Nightcore maker

Make a nightcore song in three steps

1. Choose a song as an audio or video file. A video gives you an audio-only MP3.
2. Set the speed between 1.10 and 1.50 times, and add reverb from 0 to 50 percent if you want space around the sound.
3. Press Make nightcore, listen to the preview, and download the MP3.

Where nightcore comes from

The name comes from a Norwegian duo who, in 2002, released sped-up versions of trance and eurodance songs under the name Nightcore. They raised the tempo and pitch of each track to make it more energetic for dancing. Their albums spread online, and through the late 2000s and the 2010s YouTube channels uploaded thousands of nightcore versions of pop, rock, and electronic songs, almost always with anime artwork as the video. Today nightcore is a style rather than a group: any song played noticeably faster and higher, with a bright, breathless energy that suits dance music and emotional pop alike.

How the effect works

The tool resamples the audio so it plays faster, exactly like a record spinning above its proper speed. Tempo and pitch rise together by the same ratio. At 1.25 times, a three-minute song lasts 2 minutes 24 seconds and sounds about 3.9 semitones higher. At 1.50 times it is seven semitones higher, close to a perfect fifth. Because nothing is time-stretched, there are no warbling artifacts; the sound stays clean, only faster and higher. The optional reverb is a convolution reverb with a generated room, which adds a little space and softens the thinner sound that speeding up can cause.

How much to speed up

Most nightcore edits sit between 1.20 and 1.30 times. That range raises the energy without making the singer sound cartoonish. A dance track at 140 beats per minute becomes 175 at 1.25 times, which is classic nightcore territory. Slow ballads can take more, up to 1.35 or 1.40 times, because they have room to speed up. At 1.50 times most voices sound like a chipmunk, which some edits want and most do not. If a low male vocal sounds strained, lower the speed a step. Keep the reverb between 0 and 20 percent so the fast drums stay crisp.

Using your nightcore edit

The download is an MP3 that plays anywhere. A nightcore version still contains the original recording, so posting it on YouTube or TikTok may get it blocked or muted unless you hold the rights; for personal listening there is no issue. If you want a faster song that keeps its original key, use the audio speed changer instead, which time-stretches. To go the other way, the slowed and reverb generator lowers speed and pitch together. Processing happens on your device, so the song is never uploaded, and there is no signup or watermark.