Custom Tags Editor

The custom tags editor allows you to create whatever tags you like, both at the album level and the track level (a tag created at the track level takes precedence over the same tag created at the album level, if any). You can open it from the Edit Album Details or Edit Track Details dialogs.

Use this editor to add tags that VinylStudio doesn't directly support or to keep track of your work. Please note that not all players display all tags for all file types. You can also specify values for tags that VinylStudio would normally generate automatically. If you do this, your custom tag(s) take precedence.

You can use the following keys to navigate in the grid:

Arrow keys	Move up / down / left / right between cells.
Tab / Shift-Tab	Move forwards or backwards one cell.
Ctrl+down arrow	Drop down the list (even if not editing the cell).
Cmd+down arrow (⌘)	Drop down the list (even if not editing the cell).
Ctrl+Tab	Tab from the grid to the buttons.
Ctrl+Tab	Tab from the grid to the buttons (when VoiceOver is active).
Ctrl+Enter	Close the grid, accepting any changes you have made.

Click the 'Set as Default' button to have VinylStudio store a set of custom tags to be applied automatically to any albums created henceforth. To clear any defaults previously defined, click 'Clear Defaults' (although this will not affect any existing albums).

You can specify the following keywords in the value field:

[Date Recorded]	The date this album was recorded, in the form dd-Mmm-yyyy (e.g. 01-Jan-2021).
[Time Recorded]	The time this album was recorded, in the form hh:mm (24 hour clock, e.g. 21:30).

You can also use any of the keywords listed under Controlling How Split-Up Tracks are Stored Using Custom Strings or select values from the dropdown list, and you can specify a line break by entering a vertical bar character (|) (or by pasting in multi-line text).

Here is a list of tags that VinylStudio normally generates automatically; you can also select these from the dropdown list. You can override these here. For a full list, please refer to the ID3 specification (or if that link is broken, try here.

ID3 tags (as used in MP3, AIFF, WAV and DSF files):

COMM	Comment
GRP1	Grouping (iTunes only)
MVIN	Movement No. / Movement Total (e.g. 1 / 4, iTunes only)
MVNM	Movement (iTunes only)
TALB	Album title
TCOM	Composer
TCON	Genre
TENC	Encoder (normally written as 'VinylStudio')
TIT1	Content grouping
TIT2	Track title
TPE1	Artist (for the track, if any, else for the album)
TPE2	Album artist
TPE3	Conductor
TPUB	Label ('publisher')
TRCK	Track number
TSOP	Artist alias
TYER	Release year (yyyy)
USLT	Unsynchronised lyrics (please note that VinylStudio does not support synchronised lyrics)

MP4 / M4A tags (as used in AAC and Apple Lossless files):

@alb	Album title
@ART	Track artist
@cmt	Comment
@day	Release year (yyyy)
@gen	Genre
@grp	Content grouping
@lyr	Lyrics
@nam	Track title
@too	Creator (normally written as 'VinylStudio')
@wrt	Composer / conductor (composite)
@mvi	Movement No. (e.g. 1, iTunes only)
@mvc	Movement Total (e.g. 4, iTunes only)
@mvn	Movement (iTunes only)
@wrk	Work (iTunes only)
aART	Album artist
cpil	This is a compilation album

Vorbis tags (as used in Ogg and Flac files):

ALBUM	Album title
ALBUMARTIST	Album artist
ARTIST	Track artist
COMMENT	Comment
COMPOSER	Composer
CONDUCTOR	Conductor
CONTACT	Contact
DATE	Release year (yyyy)
GENRE	Genre
GROUPING	Content grouping
LOCATION	Collection name
LYRICS	Lyrics
ORGANIZATION	Label
TITLE	Track title
TRACKNUMBER	Track number (1..)

DFF tags:

DIAR	Album / track artist (composite)
DITI	Track title

RIFF INFO tags (for WAV files, not widely supported, not in dropdown):

CODE	Creator (normally written as 'VinylStudio')
COMM	Comment
DIRC	Collection name
iaar	Album artist
IART	Track artist
ICMS	Label
ICMT	Comment
ICRD	Release year (yyyy)
IDST	Label
IENC	Creator (normally written as 'VinylStudio')
IENG	Composer
IGNR	Genre
IMUS	Composer
INAM	Track title
IPRD	Album title
IPRT	Track number (1..)
ISBJ	Album artist
ISFT	Creator (normally written as 'VinylStudio')
ISRF	Content grouping
ITCH	Conductor
itrk	Track number (1.., used by Media Monkey)
TRCK	Track number (1..)