Guides, deep-dives & tutorials
How music visualizers work, how to get the most from the editor, and how to build a visual identity for your music.
Free Preview Music, Copyright and Your Uploads: What Is Actually Safe
Where the free preview loops come from, what music is safe to publish in your own video, and what copyright actually means on YouTube and TikTok.
Making Music Visualizers on Your Phone: The Full Mobile Workflow
Touch editing in Classic, capability-aware 1080p exports and vertical-first mode picks — the full phone workflow, plus when a desktop is worth it.
From Template to Finished Export in Ten Minutes
A real-time walkthrough: pick a template, audition modes, upload your track in Classic, make the three tweaks that matter and export — all in ten minutes.
The Right Visualizer Mode for Every Genre: 54 Looks, Sorted
Genre-by-genre picks from all 54 looks — the best engine and mode for EDM, hip-hop, ambient, rock, pop and jazz, with Beat Response settings for each.
Export Settings for YouTube, Shorts, TikTok & Reels: A Practical Guide
The right resolution, aspect ratio and frame rate for YouTube, Shorts, TikTok and Reels — plus how the in-browser exporter works and a pre-upload checklist.
Classic Editor vs Creator Studio: Which Should You Use?
The guided Classic editor and the node-based Creator Studio open the same document. An honest comparison, a decision guide, and when it pays to switch.
Make a Logo Visualizer: A Reactive EQ Ring Around Your Brand
Turn your logo into a music visualizer with the radial logo-crown template — logo upload, center safe zone, color modes and export sizes for every platform.
The Creator Studio Node Graph: Your First Wired Composition
Wire an audio source through math and LFO nodes into engine parameters, merge two signals, and add effects — a first walkthrough of the Studio node graph.
Beat Sync Explained: Pulse, Hits and Shake
How Novus turns BPM into discrete visual hits, why silence stays still, and how to tune Beat Response, Pulse Intensity and Shake Amount for your genre.
Meet the Nine Visualizer Engines: A Guided Tour of All 54 Looks
A tour of all nine Novus engines — Particles, Trails, Bloom, Character Motion, Radial, Spectrum, Bars, Tunnel and Waveform — with a standout mode for each.
Choosing the Right Visualizer Engine for Your Genre
EDM, lo-fi, ambient, rock or lyric-led — a practical guide to matching a visualizer style to your track, with engine picks and color-theme tips for each.
Designing Cover Art & Spotify Canvas Loops That Match Your Sound
Build a cohesive visual identity for a release — square cover art, a 9:16 Canvas loop, and typography and color that carry across every platform.
From Upload to Export: A Complete Novus Editor Walkthrough
A step-by-step tour of the Novus editor — uploading audio, picking a template, tuning layers and reactivity, and exporting a clean MP4 or WebM.
How Music Visualizers Work: FFT, Frequency Bands & Audio Reactivity
A plain-English look at what turns a song into moving visuals — the FFT, frequency bands, amplitude and beat detection that drive every audio-reactive scene.
How to Make a Lyric Video That Actually Syncs
Auto-transcription, per-word timing, legible captions and layering over a visualizer — a complete guide to lyric videos that land on the beat.