--- title: "Music Visualizer: Animated Waveform Videos" description: "Make a music visualizer video: your track with an animated waveform over a colour or image background, in 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9, as MP4." url: https://exemplary.ai/music-visualizer facts_as_of: 2026-10-01 publisher: "Exemplary AI (https://exemplary.ai)" --- # Music Visualizer: Animated Waveform Videos Put your track over an animated waveform and a background, and download a video you can post. A music visualizer is a video where shapes move with the sound. Exemplary AI makes one from a track with vocals: pick a waveform from 10 styles, including line, double line, multi-line, circle, hill and bars, put it over a colour or image background, and export an MP4 (H.264) video in 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9. It is the same tool as the audiogram maker, so you can add captions and a title too. ## How to make a music visualizer video 1. Upload your track (MP3, WAV and M4A). 2. Find the part you want by its lyrics in the transcript, select it and click "Create Audiogram", up to 10 minutes. 3. Choose a waveform style, its position and colours, and a background colour or image. 4. Pick the size (9:16, 1:1 or 16:9) and export the MP4 (H.264) video. ## At a glance | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Input | MP3, WAV and M4A audio with speech or vocals, since you pick the part from its transcript | | Waveform styles | 10 styles, including line, double line, multi-line, circle, hill and bars, at the top, center or bottom of the frame | | Background | A solid colour, or an image up to 1 MB | | Captions | 5 animations, in 99 languages | | Sizes | 9:16 (portrait), 1:1 (square) and 16:9 (landscape) | | Length | Up to 10 minutes per audiogram. AI Clips picks audiograms for you from recordings of 10 minutes or more; for any length, select part of the transcript and click "Create Audiogram". | | Export | MP4 (H.264) video | | Free plan | 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark | Facts checked October 2026. ## What Exemplary AI's Music Visualizer Does An animated waveform, your artwork and your track, in one video. ### 10 waveform styles line, double line, multi-line, circle, hill and bars waves that move with the audio, at the top, center or bottom of the frame. ### Your artwork as the background Use cover art or any image up to 1 MB, or a solid colour, and add a title. ### Vertical, square and wide Export in 9:16 (portrait), 1:1 (square) and 16:9 (landscape) for Shorts, Reels, TikTok or YouTube. YouTube counts a video as a Short only if it is square or vertical and up to 3 minutes long. ## How to Generate a Music Visualizer Video 1. **Upload Your Audio**: Upload an MP3, WAV or M4A file. 2. **Pick a Style & Customize**: Choose a waveform style, colours, a background and a size, and preview it. 3. **Export & Share**: Export an MP4 (H.264) video, ready for YouTube, Instagram or TikTok. Video: [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4dsj4PY2tw) ## Tools that work on the same file You have already uploaded it. These run on the same transcript, so there is nothing to redo. ### [Sound wave generator](https://exemplary.ai/sound-wave-generator) Sound wave generator: draw your audio as a moving wave in one of 10 shapes, from a line to a… ### [Audiogram maker](https://exemplary.ai/audiogram-maker) Make audiograms from podcast or voice audio: an animated waveform, captions and your… ### [Convert Audio to Video](https://exemplary.ai/audio-to-video) Convert audio to video online: upload an MP3, WAV or M4A file and get an MP4 with a moving… ### [Audio Waveform Generator](https://exemplary.ai/audio-waveform-generator) Generate an animated audio waveform video: 10 wave styles (line, bars, circle and more), your… ## Music Visualizer is one part of one workspace Music Visualizer is one door into the same workspace. Whatever you came here to make, the rest is already available from the file you just uploaded. ### Upload once The same recording feeds every tool on the site. Nothing needs uploading twice to get a second format out of it. ### Caption and translate Burned-in captions or subtitle files, in the spoken language or translated with the timings kept intact. ### Repurpose without re-editing Clips, chapters, show notes, blog drafts and social posts all come off the one transcript. ## Common questions ### What is a music visualizer? A video in which a graphic, such as a waveform or bars, moves with the music. Musicians use them to post a track on video platforms, where an audio file alone cannot go. ### Which visualizer styles are there? 10 waveform styles: line, double line, multi-line, circle, hill and bars, with the line and bar styles each available at the top, middle or bottom of the frame. You choose the colours. ### Does the music visualizer work with instrumental tracks? It is made for tracks with vocals. You choose the part to visualize by selecting its words in the transcript, and AI Clips picks its moments from the transcript too, so an instrumental track gives you little or nothing to select. ### Can I use my album art as the background? Yes. Upload an image up to 1 MB, or use a solid colour. ### How long can a music visualizer video be? Up to 10 minutes per video, so most single tracks fit in one. ### Which file formats does the music visualizer accept and export? It takes MP3, WAV and M4A audio and exports MP4 (H.264) video. There is no transparent-background or 4K export. ### Is the music visualizer free? Yes. The Free plan includes 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. AI Clips and audiogram tasks use credits, so the amount you can create depends on the tasks you run. ## Discover more Audiograms - [Sound wave generator](https://exemplary.ai/sound-wave-generator) - [Audiogram maker](https://exemplary.ai/audiogram-maker) - [Convert Audio to Video](https://exemplary.ai/audio-to-video) - [Audio Waveform Generator](https://exemplary.ai/audio-waveform-generator) > Exemplary AI is a browser-based AI tool that turns long videos and recordings into short captioned clips, transcripts in 99 languages, subtitles, translations into 116 languages, and written posts such as summaries, blog posts and YouTube chapters. It is built for YouTubers, podcasters and marketing teams; the Free plan includes 500 one-time credits with watermarked video exports. Pricing: https://exemplary.ai/pricing