Preset

Lift Preset

Lift preset values explained: 1.30x speed, 0% reverb, +1 bass, +3 tone, 1.05 width, plus nightcore and sped up variations so your fast edit stays crisp.

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Lift is the one built-in preset that goes faster instead of slower. It is the starting point for sped up edits and for nightcore, the two styles that have taken over the same corners of TikTok and YouTube where slowed + reverb lives. Load it in the editor above or on the sped up song maker page and a 1.30x version of your track is ready to preview. The speed control page covers the rate maths; this page is about the preset.

The preset values are:

Two things stand out. The reverb is off, and the only control that moves by more than a hair besides Speed is Tone, which goes up rather than down. Lift is the mirror image of a slowed edit: faster, higher, brighter, and dry.

Why Lift has no reverb

Sped up edits are about energy. Reverb smooths transients and fills the gaps between notes, which is exactly what you want when slowing a track and exactly what you do not want when speeding one up. At 1.30x the gaps between hits are already 23% shorter. Add a tail and the mix turns into a smear fast. So Lift ships at 0% Reverb.

The Space value of 2.2 s is still stored in the preset because every preset stores all six values. While Reverb sits at 0%, the wet path has zero gain and the decay time does nothing you can hear. The moment you raise Reverb, the tail you get is 2.2 s long, which is slightly shorter than the 2.4 s default and a sensible length for a fast track. Think of it as a pre-chosen setting waiting for you.

The values in detail

Speed 1.30x

With Preserve pitch off, 1.30x raises the pitch by about 4.5 semitones. A song in C major comes out between E and F. A 100 BPM track becomes 130 BPM. A 128 BPM dance track becomes 166 BPM. A 3:30 song finishes in about 2:42. The speed control page has the full table of rates, semitones and durations.

1.30x is a well-judged middle for sped up content. It is fast enough that the change is the point of the edit, and the voice clearly shifts to a higher, younger-sounding register, but it stops short of the chipmunk zone that starts around 1.40x on most male vocals. For nightcore, which traditionally sits around 1.20x to 1.35x, it is right in range.

Tone +3 dB

The tone control is a high shelf at 2600 Hz. Speeding up a track already pushes energy upward, so the preset's +3 dB might look like overkill. In practice it works because sped up edits are competing for attention in a feed. The extra brightness makes hi-hats, vocal consonants and synth leads cut through on phone speakers, where the frequency range is limited. It also gives the edit the glossy, slightly artificial sheen that is part of the nightcore look. If it sounds harsh on your source, the tone control page covers how to back it off.

Bass +1 dB

Raising pitch moves the kick and bass upward too, so a sped up track loses a little weight. The 1 dB low-shelf lift at 180 Hz puts a small amount back without making the low end thick. Thick is the enemy of a fast edit.

Width 1.05

A tiny spread. On headphones the image is a little wider than the original. On a phone speaker it is indistinguishable from mono-safe. Nightcore and sped up content gets played mostly on phones, so the preset does not take risks here.

What Lift sounds like

Press play on a mid-tempo pop song and it turns into an up-tempo one. The singer sounds younger and more excited, the drums are tighter, and the whole thing feels like it is leaning forward. The brightness from the tone shelf gives it a polished, almost hyperactive sheen. Because there is no reverb, every hit stays crisp and the lyrics are perfectly clear, just faster.

Male vocals shift noticeably toward a higher register, which can be a feature or a problem depending on the song. Female vocals usually survive 1.30x cleanly and sometimes sound better than the original on a feed.

Genres and sources that suit it

• Pop and dance pop. The native home of sped up edits. Bright productions get brighter and more urgent.
• Trance, eurodance and anime openings. The source material of the original nightcore scene. Lift at 1.30x is a faithful starting point.
• Hyperpop. Already fast and bright. Lift pushes it further in its own direction.
• Ballads and slow R&B. Counter-intuitively good. A 72 BPM ballad at 1.30x becomes a 94 BPM groove, and the higher vocal can sound fresh.
• Rap with a clear vocal. Fast verses become very fast. Works for hooks and short clips; full songs can lose intelligibility.

Less suited:

• Songs that are already above 150 BPM. At 1.30x they pass 195 BPM, where everything blurs.
• Deep male vocals you want to keep sounding masculine. Consider 1.15x to 1.20x instead, or turn on Preserve pitch to keep the key.
• Acoustic music with natural room sound. The brighter tone exposes recording noise.

Adjusting from Lift

• Too fast or too high. Drop Speed to 1.20x (about 3.2 semitones up) or 1.15x (about 2.4 semitones). You still get the sped up feel with a more natural vocal.
• Too harsh. Tone to +1 or 0. Bright sources like modern pop often need no boost at all.
• Want a hint of space. Reverb to 10 or 15%. Space is already at 2.2 s, which suits the faster tempo. Do not go past 25% on a fast edit.
• Nightcore style. Speed 1.25x to 1.35x, Tone +3 to +5, Reverb 0 to 10%. The nightcore maker page covers the style in detail.
• Keep the original key. Turn on Preserve pitch. The browser time-stretches the audio so the tempo rises but the pitch stays put. Expect some warble above about 1.35x on dense material. Preserve pitch changes the live preview only; exported files keep the speed-linked pitch.
• Thin low end. Bass to +3 or +4. More than that starts to fight the speed.

Save the result with Create preset. Custom presets are stored in your browser on the device you used, no account required.

Variations built from Lift

The "same key" row is the one to try when the pitch change is the only thing bothering you. Flip Preserve pitch on and compare it against the original Lift while the song plays. The tempo is identical; only the key differs.

Lift for a batch of tracks

Sped up channels tend to post many songs at the same speed so the catalogue sounds consistent. Add your files, Select All Tracks, choose Lift, and preview the song with the lowest male vocal. If that one sounds wrong at 1.30x, decide whether to drop the whole batch to 1.20x or to select just that track and give it a slower setting. Download All renders every track with its own settings into a single ZIP.

Exports are MP3 at 96 kbps and 32 kHz, encoded in your browser. Sped up tracks have more high-frequency energy than slowed ones, which is where a 96 kbps encoder spends most of its bits, so start from the best source you can find. The export is fine for TikTok, Shorts and YouTube because those services re-encode anyway. For a release-quality master, work from WAV in a DAW.