Automatic Jukebox?

[uk75]

Hi Simon,
in the meantime I've managed to get the Kinsky Jukebox up and running, and to learn how to use it. But it is a tedious process... Takes ages each time I want to update things.

The beauty of having minim create Jukebox presets would be that it could allow users of Linn DS to make a much better use of the - otherwise quite useless - remote: with Jukebox, you can actually browse grouped presets alphabetically, plus you can search using the 2-9 keys (ever wondered why there are characters on them?).

It is indeed quite convenient to be able to use the remote for that. Plus, Linn provided for a means to use fixed numbers for each playlist. So #748 will always be, say, your Igor Stravinsky playlist. Or #545 Gould's 1955 monaural Goldberg variations.

For me, it would be great to be able to have an - automatically updating - jukebox with groups like "Composersort" or "recently added albums". That would be priceless. Adding a new album and immediately playing it by just pressing "Enter", "up/down", "enter" on the remote a few times.

Do give the jukebox a try for yourself. It is not the best documented feature in Linn's portfolio, and they haven't worked on the windows client for quite some time, but once you get the hang of it, it really is a very intriguing alternative to using full-fledged control points.