You've heard a beat with a voice tag stamped over it and wondered: is that what I'm actually paying for? No. Here's exactly what changes the moment you check out.
What a tagged beat actually is
Every beat on a store like this exists in two versions before it's ever sold. The tagged version — the one you hear when you preview a type beat before buying — has a short audio watermark layered over it, usually the producer's name or a drop dropped in every 15–20 seconds. The untagged version is the exact same instrumental with that watermark removed entirely.
The tag isn't a separate, lower-quality mix. It's identical audio underneath — same mix, same master, same file — just with a stamp on top that makes it unusable for an actual release.
What you get the moment you buy
Every license tier on this site delivers the untagged file, by email, immediately after payment — there's no waiting period and no tag on anything you download. What differs between tiers is format and extras, not whether it's tagged:
Basic gets you the untagged MP3. Premium adds the untagged WAV alongside it. Professional and Unlimited add the full track stems on top of MP3 and WAV — useful if you or an engineer want to remix the mix itself rather than work with a single bounced-down file.
None of that changes the fact that even the cheapest tier is tag-free the second you pay. You're never listening to a watermarked file after checkout, on any license. If you're deciding between tiers, the real question is format and usage rights, not the tag — compare what each tier actually unlocks.
The tag isn't a quality tier. It's a preview, full stop.
Why producers tag preview streams at all
It's not about mistrust of you specifically — it's that a tagged preview is the only practical way to let anyone in the world stream a full beat for free without it getting ripped and reused before it's ever purchased. Untagged files circulate instantly once they exist; a watermark is the one thing that makes a stolen preview useless for an actual release.
It's the same reason stock photo sites put a watermark across previews, or why sample packs ship with a voice tag over the demo. The tag protects the product you're about to pay for, not the other way around.
"Will the tag end up on my song?"
No — and this is the most common thing people get wrong here. The tag only ever exists on the preview stream used for browsing the catalog. The file you receive after checkout has never had a tag on it; there's nothing to "remove" because the version you're licensing was never tagged to begin with. If you record vocals over the untagged download, your song will never carry any trace of it.
Quick answers
Can I record scratch vocals over the tagged version to save time? Sure, for writing and demoing — plenty of artists rough out a verse over the tagged stream before they've committed to a beat. Just swap in the untagged file before you record your final take.
Is the untagged file lower quality on cheaper tiers? No — the Basic tier's untagged MP3 is the same audio as every other tier, just delivered as MP3 instead of MP3+WAV. Quality doesn't change; format and usage rights do.
What if my download still has a tag on it? That shouldn't happen — every purchase delivers the clean file automatically. If it ever does, reach out and it'll get sorted immediately.