Creating Videos Updated August 29, 2026 4 min

    Sound mode: full guide

    Sound mode skips melodies entirely and generates a continuous ambient soundscape — rain on a window, crackling fire, ocean waves — paired with one atmospheric visual loop. It's the cheapest way to make very long videos.

    Cost and durations

    DurationCredits
    30 minutes2
    1 hour4
    3 hours12
    10 hours40
    Custom1 credit per 15 minutes

    Longer presets unlock with higher tiers; buying any extra credit pack unlocks Studio-level durations without a subscription.

    Describing the sound

    You write two short prompts: the sound ("rain, fireplace crackling, cozy cabin") and the visual ("rain-streaked window, warm lamp light, night"). Six one-click templates cover the classics: rain & fireplace, ocean waves, forest stream, thunderstorm, autumn wind, coffee-shop ambience.

    Preview before you commit

    The wizard generates a short audio preview so you can hear the ambience before the full soundscape is created, then walks through the visual scene and assembly like the other modes.

    Sleep and rain content lives on long watch time — 10-hour videos routinely outperform short ones. See the blog post Why 10-hour videos dominate YouTube.
    Monetization note: under YouTube's 2025 AI-content policies, pure ambient uploads are the hardest category to monetize. Sound mode shines for sleep/focus content and audience building; if ad revenue is the goal, lead with original-music videos. Details in Licensing & monetization.

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