Tidal have announced that from April 2024 the pricing for DJs is increasing.
$10.99 for consumers. $19.99 for DJs.
I was pretty disappointed when I got the email about this. Theyāre also dropping the military discount. $20 for DJs is just enough to make me switch to something else. Iām probably going to start focusing on building a larger local collection of music.
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Yeah, I moved away from Tidal a while ago, knowing this was due. I have no access to streaming on my Prime kit now. I wonder if weāll see this happening across the other providers. Some have already stopped stem separation.
I donāt have any active subscription for a while, but afair it was about 8-9ā¬ for the regular HiFi tier, which was perfectly fine for me and most other users (320kbps). That new plan equals a price doubling. Lossless is better for offline files than streaming anyway, especially where cellular or Wi-Fi connection is mediocre.
Tl, dr: No, thanks.
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Can anyone explain to me what the difference is?
What would a DJ get instead of a normal user?
I was thinking about TIDAL as I spend so much on Apple Music, also it makes sense to get a subscription and stop buying music which others are getting for free elsewhere.
The only advantage is probably the ability to cache tracks for offline use. This has been implemented in VirtualDJ. Not sure about Rekordbox or Serato.
Offline caching (for any service) is a long promised thing from Denon. Maybe now is the time?
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You āgetā to make money on the back of the Tidal service when you are out playing bangers and serving sambucaās
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Just saw this email from them. So if I still only want to use 16/44.1 lossless for DJ streaming, theyāve effectively multiplied the student price X4 (300% increase). From $5/month to now $20/month with features I donāt need. Absurd.
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So I get this correct, you join a streaming service, download tunes you like into a playlist letās say, then you upload them to your Prime 4 where you have the internal storage device and then you can use them as you please and donāt need to be connected to the internet? If this is what they are going to do that is a game changer and why would anyone ever buy music again? Sorry brain engaged before typing 
so how do you analyse tracks on these stream services? I take itās just the same process with a Prime 4? For Ā£9 or $9 more itās a no brainier. Have I got this correct?
Also should have said thanks for the reply to my question.
So your thoughts are for the professionals and not the hobby DJ. Sambuca only if itās black I canāt do the clear stuff for some reason.
When Denon do finally get around to enabling offline storage then you will be able to cache a certain amount of tracks from the service on your device, enabling playback without requiring an internet connection.
Itās not permanent though, and the tracks are protected, so you donāt own them and they canāt be played anywhere else. They would stop being playable if you cancel your subscription.
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Thatās how I thought about it, Iāve already contacted them for an answer, as if itās like the person above said then this is great value for money if you can get the tracks you wanted, as a hobby DJ Iām not out making cash, Iām spending my cash on tunes from Apple, Iāve been tempted to go to one of these free sights and get 100,000 tracks for free, however I keep having a moral battle about this, if someone could get for free what my business done I would be finished and thatās not fair, even though many DJās have said Iām mad for buying new tracks all the time. I guess time will tell, fingers crossed itās much more than just ripping off DJās as we actually promote music for free.
Ah cool, so I think Iāve got this wrong then, I have a PRS license with my business that I was going to use if I ever went out DJing, so this is just for DJās who want to stream music from the TIDAL service and pay double for the pleasure. Sounds like a bad deal to me as it will just push DJās to a cheaper service. Thanks for the clarification
I wonder what places DJās get their music for free?
This price change is insane. Did Tidal not just drop stems support as well ? I have used Tidal and Beatport for a longer time and even with the lower quality on Beatport I had so much more fun.
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So they got back to me so quickly as I said to customer service Iām thinking of joining the subscription, so this is what you get and also who it works with. Wow is my thinking, the more seasoned DJās please your thoughts before I spend more cash that I might not need too.
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It says they will allow stem separation on this new subscription.
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Neither Tidalās adulterated āHiresā nor stems separation are of interest to me, unfortunately.
Iāll probably end up back on Soundcloud, even though itās not lossless. They have more diverse & obscure electronic & dance stuff, anyway. The whole point of me going Tidal was better sound quality at the same price as Soundcloud even if I lost some of the selection diversity and the great sub-genre categorization. Tidalās organization is horrible. Iāve gotten past that, though, by creating/stealing a massive number of playlists, which Iāll be sad to lose.
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TuneMyMusic
Thank me later.
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