How to Make Nightcore
from Your Audio

Choose the feel before choosing the numbers

A nightcore-style edit usually pairs a faster pulse with a higher pitch. The effect can make a familiar recording feel lighter, brighter and more urgent. Increasing speed while keeping pitch unchanged produces a different result: the performance gets quicker, but the vocal register stays where it was.

The controls on our home page are independent. A tempo setting of 120% means 20% faster than the source; it does not automatically raise the pitch. Add the pitch shift separately if that is the sound you want. Judge the combination using the lead vocal, main hook and drum attacks rather than choosing the largest available values.

A song that already has a very high voice or a busy rhythm may need a smaller adjustment. A moderate change can be more effective than making every element dramatically faster and higher.

A starting table for speed and pitch together

When ordinary playback is sped up, pitch rises with it. You can approximate that relationship using two independent controls. The following pairs follow the same mathematical ratio; they are examples for comparison, not quality guarantees.

The pitch relationship is 12 × log₂(tempo percentage ÷ 100). The numeric fields accept decimal settings, so you can enter the values in the table. Matching that ratio does not make the processing identical to changing a recording’s playback sample rate.

You can also deliberately choose a different combination, such as 120% with +2 semitones, for a quicker result with a less pronounced rise in the voice. Our available ranges are 50–150% tempo and −12 to +12 semitones; a nightcore edit usually uses the faster and higher sides of those controls.

Build your edit from an audio file

1. Open a suitable source

   Go to the home audio application and select a readable recording from your device, no larger than 100 MB and no longer than 5 minutes. Start with a clean source. A streaming link or song title cannot be imported.

2. Set the creative direction

   Once preparation finishes, choose Change pitch / tempo. Enter your tempo and pitch values. You do not need to run key or BPM detection to make a relative change.

3. Compare the opening previews

   Choose Listen preview. It uses the first 20 seconds of source audio, or all of a shorter file. At 120%, a 20-second excerpt plays for about 16.7 seconds. Change a value and request another preview to compare the new sound.

4. Export your chosen version

   Choose Download full track, enter an available format and wait for the result. Listen to the complete edit in the final player, then download it. MP3 is convenient for sharing a listening copy; other choices are listed in the audio format overview.

Try your preview alternatives before exporting: a finished export ends editing in that chat. A second full version requires uploading the original in a new chat, which counts toward your allowance. If the chorus comes later, you can hear that part in the completed export; the preview cannot jump to it.

Listen for energy without losing clarity

Check whether consonants are still understandable and whether the vocal sounds appealing at its new height. Listen for harsh cymbals, smeared drum hits and a melody that has become too crowded. If the edit feels rushed, reduce tempo; if the voice feels too high, lower the pitch shift while keeping the speed you like.

These changes affect the entire mix. You cannot raise only the singer while leaving the instruments untouched, and there is no separate control for vocal character. Exporting to WAV or FLAC avoids another lossy encoding step, but it cannot repair distortion or restore information absent from the source.

Questions about making nightcore audio