Ok, so I want to get tracks from my Spotify (paid subscription) into Ableton to use for a variety of things, such as sampling, remixing, DJ mixes etc.

What's the best way to achieve this with as good a quality audio as possible?

 

What audio interface you have? You could route wdm audio through daw inputs and record them, second best thing would be to buy replay music, it has cheap drm free license.

 

There are multiple Spotify Converters, you can convert Spotify tracks to Mp3,FLAC,AAC,WAV...
They should help you, Type "Spotify" in the search bar of the sister site and you have a collection of them.

 

this one is easy, but I tried the other way around and no success...

 

if you are premium user there is no need of a ripping app: you can download from site and listen offline. The hassle is that they allow downloading from mobile only: to have songs into computer you have to transfer them via cloud, usb or bluetooth. Premium quality from spotify is not so bad: mp3 320k
https://support.spotify.com/us/article/download-music-podcasts/
I guess you'll need a drm removal tool to import into ableton, I'm not sure

 

Last edited: May 30, 2020

"Virtual Audio Cable" search sis

 

Noteburner spotify music converter ftw.

 

i set my win10 playback & recording to ASIO4ALL.. i can stream and record anything heard on web directly to daw and also open multiple type of DAWs (also with other apps, audio player, movie player, etc) and playback directly through the same ASIO4ALL w/o conflicting.. i use this thing called VoiceMeeter.. but i think you'll find it easier to use Musify for your Spotify need. =) gl~!

p/s: saw mx500 on your sig.. i'm awaiting delivery, my very first ssd (1tb).. guys i'm about to experience my very first ssd (1tb) hehe..

 

Last edited: Jun 4, 2020

Don't use spotify. Own your music.

 

Well, I use TunesKit Music Converter for Spotify to download Spotify songs to MP3 and then import them to Ableton for use.

 

With Tunelf Spotify Music Converter, you can download and convert Spotify music to Ableton with ease.

 

The best/easiet way is Virtual Audio Cable as @GammaStar said. There are a lot of free alternatives like this one https://www.vb-audio.com/Cable/index.htm
Those other "converters" work just the same, they redirect Spotify's output as recording source. It's just packed into a fancy software.
Because of that you should always use "highest quality" in Spotify's settings because it's "What You Hear Is What You Get".

btw you won't get a legal copy although you use Spotify legally.

 

Last edited: Aug 11, 2020

use chrome audio recorder extension , extra helpful when you just want a small bit and dont want to cut and edit the whole thing

 

Nowadays, no matter which audio editor uses to DJ mixes, they can't be compatible with Spotify music. Spotify doesn't work with any DJ software. If you'd like to insert Spotify tracks into Ableton, you can directly convert Spotify to MP3, FLAC, WAV, or other local files for uploading to Ableton for mixing. To do this, you can use DRmare Spotify Music Converter from https://www.drmare.com
It will help you download Spotify songs locally with your free Spotify account without quality loss.

 

Agree. I also find out this trick. Are these kind of tools legal for DJing? I got another similar tool called audkit spotify music converter last week. https://www.audkit.com/
I just know it is ok to download spotify songs for personal listening, but is it also legal to remix the songs in Ableton?

 

All of the methods mentioned above reduce to recording. Just without fail record in 16/44.1 FLAC (or WAV). Then youl'll get most of the quality of the original mp3 they reencoded to their custom format.

 

Not if you distribute the mix from Ableton later because then it ceased to be for personal listening.

It's absolutely no different to downloading a load of illegal mp3s and doing a mix with them.