Twitch background music software#

In June, Twitch said that it had been hit by “a sudden influx of DMCA takedown requests for clips with background music from 2017-19” from music rightsholders: “the first time we have received mass DMCA claims against clips”. Twitch’s music licensing status has been a hot topic for the music industry this year, as more DJs and artists have started using the service during the Covid-19 pandemic. It added that the music is “separated into its own audio channel so you can play music on stream without worrying about your archives being muted or receiving strikes against your Twitch channel (or wherever else your content may go).” In a blog post addressing creators this afternoon, Twitch said that the Soundtrack catalogue has been licensed for “worldwide listening during your live streams”.

Twitch background music software#

The feature is launching today in beta for the Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) application used by many Twitch creators, but will soon also be available in Twitch’s own Twitch Studio, as well as another popular tool, Streamlabs OBS. Twitch says that Soundtrack will enable creators to choose from curated playlists or radio-style genre ‘stations’ to use when broadcasting, with Twitch’s team of editors (plus “select streamers and industry partners”) maintaining them. (Yes, SoundCloud: the streaming service has been expanding its distribution capabilities for artists this year, and also running its own live video channel on Twitch.) The initial distributor partners are DistroKid, UnitedMasters and SoundCloud. Labels on board include Anjunabeats, Chillhop, Empire, Monstercat, Nuclear Blast and Alpha Pup.

The Amazon-owned company has licensed more than 1m tracks from more than 30 independent labels and distributors for the beta launch, in what’s its second attempt at an in-house music library. Livestreaming platform Twitch is launching a new feature, Soundtrack by Twitch, with a catalogue of licensed music for its community of creators to use in their streams.