# Tags in audio sound effects file I cannot find in MP3 Tag **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [December 23, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320 "2020-12-23T18:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HaroldMorgan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/1 "2020-12-23T18:32:04Z")
I have a number of sound effect files that came from Valhalla Sound. For example, in Davinci Resolve Sound Library a file named "Whoosh 02" has tags that say "futuristic, hard, heavy, horror, intense, metallic, mechanical, trailer". I pull this up in MP3 tag and I cannot find these tags anywhere. Does anybody know if there is a specialized tag editor that does this or if there is a way for MP3 tag to show them? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/2 "2020-12-23T18:36:31Z")
What kind of files are these? MP3? Wav? FLAC? If MP3 - could you select one and see what kind of tags are in the file? Only ID3Vx or also APE? If there are APE tags - what happens if you switch off reading APE tags in File\>Options\>Mpeg\>Tags and reread the files? ---
**Author:** ![HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HaroldMorgan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/3 "2020-12-23T18:45:28Z")
This particular file is a .WAV. I turned off read APE and rescanned without results. I've been doing some digging and I think this may have been added via a DESCRIPTION tag in a piece of software called Basehead. I looked at the file in Notepad ++ and saw this near the file start: " bext\ futuristic, hard, heavy, horror, intense, metallic, mechanical, trailer" ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/4 "2020-12-23T18:51:32Z")
What does MP3tag say to the found tags? Are they RIFF tags? If not then probably Mp3tag cannot read the tag. ---
**Author:** ![HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HaroldMorgan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/5 "2020-12-23T18:53:56Z")
MP3 does not see a DESCRIPTION tag. The Comments tag is empty. What is a RIFF tag? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/6 "2020-12-23T18:56:03Z")
RIFF is the kind of applied standard. You see that in the dialogue title if you open the extended tags dialogue for a single file (press Alt-T) ---
**Author:** ![HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HaroldMorgan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/7 "2020-12-23T19:00:48Z")
Empty when I opened it up ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/8 "2020-12-23T19:02:48Z")
If you look at the dialogue title (which is part of the window frame) then you see which tags MP3tag has detected. They should be RIFF tags for WAV files. I think that all other tags cannot be read by MP3tag. ---
**Author:** ![HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HaroldMorgan)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/9 "2020-12-23T19:09:38Z")
It says (RIFF ID3v2.3) in the title bar. Nothing is displayed. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/10 "2020-12-23T19:11:04Z")
This means that nothing is saved in the RIFF tag. So whatever that other program does, it doesn't do it with RIFF tags. ---
**Author:** ![phw](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/phw/32/11831_2.png) [@phw](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/phw)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 7:47am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/11 "2020-12-24T07:47:55Z")
Not quite clear to me, whether this info is stored in a RIFF or ID3 tag, but "bext" looks a lot like something specific to the software that write it (probably stands for "Base head Extended" or such). ---
**Author:** ![HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/51bf81/32.png) [@HaroldMorgan](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/HaroldMorgan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/12 "2020-12-24T16:56:03Z")
Yes, it is the metadata program Basehead. Davinci Resolve reads it, trying to find something that will write it (Basehead is too expensive) ---
**Author:** ![poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/poster/32/4881_2.png) [@poster](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/poster)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/13 "2020-12-24T17:01:51Z")
> **[Broadcast Wave Format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_Wave_Format)** > > Broadcast Wave Format (BWF) is an extension of the popular Microsoft WAV audio format and is the recording format of most file-based non-linear digital recorders used for motion picture, radio and television production. It was first specified by the European Broadcasting Union in 1997, and updated in 2001 and 2003. It has been accepted as the ITU recommendation ITU-R BS.1352-3, Annex 1. > The purpose of this file format is the addition of metadata to facilitate the seamless exchange of sound data... ---
**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, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-in-audio-sound-effects-file-i-cannot-find-in-mp3-tag/51320/14 "2026-02-09T12:28:59Z")