AcousticBrainz Plugin

The acousticbrainz plugin gets acoustic-analysis information from the AcousticBrainz project.

Enable the acousticbrainz plugin in your configuration (see Using Plugins) and run it by typing:

$ beet acousticbrainz [-f] [QUERY]

By default, the command will only look for AcousticBrainz data when the tracks doesn’t already have it; the -f or --force switch makes it re-download data even when it already exists. If you specify a query, only matching tracks will be processed; otherwise, the command processes every track in your library.

For all tracks with a MusicBrainz recording ID, the plugin currently sets these fields:

  • average_loudness

  • bpm

  • chords_changes_rate

  • chords_key

  • chords_number_rate

  • chords_scale

  • danceable

  • gender

  • genre_rosamerica

  • initial_key (This is a built-in beets field, which can also be provided by Key Finder Plugin.)

  • key_strength

  • mood_acoustic

  • mood_aggressive

  • mood_electronic

  • mood_happy

  • mood_party

  • mood_relaxed

  • mood_sad

  • moods_mirex

  • rhythm

  • timbre

  • tonal

  • voice_instrumental

Automatic Tagging

To automatically tag files using AcousticBrainz data during import, just enable the acousticbrainz plugin (see Using Plugins). When importing new files, beets will query the AcousticBrainz API using MBID and set the appropriate metadata.

Configuration

To configure the plugin, make a acousticbrainz: section in your configuration file. There are three options:

  • auto: Enable AcousticBrainz during beet import. Default: yes.

  • force: Download AcousticBrainz data even for tracks that already have it. Default: no.

  • tags: Which tags from the list above to set on your files. Default: [] (all)