SongKong

SongKong is an automatic tagger.
You can’t edit anything manual.
You select a folder and it will tag the audio using its own JThink Music Server.
This server gets its data from the MusicBrainz and Discogs.
It not only uses meta data for the lookup but supports acoustic fingerprinting as well.

It also claims to understand classical music.
Up till today a lot of databases including  MusicBrainz store the composer in the Artist Tag.
SongKong tries to decipher the composer and store it in the composer field.

It also has a custom tag for the composition called Work.
Likewise it has tags for Opus, Catalog, etc.

Fixing

Select a folder and click Fix Songs

You get a plethora of options.

Results

SongKong generates a report in HTML

The most interesting one is what has been changed and what has been added.

This very useful info as you can see how SongKong meddles with your standard tags.

Album

I don’t think the change to the album is an improvement.
Without the name of the composer it becomes pretty nondescript.

Might be a limitation of the database because Prokofiev is loud and clear on the cover.

Version 4.4 added a nice function; add composer to the album title.

Composer

Russian ain't my stronghold.

I send this to the developer. It is a bug that is fixed in 4.2.

Artist

Artist is nice, not only the quartet but the members as well.

Fields Added

I will leave out the more technical ones like ACOUSTIV_ID etc

• ALBUM_ARTIST
  • Pavel Haas Quartet
• ALBUM_ARTIST_SORT
  • Pavel Haas Quartet
• ARTISTS
  • Veronika Jarůšková
  • Eva Karová
  • Pavel Nikl
  • Peter Jarůšek
  • Pavel Haas Quartet
• ARTIST_SORT
  • Jarůšková, Veronika
  • Karová, Eva
  • Nikl, Pavel
  • Jarůšek, Peter
  • Pavel Haas Quartet
• BARCODE
  • 099925395728
• BPM
  • 163
• CATALOG_NO
  • SU 3957-2
• COMPOSER_SORT
  • Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich
• COUNTRY
  • Czech Republic
• COVER_ART
  • 600 x 600
• DISC_TOTAL
  • 1
• ELECTRONIC
  • 38
• ENGINEER
  • Karel Soukeník
• ENSEMBLE
  • Pavel Haas Quartet
• ENSEMBLE_SORT
  • Pavel Haas Quartet
• FBPM
  • 163.7972
• INSTRUMENTAL
  • 100
• IS_CLASSICAL
  • 1
• KEY
  • F#
• LANGUAGE
  • eng
• MEDIA
  • CD
• MOOD
  • Extremely bored
• MOOD_AGGRESSIVE
  • 3
• MOOD_AROUSAL
  • -98
• MOOD_DANCEABILITY
  • 2
• MOOD_HAPPY
  • 6
• MOOD_PARTY
  • 2
• MOOD_RELAXED
  • 99
• MOOD_SAD
  • 42
• MOOD_VALENCE
  • -87
• MUSICBRAINZ_RELEASE_COUNTRY
  • CZ
• OPUS
  • 5
• ORIGINAL_ALBUM
  • String Quartets nos. 1 & 2 / Sonata for Two Violins
• PART
  • I. Allegro
• PARTNUMBER
  • I
• PRODUCER
  • Matouš Vlčinský
• RANKING
  • 1
• RECORD_LABEL
  • Supraphon
• SCRIPT
  • Latin
• SINGLE_DISC_TRACK_NO
  • 1
• TIMBRE
  • 19
• TONALITY
  • 83
• TRACK_TOTAL
  • 10
• WORK
  • String Quartet no. 1 in B minor, op. 50
• WORK_COMPOSITION
  • String Quartet no. 1 in B minor, op. 50: I. Allegro
• WORK_TYPE
  • Quartet

An impressive list.

As a lover of classical music MOOD Extremely bored caught my eye :)

WORK is of course the major one. This tagger indeed understands classical.

OPUS is also very important.

Tried some Schubert

Indeed SongKong knows the catalog.

Important as almost any composer do have a catalog today.

Next question: do all databse entries have the catalog?

The answer is of course no.

Conclusion

SongKong handles classical as it should be handled.

SongKong Standard £20 ($32 USD)