15 secondsYouTube Intro
YouTube intros either earn the next 30 seconds or get skipped. This preset earns it — distorted guitar riff, rising whooshes, channel-mark sting at second 12.
BPM · 124–138
Tutorial viewers stay if the cognitive load feels manageable. This preset helps — calm electric piano, brushed drums, vinyl crackle. The music does the comforting; you do the explaining.
Video essays get melody-free ambient — they’re 20+ minutes of focused listening where any musical motion is distracting. Tutorials get lo-fi hip-hop — they’re shorter, more action-oriented (the viewer is following along), and the gentle drum pulse helps them keep pace.
It’s built for them. Software developers consistently rate lo-fi as the highest-tolerance music for code-along content — it’s why every "code with me" channel converges on the genre.
[templates.items.tutorial-bg.faqs.faq3.a]
15 secondsYouTube intros either earn the next 30 seconds or get skipped. This preset earns it — distorted guitar riff, rising whooshes, channel-mark sting at second 12.
BPM · 124–138
15 secondsYouTube end-screens hold the viewer for ~10 seconds while they decide what to do next. This preset gives them space — soft pad, slow filter sweep, no drums fighting their attention.
BPM · 80–92
1 minuteVideo essays live or die on listener attention to the words. This preset takes the opposite of every other template — no hook, no melody, no drums. Just evolving texture under your voice.
BPM · 70–82
1 minuteVlogs cut between voiceover and silent b-roll constantly. This preset breathes with the cuts — warm guitar strums, light percussion, hummed vocal that fills the silent moments without crowding the talkative ones.
BPM · 98–110