Access to iTunes library works flawlessly. Roon is running on a MAC Book Pro 2011 using Mac OS Sierra version 10.12.3 and Tidal (HIFI) subscription is Puerto Rico, US. Then again, Tidal is one of the smallest streaming services out there by far so it's probably not going to make as big a difference as one might think. Support JoseAponte (Jose Aponte) February 1, 2017, 2:27am 1 I’m using Roon (trial) with my library (mostly ALAC) from a watched iTunes library on an external HD and Tidal. Shenanigans with audio codecs aside, the new artist payout options are steps in the right direction. Due to these reasons, and the shady business practices of MQA in general, is why audiophiles generally recommend avoiding Tidal for those who seek true lossless audio. Meanwhile, the Master quality option only offers compressed MQA files, which most of the time aren't even high res. Getting back to the audio quality, the standard HiFi tier continues to offer a mix of true lossless and compressed, unfolded MQA files under the unified HiFi banner and there's no way for the user to know the difference between the two. This feature will go live in January 2022. Users will see the artists they listened to and how much they got paid. This will cause artists that get listened to more to generate more revenue. This is, of course, on top of existing payment options for artists and not a replacement, which should ensure artists earn more, provided people actually listen to them.įan-centered royalties will send royalties from your listening directly to the artist instead of aggregating it. Your favorite artist of the month will be highlighted in the profile along with how much they got paid. The more you listen to an artist, the more they will get out of your 10%. It also includes two new features, Direct artist payouts and Fan-centered royalties.ĭirect artist payouts will take 10% of the subscribers' membership fee and give it to their top streamed artist. This plan now adds access to high-res* MQA, Dolby Atmos, and Sony 360 Audio encoded music. The previous $20 HiFi plan has been renamed to HiFi Plus. With Record Union, its included Electronic Press Kit Release date Pick your release date Support 100 human support Spotify for Artists Custom label name. The rest of the plan remains the same as before. The previous $10 Premium plan has been renamed to HiFi and instead of 320kbps AAC now offers CD-quality lossless* 1411kbps FLAC (more on this later). Tidal was the first music streaming service to offer a couple of significant points of difference to Spotify: (supposedly) superior audio quality and (supposedly) higher payments to recording. Users will be able to try the service at no cost with the downsides being the audio quality limited to 160kbps AAC and ad interruptions. Starting with the tiers, the company now has a free tier. The mobile app also has options to change the quality for Wi-Fi and cellular data - to save being hit with a huge streaming bill.Tidal today is announcing major changes to its platform, with addition of new pricing tiers as well as payment options for artists. It will normally say "Normal" or "Master" (depending on your subsciption), but click on this and you can change the quality. The first tells you the quality of the stream. There are a couple of additional buttons to pay attention to. These sections are generally reflected in the desktop app too, based around a left-hand menu. You can also find your downloaded tracks and recent activity here, as well as access to the settings. My Collection: Every time you favourite a song, album, video or playlist, it gets added to your collection under Mixes, Playlists, Artists, Albums or Tracks. My Activity: Listing your top artist and what you're contributing to that artist from your HiFi Plus subsciption. It also allows you to browse music that's suited to moods, activities, events and more. There's even some full length movies here, mostly of the music documentary variety.Įxplore: The explore tab allows you to search for a specific song, artist or genre. You can also access Album experiences here, which are essentially Director's Commentary but for albums. Videos: Presents you with featured videos from Tidal's network as well as video playlists catered to your tastes. Home: This page is loaded with suggestions of music that Tidal thinks you'll like, in the form of playlists, radio stations, new tracks and charts. There are five screen tabs in the menu bar: There is a menu bar at the bottom of the screen for navigation (on the mobile app) to different sections of Tidal. Here you will be presented with a selection of music Tidal thinks you will enjoy based on your earlier selections, and after using the app for a while, based on your listening habits too. After you've moved through the simple process, you'll find yourself on the home screen. Once you download the Tidal app and sign up, you will go through a tailoring process, which will ask you to select artists that you like.
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