How to Record Spotify to MP3 [4 Easy Ways]

Spotify, one of the world's most popular streaming music services, gives all users easy access to an unlimited number of songs to enjoy online. It also offers offline downloads for premium subscribers who pay a monthly fee of $9.99. However, these users can only download Spotify music within the Spotify app, but once their subscriptions expire, the downloaded Spotify songs will be deleted.

To break the limit and download Spotify music offline without premium, a smart Spotify recorder that can capture and download Spotify music for offline listening is highly needed. Therefore, in this post, we are going to introduce 4 effective methods to record Spotify to MP3 with high quality on your computer.

Part 1. Record Spotify to MP3 with TunesKit Spotify Converter

To record from Spotify to MP3, the most common way is to use some reliable Spotify recording software. If you are looking for a Spotify recorder that supports multi-track recording with high quality, then TunesKit Audio Capture could be your best assistance.

It's fully compatible with Mac and Windows systems and can capture Spotify audio tracks in MP3 and other formats, such as WAV, FLAC, W4A, W4B, and AAC with original quality and ID3 tags preserved. It's the most versatile Spotify music downloader that supports recording, editing, cutting, and merging Spotify records in a flexible way. In addition to a Spotify to MP3 recorder, it also records any audio from a computer sound card including streaming music, like Pandora, Apple Music, and Deezer, as well as game sound, voice calls, and more.

How to Record Music from Spotify to MP3:

Step 1Prepare to get Spotify music

Firstly, you should download TunesKit Audio Capture and installl it on your Mac or PC. You'll see the main interface with several program icons after launching. You can add the Spotify app or other programs by clicking the + button. Since Spotify can be accessed via web browser as well as the desktop app, you should make sure the browsers or Spotify software was already added to the list before starting recording.

Simply click the Format icon where you can set the output format to record Spotify to MP3. And you can also configure other options like codec, channel, sample rate, and bit rate.

Step 2Start to Record Spotify Music to MP3

Click the target browser or Spotify app from the starting window of TunesKit Audio Capture. Then go to your Spotify account and find a Spotify music you want to record. Start playing the target one and the recordings will be started automatically in the main window of TunesKit Audio Capture.

You can also play and record multiple Spotify songs simultaneously. The recorder will detect the tracks and divide them into independent songs intelligently.

Step 3Save Audio from Spotify

To stop the recording, simply quit the browser or Spotify desktop app. Click the Save button and you'll be directed to the History list to check downloaded Spotify MP3 tracks. Here you can click and play each audio track to preview the quality and delete those unwanted ones. You can also tap the Open icon to where the downloaded Spotify songs are saved.

Part 2. Convert Spotify to MP3 Losslessly via Spotify Music Converter

The downside of the Spotify recorder is that it only records Spotify songs in real-time. In other words, it will take a long time if you have a huge music collection to record from Spotify.

If you prefer a faster Spotify recording tool with better output music quality, you are suggested to switch to AudFun Music Converter. This is a top-rated Spotify music downloader and converter, exclusively developed to directly convert and save audio from Spotify to MP3, M4A, AAC, FLAC, WAV, and M4B with no loss of quality. And, even if you only have a free account, you can use it to download Spotify to MP3. It is capable of converting Spotify to MP3 or other formats at up to 5X speed, which is faster than the Spotify recorders.

How to Convert Spotify to MP3 with AudFun Music Converter:

Step 1: Download and launch AudFun Spotify Music Downloader, it will load the Spotify app automatically and log into your Spotify account.

Step 2: Once loaded, you can browse the Spotify music library and drag the tracks or playlists that you want to download directly to AudFun Spotify Music Converter. Or you can paste the links of the Spotify music to the search box within AudFun and click the + button to load them.

Step 3: Now go to the top-right menu bar and select the Preferences option. Then you can set the output format of the Spotify music as MP3, or others. You are also allowed to customize the channel, sample rate, and bit rate of the Spotify songs.

Step 4: When everything is set up, simply click the Convert button in the right corner. Then the program will begin to download and convert Spotify songs to MP3 at 5X faster speed. Once converted, you can click the Converted icon and find the well downloaded Spotify music in lossless MP3 format.

Part 3. Record Music from Spotify with Audacity

As a free and open-source audio recorder, Audacity can be used to record Spotify to MP3 and other sounds on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Its supportive output formats include MP3, WAV, AIFF, AU, FLAC, and more. To know how to capture Spotify audio with Audacity, follow these steps, which give an example for recording Spotify with Audacity on Windows.

How to Capture Spotify Audio with Audacity:

Step 1: Launch Audacity on your computer. Go to choose the Edit button from the toolbar and then arrive at the Preferences page. Select the Host choice in the Audio Host box.

Step 2: Go to the References page and then the Recording section. Toggle the Software playthrough of input switch off.

Step 3: Click the Record button. Start playing the Spotify music you want to record. Click the Stop button when the recording is completed.

Part 4. Record Songs on Spotify with Free Online

The use of an online tool is also a good option for those who don't want to download software to record Spotify. Here we introduce two online ways, which can be considered as a convenient Spotify downloader online for recording Spotify music to MP3. However, you should be aware that since it is an online tool, there is a loss of audio quality in the recording and conversion of Spotify music. If you don't mind, please check the steps below.

1. SpotifyDown

SpotifyDown is a specific tool to help you download the music from Spotify. With this tool, you just need to get the URl of the music you want on Spotify, and then you can download the music to MP3 with one click. The specific Steps to download Spotify music on PC are as follows.

Step 1: Open the website of Spotify and find the music you want to download to MP3;

Step 2: Choose the music and right-click the music to choose the Share option; select the Copy Song Link option to get the URL of the music;

Step 3: Paste the URL to SpotifyDown and click the Download button to get a downloaded Spotify music.

2. Apowersoft

Apowersoft is an online audio recorder, which allows you to record Spotify Music to Mp3 online.The method to use it is the follwing steps.

Step 1: Open a browser and access Spotify web homepage. Log into your account and find out the target Spotify song that you want to reocrd.

Step 2: Now open a new tab and go to Apowersoft Online Audio Recorder homepage. You need to download a launcher if you're the first time to use this Spotify recorder.

Step 3: After that, hit the Record button and play the target the music on Spotify. When it ends, hit the Stop button. And you can find them in Show in Foloder.

Part 5. Comparsion with 4 Spotify Recorders & Downloaders

In order to make it clearer for you to get the differences between these 4 Spotify music recorders, we made a comparison sheet as below for your reference.

	TunesKit Audio Capture	AudFun Music Converter	Audacity	Apowersoft Online Audio Recorder
Supported OS	Mac & Windows	Mac & Windows	Mac, Windows, Linux	Web-based
Quality	High quality	Lossless quality	Common quality	Common quality
Supported Input Audios	Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer, and any other sound on computer	Spotify tracks, playlists, albums and artists	Spotify tracks and other audios on computer	Any content on Spotify
Supported Output Audios	MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, M4B	MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, M4B	MP3, WAV, AIFF, AU, FLAC, and Ogg Vorbis	MP3, WAV, AAC, OGG
Operation Speed	1X	5X faster	1X	1X
Keep & Edit ID3 Tags	Yes	Yes	No	No
Adjust Parameters	Yes	Yes	No	No
Cut, Merge Audios	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Recommendation	☆☆☆☆☆	☆☆☆☆☆	☆☆☆	☆☆☆

Part 6. Conclusion & Suggestion

In general, all these 4 Spotify recorders are able to meet your requirements to record Spotify to MP3. The common shortcoming of Audacity and Apowersoft Online Audio Recorder is that they record Spotify music in 1:1 real-time and there would be a little quality loss in recorded music.

So if you care much about the output audio quality, you'd better go for TunesKit Audio Capture and AudFun Spotify Music Downloader. However, if you want to record not only Spotify music but also other streaming music like Apple Music, Pandora, etc., TunesKit Audio Capture still be a better option for you.