SIDE PROJECTS / BY JACOB
This is for idiot projects Jake worked on to make his life easier. Now you can benefit if you want. I don't care. Fuck you.
THE USEFUL LITTLE THINGS
FREE / WINDOWS 10–11 / X64
Change your music’s pitch without changing its speed. Saved songs, Spotify and other Windows audio.
v0.5.1 / 11.3 MB / Portable early build
Needs .NET 8 Desktop Runtime x64. Live audio also needs VB-CABLE.
A README YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY READ.
Start with a saved song. Add live Windows audio when you're ready.
Download the full README ↓Also included inside the ZIP.
Right-click the ZIP → Extract All. Keep the extracted folder together somewhere writable, such as Documents. Install Microsoft's .NET 8 Desktop Runtime for Windows x64 ↗ if needed.
Launch PitchChanger.exe — the window is called Rottweiler Sound. Choose Song file → Open file, select your audio, choose headphones in Settings, then press Play song.
Move the pitch slider. Negative goes lower; positive goes higher. Save a setting as a mood, or use Compare original to hear the difference. F11 enters full screen; Escape brings you back.
This needs a one-time virtual cable setup. Download VB-CABLE from its official website ↗ and follow its installation and restart instructions. The driver is separate from this download.
Before you stop or close Rottweiler Sound: switch your music app's output back to Default or your headphones. Otherwise anything still feeding the cable will go silent.
For all Windows sound, set the main Windows output to CABLE Input instead. Restore it when you finish. The music-app picker controls playback; it does not route audio or select individual browser tabs.
Thin, quiet Bluetooth sound: your headset may be in call mode. End microphone use in chat apps, close recording-device panels, and use its stereo/music output.
Silence: check that the music app feeds CABLE Input, Rottweiler Sound is listening, and its output is your actual headphones. Refresh the devices in Settings after reconnecting them.
Echo or doubled music: turn off Windows' direct “Listen to this device” monitoring for the cable.
Missing controls: select the intended music app. Titles, artwork, skip and seek depend on what it shares with Windows. Saved songs support pause, seek and restart; there is no file playlist.
The full README covers setup, updates, settings and troubleshooting.
A small experimental utility. This portable build is unsigned and supplied as-is. Pitch processing adds delay, so video may drift out of sync; extreme pitch changes can sound rough. File support depends on Windows audio decoders.
Settings stay in a local data folder beside the app. It does not upload your audio or record it to disk. Music subscriptions remain separate.
ROTTWEILER.