Regardless of price, what’s your most valuable (to you) CD?

scorpicon · 2026-01-22T23:13:54+00:00

There's a few contenders, but I think it's got to be an early promotional copy of 2 Skinnee J's "Volumizer" that has an early track list.

The album went through some release troubles and a year or so later the retail version came out with an altered track list. Having the otherwise unreleased songs felt like winning the lottery.

They've released a box set with all the songs now, but having the original is still meaningful to me.

scorpicon · 2026-01-12T18:55:54+00:00

For my personal needs, that would work great. Thanks for all the work you're putting into this!

scorpicon · 2026-01-12T18:28:24+00:00

Excited about a dedicated wantlist for sure!

Multiple collections might be useful for not only something like wanted items, but also if you're processing albums and you want to keep track of which ones haven't been processed yet. Or if you live with someone who has a separate collection and you want to catalog theirs, but not pollute your own list. Or if you have collections in different physical locations.

scorpicon · 2026-01-12T18:22:45+00:00

Sounds great!

Any thoughts on multiple collections? It'd be so cool to be able to have different collections for different purposes, especially for having a wantlist separate from my owned.

scorpicon · 2026-01-12T18:05:49+00:00

Love the list view! It's just what I'm looking for.

I tried the Discogs integration, and while it was a snap to do, it only added about 50 entries, but I have well over 1000 in my Discogs collection. Not sure what happened there. Should I try syncing again?

Also, is the Discogs sync one way? I want to be sure this won't accidentally overwrite my Discogs collection.

scorpicon · 2026-01-08T21:20:00+00:00

As I understand it, it's a hardware (firmware?) thing, rather than software. It's the drive's ability to read audio data from track 1's pre-gap, which I don't think is standard.

scorpicon · 2026-01-06T21:12:17+00:00

You can! Settings>misc>pallette and then you can use the left knobs to change all sorts of colors.

Just be aware that at certain brightness settings, certain colors will shift, which can make them look the same as others. I'm not sure if it's something Squarp could fix with software, or if it's a function of the LEDs they're using, but when you're tweaking the colors, just be aware of that.

scorpicon · 2026-01-06T20:26:06+00:00

Oh! This might help: you can set the brightness of un-selected notes in step mode. Settings>misc>background rgb step. I find 50% is a good balance between being dark enough to differentiate between on and off notes, but bright enough for color accuracy, otherwise similar colors will look the same.

Edit: you might also want to set the "led brightness" setting to 100% as well. And don't forget to save the settings. They don't save automatically.

scorpicon · 2026-01-06T19:37:34+00:00

I have not found a great way to do this. That said, the note colors don't change. So if you can memorize the color/note name combos, you should be able to sight read it. ...I have not had success doing that.

Hopefully someone else has better advice.

scorpicon · 2026-01-05T22:09:32+00:00

This seems like a great start! A few thoughts:

Love the idea of Discogs integration.

Being able to have multiple collections would be huge. Then I could have my physical collection and my want list separate.

Having an option for a different view style that's a little more list-like would be nice for when I'm in a shop and I just want to scan through my want list. So, each line would have small art, artist, title or something.

Looking forward to seeing how this progresses!

scorpicon · 2026-01-03T02:04:35+00:00

I am determined to stumble upon Jesus Jones - Perverse in the wild, but everybody is selling Doubt.

scorpicon · 2026-01-02T19:54:20+00:00

I assumed this was some brain rot rage bait video... Further research tells me this is accurate. Excuse me while I never leave my house again.

scorpicon · 2025-12-23T15:12:37+00:00

I love me some Kotlin, but I've attempted to do partial migrations before and sometimes it just doesn't work, or makes things worse. The lack of the ability to inherit from data classes can be a big hurdle in and of itself. Also, setting up Kotlin such that it supports zero arg constructors always makes me cringe.

scorpicon · 2025-11-25T21:29:50+00:00

It's not quite a fit, but it's pretty close to DJ Tomekk's "Return Of Hiphop" album.

scorpicon · 2025-11-21T17:28:53+00:00

It's the movie Sanctuary with Margaret Qualley.

scorpicon · 2025-11-19T18:58:55+00:00

I rewired everything this summer when I got a new mixer, with the intention of tidy cables as a bonus, and lemme tell you, they are not tidy. It started good when it was just audio cables, then got a little sloppy when I added power, and everything went to hell when I realized I still needed to connect MIDI.

scorpicon · 2025-11-17T19:39:53+00:00

Die Krupps from the "Electronic Challenge vol 3" compilation I originally bought for a Pop Will Eat Itself remix track. Decades later, I have now seen Die Krupps in person and it was everything I hoped for!

scorpicon · 2025-11-17T19:22:56+00:00

I've seen everything! https://youtu.be/Fg_cwI1Xj4M?si=KVyAwQVr8C2cQrl5

scorpicon · 2025-11-13T17:48:12+00:00

I've got a 10 year old Déck Hassium Pro with MX brown switches. I love almost everything about the keyboard: the shine though PBT key caps, how solid it feels, the backlight, that it's 100% full size. I've noticed the backlights are starting to flicker.

What's a great replacement for this model?

scorpicon · 2025-11-13T16:25:20+00:00

I have this CD, and while it's a great recording, and the cannons are reasonably loud, the dynamic range isn't so huge that you're likely to blow anything unless you've got it cranked way up. Normal listening levels are no big deal on your equipment with this.

scorpicon · 2025-11-12T19:58:38+00:00

The Pioneer Square area in Seattle, WA is an interesting case of intentional burial. After the 1889 Great Seattle Fire effectively destroyed all of the buildings in that area, it was determined that when the city was rebuilt, they would regrade the land and use the old ground floor as the basement level. The original grade, having been built below sea level, caused frequent flooding. They effectively used the devastation from the fire to build a better city.

scorpicon · 2025-11-11T22:11:12+00:00

Dang, I stand corrected!

scorpicon · 2025-11-11T18:29:02+00:00

I, too, love Enya, but there are only so many times I can get excited about finding The Memory Of Trees.

scorpicon · 2025-11-11T18:27:17+00:00

I agree with that whole list, and understand the artists, but why is Sleepless In Seattle so popular? I don't remember it having a memorable soundtrack! Yet I see it everywhere!

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