# Artist, Title, Subtitle & MixArtist formatting
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [December 5, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009 "2023-12-05T05:08:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@djdizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdizzle)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 5:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/1 "2023-12-05T05:08:37Z")
I am trying to format `%ARTIST%`, `%TITLE%`, `%MIXARTIST%` & `%TITLE%` based on the `%ARTIST%` tag and portions of the `%TITLE%` tag.
_Artist:_ Ariana Grande
_Title:_ Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea) [Dawin Remix]
**Expected Results**
_Artist:_ Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
_Title:_ Problem {Dawin Remix}
_MixArtist:_ Dawin
_Subtitle:_ Remix
> **Import Tag Fields**
> _Field:_ `TITLE`
> _Format:_ `%title% (feat. %featartist%)`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `ARTIST`
> _Format:_ `%artist% feat. %featartist%`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `MIXARTIST`
> _Format:_ `$regexp(%title%,.*\((.*) .+\),$1)`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `SUBTITLE`
> _Format:_ `$regexp(%title%,.*\(.* (.+)\),$1)`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `TITLE`
> _Format:_ `%title% {%MIXARTIST% %subtitle%}`
>
> **Remove Fields**
> _Field:_ `%FEATARTIST%`
**Results**
_Artist (without quotes):_ "Ariana Grande feat. "
_Title:_ Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea) [Dawin Remix] {Remix] Remix]}
_Subtitle:_ Remix]
_MixArtist:_ Remix]
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### Author:  [@LyricsLover](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/LyricsLover)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 7:27am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/2 "2023-12-05T07:27:06Z")
What kind of action or convert should your first step be
**Import Tag Fields**
and what kind of action is
**Format Tag Field**
These are all available [Action Types](https://docs.mp3tag.de/actions/#action-types):
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### Author:  [@djdizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdizzle)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 7:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/3 "2023-12-05T07:47:39Z")
Apologies, I'm using the macOS version.
Import Tag Fields \> Guess Values
Format Tag Field \> Format Value
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 7:48am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/4 "2023-12-05T07:48:13Z")
Hey @djdizzle , it looks like you're using the Mac version of Mp3tag and your question is related to Mp3tag for Mac. Can you use the #Mac category for posting those questions, so that people are not confused by terms and labels they might not be familiar with?
Thanks!
Edit: Thanks for clarification, I'm moving this topic to #Mac
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/6 "2023-12-05T08:05:47Z")
This should do the trick:
> **Import Tag Fields**
> _Source Format:_ `%title%`
> _Formatstring:_ `%title% (feat. %featartist%) [%mixartist%]`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `ARTIST`
> _Format:_ `%artist% feat. %featartist%`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `TITLE`
> _Format:_ `%title% {%mixartist%}`
>
> **Import Tag Fields**
> _Source Format:_ `%mixartist%`
> _Formatstring:_ `%mixartist% %subtitle%`
---
### Author:  [@djdizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdizzle)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 8:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/7 "2023-12-05T08:49:48Z")
I can't see any reference to splitting the %mixartist% and %subtitle% fields from the %title%. Which the below were doing.
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `MIXARTIST`
> _Format:_ `$regexp(%title%,.*\((.*) .+\),$1)`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `SUBTITLE`
> _Format:_ `$regexp(%title%,.*\(.* (.+)\),$1)`
---
### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/8 "2023-12-05T10:26:10Z")
It's done in actions #1 and #4.
Action #1 adjusts 3 tag fields at once: everything in front of the opening parentheses `(` is kept in field `TITLE`), everything between `(feat.`) and the closing parentheses is moved to field `FEATARTIST`) and everything from within the square brackets `[...]` is moved to field `MIXARTIST`.
The contents of field `MIXARTIST` are reused in action #3 (you wanted to have both _Dawin_ and _Remix_ in the `TITLE` field.
Finally, in action #4, field `MIXARTIST` is split into `MIXARTIST` and `SUBTITLE`. Splitting is performed in action _Import Tag Field_ by using the same placeholder in both _Source format_ and _Formatstring_ (also, see [documentation](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/quick-actions-and-action-groups/51882#import-tag-fields-7)),
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### Author:  [@djdizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdizzle)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/9 "2023-12-05T11:08:53Z")
**Expected Results**
_Artist:_ Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
_Title:_ Problem {Dawin Remix}
_Subitle:_ Remix
_MixArtist:_ Dawin
_Artist:_ Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
_Title:_ Problem {Noodles & Devastator Remix}
_Subitle:_ Remix
_MixArtist:_ Noodles & Devastator
**Results**
_Artist:_ Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
_Title:_ Problem {Dawin Remix }
_Subitle:_ Remix
_MixArtist:_ Dawin
_Artist:_ Ariana Grande feat. Iggy Azalea
_Title:_ Problem {Noodles & Devastator Remix }
_Subitle:_ & Devastator Remix
_MixArtist:_ Noodles
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/10 "2023-12-05T11:42:48Z")
This is possible by splitting the combined temporary field `MIXARTIST` into the final `MIXARTIST` and `SUBTITLE` by use of two actions _Format Tag Field_ with regular expressions.
> **Import Tag Fields**
> _Source Format:_ `%title%`
> _Formatstring:_ `%title% (feat. %featartist%) [%mixartist%]`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `ARTIST`
> _Format:_ `%artist% feat. %featartist%`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `TITLE`
> _Format:_ `%title% {%mixartist%}`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `SUBTITLE`
> _Format:_ `$regexp(%mixartist%,.* (.+),$1)`
>
> **Format Tag Field**
> _Field:_ `MIXARTIST`
> _Format:_ `$regexp(%mixartist%,(.+) .*,$1)`
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### Author:  [@djdizzle](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/djdizzle)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/11 "2023-12-05T12:00:55Z")
Thanks very much for your assistance. That worked perfectly.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/artist-title-subtitle-mixartist-formatting/63009/12 "2024-01-04T12:01:01Z")
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