Audio Tagging Tools

Audio Tagging Tools is a program designed to help you better organize your music and find out various information on audio tracks. It supports several file types, including MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC and PLS.

The interface of the application is plain and uncomplicated. Once you create a new media workspace, you can add audio files into the list with the help of either the file browser, folder view or 'drag and drop' function; it's also possible to import playlists.

The file queue displays a lot of data on each track, such as the artist, title, duration, size, genre, bit rate, format and track number.

You can edit or remove ID3 tags, copy, move or rename files, compare files (e.g. by artist, length, MD5 signature) and view statistics (file types, artists, genres, overview).

But you can also use a search function within the media workspace, display a window with logging details, configure filters and select templates (e.g. output, filenames). Advanced users can look into ScriptEngine information. Program settings are configurable as well; you can make Audio Tagging Tools play a sound, automatically open a new media workspace on startup, to save the file list on exit and to show gridlines, among others.

The audio application needs a low amount of CPU and system memory, has a good response time and contains user's guide. We have not come across any issues during our tests; Audio Tagging Tools did not freeze, crash or pop up error dialogs. However, the interface could have its features better organized, and it requires some improvements from the visual point of view. Novices can take a while to get accustomed to Audio Tagging Tools' layout.