Customizing Audio Previews

Audio previews are short audio snippets that allow creators to tease their content both on their Patreon page and across their social media platforms. When you publish a post and audio previews are enabled, we automatically generate an audio clip, which is a short animated video that includes the audio preview. This audio clip can then be directly shared to select social media platforms or downloaded for sharing on other social channels.

Using audio previews

This article is about using and sharing audio previews. Audio previews are available when you create an audio post on Desktop or mobile web by uploading an audio file from your device. You can also share audio on Patreon by embedding URLs or attaching audio files to posts.

Audio previews are enabled by default for your posts if:

• Your Patreon is in the All Audiences category
• The audio file is at least 30 seconds long to generate a preview. To generate an audio clip from a preview, the audio file needs to be at least 2 minutes long. Learn more about Audio clips below
• Your post is locked to paid or free members (posts published for everyone cannot have an audio preview)

Turning audio previews off

Once you’ve uploaded your audio file, audio previews will be on by defaul. You can toggle the switch to turn audio previews on or off when editing/creating an audio post.

Customizing your audio previews

By default, audio previews are between 30 seconds and 5 minutes based on the length of the content. You can choose up to 50% of your content or a maximum of 10 minutes as an audio preview.

1. 1. Click on the Create button and choose the Audio post option
   2. Once you’ve uploaded your audio file and entered your other post details, click the Next button
   3. Click the Edit link in the Audio Preview section
   4. You can drag the box parameter to the desired section of the clip and drag the ends of the box parameter to increase or decrease the audio preview length
      
   5. Click the Save changes button
   6. If you’re editing your audio preview for an already published post, you’ll need to click the Save button to publish your changes

Audio clips

Audio files must be at least 2 minutes long to be able to generate a clip from a preview.

Audio clips are animated video previews of your audio posts. When you enable audio previews in an audio post and publish it, an audio clip is automatically generated for you. This feature saves you time and effort, allowing you to easily share these clips on your social media platforms and promote your posts off-platform, helping turn followers into members.

Audio clips consist of:

• Audio preview: when played, fans can listen to your preview
• Animated soundwave: soundwave visualization that plays along with the audio
• Animated captions: automatically generated captions (currently not customizable)

Some audio clips may not be ready right away. You may need to leave the flow as the audio clip processes in the background. Audio clips are typically generated within a few minutes. You will receive an in-platform and email notification when the audio clip is ready for download.

How to share audio clips on your socials

Once your audio post goes live, a prompt will appear, allowing you to directly share it to select platforms or export it as a downloadable file to the platform of your choice. You can also share it later by going to your audio post and selecting the Share icon.

Generating audio clips for published posts

Audio clips are not retroactively generated for posts published before May 2024. To generate an audio clip for an older post, you’d like to share on socials, you can edit the audio preview for that post, and we’ll automatically generate your audio clip.

1. On the My page section of your Patreon, you can filter or search for a post published before the launch of clips in May 2024
2. Click the … more menu and click  Edit
3. Click on Next if there are no other changes you need to make
4. Ensure previews are toggled on
5. Click the Edit link in the preview section and customize any continuous segment between 30 seconds and 5 minutes long
   • Click on Save changes
6. Click the Save button to publish your post changes
7. Once you’ve published your changes, we’ll automatically generate an audio clip for your post — this may take a few minutes, depending on the file size
8. You can click the Share icon to share your video and audio clips directly to select socials or download them to share across social platforms

Who can listen to these audio previews/clips?

Audio previews/clips are public and can be listened to on your Patreon page or any social media platform where you share them.