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Music library deep dives

Methodology, philosophy, and real-world workflows for keeping a DJ or audiophile music library in shape. Updated regularly.

10 posts and counting.

Blog · Quality
Why fake 320s exist (and why they matter)
The story behind fake-320 MP3s — how they get made, why they spread, and how to systematically catch them at library scale.…
Blog · Audiophile
Fake FLAC is the audiophile problem of 2026
Plex, Roon, and Navidrome trust the wrapper. Fake FLACs (lossy audio in lossless containers) play back as if they were genuinely lossless — and they're spreading.…
Blog · Methodology
How FFT spectrum analysis exposes audio quality
What the analysis actually measures, why bitrate tags can lie, and how to turn frequency content into a usable 0–100 score for an entire library.…
Blog · Methodology
Why acoustic fingerprinting beats metadata for duplicate detection
Filename matching misses the duplicates that matter. Tag matching misses the duplicates that matter. Here's why acoustic fingerprinting is the right tool.…
Blog · Philosophy
The case for a single library health score
Music libraries get audited rarely because the data is scattered. One number changes that.…
Blog · Rekordbox
Rekordbox 6 encryption: what actually changed
When Rekordbox 6 encrypted master.db, third-party tools either updated or died. Here's the technical story and how to choose tools that survived.…
Blog · Plex companion
Auditing a Plex music library with a desktop tool
Plex serves your library beautifully. It doesn't audit it. A desktop tool fills the gap without touching Plex itself.…
Blog · Navidrome companion
Keeping a Navidrome library clean without touching the server
Navidrome serves what you give it. The audit happens on the file system, not inside the server.…
Blog · DJ organization
DJ library folder structure best practices
Structures that survive USB swaps, OS migrations, and collaborative gigs. With opinions, because organizing music involves opinions.…
Blog · Club prep
Preparing a club USB without breaking your home library
Export to USB without forking your home Rekordbox library. Cues and beatgrids preserved. Shows up clean on every CDJ at the venue.…

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