Captions & audio

Captions that pop, a mix that never drags.

Most people watch social video on mute, and the rest notice bad audio immediately. Etchly burns in word-timed captions and delivers a balanced, platform-ready mix with an original music bed and sound effects.

Four caption styles, timed to every word

Pick karaoke (each word lights up as it's spoken), pop (words punch in), boxed (high-contrast boxes) or minimal (clean lower-thirds). Captions are timed from the voiceover's word-level timing and burned into the MP4, so they show up on every platform.

  • Karaoke, pop, boxed or minimal
  • Styled with your brand fonts and colors
  • Burned in, with no separate caption file to upload

Original music and sound effects

Every video gets an original music bed that fits its tone, plus sound effects cued by the script: whooshes on transitions, a chime on a reveal, a heartbeat under a cliffhanger. No stock music licenses to track down.

Mix without re-rendering

Adjust speech, music and each individual effect with faders and a live preview. Re-exporting the soundtrack takes a fraction of a second, because the frames don't change.

The live preview with audio controls

Loudness-normalized for every platform

The final mix is normalized to −14 LUFS, the common loudness target for YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, so your video isn't turned down or drowned out next to the one before it.

FAQ

Captions & audio: questions

Can I turn captions off?

Yes. Captions are optional, and you can switch styles at any time and re-render in seconds.

Is the music royalty-free?

The music bed is composed for your video by the pipeline, so there are no stock licenses to manage.

What loudness is the final audio?

−14 LUFS integrated, suited to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and most web players.

Make your first video free.

10 free credits on signup, enough to script and produce a short 15-second video. No card required.

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