I thought that I'd post my method of tagging my music, ensuring that the Empeg's display shows the right information, and that Palantir can use the tags for it's own soup view. This may be useful to some that do not have their own method for doing so, and others that have their own system could post hints or tips that could be useful to me.

When I rip a CD or download the occasional song, I name them according to this format:

{Genre} - {Artist} - {Year} - {Source} - {Tracknr} - {Title}.mp3

not caring about the actual ID3 tag at this point. My G: drive on my music computer is where I store all my MP3s, and these files now go into the folder: g:\00 - Staging\Incomplete. I then listen through the files for quality/skips/pops/etc. and clean up any "hidden" tracks at the end (which may have x minutes of silence). After cleaning up the sound for the MP3s, I ensure that they are named correctly using allmusic.com (don't you hate the javascript links?). Here is my method for naming my MP3s:

Character substitutions:
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Substitute ^ for ?
Substitute % for :
Substitute _ for /
Substitute @ for %
Substitute ` for "
Substitute ~ for *

Tracks With Punctuation:
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Urban - Beastie Boys - 1986 - Licensed To Ill - 07 - (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party).mp3
Pop - The Pixies - 1988 - Surfer Rosa - 07 - Where Is My Mind^.mp3
Pop - Talking Heads - 1977 - Talking Heads% 77 - 10 - Psycho Killer.mp3
Electronica - 28th Street Crew - 1999 - Ministry Of Sound% One Half Of A Whole Decade - 24 - O.mp3

Remixes:
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Urban - Beastie Boys - 1994 - [Remixes] - 00 - Sure Shot [Fat Teacher Mix].mp3
Pop - Björk - 1993 - [Remixes] - 01 - Big Time Sensuality [Fluke Minimix].mp3
Pop - Badly Drawn Boy - 2000 - [Remixes] - 01 - Another Pearl [The Fridge Remix].mp3

Single:
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Pop - Beck - 1993 - MTV Makes Me Wana Smoke Crack [Single] - 01 - MTV Makes Me Wana Smoke Crack.mp3
Electronica - Aphex Twin - 1999 - Windowlicker [Single] - 02 - A Complex Mathematical Equation.mp3
Rock - Bush - 1996 - Glycerine [Single] - 01 - Glycerine [Acoustic].mp3

Compilation:
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Pop - Beck - 1994 - DGC Rarities [Compilation] - 06 - Bogusflow.mp3
Urban - Beastie Boys - 1996 - In Defense Of Animals [Compilation] - 06 - Son Of Neckbone.mp3
Pop - Ben Folds Five - 1997 - Lounge-A-Palooza [Compilation] - 03 - She Don't Use Jelly.mp3

Soundtrack:
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Pop - Beck - 1997 - A Life Less Ordinary [Soundtrack] - Deadweight.mp3
Pop - [Movie Score] - 1997 - Romeo And Juliet Volume 2 [Soundtrack] - 18 - Morning Breaks.mp3
Pop - Ahmet & Dweezil Zappa - 2000 - Ready To Rumble [Soundtrack] - 12 - Baby One More Time.mp3

Unreleased:
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Ben Folds Five - 1999 - [Unreleased] - 00 - Video Killed The Radio Star.mp3
Country_Folk - Jack Johnson - 2001 - [Unreleased] - 01 - Flake [Acoustic].mp3
Electronica - Happy Hardcore - 2000 - [Unreleased] - 01 - Nintendo Tetris (Techno Remix).mp3

Song Information:
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Rock - Cake - 1998 - [Radio Performance] - 00 - Never There [Acoustic].mp3
Rock - Black Sabbath - 1983 - Born Again Tour - 00 - Smoke On The Water [Live].mp3
Rock - Butthole Surfers - 1989 - Double Live - 10 - The One I Love [R.E.M. Cover].mp3
Country_Folk - The Grateful Dead - 1979 - [Live 12_28_79] - 00 - Terrapin Station.mp3
Pop - Cowboy Junkies - 1989 - Misguided Angel - 03 - Sweet Jane [Featuring Lou Reed].mp3
Electronica - Moby - 1999 - Play - 05 - South Side [Featuring Gwen Stefani].mp3

After everything has been named correctly, punctuation is set, and everything is cool, I then move the files into g:\00 - Staging\Complete. I then run all the files through MP3 Tag Studio several times, performing the following steps:

Mass clean up tags: Remove ID3/ID3v2 tags.
Auto tag (from filenames): <Comment> - <Artist> - <Year> - <Album> - <TrackNr> - <Title>.mp3

Note: at this point, I have Case fix and replace setup to "leave case as is" and do substring replacements as per my Character substitutions table above. This makes sure that you can store the file in the filesystem, and still have a ? in the ID3 tag

Direct tag manipulation: <Comment> --> <Genre>
Mass clean up tags: Remove Comment field

At this point I'm finished with the MP3. It is now tagged correctly, and I am sure the file is without audio problems. I now batch upload the file to my Empeg, and then move the mp3's from g:\00 - Staging\Complete to their appropriate directory. I have mirrored what JEmplode will download to my computer via the soup view I have set up. Here are the soups that I have set up in JEmplode:

Artist and Source
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Search: (genre != "Audio Books") and (genre != "Comedy")
Range - Artist: [,0-9,a-c,d-f,g-i,j-l,m-o,p-s,t-v,w-z
By Artist
By Source

Genre and Artist
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By Genre
By Artist
By Source

These make it easy to update playlists, and easy to recover your music collection (I've had to do this once). What are your methods for sorting/synching music?