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I like MP3 Tag. But lots of folks who know more than I do like Tag and Rename. On Tuesday, December 15, 2015, Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Now that the Metadata "can-of-worms" has been opened up: > > I would love to read about everyone's favorite Metadata editor and why. > > Caveat: > The favorite editors need to be able to work with /ALL /types of audio > files. > > THX > > Corey > Corey Bailey Audio Engineering > > On 12/15/2015 2:25 PM, Tom Fine wrote: > >> Hi Richard: >> Metadata is the on-going struggle. For the past couple of years, I make >> very sure to get the metadata right at the time of ripping, which involves >> not only correcting all the stupid errors that come from group-sourced, >> poorly-edited stuff like Gracenote and freedb, but also fixing things after >> ripping, using Tag&Rename. It's worth it to me to have things like a song's >> year of original release right, so I put in the effort. Fixing the metadata >> at time of rip is equally easy although not exactly the same in either >> Exact Audio Copy or dBPowerAmp CD Ripper (which I prefer, for a number of >> reasons). AccurateRip, available with both, is evolving into a superb >> quality control tool. Due to the built-in user feedback, it gets better on >> every rip of every user, and I'm happy to share data with it in order to >> get the benefit of knowing that I've got that CD into my hard drive without >> audible errors. >> >> Unfortunately, most of the CDs I ripped prior to a couple of years ago, I >> didn't pay as close attention to metadata, so I have a nice long on-going >> project of fixing all of this. I also have to spend some time with >> Tag&Rename every time I download HDTracks files, because they are using the >> same sloppy and inconsistent metadata that the record companies grab and >> then provide Amazon and HDTracks and everyone else. I think I mentioned >> this before, but at least one very large record company has a policy not to >> accept CD masters with CDText metadata, so they by policy choice completely >> cede all metadata control to outsiders. I think the other very large >> company doesn't encourage CDText, but also doesn't refuse a master with it. >> >> -- Tom Fine >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess" < >> [log in to unmask]> >> To: <[log in to unmask]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 3:37 PM >> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] separating tracks using Sound Forge 9 or 11. >> >> <SNIP> >> >>> I agree with Tom! RIPPING the CD with something like Exact Audio Copy is >>> actually safer as you know you've got errors (or not) whereas if you stream >>> the audio, you don't know without listening. >>> >>> Anyway, it was a LOT of work and not all the metadata is correct, but >>> it's close enough and for me to have my 1200 favourite recordings at my >>> fingertips, it was worth it to me. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> <SNIP> >>> >>