Is my audio uploaded to reverse it?

No. The file is decoded in your browser, the samples are written back in the opposite order, and the result is saved straight to your device. Nothing is uploaded or stored.

Does reversing lose quality?

Not when you export WAV. Reversing is a reordering of the same samples, so a WAV export is bit-for-bit the original audio played backwards. Only MP3 export re-encodes.

What is a reverse effect used for?

Reverse cymbals and risers into a downbeat, reversed vocal tails as transitions, backwards reverb — reverse a wet tail, then place it before the note it belongs to.

How do I make a reverse reverb tail?

Bounce the part with reverb, reverse it here, drop the reversed file just before the original hit, and trim so the tail swells into it.

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Reverse Audio

Play any file backwards and save it — risers, reverse cymbals, backwards reverb tails and transitions, done in a few seconds.

Reversal happens in this browser tab. Your audio is never uploaded and never stored.

Choose the audio file to reverse

WAV, MP3, FLAC, AIFF, M4A, OGG — up to 250 MB.

Detail

How this works

Reversal is the one audio operation with no trade-off: the samples are identical, just written back to front. That makes it safe to use on anything, including files you intend to keep working with.

The classic uses are transitions. Reverse a crash and land it on a downbeat for a riser. Bounce a phrase drenched in reverb, reverse it, and put that swell in front of the dry note. Reversed vocal fragments make useful, unrecognisable texture.

If you are gathering material to train a Sound in ANYANO, keep reversed textures as creative layers rather than training data — a model learns your musical direction better from music played forwards.

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