Tidal is one of the most popular music streaming services for audiophiles and hi-fi enthusiasts. There are two different tiers of Tidal subscriptions to choose from. If you're really searching for higher quality audio, however, you should consider subscribing to Tidal HiFi.
If you're just getting started on your Tidal journey, here's a few tips and tricks of the trade. Tidal might seem expensive, but you can actually get a pretty great deal on it if you're just signing up now. Tidal has been running this special offer for many months and it's not clear when or if ever it's going pull the plug on it.
So take advantage of it while you can! The first you need to do go make sure that you're actually streaming the highest quality tracks available; you can do this by opening the Tidal app, clicking "Settings" and then "Streaming" and then selecting the "Master" option.
Note : the above instructions are for the desktop app. On your smartphone, you'll select "Settings" and the "Quality. However, Tidal does make it fairly easy to identify and find these super high fidelity tracks. All Master Quality tracks have an "M" icon next to them.
All those tracks are Master Quality. If you were a previous subscriber to another music streaming service, such as Spotify or Apple Music, there are services that will help you transfer over your playlists so you don't lose them. One of the best-known service is Soundiiz.
You simply sign up for the service with your email, select and connect your old service, be it Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, YouTube Music or whatever it works with most music streaming servicesand then choose Tidal as the destination service.
It's pretty reliable and doesn't take too long. Keep in mind that Tidal may not have every track from your previous streaming service, so some tracks might not carry over. Just like pretty much every premium version of any music streaming service, Tidal Premium and Tidal HiFi, both allow you to download audio tracks, albums and playlists for offline listening.
It's a little more important with Tidal, however, because you can choose the resolution of the sound quality you download and high-resolution audio files take up a lot more space. So you need to manage your downloads wisely. A neat Vatten och miljö is that Tidal gives you the option to download music to SD card so you don't have to take up a huge chunk of your smartphone's storage.
You can do it on your iPhone or Android smartphone, and it's really easy. Tidal has a Track Edit feature that actually lets you edit songs. You can edit the song's tempo to make it go faster or slower, or you can edit certain sections so that they fade in or out.