How do I download songs from iTunes Match automatically?

Hey all. I store my iTunes library on a NAS drive (TimeCapsule). I need all my songs to be donwloaded to there - automatically - as my SONOS system plays from the external NAS drive. I do this so that I don't have to have my computer switched on just to play music.
Whenever I purchase music from the apple store, be it from my iphone or my Mac, I then have to click manually to donwload it to the drive. I want this to happen automatically (to the drive - not to the phone!) I want ALL the music I have to be on the drive.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.

What you want to do actually has nothing to do with iTunes Match. What you need to do is enable automatic downloads in iTunes. Open iTunes prefs > Store and select the option for, at least, "music" and click OK. Now any music you buy will be downloaded to your iTunes library automatically. But iTunes will need to be running for this to happen.

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