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SoundCloud DJ — All the offline you can eat

Mark Settle·
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Like all the quantum leaps and pigeon steps that have impacted the DJ scene, streaming is one of those things that divides us. On one hand, it delivers all the music in the world into your pocket, but at the same time depends on one key factor — the reliability of the streaming connection. This is enough of a reason for some DJs to rule streaming out completely. 

And then SoundCloud comes along with a solution… well kind of sort of a fix that goes some way towards making streaming at least a little more palatable — SoundCloud DJ. 

Just for a change, there are no words — just a handy infographic:

SoundCloud DJ — All the offline you can eat

Soundcloud DJ – The nutshell version

All of SoundCloud, offline, for $20 a month. Obviously, you won’t be downloading all 200 million tracks, but it does at least allow pre-gig preparation so that you can play without an internet connection.

What is does do is deliver the same library but without the need to live stream, unless you want to that is. But in reality, it’s nothing more than unlimited offline mode aka streaming without streaming, something that should make the idea of SoundCloud a little more attractive. It will require you to put in the work in advance of course, but it does give you all that music without having to stream.

It’s accessible in VirtualDJ and algoriddim djay as of today (that small turning circle really does allow them to move quickly) and others in due course.

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Mark Settle
The Old Owner

I was the editor around these parts for the first two decades of the DJWORX journey. I’m on a creative journey at The Worxlab, and drop in occasionally here. Expect the odd article from me every now and again.

9 Responses

  1. You still don’t own the music. And yes I know that you never really own the music, but with CD and or digital purchases I have my music regardless. I own a “medium” of it. I doubt these tracks will be high end WAV. And should someth8ng happen to the app and it doesn’t work or breaks, then You’re screwed. I’d rather still pay for physical media and control my own streaming. You can buy a nas server and do. It yourself if you want, but you still have a physical copy as a backup.

    Artists are also getting fed up with streaming and I believe within a year or 2 it will change and be less worth it.

  2. Sound good but from my humble point of view 20$ a month is really expensive… I mean the comparison with idjpool is half cheaper and the catalog is really huge and you can keep the tracks offline too but i don’t remember how many, i just know i have a good amount of them, the same for beatport less cheaper and huge amount of tracks, both i pay 25$ mensually and for my needs it’s perfect.

    The private only sound….strange, i guess unofficially you can use them in your set, gig, event but i guess too the copyright etc are bit complicated for soundcloud, i don’t have that problem with idjpool and beatport link (on vdj).
    The problem of “your not the owner” is simple to resolve, i buy the tracks i really wants.

    That a interesting offer from soundcloud but too expensive, copyright problems, and the inerrant problems of soundcloud, i mean it’s a labyrinth to find exactly want you want.
    I never be a 100% streaming person for my music, i’m 80% physically with various copies on my HDDs in case, streaming is complementary in some cases.

    regards, Fab ;)

  3. It all sounds very nice, but if it’s for DJs (as it certainly reads that way) then why do they say “The usage of SoundCloud tracks through SoundCloud Go+ or SoundCloud DJ is for private use only“?

    Their Soundcloud DJ FAQ also has:

    Can I DJ with SoundCloud DJ at the club?
    No, please reference our full guidelines

    Also weird is that Soundcloud Go+ is advertised as having offline storage (for half the money), but none of the DJ software which has Go+ allows offline storage (so it’s a bit pointless).

    1. 1. Now is THE PERFECT TIME for SoundCloud DJ, because nobody is playing out, so the legalities don’t apply right? ;) But yes, its’s always put upon the DJ and club to stick within the realms of the law. Streaming companies just provide the music.
      2. If I understand it correctly, SoundCloud Go+ doesn’t have offline support inside DJ software.

      1. Hello Mark.

        Maybe i’m the only exception but i’m playing out actually i have between 2-3 events weekly. ^^

  4. Streaming without streaming… it’s almost as if streaming has always been a trick to get people to accept DRM.

  6. What I didn’t realise until today is that SoundCloud Go+ includes licensed music from major labels, not just user uploaded content.

    Having now signed up for a trial though, the front end is awful, compared to say Spotify. Reminds me of Pulselocker…

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