After a long wait, NetEase Cloud Music has finally entered the application ecology of Ideal ONE. The villagers (NetEase Cloud fans) in the cloud village of car owners must be satisfied. So far, nearly 40,000 car owners have downloaded NetEase Cloud on their cars. As a fan of Jay Chou for 20 years, when Jay Chou’s songs had exclusive copyrights on QQ Music in 2018, I had to choose to leave NetEase Cloud. But with this opportunity, I found a familiar feeling on the Ideal ONE’s car machine.
The interactive design of black vinyl records, lossless audio quality, and high-quality song recommendation algorithms, all these advantages of the NetEase Cloud Music mobile app have been retained on the car machine. At the end of the article, I have also sorted out the strategy of how to get NetEase Cloud black vinyl VIP monthly card for only 88 cents. I recommend everyone to try it out.
Optional Lossless Audio Quality, Better Sound
The audio sources of NetEase Cloud Music car version are divided into standard (2-3 MB/song), high-quality (3-6 MB/song), and lossless audio quality (18-53 MB/song). Lossless audio quality is exclusive to black vinyl VIP members and has been integrated with the NetEase Cloud mobile version membership. If you are a member, you can directly log in by scanning the code to enjoy the car machine version’s lossless audio quality.
Because it supports lossless audio source playback, the original factory sound effect of Ideal ONE has a slightly improved effect. From my recent user experience, the improvement in sound effect is mainly reflected in the clearer vocals and more transparent music. Subjectively, the playback effect of high-quality audio source of QQ Music is 20% inferior compared to that of NetEase Cloud Music.
How to verify the sound performance of lossless audio quality? Search for Cai Qin’s song “Ferry” (selected trial sound test VIP version) in NetEase Cloud Music, then search for the same song in QQ Music, adjust the volume to 40 and switch between the two applications to play, and you will feel a significant difference.
Classic Black Vinyl Record Design Retained
I think the playback style design of black vinyl records is the most characteristic part of NetEase Cloud Music. The entire 20th century was the heyday of black vinyl records, and it was a carrier of sound and music that was popular worldwide. It was not until the emergence of CDs in the 1980s that the monopoly of records in the music world was broken.
Why are popular songs around 4 minutes long?
This is because it is related to the earliest types of records in the early 20th century. At that time, coarse groove records could only store sounds of about 4 minutes on one side, so popular music created was made based on this length standard, which has continued to this day. Vinyl records are microgroove records which can store 20-30 minutes of music on one side, supporting creators to release music albums. Vinyl records have also become synonymous with high-quality sound because they maintain a close resemblance to the original sound. Choosing vinyl records as the playback form and VIP membership naming form is a tribute to the classics for NetEase Cloud Music, and this feature must not be lost in the car version.
Three recommended music playlists with no bad tracks
NetEase Cloud Music is one of the earliest music software to use algorithms to recommend songs to users, accumulating a large amount of data to update playlist content according to user preferences. At the same time, NetEase Cloud Music has also compiled a batch of fixed recommended playlists for “lazy people” to listen to. Below are some playlists that I recommend after listening to some good ones.
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VIP Vinyl Love List
This is a members-only playlist that has good sound quality, all in lossless. The playlist includes a lineup of veteran singers such as JJ Lin and Stefanie Sun, and is mixed with the most popular songs in Europe and America, creating a VIP vinyl playlist. This is the most frequently listened to playlist for me at the moment and is more suitable for those born in the 80s.
Path: Discover – Ranking – VIP Vinyl Love List -
Pop Jukebox
This is an compilation of the most popular songs currently, including some hot songs from Douyin (Tiktok), and the overall songs are younger than the VIP vinyl love list. More suitable for those born in the 90s.
Path: Playlist Square – Pop Jukebox -
Private FM
This is NetEase Cloud’s core playlist, using accumulated big data to recommend songs with high listening weights to users, continuing to optimize algorithms to tailor a personalized playlist according to user’s song listening duration and collection habits, and is especially suitable for vehicle owners who want to “casually listen”.
Path: Discover – Private FM
How to import playlists from other music apps into NetEase Cloud Music?
For users who already have their own listening habits, it’s a painful thing to move playlists over. Actually, NetEase Cloud Music has already thought about this. Open the NetEase Cloud Music App on your phone, click on “Mine” in the middle of the bottom toolbar of the main interface. In the create playlist module, there is a tutorial prompt for “Importing External Music with One Click”. Follow the prompts to import, and the playlists will sync.
The feature of importing external music is limited by device and network factors, and cannot guarantee a 100% success rate. However, when I import them, it is mostly successful. The only regrettable thing is that some songs in QQ Music’s favorite playlists do not have copyright on NetEase Cloud Music.
Is the Black Vinyl VIP membership worth buying? 8 cent 8 strategy.
I think it’s worth experiencing even if it only supports lossless sound quality. Currently, NetEase Cloud Music has a “sheep shearing” activity to experience one month of black vinyl VIP membership for 0.88 yuan. The specific steps are as follows:
- Download the NetEase Cloud Music App on your phone.
- Log in with an unregistered NetEase Cloud Music account on your phone.
- Get the new user registration benefit of 7 days of black vinyl VIP membership for free. (Note that during this process, you need to authorize continuous monthly service, but no charges will be deducted).
- Use the “scan QR code” function on your phone to log in with the QR code of the car machine, and you can open the member’s privileges.
- After seven days, 0.88 yuan will be deducted as a one-month black vinyl VIP membership fee. (If you don’t want to continue paying 13 yuan per month after the 0.88 yuan deduction, you can turn off the renewal service).
In summary, spending 0.88 yuan can enjoy 7 days + 30 days of Black Vinyl VIP membership.
The above is the usage strategy of NetEase Cloud Music. Many car owners ask: Can the central control square music card default to NetEase Cloud Music? Can NetEase Cloud Music and Ideal students’ song-playing commands be connected? Can NetEase Cloud Music support visible speech in the future? We have already fed these demands back to the product manager and included them in the plan. They will be implemented through OTA in the future. If you have any other suggestions on online music, please feel free to leave a message for discussion.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.