SoundScrape makes it super easy to download artists from SoundCloud (and Bandcamp and MixCloud and AudioMack) - even those which don't have download links! It automatically creates ID3 tags as well (including album art), which is handy.
Install. Call it with the name of a SoundCloud artist. Done.
pip install soundscrape
soundscrape rabbit-i-amFiles are stored in the current folder:
" Artist Name - Track Title.mpX " (mp3 or mp4)
Using the -f argument will automatically download files into folders:
" Artist Name - Album Name / 02 - Second Song.mpX "
You can use the -n argument to only download a certain number of songs:
soundscrape rabbit-i-am -n 3SoundScrape skips already downloaded songs, unless you use the -r argument.
Using a full URL usually works as well, identifying which website you're trying to download from:
soundscrape https://mississippibones.bandcamp.com/As a convenience method, SoundScrape can automatically 'open' downloaded files, using your system's 'open' command for file associations:
soundscrape lorn -ofDownload a specific track (with -t or the track URL):
soundscrape foolsgoldrecs -t danny-brown-dip
soundscrape https://soundcloud.com/foolsgoldrecs/danny-brown-dipDownload an entire set (with the set URL):
soundscrape https://soundcloud.com/vsauce-awesome/sets/awesomeDownload all of an artist's liked items (with -l or the likes URL):
soundscrape troyboi -l
soundscrape https://soundcloud.com/troyboi/likesDownload tracks from groups (with -g):
soundscrape chopped-and-screwed -gn 2By default, SoundScrape will try to rip everything it can. However, if you only want to download tracks that have an official download available (which are typically at a higher-quality 320kbps bitrate), you can use the -d argument:
soundscrape sly-dogg -dUse the -b argument along with an artist's username to parse the "/music" page. SoundScrape will attempt to download each album and even orphan tracks.
Note: Currently, when using the -n argument, the limit is evaluated for each album separately (meaning soundscrape -b whalerider -n 4 will download 4 songs from each album).
SoundScrape can also grab mixes from Mixcloud. This feature is extremely experimental and is in no way guaranteed to work!
It finds the original mp3 of a mix and grabs that (with tags and album art) if it can, or else just gets the raw m4a stream.
Mixcloud currently only takes an invidiual mix. Capacity for a whole artist's profile due shortly.
soundscrape https://www.mixcloud.com/corenewsuploads/flume-essential-mix-2015-10-03/ -ofJust for fun, SoundScrape can also download individual songs from Audiomack (with the -a argument). Not that you'd ever want to.
soundscrape -a http://www.audiomack.com/song/bottomfeedermusic/top-shottasThere's probably a lot more that can be done to improve this. Please file issues if you find them!