beaTunes

Creating a playlist takes only a few seconds with any application, but you may waste valuable time if you want to make sure that your audio files contain the correct information. You can encounter numerous issues when it comes to your music's tag information. A rock song may be labeled as classical music, an artist's name can be spelled differently for each track and so on. Besides creating smart playlists, beaTunes can inspect your audio tracks for any issues, analyze their metadata, import new information and more. Everything is done automatically, so you just need to select your music library, make a few adjustments and let the program work.

If you are using a slower Internet connection, you may spend some time downloading the 72 MB installation file. Fortunately, the setup procedure does not involve anything more than agreeing to a series of terms and conditions and selecting a destination folder. The setup wizard will install the software's files in less than a minute, so you can start using beaTunes right away.

You may create one or more music libraries on the program's general settings panel. You can select a folder on a local partition or an iTunes library file as the source. Libraries, playlists, inspection results and other items are displayed as different folders, on the left side of the interface. A few options are available on a toolbar, which you can use to analyze or inspect the selected audio files or add them to a matchlist. You can also use keywords to filter your files.

The software can analyze audio files almost instantly. The results are organized in separate folders, depending on their nature. You may find general issues, consistency, spelling, sorting or title related issues. Besides issues, beaTunes also displays a few possible solutions and you may select one and click a button to apply it.

The Analysis feature can be used to retrieve a broad range of information for each audio file. Before starting the process, you may choose what information to look up. beaTunes can use online sources to find artist or album names, years, genres, to estimate bitrates, determine colors, import lyrics and more. When you are done analyzing or inspecting your audio files and making the necessary corrections, you may create and save a playlist. You can either click and drag your files to a playlist, on the left side of the window, or make a few configurations, to create a matchlist.