While listening to songs and podcast episodes on Apple Music, you may want to change Apple Music playback speed. However, all Apple Music subscribers cannot find the option to speed up or slow down music. So, can you change the playback speed on Apple Music? The answer is yes! Just follow us to see how to change the playback speed of Apple Music songs.
For keeping a standard streaming audio quality, the playback speed is 1× as the default in the Apple Music app. Apple Music doesn’t have a feature for users to adjust the playback of music and podcasts. Therefore, if you want to slow down or speed up songs on Apple Music, you need to make use of a speed changer. However, Apple Music songs are restricted by digital rights management, which prevents you from using Apple Music songs with any platform.
In this case, you’re supposed to download and convert Apple Music with a third-party tool, then you can change the playback speed of Apple Music by using a speed changer. Tunelf Audio Converter is a professional audio converter that can deal with a number of audio files, including Apple Music, iTunes audio, and Audible audiobooks. With this one-click solution, you can save Apple Music to some popular audio formats like MP3 without a problem.
In addition to using a speed changer, you can directly adjust the speed of Apple Music songs with Tunelf Apple Music Converter. Designed with a built-in editing feature, Tunelf software allows you to customize the speed of audio files before conversion. Here you can choose to adjust the speed when preparing the conversion of Apple Music. Or you can use a speed changer to slow down or speed up Apple Music songs and podcasts.
Step 1 Import Apple Music to Tunelf Software
To begin with, launch the Tunelf Audio Converter on your computer, and then iTunes or Apple Music will work at once. After entering the interface, you can see the Add File icon on the main screen of Tunelf software. Then click the Add Files button to add Apple Music songs you want to speed up. Or you can click the Load iTunes Library icon to browse your music library for adding music.
Step 2 Configure the Output Audio Format
Here you can set the output audio format and other parameters for your Apple Music songs. We suggest that you choose the MP3 audio format as it is supported by most devices and programs. Just click the Format button at the left bottom to adjust the audio parameters. Also, you can change the bit rate, sample rate, codec, and channel.
Step 3 Change Apple Music Playback Speed
As mentioned above, Tunelf software offers a feature for changing the speed. If you want to directly change the speed of Apple Music, then you can choose to click the Effect icon at the rear of each track. In the editing window, you can personalize the playback speed of Apple Music songs. Remember to click the OK button to save the settings.
Step 4 Start to Convert Apple Music to MP3
Once setting up the output audio parameters, click the Convert button to start the conversion. The conversion speed is 30×, and you don’t need to wait for too long. When the conversion completes, you can get the converted Apple Music files on your computer. Then you can upload Apple Music files to a speed changer for speeding up or slowing down if you don’t edit the speed.
After conversion, you can locate the folder where you store the converted Apple Music files on your computer. Then you can enjoy them offline with the speed you set. Alternatively, you can change the playback speed by using other players that have this feature if you don’t want to change the audio speed in the Tunelf program. Here we will take several audio players as examples.
• VLC Media Player [Windows& Mac]
1. Open the VLC Media Player on your desktop and click Media > Open File at the top toolbar on its interface.
2. Then, you can find and play one converted Apple Music song you like.
3. Click Playback > Speed to choose the speed you want.
• Audipo [iPhone& Android]
1. In iTunes, click the File button, then click New and select Playlist.
2. After creating a new playlist, click File > Add File to Library.
3. Locate the converted folder and start uploading the converted Apple Music files.
4. Open Audipo on your iPhone and tap Open to view your uploaded Apple Music songs.
5. Select one track to play and tap the 1× icon to open the Speed Settings window.
6. In the Speed Settings window, reset the playback speed of Apple Music songs.
• Music Speed Changer [iPhone& Android]
1. Go to upload your converted Apple Music files into iTunes or Apple Music.
2. Launch Music Speed on your iPhone and head to Library at the bottom of the screen.
3. Tap Unlocked Songs to find all the converted Apple Music files.
4. Tap the playing title to load the Now Playing page and start changing the tempo.