ID3 Editor

Audio files, besides the notes they play to make up your favorite songs, are also fitted with related author and song details, called ID3 tags. These can easily be viewed and modified from the corresponding properties panel, but it can also be done in a better manner, with more options, and for more files at a time with applications like ID3 Editor.

The application is portable, which means you don’t have to spend any time pressing some Next buttons to get it installed on your PC. The computer you use it on stays clean, because registries are not a dependency, but you do need to make sure that .NET Framework is part of Windows to ensure functionality.

When launched, a small menu shows up, with several options that bring up other windows with more options, depending on your choice. As such, you can choose to work on one file, or use the batch selection and processing screen to edit tags for more files.

The main difference between the single and batch processing mode, is merely a panel that is either there to show all imported files, or not. In any case, the other part of the edit window is fitted with corresponding fields that can be filled in on the spot. To apply, hitting the update button makes sure changes are saved.

You get to specify info like title, artist, album, genre, composer, copyright, beats per minute, track number, additional comments, as well as lyrics. Sadly, for this last field, you either need to manually fill it in or look online yourself, because there’s no built in function to search for lyrics. What’s more, drag and drop is not supported, and you need to initiate the process again if you forgot about a file when selecting them.

On an ending note, ID3 Editor is a lightweight utility that doesn’t really bring anything new on the block. It’s merely a different way to edit tags apart from the Windows default method. It would have been useful to see a context menu integration for quick editing, or the possibility to look online for lyrics according to name, to save you some time and effort.