SoundCloud: The ultimate guide to digging out music treasures and downloading methods

With over 175 million monthly active users, SoundCloud is one of the most popular streaming platforms in the world and a treasure trove of unique music, with most of its library consisting of emerging R&B presentations and DJ mixes. SoundCloud is essential for those who love to explore cutting-edge original music.

However, it is not very clear how to use SoundCloud's music for personal creation or download to computers and mobile devices to listen offline. This article will guide you to select the best SoundCloud songs and playlist download methods according to your needs.

The best way to download SoundCloud songs

If you are a long-time SoundCloud user and follow many musicians, you may want to save these music offline. Fortunately, you have several options:

• Get music directly from SoundCloud creators
• Convert SoundCloud to MP3 using online tools
• Download SoundCloud Songs with PullTube
• Download SoundCloud Music with Downie

SoundCloud offers two paid subscription plans, Go and Go, for $4.99 and $9.99 respectively. The Go program offers ad-free listening and unlimited track uploads from users through the SoundCloud app. The Go plan includes all the same features and provides higher sound quality and access to all authorized music (similar to Spotify or Apple Music). Some subscription fees are also used to support music creators.

However, the official SoundCloud subscription cannot convert SoundCloud to MP3 format so that you can use and modify music freely on any device. You can look for download links provided by creators or ask them for download permissions privately.

Alternatively, you can use various SoundCloud downloaders. It should be noted that obtaining official authorized music in this way is illegal in most jurisdictions, so only SoundCloud songs that are explicitly available for free downloads.

Let's take a closer look at each SoundCloud download method.

How to get music from SoundCloud creators

SoundCloud is not only an authorized music platform like Tidal and YouTube Music, but also a platform for young artists to share their own mixes and songs, so you can download some SoundCloud songs from creators.

Here is the official way to download SoundCloud songs:

1. Search for any track you are interested in
2. Find the Download link next to the Like, Share, and Forward buttons below the Write Comment field
3. Click "Download"

If you just want to download some free SoundCloud songs for sampling or creating new mixes, you can search for the “free” keywords and find many artists who state the tracks in the title for free.

It should be noted that this method can only download SoundCloud songs, not playlists. If you want to listen to your favorite playlist offline, you need to use another method.

How to convert SoundCloud to MP3 online

The charm of software is that there is always someone who can find a way to implement features that others desire but cannot easily achieve. The number of SoundCloud downloaders has surged as many people experience difficulties downloading SoundCloud music to their computers.

A popular option is soundcloudtomp3.co, as the name implies, it is a simple and easy to use online SoundCloud to MP3 converter without installing any additional software. This SoundCloud downloader can use the URL of any of any 125 million tracks on the website and download it to your desktop immediately.

Here is how to get SoundCloud music:

1. Copy the URL of any SoundCloud song
2. Visit soundcloudtomp3.co
3. Paste the URL into the field
4. Click "Download"

If a new random website pops up, don't worry - just go back to the previous window and you can continue to download. You can then repeat the process as needed!

How to download SoundCloud songs using PullTube

While you can use a variety of online SoundCloud downloaders for free, most downloaders are flooded with ads, malware, and spam and don't provide the high-quality output you expect.

So if you care about extracting high-quality audio, protecting privacy, and not jeopardizing your Mac in any way, a professional desktop app will be a better choice.

PullTube is an all-in-one Mac audio and video downloader that supports over 1,000 of the most popular websites, from YouTube to Vimeo, from Facebook to Instagram – everything!

There are many advantages to using PullTube. You can download multiple URLs at the same time and download the full playlist to your Mac in seconds. You can choose the format you want to convert, whether it is MP3 or M4A. You can trim the audio, for example, get only specific parts of a long DJ mix. You can use custom shortcuts and browser extensions to make the whole process really easy. Finally, you can download subtitles for any video.

To download from SoundCloud using PullTube, just:

1. Copy the SoundCloud URL
2. Start PullTube
3. Paste the URL into the bar
4. Select your audio format
5. Click "Download Video" (even if it's not a video)

How to download SoundCloud Music with Downie

While PullTube is a great choice for downloading SoundCloud songs at any time, there are other apps that might be better for you, so don't stop there.

Downie is another easy-to-use SoundCloud downloader. In fact, it works on over 1200 websites and has a search feature built into the app. If you have found the audio track you want to download, just paste the URL and even drag and drop it into the window. There are also multiple extensions for all browsers.

Like PullTube, Downie is able to extract audio from any video file in MP3 format. But what makes it unique is its beautiful interface and some secret technology that allows you to download full 4K videos on YouTube without any loss of quality.

As you can see, downloading SoundCloud music to your device is not difficult. You can subscribe to SoundCloud Go or Go and listen to whatever you want through the SoundCloud app; you can download any tracks online using a website like soundcloudtomp3.co; or you can use a professional SoundCloud downloader and get the highest quality audio files with PullTube or Downie.

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