SoundCloud downloader extensions
Check the artist’s own button first. Then read this.
By using this site you confirm you have the right to download the file you request.
The button that is already there
SoundCloud lets artists enable a download on a track, and where they have, it hands you the file they uploaded rather than a re-encode of the stream. No extension beats that, because an extension is still only reaching the stream.
It is worth looking before installing anything: the button sits under the waveform, next to the share controls.
What the extension costs
Read-and-change access to every site you visit, granted to an author you cannot vet, carried through every future update and every change of ownership. For a track you could have converted in a browser tab, that is a large standing permission for a one-off job.
Frequently asked questions
Does the artist get anything?
Not from a download either way. A purchase on Bandcamp or a store does pay them.