# Podcast Intro Music > To make podcast intro music, describe your show's mood, two or three instruments and a length, then generate an original instrumental and download the MP3. In Kenerate AI's Music Studio, ElevenLabs Music sets an exact length, such as 15 seconds, and Ken Music 1 makes quick clips of about 30 seconds. Kenerate AI claims no royalties in your tracks. URL: https://kenerateai.com/podcast-intro-music Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com) Last updated: 4 November 2026 ## Key facts - Exact length: 10 s and up, in 5 s steps (ElevenLabs) - Quick clips: About 30 s (Ken Music 1) - Download: MP3 - Royalties: None claimed by Kenerate AI (Terms) - Demo "Cold Open" (Mystery intro, Ken Music 1): prompt: Podcast intro theme for a mystery show, dark minimal and tense, low piano notes, ticking pulse, deep strings, slow build, gentle fade-out at the end, 80 bpm - Demo "Front Porch" (Conversation theme, Ken Music 1): prompt: Warm mid-tempo podcast intro theme for a friendly conversation show, acoustic guitar, brushed drums, soft Rhodes, relaxed and welcoming, gentle fade-out at the end, 95 bpm - Demo "Podcast Intro" (Intro sting, ElevenLabs Music v2.5): prompt: Upbeat podcast intro jingle, punchy drums, bright synth riff, ends on a confident hit, instrumental ## Steps 1. Open the Music Studio — It starts in Instrumental mode from this page, so you get no vocals to fight with the host's voice. 2. Pick an engine and length — ElevenLabs Music for an exact 15 or 20 seconds; Ken Music 1 (Quick clip) for about 30 seconds. 3. Describe your show — The type of show, the mood, two or three instruments, a tempo and how it should end. 4. Generate a few takes — Play each one next to your first spoken line and keep the one that sounds like your show. 5. Download and edit it in — Save the MP3, drop it into your podcast editor, and fade it under your voice there. ## In depth ### Choosing a sound for your show Soundstripe's guide matches mood to format: tense and minimal for true crime, upbeat for comedy, clean electronic for business, lo-fi or ambient for wellness, and warm mid-tempo for interviews [1]. Treat that as a starting point. The test that matters is simple: play the intro, then your first spoken line, and hear whether they sound like the same show. ### Fading music under your voice Do this step in your editor, because Kenerate delivers one finished track and doesn't mix audio. Soundstripe suggests: - Start a smooth 2 to 3 second fade-out just before your voice comes in [1]. - If music stays on under the talking, keep it 10 to 15 dB below speech [1]. - Use the same levels every episode, so the show sounds consistent. ### Looping a theme for a longer bed An intro is a piece of music with a start and an end, so it rarely loops cleanly, and no engine here promises a seamless loop. If you need music under a long read or an ad break, ask for a steady track with no big changes and generate it at the length you need. If you still want to loop, cut on a bar line in your editor and add a short crossfade. ### What the licence does and doesn't cover 'Royalty-free' only means you don't pay per use; it doesn't mean free of all rights [2]. Kenerate's Terms go a step further: what you generate belongs to you as between you and us, and we claim no royalties [3]. They also say what we can't promise: - Purely AI-generated material may not qualify for copyright in some countries, including the United States. - Some engines carry their own conditions on outputs, such as a ban on training a competing AI model. - You're responsible for making sure your outputs don't infringe third-party rights. References: [1] Podcast Intro Music: How to Choose the Right Track — Soundstripe: https://www.soundstripe.com/blogs/podcast-intro-music [2] Royalty-free music — Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royalty-free [3] Kenerate AI Terms of Service: https://kenerateai.com/terms ## FAQ Q: How long should podcast intro music be? A: Most guides land between about 10 and 30 seconds. Soundstripe suggests 10 to 15 seconds for solo shows, 15 to 20 for interviews and up to 30 for narrative shows. If your show is well known to its listeners, a sting of 5 to 10 seconds also works. Q: Can I set the exact length? A: Yes, with ElevenLabs Music: it makes an exact length from 10 seconds up, in 5-second steps. Ken Music 1 has no exact-length setting and makes clips of about 30 seconds: our two test intros, asked for about 20 seconds, both ran 30 to 31. Q: Is the music royalty-free? A: Under our Terms the music you generate belongs to you, as between you and Kenerate AI, and we claim no intellectual property rights or royalties in it. You can use it in a monetised show, subject to the Terms and the law. Q: Do I own the copyright in my intro? A: We can't promise that. Copyright differs by country, and in some, including the United States, material generated purely by AI without enough human creative input may not be protected. So you can use your theme, but copyright may not stop someone else from reusing it. Q: Can I use it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and YouTube? A: Our Terms allow publishing and monetisation of what you generate, and they don't limit it by platform. You're responsible for making sure your track doesn't infringe anyone's rights, and each platform's own rules still apply. Q: Can I make a matching outro? A: The surest way is to use the same track: take its last 10 to 20 seconds in your editor. Running the same prompt again gives a related mood, but a new melody. Q: Can I loop or fade the track in Kenerate? A: No. Kenerate has no loop or fade editor, so do this in your podcast editor. You can ask for 'a gentle fade-out at the end' in the prompt. For a longer bed, generate the full length you need, up to 10 minutes on ElevenLabs Music, rather than looping a short clip. Q: Can I add a spoken line over the intro? A: Yes, but you do the mix yourself. Make the voice with the AI voice generator, make the music here, and put them on two tracks in your editor. Q: Is it free? A: A new account gets free credits, enough for quick clips on Ken Music 1. Exact lengths on ElevenLabs Music cost more, so plan on a top-up for those. Downloads have no watermark. ## Related pages - Outro music maker: https://kenerateai.com/outro-music-maker - AI podcast generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-podcast-generator - AI instrumental generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-instrumental-generator - AI jingle generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-jingle-generator - AI voice generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-voice-generator - AI lofi generator: https://kenerateai.com/ai-lofi-generator ## Sources - Kenerate engine list (src/lib/music-models.ts): https://kenerateai.com/app/music - Kenerate AI Terms of Service: https://kenerateai.com/terms