Generating a Podcast Intro

What a Generated Intro Is

A generated Intro is a short original instrumental theme, roughly 8 seconds long, with no speech in it. Jellypod composes the music from your podcast's title and description, then masters it with fades and loudness control. The result is saved as your podcast's default Intro, the same setting managed in Episode Music Defaults.

Automatic Generation on New Podcasts

Create a signature Intro is on by default in the Advanced section when you create a podcast. If it stays on, Jellypod starts generating the Intro in the background right after you click Create Podcast, so creating the podcast is never delayed waiting on it.

A few things to know about the automatic Intro:

• It is best effort. If any step fails, generation simply stops and your podcast is left usable with no Intro set. There is no retry button or loading indicator for the automatic run; you can always generate one manually afterward.
• If you set or change the Intro yourself before the automatic generation finishes, your change wins. The generated track is discarded quietly in the background.
• Turn the toggle off before creating the podcast if you would rather add your own Intro music later, or skip having one at all.

The English version of My First Podcast, the starter podcast every new workspace receives, skips the wait entirely. It comes with one of two pre-made Intros matched to Oliver Hart or Claire Brooks. Localized starter podcasts begin without an Intro, and you can generate one in the saved podcast language at any time.

Generating or Regenerating an Intro Manually

1. Open Edit Podcast, then open Episode Music Defaults.
2. Next to Intro, click Generate if no Intro is set, or the sparkle icon to Regenerate an existing one.
3. Optionally describe the sound you want in Creative direction, up to 500 characters, such as "warm analog synths, optimistic, quick and modern." This is optional. Jellypod always uses your podcast's saved title and description as well.
4. Click Generate Preview. This can take up to a minute. The new Intro plays as New Preview next to your Current Intro, if you had one.
5. Click Regenerate Preview to try again, or Save Intro to apply the preview as your podcast's default Intro. Closing the dialog without saving discards the preview.

The music stays instrumental and the finished Intro stays brief, whether generated automatically or manually.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does creating a podcast wait for the Intro to finish generating?

No. The podcast is created immediately and the Intro generates in the background, whether triggered automatically at creation or manually afterward.

Can I add my own Intro music file instead of generating one?

Yes. Episode Music Defaults still lets you pick any audio file from your media library for the Intro, Background, or Outro.

Does regenerating the Intro change episodes I already published?

No. Episode Music Defaults only apply to new Episodes; already-published Episodes keep the Intro they were created with.