# Remix artists - how to copy a remix artist to the ARTIST tag

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 26, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929 "2018-02-26T11:25:45Z")
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### Author: ![Monokai](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Monokai](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Monokai)
#### Post date: [February 26, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929/1 "2018-02-26T11:25:45Z")

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Hi!

Ive recently discovered the meaning of "\\" in the ARTIST tag, and would like to make further changes:

with mp3s like:  
XY (YX Remix) - ARTIST  
to  
XY (YX Remix) - ARTIST\\YX

I tried $trim, replace with regualr Expression and played around.. but either there are Errors with '(' or it simply doesnt pick up the Remix Artist.

Thank you for this awesome, but sometimes hard to learn Programm! And for your Response:slight\_smile:

How would you proceed?

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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: [February 26, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929/2 "2018-02-26T11:52:49Z")

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see e.g. here:

> [@how to move (feat.) from title to artist - HELP](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/how-to-move-feat-from-title-to-artist-help/11512):
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> can somebody please help me with my only problem ?? I Have the tags like this: artist: Akon Title: Give It To Em feat. Rick Ross i want to make like this: artist: Akon & Rick Ross title: Give It To Em i already have an action to replace (feat. - featuring. - ft.) to (&) thank u in advance

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### Author: ![Monokai](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Monokai](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Monokai)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929/3 "2018-11-21T18:02:01Z")

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thank you, but it didnt work. could someone help me? maybe the way would be: search "remix" then copy the string between "(" and "remix" to artist with a leading "\" but no clue how to do this..

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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: [November 21, 2018, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929/4 "2018-11-21T18:53:23Z")

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> [@Monokai](#):
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> thank you, but it didnt work

That could be.  
But as you do not tell us what you tried, it is very difficult to help you.... the link I supplied shows how to move contents in brackets to another field. So why didn't it work?

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### Author: ![Monokai](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@Monokai](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Monokai)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929/5 "2018-11-21T19:22:04Z")

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Well for example this:

%artist%\$mid(%title%,$strrchr($strstr($lower(%title%),'remix'),'('),$len(%title%))  
and it changes nothing..

I am just not used to scripts.. another strategy would be to search the bracets including "remix", then trimming from left and right. would you help me with that?

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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: [November 21, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929/6 "2018-11-21T19:29:59Z")

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To get from

> [@Monokai](#):
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> XY (YX Remix) - ARTIST  
> to  
> XY (YX Remix) - ARTIST\YX

Create an action group with the following actions:

Create an action of the type "Guess value"  
Source: %title%  
Target: %dummy% (%myartist% Remix)  
(this action is case sensitive)

Create the next action of the type "Format value"  
Field: ARTIST  
Format string: `%artist%\\%myartist%`

Create the last action (once you found that everything is fine with the data)  
Remove fields: MYARTIST

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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, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/remix-artists-how-to-copy-a-remix-artist-to-the-artist-tag/40929/7 "2026-02-09T12:27:15Z")

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