docs/faq.md

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 ## How can I obtain a deleted track from SoundCloud?<br/>
 
-Unless someone else has downloaded the track you are looking for before it was deleted, which is unlikely and should not be relied upon, it is not possible to obtain deleted tracks from SoundCloud.
+Unless someone else has saved the track you're looking for before it was deleted, which is unlikely and should not be relied upon, it’s generally impossible to retrieve deleted tracks directly from SoundCloud. However, for any tracks that are currently downloadable, it is best to [follow this guide](docs/guides/saving-soundcloud-to-archive.org.md) on how to save SoundCloud tracks to Archive.org as a direct download in case they get deleted in the future.
 
 Some people will share the tracks they have downloaded from SoundCloud on [Soulseek](https://nicotine-plus.org) or [VK](https://vk.com). One can check those if desperate.
 
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ Master Quality Authenticated (MQA) is a proprietary lossy audio codec. MQA coded
 
 ## How can I check if a file is MQA?
 
-You cannot reliably check for MQA. Simply reencoding an MQA file removes the MQA syncword, which makes the file undetectable by MQA identifiers.
+You cannot reliably check for MQA. Simply re-encoding an MQA file removes the MQA syncword, which makes the file undetectable by MQA identifiers.
 
-Any audio ripped in any quality from any release labeled as "master" on TIDAL is always MQA.[^3] If the audio was ripped in any non-"master" quality it will additionally be undetectable as the syncword will not be present.
+Any audio ripped in any quality from any release labelled as "master" on TIDAL is always MQA.[^3] If the audio was ripped in any non-"master" quality it will additionally be undetectable as the syncword will not be present.
 
 Tools that search for the MQA syncword: [MQA Identifier](https://github.com/purpl3F0x/MQA_identifier), [mqaid](https://github.com/redsudo/mqaid).
 

docs/guides/saving-soundcloud-to-archive.org.md

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+## Intro
+The purpose of this guide is to share how to save a track from Soundcloud into archive.org to allow others to download even if the original track has vanished. There have numerous questions asked about recovering a track from Soundcloud, while there is no way to recover a track from Soundcloud unless it had originally been downloaded, the purpose of this guide is to inform how saving a direct download link from Soundcloud directly into archive.org will allow other users which have same direct download link (which is different from a normal Soundcloud link).
+
+## Caveats
+Anyone attempting this must have 4 things
+
+1. A Soundcloud account as download file option requires a Soundcloud account.
+2. The person who uploaded must have turned on downloads option.
+2. Some way of getting a direct download link such as [IDM (Paid tool)](https://internetdownloadmanager.com)
+3. An archive.org account to ```save outlinks```, as simply saving a Soundcloud link into archive.org does not include saving the audio but will save info such as description, artist and name.
+
+## Guide
+
+1. Load up a web browser and visit the soundcloud track link you want to download. Then click under more then make sure download file option is showing. If not then the uploader has turned off direct download option. The only way to download from Soundcloud in such a situation is to use [Youtube DLP](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp).
+
+	<img src="/assets/soundcloud/download-file.png" width="400">
+	
+2. Click on the download option which should prompt a download, and this should contain the direct download link from Soundcloud.
+
+	<img src="/assets/soundcloud/grab-direct-download-link.png" width="400">
+	
+3. Select the whole lot of the text. It needs to be the whole url otherwise archive.org may get a file not found error.
+
+	<img src="/assets/soundcloud/grab-direct-download-link.png" width="400">
+	
+4. Go to [archive.org](https://archive.org) then on the right, should be a ```save page now``` option.
+
+	<img src="/assets/soundcloud/save-page-now.png" width="400">
+	
+5. Paste in the download url quickly otherwise, archive.org may show an error that the resource could not be fetched in time. Make sure that ```save out-links```, ```save screenshot``` and ```save error pages``` are selected. if one doesn't see these options then an archive.org account is needed or needs to be signed into.
+
+	<img src="/assets/soundcloud/save-into-archive.png" width="400">
+	
+6. Click save now and it may take a while as archive.org is downloading the file. Once done, a window may show as first archive. The archive.org url can now be copied and added to Musicbrainz.
+
+	<img src="/assets/soundcloud/first-archive.png" width="400">