Two new effects landed in the editor this week: Colour tint and VHS scanlines, both previewable live.

VHS scanlines is particularly good for the lo-fi aesthetic that's everywhere in short-form right now, and who doesn't love a little bit of colour in their lives? Give them a try and let me know what you think.

Behind the scenes, I've been working on something I want to share because it directly affects what I ship for you.

Running a small but growing product means there's always more to build than time to build it. The hard part isn't ideas - it's deciding which ideas are actually worth my week. Until recently I was making those calls based on whatever felt loudest in my inbox, which is a terrible way to prioritise.

So I built a weekly system that ingests product data, user activity, search trends, and feedback signals, and tells me the three things most worth my attention each week. Not what to build - that's still my call, but where to look first. It runs every Monday morning and posts a report I can read with my coffee.

What this means for you: the roadmap is now driven by what the data says users actually need, not by what's most fun to build. If you've left feedback in the comments here, replied to my emails, or posted about SMS somewhere I can find, that signal feeds into what gets prioritised.

The effects this week shipped because the priority items were handled and I had room for something visual and fun. That's the right order of operations.

If there's something you've been stuck on, or a feature you've been waiting for - ask in the questions or email me at [email protected]. I read everything, and now I have a better way to make sure it actually translates into shipped work.

Cheers,

Rane

Hey Sumo-lings!

I hope you're well!

A problem that a few of you have mentioned: the SoundMadeSeen editor has a lot of depth, and getting comfortable with it takes a bit of time (to be fair, there is a lot to learn). I didn't really want to strip anything out, because plenty of you love the fine control.

So instead, I've just added flows - four guided erm - flows - that take you from audio to a finished, shareable video without opening the full editor at all.

You pick the one that matches what you're making:

Podcast clips - drop in an episode, we pull the clip and style it for social.

Music videos - upload a track, we detect the beats and build a visualiser.

Narrated slideshows - write a story (or have SoundMadeSeen write it for you), automatically generated visuals, chapter-synced.

Subtitled videos - add captions to a video you already have.

First video in under 10 minutes. That's the goal.

The full editor hasn't changed and it's just one click away from every flow - there's still a direct "upload audio" option on the dashboard for when you already know exactly what you want.

Flows are a shortcut. They sit alongside everything you already have.

If you want to get to a video as quickly as possible, SoundMadeSeen is there for you.

Give flows a try!

Cheers,

Rane

Hey Sumo-lings!

Three things shipped this week in SoundMadeSeen:

Timed text & shapes with entry/exit animations: add text or shapes onto your clip and have them animate in and out exactly when you want. Bonus: fixed a line-height bug on multi-line text, added a line-height tool, and threw in an extra-large font size while I was in there.

Faster, smarter Beat Mode detection: beat detection is quicker now (way quicker) and much better at picking up downbeats, so your visuals sync tighter to the music.

Auto-generated Inspire Me prompts: in the standard editor, clicking the "Inspire Me" button will now automatically build an image prompt from your transcription (if you have one and your audio is under 10 minutes). Less staring at a blank box, more making stuff.

More soon!

Rane

Hey Sumo-lings,

Just a quick one from me today. If you haven't joined our Discord yet, I'd love to see you over there.

It's where I hang out a lot of the time - sharing what I'm working on, previewing features before they ship, and (honestly) getting some of the best product ideas I've had from chatting with folks like you who actually use SoundMadeSeen day-to-day. A few recent features came directly out of someone dropping a "hey, would it be possible to…" message in there.

It's also where I talk most openly about the north star for SoundMadeSeen: from audio to awesome video as quickly as possible. That's the lens I use for every decision - what to build, what to cut, what to prioritise. The Discord is where I think out loud about how we get there, what's getting in the way, and what's coming next.

It's a small, friendly crew podcasters, musicians, creators, marketers, anyone turning audio into something worth watching. No spam, no hard sells, just people making stuff and people building tools for people making stuff. Ask questions, show off clips you've made, tell me what's broken, or just lurk - all welcome.

See you in there!

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Hey friends!

I wanted to share what's been shipping lately and a bit about the direction SoundMadeSeen is heading.

The big one: Image Slideshows. You can now add a series of images to your designs and time them in a few different ways - divide evenly across your audio, loop them, align them to speakers in your transcription, or in Beat Mode, sync image changes to the beat. You've also got transitions between slides: fade, wipe, slide, and zoom.

The speaker alignment option is one I'm really excited about. If you're making podcast content, you can drop in an image per speaker and SoundMadeSeen handles the rest - your visuals now change with your conversation without you having to manually time anything.

This is part of a bigger direction for SoundMadeSeen. The goal has always been to help you create great visual content from your audio without needing to be a video editor. Rather than giving you a blank timeline and leaving you to figure it out, we give you tools that do the heavy lifting - you make the creative choices, we handle the tedious part.

There's more time-based features coming that build on this same approach, so your videos can have more depth and variety while still being quick to produce.

Also shipped recently:

A new Webhook management page (visible in your left nav) - create, test, view history, regenerate secrets

Public API schema now available via Swagger UI and ReDoc

As always, I'm keen to hear your feedback. Cheers!