Audacity Forum

Thanks – I do have iD3 for Mac, which is a tag editor. I'd just hoped that Audacity would retain that metadata info as part of the project file so I wouldn't have to keep entering it each export. It was fine on earlier versions, so not sure why it's not retaining it now?

bnjmngrn wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:52 pm

Thanks, but that only let you enter one artist?

An Audacity project has one set of metadata for the project.

bnjmngrn wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:52 pm

If I need to enter one for each track I have to do it when I do the Export Multiple?

Export Multiple can either save parts of the project that are labelled, or each track as a separate file. You can also mix some or all of the tracks to a single file, or cut parts from one place in the project and paste them somewhere else. It is not practical for Audacity to attach metadata to tracks or labels because there would be no consistent way to manage such data. It is only practical to have one set of metadata for the project.

Personally, if I want to use metadata, I usually use a separate metadata tag editor ("EasyTag") after exporting. I may use Audacity's built-in Metadata Editor for tags that are common to each export, and then use EasyTag to add additional tags.

Thanks. It doesn't really explain that in previous versions the Artist name seemed to be retained if I went back in to do a Multiple Export again?

bnjmngrn wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:10 pm

It doesn't really explain that in previous versions the Artist name seemed to be retained if I went back in to do a Multiple Export again?

No it doesn't.
As far as I'm aware, Audacity has only ever supported one set of metadata tags per project, though I only started using Audacity regularly since version 1.2.4 (2005).