--- title: "Online Sound Wave Generator" description: "Sound wave generator: draw your audio as a moving wave in one of 10 shapes, from a line to a circle or bars, on your colour or image, saved as MP4." url: https://exemplary.ai/sound-wave-generator facts_as_of: 2026-10-01 publisher: "Exemplary AI (https://exemplary.ai)" --- # Online Sound Wave Generator Pick a wave shape, a colour and where it sits, and get your recording back as a video of its sound wave. A sound wave generator draws a recording as a wave that rises and falls with the audio. Here the wave comes in 10 shapes across 6 families, and the line and bar shapes each have a top, middle and bottom variant. Upload MP3, WAV or M4A audio, choose a shape and colour, and download the wave as a video. ## How to make a sound wave video 1. Upload the recording as MP3, WAV or M4A and say which language is spoken in it. 2. In the transcript, highlight the stretch you want and click "Create Audiogram" (10 minutes at most). 3. Open the wave styles and try the shapes: line, double line, multi-line, circle, hill and bars. 4. Move the wave to the top, center or bottom of the frame, colour it, and download the MP4 (H.264) file. ## Sound wave shapes | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Line | 3 variants: top, middle and bottom | | Double line | One variant | | Multi-line | One variant | | Circle | One variant | | Hill | One variant | | Bars | 3 variants: top, middle and bottom | | Place in the frame | Top, center or bottom | | Behind the wave | A colour, or an image of 1 MB or less | | File | MP4 (H.264), 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9 | Facts checked October 2026. ## Why Use Exemplary AI's Sound Wave Generator? The sound wave is drawn from your recording, in the same editor that makes clips and audiograms. ### A shape for every look A single line for a clean voice note, a circle for a round profile-style post, hills or bars for music. 10 in all. ### Colour and background Colour the wave to match your brand and lay it over a flat colour or your own image (1 MB at most). ### A video, not a still The result is an MP4 (H.264) video that plays the audio with the moving wave, in 9:16 (portrait), 1:1 (square) and 16:9 (landscape). ## How to Generate Sound Waves? 1. **Upload Your Audio File**: Add the recording (MP3, WAV or M4A). 2. **Customize Your Sound Wave**: Pick a shape, give it a colour and move it up or down the frame. 3. **Export and Share**: Download the MP4 (H.264) file and post it wherever video is accepted. 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. ### [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… ### [Music Visualizer](https://exemplary.ai/music-visualizer) Make a music visualizer video: your track with an animated waveform over a colour or image… ### [Audio Waveform Generator](https://exemplary.ai/audio-waveform-generator) Generate an animated audio waveform video: 10 wave styles (line, bars, circle and more), your… ## Sound wave generator is one part of one workspace Sound wave generator 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 does a sound wave generator do? It turns sound into a picture of its wave and animates that picture while the audio plays, so a voice note, a song or a podcast moment can be posted where only video is accepted. ### Which sound wave shape should I use? A single line keeps the focus on the voice; the double and multi-line shapes look busier; the circle suits square posts; hills and bars read well for music. Try a few in the preview before you download. ### Can the sound wave sit at the top or bottom of the video? Yes. Put it at the top, center or bottom of the frame. The line and bar shapes also come in top, middle and bottom variants. ### Can I export the sound wave with a transparent background? No. The download is an MP4 (H.264) video with the wave over a colour or an image; transparent exports are not offered. ### How much audio can one sound wave video hold? 10 minutes. For a longer recording, make several videos from different parts of the transcript. ### Can I make sound wave videos on the Free plan? Yes. The Free plan includes 500 one-time credits; files up to 500 MB and 30 min long; 720p video exports with a watermark. Making sound wave videos uses the available credits. ## Discover more audiograms - [Audiogram maker](https://exemplary.ai/audiogram-maker) - [Convert Audio to Video](https://exemplary.ai/audio-to-video) - [Music Visualizer](https://exemplary.ai/music-visualizer) - [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