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HTMLMediaElement.preservesPitch

The HTMLMediaElement.preservesPitch property determines whether or not the browser should adjust the pitch of the audio to compensate for changes to the playback rate made by setting HTMLMediaElement.playbackRate.

Value

A boolean value defaulting to true.

Examples

Setting the preservesPitch property

In this example, we have an <audio> element, a range control that adjusts the playback rate, and a checkbox that sets preservesPitch.

Try playing the audio, then adjusting the playback rate, then enabling and disabling the checkbox.

<audio controls src="https://mdn.github.io/webaudio-examples/audio-basics/outfoxing.mp3"></audio>

<div>
  <label for="rate">Adjust playback rate:</label>
  <input id="rate" type="range" min="0.25" max="3" step="0.05" value="1">
</div>

<div>
  <label for="pitch">Preserve pitch:</label>
  <input type="checkbox" id="pitch" name="pitch" checked>
</div>
const audio = document.querySelector("audio");

const rate = document.querySelector('#rate');
rate.addEventListener('input', () => audio.playbackRate = rate.value );

const pitch = document.querySelector('#pitch');
pitch.addEventListener('change', () => {
  audio.mozPreservesPitch = pitch.checked;
  audio.preservesPitch = pitch.checked;
});

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
preservesPitch
86
86
20
No
72
4
See bug 214922.
86
86
20
61
4
See bug 214922.
14.0

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/preservesPitch