Adding Your First Album
There are three ways to add an album to your collection. They all end up in the same place — a full album record you can identify, document, and print — but they trade off speed against detail.
Album Scan — the recommended starting point
Show the record, say what you know, and let Album Scan do the rest. You photograph the cover, labels, and deadwax; dictate or type anything you know about the pressing; and Album Scan matches it against Discogs, ranks the candidates by how well the evidence fits, and lets you confirm the right one. This is the best choice for most albums, especially anything where you want a confident pressing match.
Quick Intake — when you just want it logged
A phone-first shortcut: snap a cover photo, dictate everything you know in one go, and create the album with minimal review. Good for adding a stack of records quickly when you're not chasing a precise pressing match right now — you can always come back and refine the details later.
AI Intake — the full form
The original, complete intake form with every field exposed at once. Useful if you already know exactly what you want to enter and would rather type it directly than work through Album Scan's photo-and- dictation flow.
Not sure which to use? Start with Album Scan. It gives you the best pressing-identification results, and nothing you enter there is wasted if you decide to fine-tune the album afterward.
What happens next
However you start, you'll land on a review screen before anything is saved. Photos, deadwax readings, and any Discogs match are all shown for you to confirm or correct first — nothing is written to your collection until you create the album.