Genre Tagging Shortcuts
Is there any way that I can tag my songs with shortcuts for ex:
If I press 1 while the track is playing it will tag: Tribal House
2 - Tech House
3 - D&B
(doesn’t necessarily have to be that exact key) but is there anyway i can do such a thing??
Now that would be amazing only prob is i think its doubtful, but heres hoping 
ive been searching around and I found this: Genre Shortcut Keys - MediaMonkey forum
but idk if you can write a script using the script they wrote but for itunes…
okay I got this thing to work: by the way its for Itunes
First I made scripts that would change the song selected to the genre you type (made about 9 scripts)
then in system preferences I made shortcuts for the scripts in Itunes to run hence the quick edit
now i just click command+1 turns genre to house
command+2 turns genre to tech house
and so on…
and it works flawlessly 
booo i really dont like itunes. I find it really sluggish on a pc, prob not the same on a mac, but i’m not rich 
Hey santos could you post those scripts, I was just looking for the exact same thing.
open up applescript editor the script is:
tell application “iTunes”
set current track’s genre to “House”
end tell
the word in the “quotes” is what you would switch to what you want…
Next you open up sytem preferences > Click keyboard > Click Application Shortcuts > click the + sign >select itunes > write down the exact scripts name and the shortcut you want
for ex: i named my script Genre - House… so you would write Genre - House and my keyboard shortcut for that is command+1
Santos this is very nice indeed.
Got the Script working fine if i run it in Applescript but my shortcut does not work.
Done exactly as you describe. Is there something i need to do to get the script commands working in iTunes. The script logo doesnt show in itunes?
If you dont see the scripts you want to do this:
In Finder, go to your Home/Library/iTunes folder.
In this folder look for a folder named “Scripts”, and if it does not exist create it.
By copying Applescript scripts inside this folder you make scripts available in iTunes Script menu.
Any other questions let me know
Brilliant. Done. Forgot about the Scripts folder.
This is mega helpful.
Yea after I kept searching I found a script similar and took-out the unnecessary and thats how I got this script… but I keep using it now
is it somehow doable on PC (even on itunes)?
you can try googling… but this is what i found
““A collection of Windows scripting examples that can be used to sort your iTunes music library.
They are in .vbs (visual basic script) or .js (javascript) format, and rely on the Windows Script Host (WSH) to run. It’s more than likely that you unknowingly already have this installed on your computer. It’s the equivalent of Applescript on a Mac””
& try browsing this link: Doug's AppleScripts » iTunes for Windows Solutions
On Windows a combination of Autohotkey and vbscript will do the job.
Your vbscript will probably look something like this:
set objApp = CreateObject(“iTunes.Application”)
objApp.CurrentTrack.Genre = “mygenre”
Create a script for each genre, configure Autohotkey to run the script for a particular keystroke when using itunes…
Or you could just you smart playlists
@Love Bass smart playlists wouldnt work its so you can change the genre of the song faster using hotkeys and not opening the info tab and typing in the genre there
Hey Santos when I try running the script in iTunes it says unknown object type. I have the folder set up and the script shows up.
is the song selected or playing?
yes the song is selected
alright started playing and it works awesome script thanks man.