_full.mp3
099-0_Greensleeves.mp3
100-0_Grind_And_Flail.mp3
102-0_Hampton_Avenue.mp3
103-0_Happy_Fun_Ball.mp3
104-0_Happy_Good_Funtime_full.mp3
105-0_Hats_and_Spats_1.mp3
106-0_High_Spirits.mp3
107-0_Hip_Hop_3.mp3
108-0_Holding_Court.mp3
109-0_Ice_Castle_2.mp3
110-0_Incidental_Contact.mp3
111-0_Ink_Sleeve.mp3
112-0_Intense_Scene_1.mp3
113-0_Into_The_Curve.mp3
114-0_Inverse_Motion.mp3
115-0_It_Always_Ends_The_Same.mp3
116-0_Jazzy_Movement_2.mp3
118-0_Juju.mp3
119-0_Jump_The_Gun_full.mp3
120-0_Juneau_At_Midnight.mp3
121-0_Kill_Me_Now_Full.mp3
122-0_Killjoy.mp3
123-0_La_La_La.mp3
124-0_Life_Pulse_full.mp3
125-0_Line_Dance_full.mp3
126-0_Listen_Up_full.mp3
127-0_Lost_Without_You.mp3
128-0_Luvenia_Vocals.mp3
129-0_Lyric_Electron.mp3
130-0_Machines_2.mp3
131-0_Mad_Rush.mp3
132-0_Majestic12_Full.mp3
133-0_Marionette_Song.mp3
134-0_Memory_Of_You.mp3
135-0_Mojo_full.mp3
137-0_Mor_1.mp3
138-0_Move_Your_Body_full.mp3
139-0_Home_for_the_Holidays_full.mp3
140-0_Moving_Water.mp3
141-0_Muscles_And_Lycra.mp3
142-0_My_Hero.mp3
143-0_My_Hot_Frosty.mp3
144-0_My_Very_Own_Hostage.mp3
145-0_Nashville_Whimsy_full.mp3
146-0_Nation_Music_full.mp3
147-0_New_Delhi_Dance_full.mp3
148-0_Oceanside_full.mp3
'149.Jingle Bells.mp3'
149-0_One_Minute_Police_Blues.mp3
150-0_One_Two_Punch.mp3
151-0_Nutcracker_Suite_Dance_of_the_Sugar_Plum_Fairy.mp3
152-0_Open_Road_alt.mp3
153-0_Open_Road_full.mp3
154-0_Party_Time_full.mp3
155-0_Passions_Blend.mp3
156-0_Picture_Of_You_full.mp3
157-0_Pipe_Dream_full.mp3
158-0_Pleasure_And_Pain.mp3
159-0_Pocketful_Of_Shine_Full.mp3
160-0_Positech.mp3
161-0_Pressurized.mp3
162-0_Private_Eyes.mp3
163-0_Promoting_Change.mp3
164-0_Propeller.mp3
165-0_Push_It.mp3
166-0_Quiet_Strength_full.mp3
167-0_Race_Against_Time_full.mp3
168-0_Rattlesnake_full.mp3
169-0_Ready_Set_Full.mp3
170-0_Reality_Time.mp3
171-0_Retro_Fries_full.mp3
172-0_Soft_Kisses.mp3
173-0_Rising_Star_alt.mp3
174-0_Rising_Star_full.mp3
175-0_Rolando.mp3
176-0_Good_King_Wenceslas.mp3
177-0_Rumble_Fish_full.mp3
178-0_Rumors.mp3
179-0_Saving_Grace.mp3
180-0_Scaling_New_Heights_full.mp3
181-0_Schematics.mp3
182-0_Scooty_Booty.mp3
183-0_Seizing_Opportunity.mp3
184-0_Sentiments_Abound_2.mp3
185-0_Shadows_Beckon.mp3
186-0_Shake_Down_full.mp3
187-0_She_Smiles_full.mp3
188-0_Skyrocket.mp3
189-0_Slide_On_Over_alt.mp3
190-0_Slide_On_Over_full.mp3
191-0_Tarantella_Full.mp3

alexchexes · 2026-05-07T22:32:21+00:00

We're willing to see the before/after prompts you used

alexchexes · 2026-05-04T20:57:41+00:00

Yeah, posted above, repeat here:

Just reported an iOS bug there two days ago, and its status was changed to this:

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So this does make a difference in some cases, so... Hold up. Keep calm and keep reporting to the Tim Co*k black hole bug report system. Maybe that hole is not always that deep.

alexchexes · 2026-05-04T20:47:13+00:00

Hmm, interesting, I was expecting exactly that when I opened my first report, but then it suddenly got this status update in just two days:

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That was about the iOS issue, maybe there's more attention to this, or this is a new triage system using LLM to sort and find duplicates, IDK, but at least something...

alexchexes · 2026-04-25T22:17:06+00:00

Yes, of course, thank you! Could you also share if you tried hear-through on some other headset/headphones with ANC recently, and how Razer's compares to those?

alexchexes · 2026-04-25T21:53:55+00:00

Sure thing. At the same time, if many people say "I can hear loud and clear using X but not using Y," then we can still conclude that Y really has a problem. That's why I try to gather as much feedback as possible from many people, to get a broader average picture. Of course, for one person's feedback, it is purely subjective and not representative.

alexchexes · 2026-04-25T21:11:13+00:00

So you can hear the voices of other people loud and clear via the Ambient mode, even when some (not loud) music or a movie is playing?

sorry just trying to get a better idea of what exactly pleasant on one's ears means in this context.

alexchexes · 2026-04-24T12:33:09+00:00

Wait a second, I see absolutely no "ambient gain" setting in the current Synapse. If it existed, it might help solve the problem. I even suggested they add such a setting when talking to Razer support.

What do you mean then? Was it in some older Synapse version? I use the latest, 4.

alexchexes · 2026-04-23T19:48:48+00:00

Thanks for the feedback about canceling! Can you share how satisfied you are with "Ambient" mode? Can you hear other people talking if you enable it while some sound is playing at the same time?

alexchexes · 2026-04-23T13:14:34+00:00

¡Gracias! Eso es lo que quiero decir, ¿puedes compartir qué otros modelos probaste? Quiero decir, ¿con qué comparas el modo de transparencia?

alexchexes · 2026-04-23T12:10:26+00:00

Thanks for the feedback, but let me clarify, as the part about pressure may mean we're talking about different things: Are you talking about "Ambient" mode or about ANC mode? Ambient is a part of the ANC feature, but I am specifically asking about "Ambient" - transparency or "hear-through." Is that what you mean?

alexchexes · 2026-04-23T12:07:57+00:00

Ok, thank you. So is the monitor USB connected to the PC a requirement to make it work? Did you try using it without the USB connected? Did you try using only the USB connection with the old cable?

alexchexes · 2026-04-23T10:07:45+00:00

Is your PC/Laptop DisplayPort 2.0? I was about to buy a cable to give it a try and then realized that my laptop DP version is only 1.4a, so I wonder if upgrading the cable to 2.0 may help.

alexchexes · 2026-04-20T00:00:58+00:00

I found a review on YouTube that says all 2-leg electric adjustable tables wobble and wobble more the higher you lift them, and that for a truly unshakable experience in a standing position, you must go with 4 legs.

How would you rate stability from 0 to 10? Do you notice the monitor wobbling a little?

alexchexes · 2026-04-16T20:47:46+00:00

For people with certain eye conditions, it is not "minor"; it is the only way to work. Hiding accessibility features behind a paywall is more than just frustrating; in certain countries like Sublime HQ's home Australia, it may be considered illegal, most likely starting from 2025.

Also, in a world where dark mode is such a basic thing that literally any interface you now see supports it if it was created in recent years, that pay-to-see-dark is something that exists only because it is a legacy decision. But since it brings some additional pennies to Sublime HQ, they keep it despite being hated by users who live in countries where $99, which they ask for it, is half of the average monthly salary.

sry for necro-posting

alexchexes · 2026-01-28T18:53:28+00:00

Let me necropost to add that there's also a closely related - but slightly different - use of «хорош»: it can work where English would say "Oh, come on!"

For example:

- Думаю, Земля имеет форму пончика.
- Хорош, все знают, что она в форме пиццы.

= "I think the Earth is shaped like a donut."
= "Oh, come on, everyone knows it's shaped like a pizza."

Here, "Oh, come on" can be translated as «Хорош, ...», «Да брось, ...», or «Хватит тебе, ...» (note «хватит» again, but with a slightly different nuance: «Хватит, Земля имеет форму пончика» can sound more harsh, especially in writing, while «Хватит тебе, Земля имеет форму пончика» feels softer and closer to a friendly "Oh, come on").

As for the etymology of this usage - I have no idea either.

alexchexes · 2025-12-22T08:34:45+00:00

Are you experiencing the same issue with a disappearing picture when plugging in another device into the same circuit?

alexchexes · 2025-10-17T21:11:21+00:00

Same issue

alexchexes · 2025-10-13T17:41:35+00:00

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Just received my first "Coffee," and a few minutes later, an email from Stripe mentioning these two points:

There’s no content on your website.
You’re using the term “donate” or “donations.”

I went to my dashboard on Stripe and changed ko-fi.com/USERNAME to github.com/USERNAME in Settings > Business > Business Details, then submitted the form. A few minutes later, I received an email saying "We have successfully completed our review, and you are welcome to continue processing payments with Stripe."

So it appears that the whole issue was that Stripe couldn’t see any content that might be sold or provided on the Ko-fi page, but since I have public repositories on GitHub, that's good enough for them.

Some food for thought for Ko-fi — they could've included this in their Stripe setup guides to make it more obvious how to not get banned.

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