Tutorial: Your first 1-hour lo-fi video

We'll make a classic: a 1-hour lo-fi study mix with visuals that change every track. You need a signed-in account and ~17 credits (or scale the same steps down to 3–4 tracks on free trial credits).

1. 1

   Start a Music-mode project

   Dashboard → New Project. Keep the default Music mode selected.

2. 2

   Write the idea

   Title: "Midnight Study Session". Idea:

   "A quiet desk by a rainy window at midnight — warm lamp, notebooks, steam from a mug. Mellow lo-fi hip-hop with soft piano, vinyl crackle and slow beats. Cozy, focused, a little nostalgic."

   Click Enhance if you want the AI to enrich it further.

3. 3

   Set preferences

   Style: lo-fi / chillhop. Set the track slider to 17 tracks (~1 hour, 17 credits). The AI writes an individual prompt per track — skim them; they should riff on your desk/rain/night concept.

4. 4

   Generate and curate the music

   Confirm the credit dialog. While tracks generate, start listening from the top. Re-roll anything that breaks the mood — a too-bright track at position 3 will stick out for a full hour. Free regenerations, so be picky.

5. 5

   Curate images and loops

   Review each track's image next — keep the scene anchored on the desk-and-window motif, regenerate outliers. Then preview the animated loops; you're looking for slow, seamless motion (rain streaks, steam, flickering lamp).

6. 6

   Shape the timeline

   Order tracks like a DJ set: strongest opener first (it's your first impression and your thumbnail source), gentle dip in the middle, calmest tracks last.

7. 7

   Assemble

   Hit assemble and let the cloud work (~20–30 min). Meanwhile, review the generated SEO pack: keep "lofi" + "study" in the title, check the description's first line, tweak the thumbnail text overlay.

8. 8

   Download

   When status flips to Completed, preview the video, then download the MP4 and thumbnail. Done — continue with Publish on YouTube.