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Card 075 of 9962026-09-10 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-10

Baton, the music player your agents can conduct

batonmusic.app Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A free macOS player for self-hosted Navidrome and Subsonic libraries, with audiophile playback and an embedded MCP control surface.

Landing page captured for the 2026-09-10 issue.

Field notes

Baton connects to Navidrome or Subsonic rather than supplying its own catalog, then exposes playback through a localhost MCP endpoint. The page lists 40 music tools, including a mix builder that targets a requested duration, and describes bearer-token authentication with secrets kept in the macOS Keychain. Its playback layer includes gapless playback, crossfade, ReplayGain, and a parametric EQ; streaming EQ is identified as experimental and trades away some playback features.

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Editorial observations of this landing page, not a rating.

○OpenPublic substance visible
✦PrettyNotable craft visible
●ProPolished or operationally mature
◎NicheUnusually specific use

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Landing page observed 2026-09-10. The live site may have changed.