How to Make a Spinning Record Video

Here's the full process, start to finish, for turning a piece of art and an audio file into a spinning-disc video you can post today.

1. Prepare your two images

You need a piece of disc art — usually your cover art, cropped square — and, optionally, a background image that sits behind the spinning disc. The disc art is what actually rotates, so a centered, symmetrical design (like a real record label) tends to look best once it's spinning.

2. Upload your disc art

Open Waxify and drop your image into the "Disc" panel. You can mask it into a circle, a rounded square, or a few other shapes, or switch to "Vinyl" mode to wrap it as a proper record label sitting on black vinyl with visible grooves and a spindle hole.

3. Set the speed and direction

The Speed slider runs from a slow crawl up to 300 RPM, with one-click presets for the classic turntable speeds — 16⅔, 33⅓, 45, and 78 RPM. If you want the disc to spin counter-clockwise instead, flip the "Reverse spin" switch; the number itself always stays positive so the RPM reading matches what you'd set on a real player.

4. Add a background (optional)

Drop in a photo or pick a solid color for whatever sits behind the disc. This is what fills the rest of the frame once you choose a vertical or square export size, so it matters more for portrait exports than square ones.

5. Upload and trim your audio

Add your track in the "Audio" panel. Drag the trim handles on the waveform to pick the exact section you want, and use the zoom controls to get frame-accurate with the start and end points — handy for teasing a chorus or hook rather than an intro. Fade-in and fade-out length are adjustable too.

6. Choose your export size

Pick a preset sized for where you're posting — square works everywhere, portrait (9:16) is right for Reels, TikTok, and Stories, and landscape suits YouTube. See our Instagram video dimensions guide if you're not sure which ratio to pick.

7. Export and download

Hit export. Your video renders on our servers (not in your browser) using FFmpeg, so the output is a clean, properly encoded MP4 rather than a shaky screen recording. When it's done, download it and post it wherever you like — there's no watermark and nothing to attribute.

Ready to make one? Open the editor and start uploading.