Guide · Mix tracklists
How to get the tracklist of a SoundCloud mix
Updated August 2026
The short answer
Copy the SoundCloud share link, read the description and the timestamped comments sitting on the waveform, then paste the link on CrateWire. A set 1001tracklists already holds comes back at once, with whatever cue times were logged on it. Anything else gets listened to, and each name comes back with the point where the scan heard it.
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Paste the SoundCloud link
Share links and full addresses both work. A known set comes back from 1001tracklists with the cue times it was logged with; the rest gets heard, and every name we lift off the audio carries the point it starts.
Copy the share link
Hit Share under the waveform and copy what SoundCloud gives you. That is usually an on.soundcloud.com short link, and it is accepted. So is the plain soundcloud.com address out of the browser bar, and the m.soundcloud.com version the mobile site hands you. Paste whichever one you have.
A 1001tracklists page is not a set. Paste one and the finder asks for a SoundCloud or YouTube link instead, because there is no audio behind that address for anything to listen to.
Read the description and the comments
SoundCloud puts comments on the waveform itself, pinned to the second they were left. A comment sitting at 42:10 that names a record is the closest thing to a free tracklist you will find, and the DJ often answers ID questions in that thread. Read the description first, then run the waveform.
Long mix series tend to carry the whole list in the description. Club recordings almost never do, which is where the scan earns its keep.
When the set is already logged
A SoundCloud address carries real words: the DJ handle and the set title are both in the link. That means a 1001tracklists match can be checked against the link itself rather than taken on trust, which is how a wrong tracklist gets rejected before it ever reaches you. When a good match exists, the tracklist comes straight back off the link and no audio is touched.
What the scan does with the rest
When no tracklist exists, the set gets heard. The audio is walked in 30-second windows, each one fingerprinted, up to 3 hours in a single scan. Every name that comes out of that carries the second it starts at, and the gaps mark the records with nothing to match against yet.
Private and unlisted links
A private SoundCloud link passes the paste check, because it looks like every other SoundCloud address. It then fails inside the app, because the audio behind it cannot be fetched. Make the track public, or run a set that already is.
Frequently asked questions
- Does an on.soundcloud.com link work?
- Yes. The short link the Share button hands you is accepted, and so are soundcloud.com and m.soundcloud.com addresses. Paste whichever one you copied.
- Can I get the tracklist of a private SoundCloud mix?
- No. A private link is accepted by the paste box, but the audio behind it cannot be fetched, so the scan fails once it runs. The set has to be public.
- Are the times the same as the comments on the waveform?
- No, they are ours. A waveform comment marks wherever the listener happened to be sitting; the times in the tracklist mark where the scan actually heard a track begin. When the set is already on 1001tracklists you get the cue times its logger typed instead, which can stop partway down the list.
- Why does one track in the list have no name?
- It has no released recording to match against: an unreleased cut, a dubplate, or an edit the DJ made themselves. The timestamp still shows where it sits in the set.
- How much does it cost?
- A free account covers about one hour-long set a month, no card required. Longer digging weeks are what the paid tiers are for.
- How long a SoundCloud set can be scanned?
- Up to 3 hours in one scan, which covers almost every mix series and most club recordings. A longer one has to be split first.
Follow the DJ instead of the link
Most of the sets you paste come from the same handful of DJs. Follow them here and CrateWire watches their public Instagram, so their IDs turn up in your feed between the sets you go looking for.
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