The evolution of streaming music platforms cannot be ignored and has been greater for all to see for the past several years. So far, there are more and more various streaming music services emerging on the market. And Spotify and SoundCloud are two of them.
As a big fan of both Spotify and SoundCloud, I found myself not only attracted to their basic service but also other additional features. The prevalence of the social web, combined with the music's unique ability to bring people together, creates a compelling niche — one where like-minded individuals can share and discuss their favorite music. Well, if you want to share a Spotify playlist to SoundCloud, you can keep reading this article. Here we're going to show you how to transfer music from Spotify to SoundCloud platform with two easy methods.
1. Spotify & SoundCloud: A Brief Introduction
What Is Spotify?
Launched in Oct. 2008, Spotify is a Swedish digital music, podcast and video streaming service provider. There are millions of songs from over 2 million artists worldwide on Spotify, so you don't have to wonder whether a song you like is available on Spotify or not. Spotify concurrently supports two kinds of streams (Premium at 320Kbps and above and Free at 160Kbps). All song files from Spotify are encoded in the format of Ogg Vorbis. The Free users can only use some basic functions like playing music. If you want to download songs for offline listening, you have to upgrade to the Premium account.
What Is SoundCloud?
SoundCloud is a German online audio distribution and music sharing platform, which allows users to upload, promote and share or stream audio. It hundreds of millions of tracks by 20 million creators and anybody who wants to upload a track can do it with a free account. All songs on SoundCloud are 128Kbps in the format of MP3, and the standard of the songs on this platform is 64Kbps Opus.
- See More: Spotify vs. SoundCloud: Which Is Better?
2. Method to Move Spotify Music to SoundCloud with ViWizard
As we said above, all music downloaded from Spotify are encoded in the format of Ogg Vorbis which is only accessible through special proprietary closed software – Spotify. Even if you are a Premium user, you are only allowed to play your downloaded music on Spotify by logging in your Spotify account. But all Spotify music downloaded through ViWizard Spotify Music Converter can be compatible with all devices and players.
ViWizard Spotify Music Converter is a powerful music downloader and converter dedicated for Spotify music tracks, playlists, artists, podcasts, radio, or other audio content. With the program, you can easily remove the restriction and convert Spotify to MP3, WAV, M4A, M4B, AAC and FLAC at 5x faster speed. Besides, all the ID3 tags info and audio quality will be kept as before, thanks to its advanced technology. The interface is intuitive and friendly, and the conversion can be easily done in 3 steps.
ViWizard Spotify Music Converter Key Features
- Strip all digital rights management protection from Spotify music
- Caple of downloading Spotify songs, playlists, and albums in bulk
- Enable users to convert all Spotify streamed content to plain files
- Keep lossless audio quality, ID3 tags and metadata information
- Available for both Windows and Mac systems
Here is the detailed guidance on how to migrate music from Spotify to SoundCloud.
Step 1Launch ViWizard Spotify Music Converter
Download and install Music Converter for Spotify on your personal computer. Then open Music Converter for Spotify and Spotify will be started automatically and immediately. Find music you want to download on Spotify and directly drag and drop your selected Spotify music to the main screen of the converter.
Step 2Configure All Sorts of Audio Parameter
After uploading your selected Spotify music to the converter, you are prompted to configure all sorts of audio settings. According to your personal demand, you can set the output audio format, audio channel, bit rate, sample rate and more. Thinking of the stability of conversion mode, you should better to set the conversion speed as 1×.
Step 3Start to Download Spotify Music
After all is done, you can click the "Convert" button to convert and download music from Spotify. Just wait for a while and you can get all DRM-free Spotify music. All music can be found in the local folder on your personal computer by clicking the "Converted" button. Note that you are allowed to convert and download Spotify music no more than 100 in one time.
Step 4Import Spotify Music to SoundCloud
Now all Spotify music are in MP3 or other common audio format, and you can easily add them to SoundCloud by following the quick steps below:
1. Open SoundCloud in a webpage and click the "Sign In" button in the upper right corner to log in.
2. Then click the "Upload" button at the upper right and click it and drag and drop your tracks or choose files to upload by clicking the orange button. You need to select Spotify song you want to move to SoundCloud.
3. After a few seconds, you can see that your Spotify music has been uploaded. Continue to click the "Save" button to save your songs on SoundCloud.
3. Way to Import Spotify to SoundCloud Online
The second way to can try to transfer your favorite tracks from Spotify to SoundCloud is to use an online tool such as Soundiiz. The process is also very easy and the successful rate is high. You can take a look at the instruction below to learn how.
Step 1: Go to Soundiiz.com official website. Click the "Start now" button and sign in Soudiiz with your username and passcode. If you didn't have one, you need to sign up first.
Step 2: Select the Playlists category in your Library and connect Spotify.
Step 3: Choose the Spotify playlists that you want to transfer and click the Convert tools in the top toolbar.
Choose SoundCloud as the destination platform and wait for the process to end.
4. Final Words
Here are two different methods to transfer Spotify music to SoundCloud for listening. While the online tool allows you to do that without installing any software, yet you're also allowed to sign up their platform for using. More importantly, they'll not 100% guarantee that the Spotify songs you want to import will be available on SoundCloud. In other words, if the songs in Spotify cannot be found on SoundCloud, you'll not be able to listen to them on SoundCloud.
However, with the help of ViWizard Spotify Converter, you can easily download and convert any songs you want from Spotify to SoundCloud. Besides, the quality is lossless and the software is quite easy to operate. You can also transfer any Spotify music to any platform or device you want. It's very powerful, and it also provides a free trial version. If you like it, just have a try!
Adam Gorden is an experienced writer of ViWizard who is obsessed about tech, movie and software.
