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Audio Pitch Shifter

Shift audio pitch up or down by semitones with musical interval names (octave, perfect fifth, major third). Fine-tune with cents adjustment. Option to preserve original duration using granular synthesis.

Shift the pitch of audio up or down in semitone or cent increments without altering playback speed. Transpose a vocal take to match a different key, drop-tune a guitar recording, or create creative pitch effects, all with real-time preview so you can dial in the exact interval before exporting.

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Audio Pitch Shifter: a worked example

A backing track is a semitone too high for a singer’s range and must drop without slowing down.

Input

track.wav · −1 semitone · keep tempo
Audio Pitch Shifter produces

Output

Same tempo, pitched down one semitone, singable key

Pitch shifting moves frequency content while preserving duration, the inverse of time-stretch, so the song fits the vocalist without becoming sluggish. Useful for transposing keys and creative effects.

What is Audio Pitch Shifter?

Shift the pitch of audio up or down in semitone or cent increments without altering playback speed. Transpose a vocal take to match a different key, drop-tune a guitar recording, or create creative pitch effects, all with real-time preview so you can dial in the exact interval before exporting.

How to use

  1. 1Upload your audio file
  2. 2Use the slider or number input to set the shift amount in semitones
  3. 3Fine-tune with cent adjustments if needed
  4. 4Enable formant preservation for vocal content
  5. 5Preview, then export the shifted audio

Key features

  • Shift range of plus or minus 24 semitones
  • Fine-tuning in cent increments
  • Formant-preservation mode for natural-sounding vocals
  • Real-time preview
  • No change to playback duration

Common use cases

  • Key transposition

    Move a backing track to a key that suits your vocal range.

  • Creative sound design

    Pitch vocals down for a deep effect or up for a chipmunk-style result.

  • Instrument tuning correction

    Nudge a recording that is slightly sharp or flat back into tune.

  • Harmony creation

    Duplicate a vocal line and shift the copy by a third or fifth to build a harmony part.

How it works

Pitch shifting decouples frequency from time. The algorithm resamples the audio to change pitch, then time-stretches it back to the original duration. Small shifts (a few semitones) sound transparent; larger shifts introduce formant distortion that makes voices sound unnatural. Formant-preserving mode compensates for this by keeping vocal resonances at their original frequencies while shifting the fundamental pitch.

Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between semitones and cents?

A semitone is one piano-key step. A cent is one hundredth of a semitone, used for fine pitch adjustments.

Why does a large pitch shift sound robotic?

The algorithm stretches formants along with pitch. Enable formant preservation to keep the natural vocal character.

Does pitch shifting change the length of my file?

No. The duration stays identical; only the frequency content changes.

Private by design

Audio is decoded and processed locally with the Web Audio API. Your files are never uploaded to a server.