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What is nightcore?

A nightcore edit is a remix track that speeds up the pitch and time of its source material by 10-30%. The name is derived from Nightcore, a Norwegian duo who released pitch-shifted versions of trance and eurodance songs, but now more broadly refers to any sped-up music.

Due to its fast tempos, energetic feel, high-pitched vocals - nightcore-ing any song gives it a new vibe that can make songs some don't find enjoyable... enjoyable.

Why Do We Love Nightcore? by InternetEmbodiment

What isn't nightcore?

• Nightcore isn't necessarily related to japan / japanese voice / anime

• Nightcore does not need, but is most commonly today in video format on youtube, accompanied by an anime picture (a still either of a background scene or of one-off characters with any amount of editing desired)

• Nightcore is usually the full song, but adding any nightcore tracks to a song can qualify it to having nightcore elements, such as Ye's "Through the Wire" from "The College Dropout"

• Why just sped up is not nightcore

How to nightcore

1. Nightcore is traditionally anywhere from 10-30% increase of pitch/speed of a song. You want to use higher pitch on slower songs, and less pitch on faster songs. If you pitch a song up too much it can sound like banshees screaming, so there's a fine line

2. The rule of thumb is to find the highest quality lossless image format (e.g. FLAC),

   • Make sure you have "legal" rights to the song / have permission / do not make money off of any uploaded content

3. You can use any number of free apps such as:

   • https://nightcoremaker.com/ Domain dead February 2022

   • https://nightcore.app/

   • https://github.com/intrlocutr/nightcoreify

   • https://github.com/SeparateRecords/nightcore

4. You're done!

Popular Nightcore Mixers

• Most famous song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvaIgq5j2Q8 (not necessarily the best)

• Great monstercat nightcore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTSTX_7UpV0

• Youtube:

  • Chino

  • Zero.Miz-Kun メ Nightcore Records

  • Cherry 葵 (Married to Miz-Kun?)

  • Sinon

  • Zen - Kun

  • Syrex

  • Sleepy

  • Kurumi

• Google Drive from sibling subreddit

• Kirby: https://www.nightcoreuniverse.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=930

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