How-to

How do you make a music visualizer video?

Making a music visualizer video takes 5 steps in Groovalizer, from uploading the song to exporting the file, and nothing installs. Previewing is free, and so is a 720p export with a watermark; a clean video is $4.99, or Pro makes 8 a month up to 1080p for $14.99. Checked 12 November 2026.

By Max Kucera, creator of Groovalizer · Updated

Five steps, no software

  1. Open the studio and drop in your track. Go to groovalizer.space, open the studio, and drag in an MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, or AAC file. Nothing installs and nothing uploads; you can preview without an account.
  2. Pick a visual style while the song plays. Flip through the 2,100+ looks with search or Surprise me, then set how strongly the look reacts, its speed and its colour in Adjust until the visuals feel like the track.
  3. Choose the format for where it will be posted. Select 16:9 for YouTube, 9:16 vertical for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, 1:1 square for a feed post, or 4:5 portrait for the Instagram feed, and pick 30 or 60 frames per second. The visuals compose natively for the frame instead of being cropped later.
  4. Set the range. Pick what to export: a clip of the hook or the drop, or the full song. A free account exports any length at 720p with a watermark. Pro exports 8 videos a month, each up to 15 minutes, and a song cut into clips in one go counts as one. Unlimited exports as many as you like, at any length. A bought video runs up to 10 minutes.
  5. Export, download, upload. Pick the size, render the video in your browser and download the MP4 (WebM in Firefox). 720p is free with a watermark once you sign in; a clean 1080p video takes a bought video or Pro. Upload it straight to the platform.

Which format for which platform

PlatformAspect ratioNotes
YouTube16:9 widescreenUp to 4K on Unlimited; full song length
TikTok, Reels, Shorts9:16 vertical15 to 90 seconds; export the hook as a clip
Instagram feed4:5 portrait or 1:1 squareUp to 60 seconds
Spotify Canvas9:16 verticalA 3–8 second loop, cut from a clip export
Live show / projectorScreen nativeSkip the export and use Live mode with a mic

Making it look like your song, not a template

The presets already react (bass, mids, treble, and beats are wired into every one of them), so the work is choosing, not animating. Three things make the difference between “a visualizer” and “this song’s video”:

  • Use Song parts. Give the intro a restrained look and the chorus or drop a denser one; the change lands with the music.
  • Colour. Pick the colour closest to your artwork’s palette so the video and the cover belong together.
  • Tune reactivity. Reacts to the music and Speed, in Adjust, set how hard the visuals hit on a beat and how fast they move: an ambient track wants less of both than a 140 BPM one.

And if the library has nothing close to what you hear, describe the look and let the AI write a preset. For a party or a set, skip the export and run Live mode on a projector instead. For a song with words, the lyric video maker puts them on screen, timed to the vocal, over the same visuals.

Free or Pro for this job?

Free covers the look and a first video: the whole preset library, played with your song for as long as you like, with no account, and a 720p download with a small watermark once you sign in. A clean video is $4.99 on its own, up to 1080p and 10 minutes, with no subscription. Pro makes 8 videos a month, up to 1080p and 15 minutes each, for $14.99 a month or $144 a year. Unlimited makes every clip and full-length export you want, up to 4K, for $29.99 a month or $240 a year.

Either way the render happens on your machine: there is no upload, no queue, and no video that expires from an account.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I make a visualizer for a song for free?

Open Groovalizer in your browser, drop in the song, pick a preset, and choose the aspect ratio. Previewing is free and needs no account. Sign in free and the video downloads at 720p, any length, with a small watermark. A clean video is $4.99, up to 1080p, or part of Pro. No software installs and the audio never uploads.

Do I need software to make a music visualizer video?

No. Groovalizer renders with WebGL and encodes video with WebCodecs directly in Chrome, Edge, or Safari (Firefox exports WebM). There is nothing to download, and no video editor is needed unless you want to add titles afterwards.

What audio formats can I use?

MP3, WAV, M4A, OGG, and AAC. Drop the file into the studio; it is analysed on your device with the Web Audio API and never leaves your browser.

Can I make the visuals match specific parts of the song?

Yes. Song parts give each part of the song its own look (a calm scene for the intro, a harder one for the drop): split the song where it changes, or let Groovalizer find the parts. The looks themselves react to bass, mids, treble, and beats within each part, and Colour moves a look toward your artwork.

What resolution will the video be?

720p free, with a watermark. A bought video ($4.99) or Pro ($14.99/month) goes up to 1080p, and Unlimited ($29.99/month) or a $7.50 4K video adds 1440p and 4K, at 30 or 60 frames per second, in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, or 4:5. 1080p is the sensible default; 4K makes a much larger file and takes longer to encode.

How long does the export take?

Your own computer does the rendering, so it depends on your hardware. A 60-second clip typically takes a couple of minutes on a modern laptop; a 3–4 minute song a few minutes more. There is no upload and no queue.

Ready to visualize your music?

Drop a track, pick a style, and watch it come alive.