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.
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.
A boolean value defaulting to true.
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.
html
<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>
js
const audio = document.querySelector("audio"); document.getElementById("rate").addEventListener("change", (e) => { audio.playbackRate = e.target.value; }); document.getElementById("pitch").addEventListener("change", (e) => { audio.preservesPitch = e.target.checked; });
| Specification | 
|---|
| HTML Standard  # dom-media-preservespitch-dev  | 
| 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 | 101 | No | 72 | 4 | 86 | 86 | 101 | 61 | 4 | 14.0 | 
    © 2005–2023 MDN contributors.
Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License v2.5 or later.
    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLMediaElement/preservesPitch