Podcast intros set the cognitive frame for the next 30 minutes. This preset cues "smart, curious, worth your attention" — jazzy upright bass, brushed drums, Rhodes piano. The kind of intro that NPR earned a generation on.
Cinematic orchestral reads as "drama" — appropriate for true-crime or news, off-brand for interview, business, and topical-discussion shows that make up most of the podcast market. The jazzy framing reads as "thoughtful conversation" without locking you into a narrow genre.
It’s mixed for it — the upright bass is rolled off below 60Hz to avoid the muddy artifacts AAC introduces in sub-bass, and the Rhodes piano sits in the 200Hz-2kHz range where lossy codecs preserve detail best. The result reads cleanly even at 64 kbps.
The chord lands at second 13 and sustains for 2 seconds. Record your show-name voice tag at ~1.5 seconds long and place it on the chord — the music holds underneath, the name lands on a satisfying resolution. Standard podcast intro pattern.
30 secondsPodcast outros do double duty — emotional close-out plus sponsor read plus next-episode tease. This preset gives all three room to breathe. Fingerpicked nylon guitar, brush drums, Rhodes pad. Never peaks.
BPM · 88–98
1 minuteInterview podcasts have natural silences — the editing reality is they often need a bed to soften the pauses without cueing "B-segment". This preset solves that. Pure ambient pad, no rhythm, designed to be invisible until needed.
BPM · 70–80
