How to Change Pitch without Changing Tempo?

Introduction
Step 1. Input an Audio File
Step 2. Select a Region
Step 3. Change the Audio Pitch

Introduction

Have you ever wished you could change the pitch of a song to fit the tone of your own voice? MP3 Audio Editor provides Pitch Change function that allows you to change the key of virtually any song without changing the tempo. It's fast and easy to use. Just open up your favorite song and use the "Pitch Change" to raise or lower the key on the fly! Download MP3 Audio Editor and try.

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Step 1. Input an Audio File

Launch MP3 Audio Editor. Click "Open" () to activate a browser window, in which you can select an audio file from your computer (). Then, click "Open" () to input the audio file to program.

Tips: All the files of the supported formats can be seen in the "Open" window & if you want know other formats supported, activate the "Files of type" dropdown list at the bottom.

Input an Audio File

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Step 2. Select a Region

Select the region of the waveform to be changed pitch. There are 4 ways to select a region: click anywhere of the waveform as a starting point and use hotkey like Shift+Home, Shift+End or Ctrl+A to select from start/end or all (); click the left button and drag along with the waveform to the place wanted to be selected (); specify the beginner & end of the session by moving the sliders below the waveform window (); Input the start, end and length of time to choose specified region at the bottom of the editor (). (If you want to change pitch of the entire song, click "Select All")

Tips: If you do not select any part, some inactivated buttons will be in color grey and the corresponding features are unavailable; some audio effect will be directly applied to the whole waveform.

Select a Region

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Step 3. Change the Audio Pitch

Click "Effect" () tab to choose "Pitch Change" (). In the "Pitch Change" window, insert the number in "Pitch Adjust (%)" () or select a preset () from the "Presets" drop-down list. There are "Alto", "Bass", "Helium" and "Soprano". Click "Preview" () to pre-listen before you actually do anything. Click "OK" () to change the pitch of the selected region without changing tempo.