Your Music
Your music across Core, connected libraries and local sources.
Recently Played
Continue Listening
Radio
Playlists / Mixtapes
Cassettes
Podcasts
Audiobooks
Optical disc detected
MiniDisc / NetMD detected
Bootleg Recordings
A separate collection. You decide when to enable it and when to scan.
Addam Jacobs Bootlegs
Existing music, audiobooks and playlists are not moved. Bootlegs are kept in their own logical collection. This iMac scans only its configured private source folder, not the NAS.
Now Playing
See what is playing, where it is playing, and what comes next.
Nothing Playing
Lyrics
Queue
Rooms
Choose where music plays. Core keeps the playback plumbing underneath.
Transfer
Move music in or out without exposing the plumbing underneath.
Import to library
Choose individual audio files or a folder. Core validates the upload and publishes it into your Library.
Use Control's verified Audio CD ripping engine. Core handles the background job and library import.
Export from library
External Devices
Optical media and MiniDisc / NetMD connected to this Core.
Optical Media
MiniDisc / NetMD
Recording
Brimstone Recording Studio · capture, playback, edit and export.
Remote
Control the selected device independently of what is playing.
Navigate
Playback & Audio
Keys
Radio / Services
What this Core can actually provide, without pretending planned connectors are live.
Quality policy
Services
Rip / Ingest
CD, DVD-A, Blu-ray audio and MiniDisc — preserve the best source.
Optical drives
MiniDisc / NetMD
Rip jobs
Disc Authoring
Build verified disc images from the current queue, then write them to a detected optical writer.
Disc writer
Burn queue
Settings
Configure the Core without dragging server plumbing into everyday playback.
Core
Identity, resilience, storage relationship and connected Core systems.
This Core
Role & storage
Connected Core systems
Remote Access
Private away-from-home Control access over Tailscale, plus temporary Support Mode when help is needed.
Tailscale
Support Mode
Outputs
Name rooms and choose the physical or network output each one uses.
Available outputs
Casting
Core Cast engines, local controller addresses and advanced transport state.
Casting engines
Advanced transports
Sooloos
Full Meridian / Sooloos management restored from ControlMac 2026 build 1023.
Sooloos Library
Browse the merged library normally; this panel controls the Sooloos source catalogue.
Source management
Album titles, track titles and artwork can be edited from Library → Manage. Changes to the Sooloos source remain explicit and guarded.
Users
People, roles and the rooms each account can use.
Users
Create user
Storage
Choose the storage. Core handles mounts, credentials and cache plumbing underneath.
Music libraries
Backup / copy targets
Add storage
Advanced · local paths / rclone
Metadata
Lookup providers, artwork maintenance and library maintenance tools shared by Core and Control.
Lookup providers
Bulk Tools
Hardware
Presented devices and the outputs Core can actually use.
Presented hardware
Only devices Core can use are shown.
Rooms & outputs
Rename, select transport, or disable a room without deleting it.