How to Rip Music from Tidal? [2020 Latest Solution]

Are you looking for the best way to rip music from Tidal for offline listening? Generally speaking, there are 2 kinds of methods to extract music from Tidal.

The common way is to record sound from Tidal and save the recordings as local files. This method is convenient but the sound quality of the Tidal recordings is lossy, which makes nonsense of using Tidal.

It is a less common way to directly download music from Tidal. The difference between ‘download’ and ‘record’ reflects on the output sound quality. The downloaded Tidal songs preserve a higher bitrate and sample rate, giving a better listening experience than the recorded Tidal files.

In today’s post, you will learn about a rare but ultra-useful way to rip and download Tidal music, which can keep nearly 100% the same quality as the original Tidal songs.

Download Music from Tidal via AudFree Tidal Music Downloader

It demands highly on the downloading technology to download 100% lossless quality from Tidal HIFI and Tidal Masters songs. To achieve this goal as perfectly as possible, I compared almost all the similar products on the market, and finally come to a conclusion. The winner is the AudFree Tidal Music Converter.

With the built-in powerful downloading technology, this smart software is capable of downloading Tidal songs as lossless local music files with keeping the complete ID3 tags, including artists, album, album arts, titles, track numbers, and so on.

Besides, the personalized customization allows users to reset the output settings for different Tidal songs. There are over 6 main output formats (FLAC, WAV, MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, etc.), 9 types of sample rate (from 8 kHz to 96 kHz), and 16 types of bitrate (from 16bit to 24bit or from 8 kbps to 320 kbps). These fully satisfy all tiers of Tidal music, covering Tidal Premium, Tidal HIFI, and Tidal Masters.

How to Download and Rip Music from Tidal for Local Playback

There are 2 versions of AudFree Tidal Music Downloader. The free trial version allows us to download 1 minute of a Tidal track at a time. The paid version enables us to download the whole song from Tidal and process over 1000 tracks at once download.

The following description takes the paid version as the demo.

Step 1 Load Tidal songs to the downloader

Open the AudFree Tidal downloader. The Tidal desktop app will also open. Discover the songs or playlists you want in the Tidal app. Then copy and paste the tracking link or playlist link to the search column in AudFree. Wait until all selections are loaded into the program and tap the ‘+’ icon.

Step 2 Reset Tidal output audio parameters

Open the menu icon and choose ‘Preferences' > 'Convert' to access the page of Settings. Here are the references for output parameters for different tiers of Tidal.

For Tidal Premium: AAC, 320 kbps, and 48000 Hz.

For Tidal HIFI: FLAC or WAV, 16 bit, and 44100 Hz.

For Tidal Masters: FLAC or WAV, 24 bit, and 96000 Hz.

Step 3 Rip and get Tidal music downloads on the local device

Find and hit the 'Convert' bar on the right corner on AudFree. The software will activate tasks. The downloading duration mostly depends on the network condition. To shorten the period of downloading, it is better to stop using any other apps at the same time. When all the tasks are finished, there will be a pop-up tip to led to the local folder where saves all Tidal downloads.