Media

Audio Bitcrusher

Reduce the sample rate and bit depth for a lo-fi effect

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

# 1) Upload each file first → returns { filePath }
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/upload/audio-bitcrusher' \
  -F 'file=@/path/to/audioFile.ext'

# 2) Call the tool with the returned filePath values
curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/audio-bitcrusher' \
  -F 'audioFile=/path/to/file.ext' \
  -F 'preset=medium' \
  -F 'sampleRate=8000' \
  -F 'bitDepth=8' \
  -F 'dither=none' \
  -F 'mix=0.8' \
  -F 'outputFormat=mp3'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/audio-bitcrusher

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
audioFile	fileupload required	Yes	—
preset	select	No	Choose the intensity of the bitcrushing effect. Mild = subtle degradation, Heavy = extreme digital distortion.
sampleRate	number	No	Target sample rate. Lower values = more aliasing and gritty digital artifacts.
bitDepth	number	No	Target bit depth. Lower values = more quantization noise and harsh digital distortion.
dither

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-audio-bitcrusher": {
      "name": "audio-bitcrusher",
      "description": "Reduce the sample rate and bit depth for a lo-fi effect",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=audio-bitcrusher",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "audio-bitcrusher",
    "arguments": {
  "audioFile": "https://example.com/file.ext",
  "preset": "medium",
  "sampleRate": 8000,
  "bitDepth": 8,
  "dither": "none",
  "mix": 0.8,
  "outputFormat": "mp3"
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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