Add music
Open the Sound tab (⌘5), click Add music and pick a built-in track, or Your own file… for a song of yours. The music plays under the whole video, repeats if it's shorter, and dips when someone speaks.
- Click Sound in the tabs on the right, or press ⌘5.
- Next to Music, click Add music.
- Pick a track. The built-in tracks are grouped by mood: Upbeat, Chill, Focus, Cinematic and Ambient. Click the chips at the top to show one mood, and the play button on a track to listen first. To use a song of your own, click Your own file…. M4A, MP3, WAV, AIFF and FLAC all work.
The music plays under the whole video, fading in at the start and out at the end.
Several songs in a row
A long video doesn't have to hear the same song again and again. Click Add another song to play one after the last, fading into it. Each song's row says when it plays, such as Plays first or Plays after the song above.
When the music ends decides what happens if the songs end before the video does: Repeat starts again from the first song, Stop leaves the rest quiet.
Set it right
Once you've added a track, the Music row has:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| The slider | How loud the music is next to your voice. 35 % is about 9 dB quieter. |
| The speaker button | Mutes the music without removing it. |
| Softer when someone talks | Lowers the music while someone speaks, including a voiceover or AI narration. |
Under More settings › Music details, Softer by sets how much quieter it gets under speech, and Fade in and Fade out how long it takes to come in and go out.
To change a song, click its music button and pick another track. To take one out, click Remove this song, or Remove the music when there's only one.
Use music you have the rights to. If the file is moved or deleted, the tab says so and the export has no music. Choose it again.
Music saved in a preset goes with the preset, so a branded look can include its own track.