How to play audio faster but keep pitch?

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Is there an application for Ubuntu that can play audio faster but maintain its pitch?

This is possible in Windows using an application like PowerDVD.

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '11 at 00:19

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VLC is capable of keeping the pitch as well when activating the "scale audio tempo in sync with playback rate" filter which can be found under advanced options.

answered Mar 11 '11 at 00:19

YSN

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score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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Playitslowly

There is PlayitSlowly, intended to do this (among others things). You can also save a sound file with altered speed or pitch.

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edited Jun 12 '20 at 14:37

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answered Mar 10 '11 at 12:17

Takkat

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 01 '18 at 10:26

For hackers: Many years ago I wrote a software that can do that which is now on GitHub (pyTranscribe). However, the author of PlayitSlowly has done a very good job and I would recommend PlayitSlowly over pyTranscribe because it comes with many features that I didn't had time to include like:

More standard UI
Better controls over pitch/tempo
Easier to open files (not just from the command line)
File history
Automatic loop support
Supports exporting the pitch shifted / tempo adjusted file

Glad to see someone has solved this :).

You only might want to try pyTransribe if you are into alternative / keyboard-based UIs (pyGame based):

How to play audio faster but keep pitch?

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