Background music plays an crucial role in video production because it affects the viewing experience of the target audience and helps your video get more views. So, if you don’t know how to add music to video, you’ve come to the right place. This post will introduce you 2 ways to add an audio recording, background music, or favorite song to your video file, the first way is using free video editor – MiniTool Movie Maker , and the second way is adding audio on YouTube.
How to add music to video and edit it on Windows PC?
If you want to add audio to the video and preview the content, a video editor is a necessity. There are numerous video editing software on the market, in this article, we will show you how to use the free Windows video editor without watermark – MiniTool Movie Maker to add a song to video.
MiniTool Movie Maker is an easy-to-use video editing software for beginners and semi-professionals. With it, you may trim, cut up your video and delete unnecessary parts. To give your video a stunning look, it allows you to add transitions and visual filters for your video. Moreover, you could edit and customize texts, captions and credits to complete your video. If you want to create a trailer in a quicker way, you can choose some ready film templates directly on the software.
This free video editor not only assists you mute the authentic track within the video, but also allows you to add different songs to specific video clips.
To add music to video, please take the following steps below.
Step 1: Download, install MiniTool Movie Maker and then launch it.
Step 2: Click on Import Media File frame to import the video, to which you want to add background music, then drag and drop the video to the timeline.
Step 3: Click Import Media Files to import the background music that you like, after that, drag and drop the music to the timeline.
Step 1: If you want to remove the original track in the video at first, you can click the Mute button below the video on the timeline.
Step 2: In case you want to remove the part of the original track, drag the playhead to the start point of the unwanted part of the track, click the scissor icon on the playhead to split the video. Next, tap on Mute to remove the part of the original track.
Split the video into several parts, then you may begin to add background music to each video clip.
Step 1: Choose a song or an audio recording, drag the playhead to the right place and click the scissor icon on the playhead to split the music. Then right-click on the unwanted part and select Delete option from the drop-down list.
Step 2: Do the same steps to add music to video, and then, please repeat the last step to edit music.
Step 3: If you want to get the fade-in and fade-out video effects, right-click on the music and select Edit to fade in and fade out music.
Step 4: Preview the video that you edited, tap on Export in the toolbar, then click on Export in the pop-up window to save this video.
How Can I Add Music to Video and Edit it on Youtube?
Sometimes, you happen to upload a video without any background music to YouTube. Later, you notice that you should add music to that video to get more views and audiences. You don’t need to delete that video and re-upload a new one because YouTube features a video editor that permits you to form some changes to the present video while not losing the video URL.
Whether you forget to feature background music to video or can’t realize some free appropriate music for video, YouTube Video Editor may be a good tool to try
How to Add music to video on YouTube website?
You can follow the steps below to add mp3 to video on YouTube.
Step 1: Open the web browser and then sign in to YouTube to access its homepage.
Step 2: Clicking your profile picture in the top-right corner of the screen and select the YouTube Studio (beta) option from the drop-down menu to go to YouTube Studio (beta) page.
Step 3: Tap on Videos in the left panel, you will see all your uploaded videos are listed here, including unlisted and private videos. Then, choose the video to which you want to add some music.
Step 4: Now select the Editor option in the side bar at the left and it will bring you to the editor page.
Step 5: Here you will find the audio icon and click on the arrow icon to expand it. To add mp3 to video, you can choose the AUDIO option.
Step 6: Choose the audio and click on ADD TO VIDEO to add music to video.
How to Edit the Music in a Video on Youtube?
Since you’ve added background music to video, you can also edit as you wish.
How can I Add music to a Specific Part Of The Video?
Drag the start point of the track to the right. Next, drag the endpoint of the track to the left, at last, move the track to the right place.
How do I Change another song?
If you find the music is improper and want to change it, click on Remove track. It will delete the added music at once, and you’ll be able to choose another suitable song or audio for your video.
How can I change audio saturation?
Change audio saturation will build audio sound musical and pleasing. to form your audio sound musical, you’ll be able to amendment audio saturation of the initial and background music with YouTube Video Editor.
Drag the blue icon to the left aspect if you prefer original audio or to the proper aspect if you prefer background music. In the end, choose Save changes after finishing the operation and click Save in the pop-up window. it’ll take a couple of minutes to finish the method. As soon as you finish the operations, you’ll see the changed video on your YouTube channel.
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