Best Way to Rip Music from Tidal

Q: "How can I rip music from Tidal for local playback?"

To listen to Tidal music on local devices, there are basically two ways. The traditional way is to use the Tidal offline mode, which allows users to enjoy Tidal songs offline in the Tidal app. This method is suitable for most Tidal-authorized devices. But if you want to transfer and play Tidal downloads to an old-fashioned MP3 player, you need to refer to an untraditional way.

In the following sections, I would like to share this untraditional way to you, helping you to extract music from Tidal with ease.


Rip Music from Tidal with Tidal Music Converter

This method requires to use a third-party Tidal Music Downloader created by AudFree. This powerful tool is designed to rip music from Tidal, downloading Tidal music as real local audio files. These local Tidal files are movable and playable on any device and player, regardless of the Tidal authorization.

 

In addition, the Tidal downloads ripped by AudFree keep 100% lossless quality and 100% complete metadata, such as artists, titles, albums, album arts, and so forth. With the help of this safe and strong software, you can get any Tidal track downloaded, listening to them offline on anywhere at any time.

 

How to Rip Music from Tidal and Download It Locally

The following instruction is to show the details on how to rip audio from Tidal via AudFree Tidal Music Converter. The trial version offers 1-min free trial for each Tidal song while the full version provides a complete conversion for every Tidal track. This tutorial will take the full version of AudFree Tidal Music Converter for Windows as an example.

 

Step 1 Add Tidal playlists to the converter

Launch the converter and activate the full version by inputting the license code. The Tidal desktop client will open automatically. Make sure your Tidal subscription is still valid. Then log in to your Tidal account. Now please start to browse and select your favorite Tidal songs. Create a separate playlist for these songs. Then copy and paste the playlist link to the search bar in AudFree. Wait the software analyzes and finishes loading all Tidal files. Then hit the plus icon.

 

Step 2 Change Tidal output sound settings

Find the menu icon from the top taskbar. Open ‘Preferences' > 'Convert' to enter the settings page. To get the best output quality of Tidal HIFI music, please select the output format to FLAC or WAV, bitrate to 16 bit, and sample rate to 44100 Hz. For Tidal Master songs, please set the output format to FLAC or WAV, bitrate to 24 bit, and sample rate to 96000 Hz. Don’t forget to save the settings.

 

Step 3 Download and rip Tidal music to local FLAC

On the bottom-right corner of AudFree, tap on the 'Convert' button. The program will start to convert all loaded Tidal songs to the customed settings. After the converting process ends, please hit the folder icon to open the local Tidal music folder. Double-check if all selected Tidal audios are ripped and converted successfully.


Comments