# Transpose Action
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transpose-action/7648
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 25, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transpose-action/7648 "2008-12-25T04:08:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Jardry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jardry)
#### Post date: [December 25, 2008, 4:08am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transpose-action/7648/1 "2008-12-25T04:08:35Z")
Depending on the source of my MP3's from Compilation albums, I end up with song titles in the format of **Artist / Song Title** or **Song Title / Artist** in the Title field.
Could someone more proficient with actions please explain how I can copy whatever is before the "/" inn the title field, then delete the "/" from the title field , and finally add a "/" at the end of what is now the title field together with what I initially copied so that that is appended to the end of the field.
In Steps:
- Copy and save whatever is before the "/"
- Delete the "/"
- Add the "/" to what is now the end
- Add what was copied and saved to the end
- Delete what was saved
Thank you for any assistance
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### Author:  [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transpose-action/7648/2 "2008-12-30T07:54:17Z")
I don't really understand what you want to achive. Could you post a before and after example, please? At first I thought you want to change:
TITLE: Pink Floyd / Echoes
to
TITLE: Echoes
ARTIST: Pink Floyd
but I am not sure if that is what you want.
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### Author:  [@Jardry](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Jardry)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transpose-action/7648/3 "2008-12-30T08:54:37Z")
I have a habit of over complicating things!
What you put into 4 lines is what I wanted to do. Thanks for the response. Mp3tag is very powerful, just need to get my wings to get the most use out of it that I can!
I was able to eventually work it out by creating an Action:
Guess values "%title%" : %title% / %artist%
It's taken me years to "find" Mp3tag and in one week of use I've been able to do more than I could in the past 10 years with mp3 files.
I can now:
1. Rip my CD's and find tracklists using freedb.
2. "Fix "tracklists how I want them using mp3tag.
3. Rename mp3 files using mp3tag
4. Regain my sanity!
Now I'm playing with creating an export for HTML and txt so that I can see what music I have ripped.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/transpose-action/7648/4 "2026-02-09T12:21:16Z")