How to Add Tidal to MusicBee [Easy Guide]

Part 1. Why Doesn't Musicbee Natively Support Tidal?

It is noted that Tidal music is under DRM protection. In this case, you can't move your Tidal downloads to other platforms for playback directly. And the Tidal audio files are encoded in a special audio format, which is not supported by MusicBee. MusicBee supports common FLAC, ALAC, MP3, AAC, WAV, OGG and more.

In this case, first, you need to use tools to remove DRM from Tidal and convert Tidal music to MusicBee-supported audio files. In the following parts, we introduce the most reliable tool to you. Just keep reading.

Part 2. How to Convert and Import Tidal to Musicbee via AudFree Tidal Music Converter

As we had mentioned above, you know that you can't add Tidal music to MusicBee because of the copyright protection. Therefore, you need to find a third-party tool to get rid of the protection. Here, in this part, we would like to introduce a professional and powerful tool to you.

This tool is AudFree Tidal Music Converter, which can convert Tidal to WAV, MP3, FLAC and other audio formats and save them as local files to your computer. Besides, it can batch convert music files from Tidal with a fast speed and with original quality (Lossless Hi-Res FLAC).

With this tool, you can personalize the Tidal audio, like the ID3 tags, sample rate, bit rate, etc. according to your needs. And then you can get the converted Tidal songs and import them to MusicBee music player for management.

How to Convert Tidal Music Tracks for MusicBee

Before starting, now you need to install AudFree Tidal Music Converter on your computer by clicking the Try It Free icon above. Then you could learn how to use AudFree Tidal Music Converter to transfer Tidal audio to MusicBee below.

Step 1. Load Tidal audio tracks to AudFree

Please launch AudFree Tidal Music Converter on your computer desktop. Then you will see the built-in Tidal web player. Next, log into your Tidal account and find any audio tracks that you want to convert. Once found, then hit the '+' > 'Add to list' button to import them to AudFree.

Step 2. Set output format for Tidal MusicBee

When all the Tidal audio files are added completely, you can go to personalize the output settings. On Mac computer, please open Mac's Menu > AudFree Tidal Music Converter on the top-left of the screen. Then, touch on the Preferences > Conversion tab to launch the Setting window. In the window, you can set the output parameters such as audio format, sample rate, bit rate, etc. according to your requirements.

Step 3. Convert Tidal for Musicbee

Now, please click the "Convert" button at the bottom right of AudFree program's Converting page to start the conversion. After the conversion, please locate and check the converted Tidal music files on your computer by hitting the "Converted" icon.

How to Add Music from Tidal to MusicBee

At last, all converted Tidal files are saved on your local computer. You can directly locate the files and drag them to the MusicBee main screen. Or, you can follow the other steps below to learn how to import Tidal to MusicBee music player for managing.

Step 1. Launch MusicBee program on your computer.

Step 2. Click the "File" icon on MusicBee and then "Scan Folders for New Files" in the menu.

Step 3. Hit the "Choose Folders" to locate the converted Tidal music folder and tap "Proceed" to begin importing.

After the steps above, then you can enjoy your Tidal music tracks on MusicBee without any restriction.

Part 3. How to Transfer Tidal to Musicbee through MusConv

If you just want to sync your Tidal playlist to MusicBee rather than own the local audio files, then here we could offer another way for you. Here you could take a try of the tool called MusConv to transfer your Tidal playlists and tracks to Musicbee. MusConv is a dedicated migration tool designed to transfer playlist data between dozens of different music services. Now, please take a look at how to use this method.

Step 1. Go to MusConv official website and select Tidal as the source service. Then log in to your Tidal account to authorize the connection.

Step 2. Browse your Tidal music library and choose the playlists that you would like to transfer to Musicbee.

Step 3. Select MusicBee as the destination service and then the Tidal files will be migrated to MusicBee.

At last, you can keep the Tidal music data on MusicBee. To play them, you still need the actual audio files on your hard drive.

Part 4. FAQs about Playing Tidal on Musicbee