How Melodio works, step by step

1 · Quick start: your first song in 3 minutes

Everything starts on the Create Song page (the same creator lives on the home page). You describe the song in plain words — the mood, the story, who it's for — and Melodio writes the lyrics, composes the music, and sings it.

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   Describe it. Type what the song should be about. Real details beat vague vibes: names, places, inside jokes all end up in the lyrics.

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   Pick language, genre & voice. English is the default; there are 40 languages. Choose up to 5 genres and a male, female, or “any” voice.

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   Press Create Song. Generation takes about 1–3 minutes. You land on the song page, where the track appears as soon as it’s ready.

Generating songs is free — every new account can create up to 100 songs without paying. You only spend credits when you unlock a track you love (more in Credits & plans).

2 · The four creation modes

3 · Genres, languages & voices

The genre picker holds 200+ genres in 16 categories — from Pop, Hip Hop and Electronic to Corridos, Afrobeats, City Pop, commercial jingles, and Kids & Lullabies. Combine up to 5: the first genre sets the backbone, the rest color the sound.

• Languages: 40, from English and Spanish to Japanese, Arabic, Hindi, and Ukrainian. Lyrics are written natively in the language you pick, not translated.
• Voice: Male, Female, or Any (let the model decide what fits).
• Voice personas (Max): clone a voice from one of your unlocked songs and reuse it across future tracks.

4 · Preview, unlock & share

Every generated song gets its own page with cover art, a waveform player, and the full lyrics. You can listen to a free preview — up to 60 seconds (half the track, minimum 10s). Unlocking costs ✦ 10 and gives you the full track forever, plus the MP3 download.

• Share: every song has a public link (melodio.co/share/…) you can send to anyone — no account needed to listen.
• Library: all your songs live in My Songs — play, rename, favorite, filter, download unlocked tracks, or delete.
• Rights: unlocked tracks are yours to use commercially.

5 · Studio tools MAX

Once a song is unlocked, its page grows a studio row of one-click tools. Most are part of Max; Cover only needs credits:

6 · Music videos

The Music Video studio turns any completed song into an AI-generated, lip-synced video. Pick one of 14 cinematic styles (Neon Nights, Anime MV, Retro VHS, Golden Stage…), choose who's in it — upload up to 3 photos or generate an AI character — and hit Generate.

• Scenes: Multi scene cuts between angles like a real music video (up to 3 reference photos). One scene lip-syncs a single photo in one continuous shot — perfect for a singing portrait.
• Format & quality: 9:16 vertical (TikTok/Reels) or 16:9 wide (YouTube); Standard 480p costs ✦ 1/sec, High 720p ✦ 2/sec (minimum 10 credits per video).
• Save credits: trim to a 15–30s hook instead of rendering the whole song — punchier and much cheaper.
• Takes: render 1 video, or 2 to compare and keep the better one.
• AI character: turn a photo into a styled performer portrait to star in your video for ✦ 6 — uploading your own photo is free.
• Rendering: takes a few minutes. You can leave the page — the video keeps rendering and lands in the studio's History tab. Credits are charged when you press Generate and refunded automatically if a render fails.

7 · Melodio Kids

Melodio Kids is a dedicated corner for parents: personalized lullabies, bedtime story songs, nursery rhymes, and sing-alongs with your child's name woven into the verses. Lyrics stay gentle by design — soothing themes, simple words, nothing scary.

8 · Melodio AI

Melodio AI is your in-app assistant. Ask it anything about the service and get songwriting tips for free (15 messages a day on free accounts). On Max it goes further: it co-writes and refines full lyrics line by line, and can kick off the song generation for you straight from chat.

9 · Credits & plans

Credits are Melodio's single currency. Generating and previewing songs costs nothing; credits pay for unlocks, studio actions, and music videos (and if a video render fails, those credits come back automatically).

Quick math: unlocking a song is 10 credits, so a Max month covers ~100 unlocked songs — or a mix of unlocks, covers, and a few music videos. There's also a referral program: ✦ 20 for each friend who joins (up to 25 friends).

10 · Tips for better songs

The single biggest lever is the description you type. The model treats it as a creative brief: whatever you make concrete, it keeps; whatever you leave vague, it invents.

Writing the brief

• Be specific, not poetic. “A song for Anna who burns every pancake but we love Sunday mornings anyway” beats “a beautiful song about love”. Real details land in the lyrics almost verbatim.
• Say who is singing to whom. “A mom singing to her daughter before a big exam” or “first person, to an old friend I lost touch with” — perspective sets the pronouns, the tone, and the whole emotional angle.
• Ask for your hook. Want an exact phrase in the song? Put it in quotes: the chorus is usually built around it.
• Name the mood and tempo. “Slow, warm, a little nostalgic” or “fast, defiant, stadium energy” — two or three mood words steer the whole production.
• Pair genres deliberately. The first genre is the backbone; add one or two others as seasoning. “Indie Folk + Lo-Fi” reads very differently from “Lo-Fi + Indie Folk”.
• Describe the sound, not an artist. “Moody 80s synths, breathy female vocal, slow build” works better than name-dropping a famous singer — the model responds to descriptions, not imitations.
• Write the brief in the target language. Generating in Spanish? Give the description in Spanish too — idioms and rhymes come out more natural.

Getting more out of a track

• Iterate cheaply. Generation is free: try three variations of the brief, compare, and unlock only the one you love.
• Own the words on Max. Custom Lyrics sings your text exactly as written — and section tags like [Verse], [Chorus], [Bridge] help shape the arrangement.
• Fix, don’t regenerate. One weak line in a great track? Replace section (✦4) rewrites just that part. Want it longer — Extend; want a different vibe on the same song — Cover.
• Keep one voice across releases. Clone a voice persona (Max) from a track you love and reuse it — your songs start sounding like one artist, not a playlist of strangers.
• Plan the video hook. If a music video is the goal, trim to the 15–30 second hook instead of rendering the full song: punchier on TikTok, and a fraction of the credits.