Do you use MP3 ID3 tagging software?

“The GodFather” tricky to get set up but great once you know how i mainly use it for changing names, buy tunes from the net and they have underlines, numbers and other characters “The Godfather” can change the file names to what it should be in a batch so if you have run 100 tunes through Platinum Notes and have that dreaded pn.mp3 at the end of the name The GodFather can sort it, if not see Vito Corleone 🙂

Ivyquake, post: 3567, member: 10 wrote: I use TuneUp, Is the best tagging in the whole world…I think. It cost about $50 for a lifetime subscription. You can drag hundreds of songs onto the TuneUp sidebar in a single click does the job. When it’s done, you’ll have a list to approve with any tricky songs or album. The free version of TuneUp is limited to 50 songs per month

I used Tuneup and it made a complete mess of my music collection. Never again! It took me ages to get things back to normal. It seems decent for mainstream albums but anything else it struggles with.

Maybe we should close certain topics after a while. This thread was started in mid 2011 I think, last post was from mid 2012 and … la voila! … another entry early 2013 🙂

Gents:

The majority of music I buy is from Beatport, and if you preview a song, it lays out the waveform with the preview portion highlighted in green, and the key of each tune just below. I simply use this information and edit the comments section in iTunes after I purchase and drop it in my library. Anything wrong with this method? Am I missing something that the software key detection systems do? Even if I find the same tune @320 elsewhere for cheaper, I refer to Beatport’s key information.

+1 on MP3Tag, the ability to create custom scripts & actions is invaluable. Another good tool is Magnus Brading’s MP3 Tag Studio.

Emma Partnow, post: 3991, member: 100 wrote: I Know we have another Thread on the Subject of Metadata;
But if anyone has the time (or inclination :)) to Explain to me a little bit about the Benefit of MP3 ID3 Tagging; I would be Very Grateful (as I could/would use it in my Work if I Understood it – and I Don’t);
I Do Understand Metadata (having looked it up); but I still have Traktor Pro 2 on my laptop; and would like to Understand ‘What’ the MP3 ID3 Tagging is actually ‘For’; (and How it My Benefit me Obviously :))
Many Thanks

mp3 id tagging was really out there first where u actually HAD to maunally enter all the information in the blanks…..just recently in the last decade metadate took that place…basically its the same thing lol

I use a free and very well featured program called MP3TAG which you can download from http://www.mp3tag.de/en/download.html . It allows me to format the track information (Song Name / Artist / BPM / Year / Genre /comments) exactly the way I want my midi controller to see the information as well as remove additional manufacturer track information like album name, track number,etc, that I do not need, I also rename the actual file name in a specific format based on my DJing style. It also allows me to remove the track cover art which adds time to Traktor to index the files on startup and it does not lose any of the key information that Traktor added for me.