Summary
SoundCloud is an online audio distribution platform and music sharing website based in Berlin, Germany, that enables its users to upload, promote, and share audio, as well as a DSP enabling listeners to stream audio. Started in 2007 by Alexander Ljung and Eric Wahlforss, SoundCloud has grown to be one of the largest music streaming services reaching over 175 million monthly users worldwide.SoundCloud offers both free and paid membership on the platform, available for desktop and mobile devices.
SoundCloud has influenced the music industry through the success of many artists who have used the service to launch or advance their careers. SoundCloud has received support from many investors and other media platforms such as Twitter, although the streaming platform itself has unsolved funding issues and has dismissed many employees in order to remain profitable.
Soundcloud Downloader integrates into this platform to provide a cli based option of directly downloading music from this site. This interface also integrates albumart into the mucic whenever it is present
Features
- Automatic music download with only url as an input
- Merges albumart into music and gives you options to save it separately
License
This project was developed by Steve Jefferson and is released under the MIT License.