Tiny Desk AI: cast yourself and your friends
Cast yourself and up to four friends in a 15-second desk-concert video with an original upbeat soul-funk AI instrumental, not the Outstanding recording. One credit price covers every role; no reference video or prompt is needed.
Lead singer*
Drop an image here, or select a file
JPG · PNG · WEBP · up to 30 MB
Keyboardist
Leave empty — a fictional musician fills this role.
Drop an image here, or select a file
JPG · PNG · WEBP · up to 30 MB
Saxophonist
Leave empty — a fictional musician fills this role.
Drop an image here, or select a file
JPG · PNG · WEBP · up to 30 MB
Left backing vocalist
Leave empty — a fictional musician fills this role.
Drop an image here, or select a file
JPG · PNG · WEBP · up to 30 MB
Right backing vocalist
Leave empty — a fictional musician fills this role.
Drop an image here, or select a file
JPG · PNG · WEBP · up to 30 MB
Results land here
Photos to desk-concert performances
Each example pairs the supplied role photos with the resulting performance. Compare the cast, then add your own lead photo at the top of the page.
Solo lead, full band
One supplied identity, with fictional musicians filling the other roles.
Lead, keys and sax
Three supplied roles keep their places through the fixed sequence.
Full five-role cast
Every band role comes from a supplied photo.
Five distinct portraits
Distinct identities stay assigned across wide shots and close-ups.
A fixed desk concert, cast from your photos
Tiny Desk AI puts the people you choose into a fixed five-person desk performance. Your lead-singer photo is the only required input. Add a keyboardist, saxophonist and two backing vocalists if you want those people in the scene too; any role without a photo is played by a fictional musician. The photos supply the identities, so you never have to align separate edits by hand.
The scene and four-shot sequence are already set, from the full-band opening to the lead close-up, saxophone feature and ensemble finish. An original upbeat soul-funk AI instrumental completes the performance without reusing the Outstanding recording. There is no template video to find and no prompt to write, and adding more roles does not change the credit price.
This tool is deliberately built around one fixed desk-concert setup. To direct a different scene with your own prompt instead of casting these band roles, use the AI Video Generator.
Tiny Desk AI specifications
| Parameter | Value | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Role photos | JPEG, PNG or WEBP · up to 30 MB each · 1–5 role photos | One to five single-person photos. The lead singer is required; the other four roles are optional and fictional musicians fill any empty slots. |
| Output | MP4 · 15 seconds · 9:16 vertical · 768P · original AI instrumental | A fixed desk-concert performance with an original upbeat soul-funk AI instrumental, not an existing commercial recording. |
| Pro | 14 credits / second · fixed 15-second output · every role included | One fixed credit price for the complete video, whether you supply only the lead photo or cast every role. |
| Result retention | 7–365 days by plan | Results stay downloadable for the retention window of your plan, then are deleted from storage. |
| On failure | Credits refunded automatically | Credits are returned to your balance automatically. |
How to cast your desk concert
From one lead photo to a complete band performance
Add the lead and any friends
Start with a clear single-person photo for the lead singer. Add photos for the keyboardist, saxophonist and two backing vocalists if you want to cast those roles too.
Leave the scene to the tool
Fictional musicians fill any empty roles. The fixed camera sequence and original AI instrumental are already set, and the credit price stays the same however many roles you supply.
Watch the finished performance
Compare the generated performance with your lead photo, then download the 15-second vertical MP4 with its original instrumental.
Tiny Desk AI — FAQ
Casting, one-price roles, original music and content rights
Cast your own desk concert
Your lead photo is enough to start; add the other roles only if you want them.