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Song Key Changer

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Transpose a song up or down to suit your voice or instrument, at the same tempo

Processed in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Checked against sources on 16 Oct 2026.

A song that sits too high for your voice is usually two or three semitones away from comfortable. This page opens two semitones down, the change most singers ask for, and keeps the tempo exactly as it was, so a backing track still matches a metronome or a band. Each step is one piano key: a song in C moves to B flat at minus two. Nothing is uploaded and the result downloads as a WAV.

Next:
  • Cut the audio Cut one or more pieces out of an audio file and save them separately or joined
  • Change the volume Make an audio file louder or quieter by an exact amount, with the clipping counted first

How to use Song Key Changer

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Drop your files or click to choose them.

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Adjust the options and check the preview.

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Download the result. Nothing was uploaded.

How Song Key Changer works

Singers move songs into a comfortable key, musicians practise along with a recording tuned differently from their instrument, and editors disguise a voice or make a sound effect deeper. All of them need the pitch to move while the tempo stays where it was.

Keep the speed off. Without the stretch, the audio is simply played faster or slower like a tape: higher and shorter, or lower and longer. It sounds cleaner on big shifts but changes the tempo.

Limits. Half-semitone steps from -12 to +12, files up to 300 MB or one hour. The result is a 16-bit WAV at the file's own sample rate. Shifts past about five semitones with the speed kept start to sound processed, as they do in any pitch shifter. Nothing is uploaded.

The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about Audio Pitch Changer, are on the Audio Pitch Changer page.

Frequently asked questions

How do I change the pitch of a song without changing its speed?

Drop the song on Audio Pitch Changer, move the Pitch slider to the number of semitones you want, keep Keep the speed switched on and press Change pitch. The result has exactly the same length as the original and downloads as a WAV. MP3, M4A, WAV, OGG and FLAC files work.

How many semitones do I need to change key?

One semitone is one piano key, including the black keys. From C, +2 reaches D, +5 reaches F and +7 reaches G; -12 or +12 is a whole octave and keeps the key name. Most singers need between two and four semitones to bring a song into a comfortable range.

Why does a big pitch change sound robotic?

Keeping the speed while moving the pitch means the sound has to be cut into short overlapping slices and stretched before it is resampled. Shifts of up to about five semitones sound natural on most music; past that, voices start to sound processed. Switching Keep the speed off avoids it, but changes the tempo too.

Will the file lose quality?

The result is an uncompressed 16-bit WAV at the original sample rate, so no further compression is added. The pitch change itself alters the sound by design, and large shifts with the speed kept add some smearing. At zero semitones the page does nothing, and the button stays off until a change is chosen.

Sources

  • Note names, MIDI numbers and frequencies (Joe Wolfe, School of Physics, UNSW Sydney)In equal temperament an octave (2:1) has 12 equal semitones, each a ratio of 2^(1/12), about 1.059; A4 is conventionally 440 Hz; f = 2^(n/12) x 440 Hz

Last verified 16 October 2026.

Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.

Still stuck? Ask about Audio Pitch Changer and anybody who knows can answer. No account needed.

More ways to use Audio Pitch Changer

  • Audio Pitch ChangerRaise or lower the pitch of a song or voice by semitones without changing its speed

On the related tools: Mic Test – See your voice on a live waveform and hear it played straight back · Audiogram Test – Draw an audiogram-shaped chart from tones you say you could hear.

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