Last Updated on September 4, 2024
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Spotify may have been the largest streaming music providers throughout the world. According to Spotify’s Q1 2020 report, there were 286 million monthly active users of Spotify. Meanwhile, there were about 130 million of them are paying for Spotify Premium. It is easy to find that the Spotify Free service attracts the majority of users.
Everyone knows that there is no free lunch. Spotify Free service has many limitations, including the pop-up advertisements, no offline listening, limited skips, and so on. You are bound to endure these inconveniences while using the Spotify Free plan.
Now, with the advent of this powerful DRmare Spotify Music Converter, it’s able to avoid these problems for Spotify free accounts. It’s specialized in downloading and converting Spotify music for free.
Let’s check the wonderful features of this Spotify Downloader and how to use it to download Spotify music without Premium.
Powerful Features of DRmare Spotify Music Converter
As one of the most outstanding music downloads for Spotify, DRmare Spotify Music Converter has the ability to download Spotify songs, playlists, albums in high quality with or without Spotify Premium account, convert Spotify music to a wide variety of plain audio formats, like MP3, Lossless FLAC, WAV, etc. By using the DRmare Spotify Downloader, Spotify free users and premium subscribers can play music on their favorite players and devices without a problem. Let’s see the key features of this DRmare tool one by one.
Easy-to-use Interface
The interface of the DRmare Spotify Music Converter is clear and intuitive. It is easy to see the distinct function buttons. The menu icon is on the top side, which contains some basic options like Preferences, Register, Help, Check for Updates, and so forth.
The transparent search bar is below the menu icon, which is used to input the URL of Spotify songs or playlists.
On the bottom of the main window, there are 3 small icons. The three-dots icon is for changing storage location, the folder icon directs to the storage location, and the list icon points to check the converted files. Besides them is the Convert button, which is used to launch the conversion.
Support Multiple Input Formats and Output Settings
DRmare Spotify Music Converter supports to add tracks from any audio source in Spotify, containing Artists, Songs, Playlists, Albums, Podcasts, Audiobooks, and Radio. Also, it allows users to customize the output sound settings, such as output format, bitrate, sample rate, channel, conversion speed and the way to archive output tracks. Now let me show the details one by one.
- 6 types of output format: MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, FLAC
- 6 options of sample rate: from 8000 Hz to 48000 Hz
- 14 options of bitrate: from 8kbps to 320kbps
- 2 channels
- 2 conversion speed: 5X(default) or 1X
- 3 ways to archive output tracks: by artists, by artists/album, by none
Download Spotify Music without Premium Losslessly
With the latest converting technology, DRmare Spotify Music Converter downloads Spotify tracks as local files for offline playback, no matter you are using Spotify Free or Spotify Premium. These local tracks are available to edit, trim, and transfer to any other player and device without Spotify app preinstallation.
More importantly, the local Spotify files keep almost 100% the same quality as the original tracks. The raw parameters also saved inside the files.
It is simple to view the artists, titles, albums, album arts, tracks number, genre, year, and so forth. If the original ID3 tags are incomplete, for example, lacking the genre and year information, then they will not show in the converted Spotify songs.
Availability
As a desktop app, DRmare Spotify Music Converter is available for both Mac and Windows operating systems. Being very lightweight, it can run at 5X conversion speed to download songs from Spotify on Mac or Windows computer.
For Windows Users
- 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 Mac Users
- 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: 512MB or higher RAM
- Monitor: Monitor with 1024×768 pixels or higher resolution
How to Download Spotify Music without Premium with DRmare Spotify Music Converter
The following part will display the detailed steps of downloading and converting Spotify music to MP3 for free via the DRmare Spotify Music Converter.
Step 1: Import Spotify songs to DRmare Spotify Music Converter
Download and install the DRmare on the computer. Once open, the Spotify desktop app will also open. In the Spotify app, browse and select any track or playlist.
Then directly drag and drop the song to the empty square of DRmare. Or copy and paste the link of the playlist to the search bar on DRmare. Last, click the ‘+’ button.
Step 2: Reset the sound settings of Spotify tracks
On DRmare’s interface, open the menu icon from the top place. Then hit ‘Preferences’ > ‘Convert’. The settings’ page shows up. Now customize the parameters as everyone’s need.
To get the best audio quality and the most compatible format, here I choose output format to MP3, bitrate to 320 kbps, sample rate 48000 Hz, channel to 2, and the archive way to Artists/Album. Then save the changes.
Step 3: Download Spotify songs as unlimited files
Now press the ‘Convert’ bar to start downloading and converting. Don’t use other apps and leave the program run alone. This helps the conversion more stable.
Otherwise, the conversion could stop in advance. After it finishes all the tasks, click the list icon to check the converted Spotify files. It is necessary to check if there is a missed song.
In Conclusion
To sum up, DRmare Spotify Music Converter works well on downloading Spotify tracks without Spotify Premium. The downloaded Spotify MP3 sounds barely different from the online streams. To make the conclusion succinct and clear, here I list the Pros and Cons of this tool.
Pros:
- Download Spotify music without Spotify Premium.
- Convert Spotify songs to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4B, WAV, FLAC, etc.
- Keep lossless original quality and ID3 tags
- Work at 5X faster speed on Windows computer.
- Support to transfer Spotify files to other players and devices.
- Batch loading tracks from Spotify.
- Freely customize output sound settings.
Cons:
- Spotify application will be forced termination during the conversion.
- Converting speed might be slower than 5X on Mac computer.