The way you say it works and the way I say it works is exactly the same. You are not arguing against me, only stating the same thing a different way.
You can turn the metronome of the track on and put on a 5% pitch shift to a track. Changing the BPM manually will of course affect the metronome, but have no effect on the audio track itself, which will still be pitch shifted by the same amount.
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