I get my music from several places. Over time I've ripped the majority of the CDs in my collection and have also bought songs on iTunes. Though file sharing is tempting--and fairly popular judging by our Most Popular list--I've only used those applications a couple of times over time for long lost remixes. I guess I try to stay legal out of respect for the musicians, but this article isn't about the legality of file sharing. The problem is, when you get your music from a complete lot of different sources, you finish up with strangely tagged artist and tracks information which completely messes up your library. If you have a big music collection particularly, you'll find duplicates of songs you forgot you had, partial downloads of songs, and songs you had forgotten you even added to your library because they were tagged in such a way they show up at the bottom of your list. One way to solution this problem is to go through and switch each of the tags yourself. Tunes lets you manually switch each tag, but you have to go through each song one by one to change the given information. Fortunately there's a group of programs which let you batch tag and convert multiple songs so your sound files stay organized. Though it takes some work, when you're finished you'll be able to find everything easily and sort by genre, name, artist, and year, knowing all your songs will show up that fit the conditions selected. There are free and paid versions of this type of music tagging software, and in this Killer Download I've included a little of both. As always, if you have a better alternative, let us know in the comments. A tabbed interface makes it easy to get the tagging functions you want. My Mp3's has a misused apostrophe in its title, but as a free MP3 tagging editor is pretty useful. You'll be able to grab huge chunks of your library and switch all the tag types at once to lighten your load. It offers handy tools to standardize your tagging method and it lets you copy your chosen tagging method to other groups of songs to save time. The included track player was a little buggy during my testing, but almost all of the features are well designed and work fine. Exhaustive tagging options in it be made by this application simply perfect for the detail-oriented audiophile. Mp3Tag is a shareware tagging editor ($24.95) which offers a few more features than My Mp3's. Mp3Tag lets you batch tag several sound file formats by filling in the appropriate fields, and offers a few other cool features in its multiwindow interface. Those who like to sing along will appreciate the capability to search the Web for song lyrics to attach to the file. You can also use Mp3Tag to download album art from the Web so all your music will have that nifty picture when it loads up. The included player on this application worked fine in my testing and I liked the amount of information you can edit for each and every song with My Mp3's. A skinnable interface and comprehensive tagging options make this full-featured jukebox a hit. MediaMonkey Standard is probably our most popular application in this category and for good reason. MediaMonkey can be utilized as your main jukebox application, complete with custom playlists, album art, an outstanding included player, and CD ripping and burning. The tagging system is excellent as well, with the ability to ping Amazon for album art and tagging conventions with the click of a button. A left navigation window lets you sort by any tags you've assigned which makes playlists from a specific era or genre a snap. The best free Google Cardboard VR games. After your songs are properly tagged, you can drag and drop conventions to other artists to get your preferred layout. It even supports syncing with your iPod. A gold version of MediaMonkey ($19.95) adds options to automatically tag new music as you add it, autofile conversion, autoplaylists, and more. If you have a major library of music which is getting out of control, try standardizing your tags with one of these scheduled programs. Once your music is fully organized you'll be happy with how easy it is to find your selected songs. For more on MP3 tagging, check out this post by our very own Seth Rosenblatt.
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