PitchTap 0.4.2

Cleaner sound when shifting.

• Cymbals, hi-hats and other bright sounds no longer turn metallic or swirly when you change the key.

On 0.4.0 or later? PitchTap offers this update by itself within a day, or choose Check for Updates…. On 0.3.0 or earlier, download it once by hand (see Download).

Apple silicon, macOS 14.4 or later.

PitchTap 0.4.1

A redesigned menu.

• The key is front and centre: a large value with − / + buttons, the change in musical terms, and ↺ to reset.
• Original | Shifted to compare at a glance.
• The source shows its app icon; a coloured dot shows the status.
• Fine tune folds away under Tuning.
• Settings, updates and keyboard shortcuts live in the ⚙︎ menu.

On 0.4.0? PitchTap offers this update by itself within a day, or choose Check for Updates…. On 0.3.0 or earlier, download it once by hand (see Download).

Apple silicon, macOS 14.4 or later.

PitchTap 0.4.0

Updates now install themselves. From this version on, PitchTap checks for new versions once a day and installs them with one click. There's also Check for Updates… in the menu.

On 0.3.0 or earlier? Download this version by hand once (see Download). macOS will ask for the audio permission one more time; after that, updates keep it.

New

• Key in musical terms. Under the Semitones slider: "Whole step down", "5th up" and so on. Click the ⓘ for the capo fret (or retuning) that lets guitar, ukulele and other fretted players use the original chord shapes.
• Hear original. Compare with the original key instantly, from the menu or with ⌃⌥B. The menu bar shows "orig" while it's on.

Apple silicon, macOS 14.4 or later.

PitchTap 0.3.0

Change the key of any song on your Mac, live, without changing its tempo.

Requires a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 14.4 or newer.

Install: download PitchTap.zip, open it and drag PitchTap into Applications. The first time, macOS can't verify it because it isn't signed with a paid Apple certificate: click Done, then System Settings › Privacy & Security › Open Anyway. The README has screenshots.

New in 0.3.0

• A welcome window on first launch shows where PitchTap lives in the menu bar and how to get started.

PitchTap 0.2.0

Change the key of any song on your Mac, live, without changing its tempo.

Requires a Mac with Apple silicon (M1 or later) and macOS 14.4 or newer.

Install: download PitchTap.zip, open it and drag PitchTap into Applications. The first time, macOS can't verify it because it isn't signed with a paid Apple certificate: click Done, then System Settings › Privacy & Security › Open Anyway.

In this version

• Shift any app, or all system audio, by ±12 semitones and ±50 cents, from the menu bar or with ⌃⌥↑ / ⌃⌥↓ / ⌃⌥0.
• New pitch-shifting engine (Signalsmith Stretch) for cleaner sound.
• Tuning presets: A = 432 Hz, and A = 442 to 440.
• Nothing is recorded, saved or sent anywhere.