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> Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://tiny-desk-video.com/llms.txt)

# About Tiny Desk AI

This is a small independent studio built around one fixed performance: a 19-second vertical clip of a band playing “Outstanding”, the format that became the Outstanding Tiny Desk meme. You put faces you own into it. That is the whole product.

## Why this clip

It is short and readable even on mute: four hard cuts, one wide band shot, one close-up that carries the whole joke, a sax solo and a return to the band. Music and framing are already perfect, so there is nothing for a generator to invent. Everything that can go wrong is about identity — which is exactly what we tuned for. [What is the Tiny Desk AI trend?](https://tiny-desk-video.com/what-is-tiny-desk-ai) · [1 to 5 people, five fixed seats](https://tiny-desk-video.com/tiny-desk-ai-1-to-5-people)

## What we are not

We are not NPR, the Tiny Desk concert series, Charlie Wilson, The Gap Band, or any label. We are not a deepfake service for disguising people. Output is labelled AI-generated and meant for personal, non-commercial posts. Photos of public figures and photos without consent are prohibited. Read the [terms](https://tiny-desk-video.com/terms-of-service) if you want the rules in one place.

## How a video gets made

You sign in with email and password, buy credits (no free trial; failed renders refund), add one portrait per seat, and render in the browser. Each of the five shots is generated separately with a reference-video model, then stitched back on the original hard cuts and muxed with the original audio. There is a longer walkthrough in [How to make a Tiny Desk AI video](https://tiny-desk-video.com/how-to-make-tiny-desk-ai-video).

## Limits we will not paper over

A blurred selfie will not become a sharp close-up. A person standing at the edge of a wide shot is harder to replace than the person in the close-up. The band's instruments, clothes and hair are inherited from the reference, not invented for you. If a render misses, it is a failed render and the credits come back.

## Frequently asked questions

**Make a video**

## Ready to hear your band?

Credits first, then the photos. Pick one seat or all five — the price is the same.

[**Create**](https://tiny-desk-video.com/#create)

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## Sitemap

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