# Action to copy text in () to Artist field

**URL:** <https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-text-in-to-artist-field/17290>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 9, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-text-in-to-artist-field/17290 "2015-10-09T22:45:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Ladmo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@Ladmo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ladmo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-text-in-to-artist-field/17290/1 "2015-10-09T22:45:22Z")

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I'm looking for an action that will take any text inside parenthesis and add it to the artitst field after the artist text.

So this:

 ![](http://imgur.com/R4ulP7E.jpg)

turns to the this:

 ![](http://imgur.com/cpdQYNx.jpg)

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-text-in-to-artist-field/17290/2 "2015-10-10T17:53:29Z")

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> [@Ladmo](#):
>
> I'm looking for an action that will take any text inside parenthesis and add it to the artitst field after the artist text.
> 
> Thanks!

Copy the whole of the TITLE into a user-defined field  
Format value for tmp\_title  
Format string: %title%

Strip the stuff that is not in parenthesis:  
Guess value for tmp\_title  
Guessing pattern: %dummy% (%tmp\_title%)

Add the stripped field to ARTIST:  
Format value for ARTIST  
Format string: %artist% (%tmp\_title%)

Remove the field tmp\_field: Delete field tmp\_field

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**Author:** ![Ladmo](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@Ladmo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Ladmo)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-text-in-to-artist-field/17290/3 "2015-10-13T17:25:05Z")

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> [@ohrenkino](#):
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> Copy the whole of the TITLE into a user-defined field  
> Format value for tmp\_title  
> Format string: %title%
> 
> Strip the stuff that is not in parenthesis:  
> Guess value for tmp\_title  
> Guessing pattern: %dummy% (%tmp\_title%)
> 
> Add the stripped field to ARTIST:  
> Format value for ARTIST  
> Format string: %artist% (%tmp\_title%)
> 
> Remove the field tmp\_field: Delete field tmp\_field

Thank you much! Works great!

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**Author:** ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/action-to-copy-text-in-to-artist-field/17290/4 "2026-02-09T12:25:54Z")

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Closed on February 9, 2026, 12:25pm UTC