Why SoundCloud is different
On Spotify or Apple Music you find the released version of a song. On SoundCloud you find everything around it: remixes, bootlegs, edits, live recordings, DJ mixes, demos and tracks that were never released anywhere else. That is why the downloader treats a SoundCloud link as exactly this upload. It takes the track you linked and does not go looking for a "better" official version.
The original file, when the artist allows it
Some artists enable downloads on their tracks, and the file they uploaded – sometimes WAV or FLAC – becomes available. The downloader tries that first. When downloads are not enabled, it takes the best stream SoundCloud serves to a listener and copies it without re-encoding, so nothing is lost on the way.
Clean titles and artwork
SoundCloud titles are written for the SoundCloud feed: Artist - Track (Extended Mix) [FREE DL], with the uploader's profile as the "artist". The downloader separates the real artist and title, strips promotional noise, and – when the track is a released song – looks it up in Apple's catalogue for the album name and proper cover. For remixes and uploads that exist only on SoundCloud, the track's own artwork is used.
Sets
A SoundCloud set is a playlist or an EP. Paste its link and the first 20 tracks are listed, each as a button with its length, so you can take the ones you want. Every button downloads that exact track.
Also good to know
- Short links from the SoundCloud app (
on.soundcloud.com/…) work. - Lyrics and Similar buttons appear under each track in the bot, as for any song. See lyrics finder and similar songs.
- Looking for a remix you heard? Type its name with the word "remix" into the song downloader. Searches for remixes, bootlegs and live versions go straight to YouTube and SoundCloud, where that material lives.