About this tool
Audio doesn’t play on its own on Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn or X, so podcasters and musicians share audiograms: short videos where a visualiser moves with the sound. Audiogram Maker turns any recording into one. Open the file, drag two handles over the waveform to pick the best moment (up to three minutes), and see a live preview with the sound before you make anything.
Choose bars that bounce with each frequency, a smooth liquid wave, or a ring of bars around a circle that pulses with your cover art. Set the shape for where it’s going: square for feeds, 4:5 portrait, 9:16 for stories and reels, or 16:9 for YouTube. Use one of six gradients in rich colours, a plain colour, or your own photo, softly blurred and darkened so the words stay readable. Add a title, a subtitle in any of 18 fonts, cover art, and captions from an SRT or WebVTT file.
Unlike most audiogram services, there’s no account, no monthly fee and no watermark, and your unreleased episode never leaves your computer: the video is drawn and encoded in your browser.
How to use Audiogram Maker
- Press “Choose a file” and pick an audio file or a video with sound.
- Drag the handles on the waveform, or type From and To times, to choose the clip. Press Listen to check it.
- Under Look, choose a Size, a Visualiser and a Background. Fill in Title and Subtitle, and press “Add cover art” or “Add captions (SRT, VTT)” if you like.
- Press “Play preview” to watch it with the sound, then press “Make video”.
- When it’s ready, watch it on the page and press “Download video”.
A podcaster picks 0:41 of a 52-minute episode, chooses Story 9:16, the Sunset gradient and the Circle visualiser with the show’s artwork, and adds the episode’s SRT file. A 1080 × 1920 MP4 with captions is ready in under a minute on a laptop.
Features
- Clips up to three minutes, picked with draggable handles, typed times or the keyboard.
- Three visualisers: frequency bars, a smooth layered wave, and a circle of bars around pulsing cover art.
- Four sizes: square 1:1, portrait 4:5, story 9:16 and wide 16:9, in Full HD or faster 720p.
- Backgrounds: six gradients, any solid colour, or your own picture with adjustable darkening and blur.
- Title and subtitle in 18 bundled fonts, any text colour, and visualiser colours of your choice.
- Captions from SRT or WebVTT files, timed against the whole recording so any clip lines up.
- Live preview with sound, an optional progress bar, and gentle sound fades at each end.
- MP4 (H.264 and AAC) where the browser supports it, otherwise WebM; no watermark.
Tips and good to know
- Pick a moment that makes sense on its own: a strong opinion, a punchline or a chorus. Thirty to sixty seconds works best on most apps.
- Most people scroll with the sound off, so captions make a big difference to how many watch to the end.
- Use Story 9:16 for Reels, TikTok and Shorts, Portrait 4:5 or Square for feeds, and Wide 16:9 for YouTube and websites.
- With a photo background, a little darkening keeps white text readable on any picture.
- If making the video is slow on an older phone, choose HD 720p; social apps shrink videos anyway.
Frequently asked questions
Is my audio uploaded?
No. The recording, your pictures and your captions are all opened in your browser, and the video is made on your own device. Nothing is sent to AroraTools or anywhere else.
Is it free? Are there limits?
It’s free with no sign-up and no watermark. Each video can be up to three minutes long, and the recording itself can be as long as your device’s memory allows.
Does it work on a phone and offline?
Yes, in current Safari, Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Once the page has loaded no connection is needed. Phones take longer to make the video than computers; HD 720p is quicker.
Why did I get a WebM video and not MP4?
The tool makes MP4 when your browser can encode H.264 video and AAC sound, which Chrome, Edge and Safari can. Firefox can’t encode AAC, so there you get a WebM video, which most apps also accept.
Where do I get captions?
Many podcast hosts and editing apps export an SRT file of the transcript. The times should count from the start of the full recording; the tool shows only the lines inside your clip.
Can I use the sound from a video?
Yes. Open an MP4, MOV or WebM file and its sound track is used. The original picture is replaced by your audiogram design.
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