Y2K Player Get the app

Speed up any song.
Free.

Drop a file and it starts playing sped up — then drag the tempo anywhere you want it. No upload, no account.

  • Tempo & pitch, linked
    50–200%, like a record — drag either slider, hear it live.
  • Nothing uploads
    Decoded and played on your device. No server, no account, no queue.
  • Free export
    MP3 or WAV, the whole song, rendered in seconds.
  • Real reverb
    Six rooms, small to large, with a mix control.
  • Any common format
    MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC in; MP3 or WAV out.
  • The app goes further
    Library, playlists, visualizers, video export — free on iPhone & iPad.

The app

This tool comes from a full music player.

Y2K Player is a music player for iPhone and iPad. It plays your own files at any speed, remembers the settings for every song, and has themes that change how the whole app looks. Every phone in this row is the same app with a different theme.

Visualizers

Visualizers drawn live from the music.

While a song plays, the app can show a visualizer generated from the audio in real time. You can switch visualizers during the song, and the app’s video export uses them as the background.

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Sped up is not faster — it is higher

The sped up sound that lives under edits and loops is not a tempo trick. It is the pitch lifting with the speed — the vocal brightening just enough to feel urgent without stopping to sound like a person.

That is why 125% is the number: +3.9 semitones of lift, which is bright and quick but still human. Push toward 135% and you have crossed into nightcore; drop to 110% and it reads as nothing in particular. The band between 115% and 130% is where sped up lives, and the slider above is live, so you can find your song’s exact spot by ear while it plays.

The sped up range, and what each step does to the voice.
TempoPitchReads as
110%+1.6 stSubtle lift — most listeners won’t name what changed
115%+2.4 stThe floor of the sped up sound
120%+3.2 stBright and urgent; the workhorse of edits
125%+3.9 stThe preset — the number most sped up versions actually use
130%+4.5 stThe ceiling before it reads as nightcore

Built for the edit

Export gives you the whole song at your speed as MP3 or WAV, free — drop it into your editor, cut the section you need, done. The spoken note at the end sits after the music, so a trim removes it without touching a beat. Loop the export with the loop button first if you are checking how a section cycles.

Picking a song that survives speed

Not every track wants 125%. Dense, busy mixes turn crowded when compressed in time — there is simply more event per second than the ear wants. Sparse songs with room around the vocal take speed gracefully; so do tracks whose original tempo sits under about 100 BPM, which land in a danceable range once lifted. Vocals matter most: a low, relaxed voice brightens into something interesting, while a voice already at the top of its range has nowhere to go but sharp. If the first ten seconds at 125% feel cluttered, the song is telling you to try 115% — or to give it the slowed treatment instead, which is one page over.

Why the sped up sound took over

Edits run on attention, and a lifted pitch is attention: the vocal brightens, the tempo pushes, and fifteen seconds of a song carries like thirty used to. It is also a version listeners haven’t worn out — the same track at 125% reads as new to an ear that has heard the original a hundred times. That novelty is why the sped up version of a song frequently outruns the original on short-form platforms, and why artists now post their own. None of that requires anything but the two linked sliders above; the craft is in choosing the number that suits the song rather than the loudest one.

Start to finish, ninety seconds

The whole workflow, in order.

1. Drop the file. Tap the dashed box or drag the song in — it starts playing at 125% instantly, which for most songs is already the answer.

2. Tune by ear, not number. The right speed is the one where the energy lifts and the voice still sounds like a person. Nudge with the arrow keys on a computer — single percent steps — while the chorus plays. It is worth ten seconds at the original speed first, so your ear has an anchor: the sped up version should feel like the same song leaning forward, not a different recording. If someone in the song suddenly sounds like a stranger, you have gone past its number.

3. Loop while you decide. The ↻ button cycles the song so the same passage can audition at two speeds back to back — deciding from the chorus beats deciding from the intro, which is quieter and lies about the energy.

4. Export and cut. MP3 or WAV, whole song, free. Pull it into your editor, cut the fifteen seconds the edit needs, and the spoken note at the end never even enters the timeline.

Phone, laptop, whatever

Same page everywhere — mobile Safari, Android Chrome, desktop browsers, no install, no account. Long files on old phones can hit memory limits during export; a laptop shrugs. If the sped up sound is becoming your default listening speed rather than a one-off, that is what the app is for — the whole library, each song at its own speed, remembered, offline.

You love sped up music? There is a player for that.

The app is the music player for exactly this: it saves each song’s settings, has your playlists and your library, and plays it all sped up, offline, every day.

It also holds the parts an edit workflow actually wants: pitch unlinked from tempo when the sped up sound needs to keep the original key, loop and trim on a real waveform so you can isolate the section before exporting, a five-band EQ, and video export at 1080p in 16:9 or 9:16 — a finished, postable clip with a visualizer behind it, straight from the phone.

Free to use, no account, works offline. Pro is one payment — forever. And the number you found by ear on this page is the same number there — the recipe travels.

Questions people actually ask

The questions people actually ask about sped up audio.

How do I make a sped up version of a song?
Drop the file into the tool above — it plays at 125% instantly. Adjust by ear, then export the whole song as MP3 or WAV, free.
What speed are sped up songs?
Usually 115% to 130%, with 125% as the standard. Faster than about 132% and you are making nightcore, which is its own thing — and its own page here.
Why does it sound higher, not just faster?
The pitch rides the tempo — about +3.9 semitones at 125%. That brightness IS the sped up sound; without it you get the same song compressed into less time.
Can I speed it up but keep the original key?
That is tempo-without-pitch, and it is an app feature — the chain between the sliders unlinks there. The browser keeps them linked, like a record.
Is the export free? Any watermark on the music?
Free, whole song, MP3 or WAV. Nothing is laid over the music — a short spoken note plays after the song ends, where a trim removes it in seconds.
Does my song get uploaded?
No — decoding, playback and export happen in your browser. There is no server in the path at all.
How do I use this for a TikTok edit?
Export at your speed, cut the section you need in your editor, and lay it under the clip. For a finished video with a visualizer behind the sound, the app renders that directly.
Sped up the whole library?
That is the app: every song remembers its own speed, plays offline, and needs no account. The browser tool is the single-file version of the same mechanic.
Why do sped up versions do so well on TikTok?
Attention economics: the lifted pitch reads as energy, and a familiar song at a new speed feels novel without being unfamiliar. Fifteen seconds carries further at 125%.
What's the difference between sped up and nightcore?
Degree. Sped up lives around 115–130% and still sounds like the original singer; nightcore starts around 132% and becomes its own aesthetic. Past the ceiling, use the nightcore page.
Do I need to install anything?
No — the page is the tool. No upload, no extension, no account, and it works offline once loaded.
Will the exported file sound as good as the original?
The export is rendered from your file's decoded audio at full quality — 192 kbps MP3 or lossless WAV. What changes is what you chose to change: the speed, the pitch riding it, and the reverb if you added one. Nothing else is touched.
Can I speed up a voice memo or a recording of my own?
Yes — anything that decodes as audio works, and recordings of your own voice are the one case with zero rights questions. Lectures at 125% with the pitch link on sound urgent; for chipmunk-free listening, the app's unlinked mode is the right tool.

Faster, brighter, yours.

Free in the browser. The app does the whole library, the waveform, and the video.

Free to download and keep. Pro is a one-time purchase — buy it once and it never renews.