SONG REVIEWER
A fast, private way to listen through a folder of songs and pick your keepers.

WHAT IT DOES
Song Reviewer opens a folder of songs and lets you play, rate, and sort them
quickly. It reads the info already embedded in each file (title, artist,
genre, year, cover art, and lyrics) and groups different takes of the same
song together so you can compare them back to back. A waveform shows the
shape of each track so you can spot swells and quiet sections at a glance.
Mark the ones you want and copy them into a Keepers folder in one click.

Everything happens on your own computer. No files are uploaded anywhere and
nothing needs an internet connection. Your ratings are saved into the folder
(in a small review-data.json file) so they are still there next time, and
your original songs are never changed.

REQUIREMENTS
Desktop Chrome or Microsoft Edge. (Safari and Firefox do not support the
folder access this tool uses; it will tell you if you open it there.)
Works with common audio files: MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV, OGG, Opus and more.
Title, artist, year, art, and lyrics are read when the file has them; files
without embedded info still play and can be rated, using the file name.

HOW TO USE
1. Double-click Song Reviewer.html to open it in Chrome or Edge.
2. Click "Open music folder" and choose your folder of songs. Allow access
   when the browser asks.
3. Click a song to play it, or use the keyboard to fly through them.
4. Rate as you go. Your ratings save automatically into the folder, so they
   are still there next time you open it.
5. When you are happy, click "Copy Keepers" to copy everything you marked
   Keep into a new Keepers folder. Your originals are never changed.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
  Up / Down     Move through the list (auto-plays the next while playing)
  Space         Play / pause the highlighted song
  Left / Right  Nudge the playhead back / forward 5 seconds
  1 - 5         Set a star rating   (0 clears stars)
  s             Keep (select)
  x             Reject
  f             Favorite
  u             Unrate (clear everything on that track)

NOTES
Drag the top edge of the player bar up to make the waveform bigger.
Click the waveform to jump to that spot in the song.
Use the filters and sort menu to focus on, say, only unrated tracks or your
favorites.

Made with Cowork.
