#dranxis

Yeah I like Cover Flow a lot too! It makes it so easy to find stuff. I went back to 10.6 when I took my time to downgrade.

In the most recent version you just have one (1) display option which makes the program feel so much more shallow and hard to use. There were also lots of other features I simply could not find…? Like being able to drag and chance the size of every single border. The layout in ver 10 is easier to understand, idk I think it’s better in just about every way. 

I also love how you can sort by artist and get a secondary column with the artist names as if they were playlists. I use that one a lot.

I was using version 11 for a while I think, and that one was ok (it looks better)  but going back to 10 felt a lot like coming back home.

I do think it could be a lot more stable though, that’s my biggest complaint although I do not know how stable ver 12 is. I don’t know if you are using mac or windows version, I am using windows version now, but on my old mac I ofc had the mac version. The mac version had some cool stuff (like in cover flow you could make the icons as small/big as you wanted, basically no limit) and it did not crash or freeze nearly as often.

My biggest wish for features it lacks would be ways to save playlists to carry over to other libraries, or a proper tagging system of sorts. There’s also problems with stuff like the “compilation”-system.

Oh you did? That’s nice, I’m a little jealous.

Yeah, judging by the pictures I’ve seen Kasen is on the better side of the Griffon spectrum. I think Futo’s better than a lot their others, but I agree Kasen is undeniably the best between the two of them. I just think it’s strange I haven’t seen Futo for sale at all, I was curious how she’d be priced after release so I kept tabs on her for some time.

My biggest beef with Griffon is with the cheap shade of plastic on the skin as you mention, as well as their cheap-looking eyes. Especially with how much they charge, I really don’t get it, why are the eyes so sub-par? It makes me want to grab my detail-paintbrushes and just repaint them myself.

Hi!! I’m flattered you choose to ask me, and yeah, non-main game OSTs like DS and StB can be hard to find good stuff for. I can truly sympathize. Even when you do come across such arranges, it’s usually Retrospective Kyoto, Sleepless Night of Eastern County, Infinite Nightmare that get all the rep.

I went on your blog for a peek, and it seems like you like piano and classical music? However, looking at what I’ve got in my collection, all I can find for this specific original is the version on Marasy’s DS+StB album 幻想遊戯＜文＞W, which honestly isn’t too exciting.

I don’t know what genres you may be into other than that, but I’ll try and list some goodies that I’ve got on me!

TOHO JAZZ MESSENGERS - No More News (girls’ apartment)Jazz as the circle name implies. Starts of real slow and smooth but eventually picks up. My personal favorite of the bunch, probably. It’s really classy!

街角麻婆豆 - La critica (天狗レボリューション)Tango, but with a playful style! This entire little tengu-and-kappa-themed album is great, and this track is no exception. As usual it has Machikado Mapoze playing around with lots of different types of live music.

sound sepher - あなたの町の怪事件 (sepher.jp 東方アレンジコレクションII)Straight forward arrange that is very similar to the original, but has different sound bites for a much more modern sound. As it goes along, it gets more of a techno sound. I consider this a good alternative if you really love the original composition! (there’s no yt link for the track, but here is an album crossfade)

和妻悉皆屋 - あなたの町の怪事件 (和楽東方撰)You may know of the famous nnd/yt video of an ensemble of musicians doing a live Bad Apple!-cover. That ensemble released an album! And it has a Mystery in your Town arrange! Not the best track on the album, although good, and it’s worth checking in out in my opinion only for the live traditional instruments.

SWING HOLIC - カイジケン (SWING HOLIC VOL.09)This circle is pretty staple but I decided to include this anyway. It’s jazzy of course, but also makes lots of use of electric guitars and drums, in a way that’s more reminiscent of a lot of inst rock arranges. It’s rather nice, actually, and different from what this circle usually delivers.

DDBY  -  思い出景色 (座って聴く東方文花帳)Really sweet and relaxing piano arrange that takes a lot of liberties with the original. Entire album is DS+StB only, so you might be interested if you like that.

いえろ～ぜぶら - 風を超えて～Flying～ (東方詠劫歌 ～Point and Eternity～)Yellow Zebra is one of those circles that have a tendency to make a lot of stuff that sounds about the same. I do think this is one of those tracks that sounds really good in their style though, and was one of the first tracks to come to mind. Avoid if you don’t like j-pop, however.

K2 SOUND - Screen (瞬還 -SYUN-KAN-)Another vocal arrange. Not their best track, but K2 SOUND usually play it rather safe with slick and funky pop. Kotoge Mai is also a great vocalist.

Riverside - divergent (Fleurir…)J-pop with a strong anison (anime op) feeling to it. Not everyone’s cup of tea, but holds up well for what it is.

I also took the liberty of uploading my entire playlist for this original to mediafire. It’s a mixed bag of 37 tracks, not curated by any means, but since it takes so little work on my end I thought I might as well.

Donation drawing for dranxis, featuring Rosaline from their comic What Nonsense! 

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reminder that i’m on Plastic Trash Enablers...

I don’t log on that often anymore but I love the weird discussions people have on that site, there was one about what people wanted to do with their collection after they died and it was an eye-opener

I have not seen that!!! im gonna go check it out

bitplane was like my FAVORITE circle back in the day, they made so many good songs. they really nailed down that ~ethereal orchestra~ aesthetic in their songs and i fuckin love it.