Settings explained

Every control in the studio, what it changes, and when to move it. The same text appears behind the small ? next to each field.

Files

Audio file

MP3, WAV, FLAC and M4A all work. The file is read on your own computer and never uploaded, so file size is limited only by your machine. Use the highest-quality file you have — the video's audio is encoded from whatever you load.

Cover art

Optional. Templates built around artwork place it in the centre. Square images look best; anything else is cropped to a square from the middle.

Background image

Optional. Scaled to fill the frame and cropped from the centre, so keep the subject in the middle. Always pair it with Darken background, or your visuals will fight the photo.

Output

Aspect ratio

The shape of the video. 16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 for Shorts, Reels and TikTok, 1:1 for the Instagram feed, 4:5 for Instagram portrait posts, which take up more screen than a square.

Resolution

The height of the exported video. 1080p suits nearly everything. 720p is fine on social platforms and faster. 360p and 480p are for test exports — quick to produce and small to store. Higher resolutions look sharper but demand more from your computer while recording.

File type

MP4 is accepted everywhere including Instagram and TikTok. WebM is accepted by YouTube but rejected by most other platforms. Pick MP4 unless you know you need WebM.

Frame rate

30 fps is smooth enough for almost everything and much easier on your machine. 60 fps suits fast, motion-heavy templates and produces a noticeably larger file. If the export stutters, this is the first thing to lower.

Colour and text

Accent colour

The main colour of the visuals. Sampling a colour from your cover art is the single quickest way to make a video look designed rather than default.

Second colour

Templates that use gradients blend from the accent colour into this one. Templates without gradients ignore it.

Background

The colour behind everything. It also tints the darkening layer over a background photo, so a dark value keeps text readable.

Title text and artist text

Drawn onto the video. Leave both empty for a clean frame — useful when your background image already carries the title.

Text position

Where the text sits. For vertical video keep it away from the bottom, since apps overlay captions and buttons there.

Fine tuning

Sensitivity

How strongly the visuals answer the music. Lower it for loud, heavily compressed masters where everything moves at once; raise it for quiet or sparse tracks that barely register.

Detail

How many bars, dots or segments are drawn. Fewer is bolder and more legible on a phone; more looks finer and more technical on a large screen.

Glow

A soft halo around the shapes. A small amount makes neon-style visuals pop. Too much blurs everything, and the effect is worse at low resolutions.

Particles

How many particles exist for particle templates. More costs processing power, which matters at 4K and 60 fps.

Particle size

How large each particle is drawn. Larger reads better on a phone; smaller looks like fine dust or distant stars.

Particle speed

Base movement speed before the music is considered. Slow feels cinematic, fast feels energetic.

Particle reaction

How much particles answer the track. At zero they drift steadily and ignore the music. Turned up, they surge on every beat and swell with volume.

Darken background

How much the background photo is dimmed. Raise it until your visuals and text are clearly readable over the picture.

Background reacts to music

Makes the background photo zoom slightly with volume and nudge on each beat. This is what keeps a still image from looking pasted on behind the visuals.

Settings that need a plan

Some resolutions and some templates are part of a paid plan. They stay visible in the studio rather than being hidden, so you can see exactly what a plan adds before deciding whether it is worth it. Choosing one shows a note instead of switching.