Shepard tone (pitch up)
Java mod listed for Minecraft 1.21. Downloads from the MC Java Mods app on Android.
Shepard Tone (Pitch Up) is a small client-side sound mod. When the same sounds play repeatedly in a short time, their pitch rises step by step, making…
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What is Shepard tone?
A Shepard tone is a auditory illusion that creates the feeling of a sound continually ascending or descending in pitch, while in reality, its actual frequency is looped and never rises above a certain limit (This exact trick was used for the endless stairs in Super Mario 64)
Why did you used pitch up and not shepard tone?
This trick can only be pulled off with fixed wave timings, which is why it cannot be done in a live game but I tried to replicate the effect anyway just by pitching up individual sounds
A similar mod already exists for The Binding of Isaac, which is where I got the idea from. All credit for the original concept goes to IsaacGuru
discord - https://discord.gg/DvWt9HAg8e
- Edition: Minecraft Java
- File type: .jar
- Minecraft version listed: 1.21.1
- How to install: Install the matching mod loader (Forge, Fabric or NeoForge) for your Minecraft version. → Download the .jar. → Put it in the .minecraft/mods folder and launch that loader profile.
- Where to get it: Opens on Modrinth — not every file is mirrored on our own servers.
Install steps are the general flow for this file type — How to install Minecraft Java mods & modpacks walks through it step by step.
- Ships as shepard_sound_streaks-0.3.11.jar — drop this file into the mods folder
- Download size: 71 KB
- Download link checked 21 Oct 2026 — working
These come from our own check of the pack file, not from the source page.