Make Your First Video
Load a track, pick a look, brand the frame, and render a real MP4 — the whole Studio workflow in five steps.
This walks the whole workflow once. You can do it with the built-in sample track, so you do not need to upload anything to try it.
Prefer to watch? Trina takes an MP3 from drop-in to export in about two minutes.
Open Studio
Everything below happens on this one page.
Load a track
Studio opens on TRACK. In the settings rail on the right, open AUDIO SOURCE.
- ORBITAL BLOB loads the sample track — the fastest way to see everything working.
- UPLOAD YOUR OWN opens a file picker for your audio.
You can also drag an audio file straight onto the waveform strip at the bottom of the window.
When your file has embedded tags, Studio reads them: cover art lands on the canvas, the title and artist lines fill in, and any embedded lyrics load into the lyrics timeline. Press Space to play.
Fill the frame
Click 2 LOOK. Open BACKDROP SOURCE and choose what fills the frame behind everything else:
- COLOR — a flat color.
- IMAGE/VIDEO — one of the six stock backdrops, your own image, or a video plate.
- AI BACKDROP — type a prompt and generate one.
The visualizer sits on top of the backdrop. To change which one, select the visualizer layer in the left rail and click CHANGE — or just press [ and ] to step through the catalog while you watch.
Brand it
Click 3 BRAND. The TITLE and ARTIST lines are already on the canvas — type over them, or drag them anywhere on the preview.
From ADD LAYER in the left rail you can add a logo or image, an icon, extra text lines, and lyrics. Select any layer to get its own settings.
Pick the platform
Click 4 FRAME and choose where the video is going. Each choice sets the aspect and the export size:
- YOUTUBE — 16:9, wide
- INSTAGRAM — 1:1, square
- SHORTS · REELS · TIKTOK — 9:16, tall
- SPOTIFY CANVAS — 9:16, tall
Switch the rail to ADVANCED if you want to export a slice rather than the whole track — see Frame.
Render
Click 5 EXPORT. The rail shows a summary of exactly what is about to be rendered — platform, frame size, rate, format, length, audio, and every layer that will appear.
Click RENDER VIDEO, confirm the settings in the dialog, and click RENDER VIDEO again. Studio renders every frame and then offers the file for download.
Save your work before you leave
Studio does not save automatically. Click SAVE in the header, give the project a name, and it is stored in this browser. Reopen it later from the gear icon → YOUR PROJECTS. See Projects and templates.
Related
- How to make a music visualizer from an MP3 — the illustrated version of this page, with the bracket-key tour of the catalog
- Why you're waiting to see your music visualizer — what a preview step costs, and the hardware Studio needs