Hello from ShadowTag

I'm the developer (and musician) behind ShadowTag - a macOS metadata application released earlier this year and now at version 2.0. I spent 10 years building Audio Design Desk, and much of that time went into the workflow problems anyone with a large sample library runs into - organization, categorization, automation. I was always uneasy about being tasked with speeding up scoring and sound design as it conflicts with my own aesthetic as a composer. I'm now working on my own, building software I have been thinking about for a number of years.

It's a noisy moment. I'm building this to last, and to hopefully solve problems we have. I'm particularly interested in feedback on what you need from this type of product. There's no subscription - the free version is genuinely functional, and the paid one is a one-time perpetual license.

Here's an overview:

ShadowTag reads and writes ID3v2, Vorbis Comments, MP4 atoms, BEXT, iXML, XMP and UCS in one application, and organizes files into playlists without moving or copying anything on disk. Built for sound designers, sample library owners, and post-production teams who need complete, accurate metadata across large collections of audio files.

* Import straight from your Apple Music library

* On-device analysis - loudness, BPM, key, UCS category

* Waveform player with Audio Units

* Non-destructive fades, trims and normalization

* Batch rendering, format conversion and soundpack export

* Audio and video, including Matroska and WebM

* Free to read, play, organize and analyze

Requires macOS 14.6 or later. Available in 11 languages.

Download: https://spongefork.com/shadowtag/

Contact: https://spongefork.com/support/

Thank you! Ryan Francesconi