Last Updated on March 3, 2024
According to the latest reports from Counterpoint Research, the online streaming music subscriptions soared to 394 million in Q1 2020, shot up 35% year over year. This result was mainly caused by the COVID-19 outbreak that people were stuck at home. Music is always one of the best ways to kill time, isn’t it?
Spotify accounts for 30% of all market share in Q1 2020, which means Spotify still takes the leading position in the streaming music market. Why? It is easy to understand that once you start using Spotify Free.
You can get the latest tracks, playlists, podcasts, radios, and even virtual event listings on Spotify for free. To get a better listening experience, many people choose to subscribe to Spotify Premium, which provides ads removing, offline listening, unlimited skips, and so forth.
But Spotify Premium is not the only way to get the Spotify advanced functions. With the coming-up powerful AudKit Spotify Music Converter, it is simple to get all Spotify premium features for free. Now let’s check its notable features and the usage of how to download Spotify music for offline listening without Premium.
Notable Features of AudKit Spotify Music Downloader and Converter
Specially designed for Spotify, AudKit Spotify Music Converter is proficient in converting Spotify tracks, playlists, albums to MP3, M4A, FLAC, and several commonly used audio formats.
Built-in the latest converting techniques, AudKit becomes the highly anticipated product that should not be missed in 2020.
1. Download Spotify Songs at 5X or Faster Speed
The downloading speed of the AudKit Spotify Music Downloader is one of the most prominent features. It can up to 5X in general and even faster when the network condition is perfect. For example, it only takes you 10 minutes to download 100 songs from Spotify by the use of AudKit Music Spotify Song Downloader.
The downloaded Spotify tracks are saved as unprotected audio files on the local computer. From this moment on, you are available to enjoy Spotify Premium privileges as Spotify Free users. The local Spotify songs are totally ads-free songs for offline listening, unlimited skips, mobile streaming, and so forth.
2. Convert Spotify Music to MP3 without Lossless Quality
AudKit Spotify Music Converter is fully compatible with all kinds of Spotify audios, including Spotify songs, playlists, albums, podcasts, audiobooks, and radio. To accommodate the various needs of output settings, There are 6 main output formats for choice: MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, FLAC.
As for the customized output sound quality, AudKit provides 16 types of bit rate (from 8kbps to 320kbps; 16 bit or 24 bit) and 6 kinds of sample rate (from 8000 Hz to 48000 Hz). Lossless music lovers can choose 320kbps and 48000Hz to keep the original quality of Spotify tracks.
Moreover, other metadata like artist, titles, albums, album arts, track numbers, years, etc. will be 100% reserved by default. Users can also manually modify the ID3 tags and the way to archive output tracks, such as by artists, by artists/album, or by none.
3. Make Spotify Tracks Playable in Any Player and Device
After converting, the output Spotify audios are saved as local files on the computer. It is easy to locate them in the default ‘Converted’ folder. These local Spotify tracks are free from digital protection.
That is to say, you can play the converted Spotify songs in any device, such as a portable MP3 player, smart speakers, smart TV, smartwatches, car audio system, game console, and so forth.
Or you can import the unprotected Spotify songs to use or edit in any audio editor, video cutter, DJ software, and so on. It is also a good idea to sync your Spotify playlists to other streaming music apps for music integration and better management.
4. How to Use AudKit Spotify Music Converter to Download Spotify Music
This section will list the detailed steps of using AudKit Spotify Music Converter and Downloader.
- Step 1: Add Spotify playlists to AudKit Spotify Music Converter
Download and install the AudKit software on the computer. Once launch it, the Spotify desktop app will also pop up or relaunch. In the Spotify app, please browse and choose the song or playlist you want to download. There are 2 ways to import them to AudKit: Directly dragging and dropping the item, or copying and pasting the URL of the item.
- Step 2 Change the output settings of Spotify music
Unfold the menu key from the top of the interface of AudKit. Choose the ‘Preferences’ and ‘Convert’ option. The Setting window will appear. Now you are able to reset the output parameters as your need. Don’t forget to save the changes.
- Step 3 Download and convert Spotify tracks
Tap the ‘Convert’ button to trigger the conversion. To keep the converting process stable, please not using other programs during the conversion. Wait until all selection Spotify items are converted. After that, hit the ‘folder’ icon from the bottom to locate the output files.
Conclusion
To sum up, the Spotify Music Converter from AudKit Software is a perfect assistant to help you download and convert Spotify music to MP3 and multiple common formats without Spotify Premium. You can have a brief review of AudKit’s main features, internal configuration, compatibility, and price as below.
1. Main Features
- Download Spotify songs, playlists, podcasts, etc. as local files
- Convert Spotify audios to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, FLAC, etc.
- Remove ads from Spotify songs for offline listening without Spotify Premium.
- Maintain 100% original audio quality and ID3 tags from Spotify.
- Batch loading and converting Spotify tracks at 5X faster speed.
- Available to switch Spotify files to third-party apps and devices.
- Support to customize output parameters of Spotify songs.
2. Internal Configuration
- 6 options of output formats: MP3, M4A, M4B, AAC, FLAC, WAV
- 16 kinds of bit rate: from 8kbps to 320kbps; 16 bit or 24 bit (for FLAC / WAV)
- 6 choices of sample rate: from 8000 Hz to 48000 Hz
- 3 ways to archive output tracks: by artists, by artists/album, by none
- 2 conversion speed: 5X(default) or 1X
- 2 channels
- 4 languages: English, German, French, Japanese
3. Compatibility
AudKit Spotify Music Converter is provided with both Windows and Mac running systems. Please check the computer configurations as below.
- For Windows
- Operating System: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 (32-bit & 64-bit)
- Processor: 1G Hz processor, or above
- RAM: 512MB or higher of RAM
- Monitor: Monitor with 1024×768 pixels or higher resolution
- For macOS
- Operating System: Mac OS X 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11, 10.12, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.14 Mojave, and 10.15 Catalina
- Processor: 1G Hz processor, or above
- RAM: 256MB or higher of RAM
- Monitor: Monitor with 1024×768 pixels or higher resolution
4. Price
There are 3 types of licenses for choice. All licensed users enjoy lifetime free support and update service.
- For Windows
- Personal License: $34.95 (1 PC/Lifetime)
- Multi-User License: $39.95 (2-5 PCs/Lifetime)
- Unlimited License: $69.95 (5+ PCs/Lifetime)
- For macOS
- Personal License: $34.95 (1 PC/Lifetime)
- Multi-User License: $39.95 (2-5 PCs/Lifetime)
- Unlimited License: $69.95 (5+ PCs/Lifetime)