A Short that points at the song, not away from it.
Shorts sits inside the one platform where your music already has a permanent home. A visualizer is the clip that sends people to it — your artwork, moving with the track, in a vertical frame.
Upload, design, export. No timeline, no render queue.
1080 × 1920 MP4, up to 20 seconds.
Why Shorts is different
The only feed with a back catalogue behind it.
Reels and TikTok are the post. On YouTube, the Short is a door — the full track, the official video, the album playlist and the channel are all one tap away, and they stay there permanently. That makes a Shorts visualizer worth more than its own view count: it is the cheapest thing you can make that feeds a catalogue you already own.
It also means the visual has a job the others do not. A Short that looks like it belongs to the same release as the full video reads as part of a body of work. Using the same artwork, type and colour as the main upload is what makes the channel look intentional rather than assembled.
The motion is generated from your track's own waveform, not from AI or a stock effects pack. And the 20-second cap is intentional — a Short here is meant to point at your channel, not compete with the full upload for attention.
How it works
Three steps.
Upload the song
Pick the 20 seconds worth pulling out — usually the hook, sometimes the intro if it is distinctive.
Match the release
Use the same cover art, type and colours as the rest of the campaign so the Short reads as part of it.
Export and upload
Download the 1080 × 1920 MP4. YouTube treats a vertical video under the length limit as a Short automatically.
Features
What matters on Shorts.
Vertical at full resolution
1080 × 1920, H.264 MP4 — no upscaling, no black bars, nothing for YouTube to letterbox.
Motion tied to the track
The waveform and effects react to the audio, so the clip moves where the song moves.
Consistent with your other uploads
Save a scene as a template and reuse it across a release, so every Short shares a look without rebuilding it.
Built to loop
Shorts replays automatically. A clip chosen to end near where it began keeps playing instead of stopping dead.
Square and 4:5 from the same project
The same scene exports 1:1 and 4:5 for everywhere else the release is going.
Nothing is AI-generated
The visuals come from your artwork and your audio. Nothing is invented from a prompt, so the Short looks like the release it belongs to.
Flat pricing, no watermark tax
Free to try means an actual export. Paid plans are $9 a month or $2 a video — the same whether the clip is five seconds or twenty.
Shorts specs
What YouTube wants.
YouTube allows Shorts considerably longer than 20 seconds. TrackVis is built for the hook clip, and for pointing viewers at a full upload rather than replacing it.
FAQ
Shorts questions.
What size is a YouTube Short?
Vertical, 1080 × 1920 for a 9:16 frame. YouTube classifies an upload as a Short based on it being square or vertical and within the length limit — TrackVis exports vertical at that resolution.
How do I make my video a Short rather than a normal upload?
Upload it vertically and keep it within YouTube's Shorts length limit. There is no separate setting to toggle; the shape and duration do it.
How long should a music visualizer Short be?
TrackVis exports up to 20 seconds, which suits a hook clip. Shorts loops, so ending near where the clip started tends to hold viewers for a second pass.
Will a Short compete with my full music video?
It generally feeds it. The Short is discovery; the full upload is the destination, and on YouTube both live on the same channel permanently — which is the main reason a visualizer is worth making here even if the view count is modest.
Do I need a channel banner or thumbnail for a Short?
Shorts do not use custom thumbnails the way regular uploads do — the video's own frames are what people see, which is another reason the first frame should already be composed.
Can I make several Shorts from one song?
Yes, and it is cheap once the first scene exists: change the section of the track or the template and export again.
Is this an AI visualizer tool?
No. The motion is generated from your track's actual waveform. Nothing is AI-generated or pulled from a stock effects library.