How to add music to movie maker

The Sountrack editor is used to add and edit background music and voiceover in your project
On the project toolbar, click on Edit soundtrack to open the soundtrack editor.

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How do you add background music to Movie Maker?
Why can't I add music to Windows Movie Maker?
How do I add music to Windows video maker?
How do I import MP3 into Movie Maker?

Note: The editor can only be opened if the project is not empty (at least 1 clip in the project).

Tips: It is best to work with the soundtrack after you’ve finnished working with the video track.

Interface

Preview area
Video track: to view the list of simplified clips
Audio tracks
- Music track: the track for background music
- Voice track: the track for voice-over, narration, etc.
Cursors
- Triangle cursor: setting current position for audio editing
- Round cursor: making selection
Soundtrack editor toolbar
- Back: go back to Project page
- Insert music: add music to music track
- Voice over: add or record voice-over clip to voice track
- Effect: consist of adjust volume and fade in/fade out
- Delay: add delay time at the current position of the cursor.
- Trim: delete the selected audio
- Clear soundtrack: clear the soundtrack content or audio/music track
- Undo: undo the latest action
- Play/Stop: preview Project soundtrack.
- Zoom-in/Zoom-out: change the timescale displaying the soundtrack.

Adding music

Set/drag the triangle cursor to the position you want to add
Press Insert music.

Choose between adding a built-in music track or your own file

Adding voice-over

Set/drag the triangle cursor to the position you want to add.
Press Voice over.

To add a pre-recorded clip:
- Select Insert voice clip
- Choose a pre-recorded clips.
To record a voice-over:
- Choose Record voice
- Select Record to start recording
- Press Stop to stop recording
- Choose Close to close the recorder

Tips: To avoid losing the first word in your recordings, you should wait around 1 second before speaking after you start recording. You can always trim the excess silence later on.

Cursor manipulation and audio selection

Make a track active for editing
- Click on an audio track to make it active.
Note: Only one track can be active at a time.
Set triangle cursor
- Click on the area above video track list to set the cursor.
- You can also drag it to a new position.
Make a selection
- Drag the round cursors to make a selection.
- Click on a video clip to make a selection on the active audio track corresponds to the time and duration of that video clip.
- Double click on an audio track to select the current segment of that audio track.
Tips: For more precise selection, use the Zoom-in or Zoom-out buttons to zoom-in/zoom-out of the display timescale.

Editing features

There are several things you can do to edit the selected segment of sound.

Change the volume
- Select an audio segment
- Select Effects → Volume
- Drag the slider to adjust the sound.
Fade in/Fade out effect
- Select an audio segment
- Select Effects → Fade-in for fade in effect
- Select Effects → Fade-out for fade out effect
Delete segment
- Select an audio segment
- Select Trim
Note: By selecting Trim, the audio segments after this position will move backward in time.
Add a silence
- Set the triangle cursor to mark the beginning of the silence
- Select Delay
- Drag the cyan cursor or enter the time in the dialog pop-up to adjust the duration of the silence
Undo changes
Preview
Clear tracks
- Select Clear soundtrack → Clear music to clear the music track
- Select Clear soundtrack → Clear voice to clear the voice track
- Select Clear soundtrack → Clear all to clear both tracks

When making a video, adding music not only helps the video look more atmospheric, it also make your personally recorded commentary video more vivid. Background music can mobilize people's emotions and leave others a deep impression when they view videos. Windows Movie Maker provides a variety of music types such as Active, Cinematic, Classical, Electronic, Rock, Hipster Folk, Love, Pop type, and so forth. A few steps and little tips as follows may help remove your concerns and enjoy the leisure time. 　

Step 1: Import the video
Click “+” to import videos, and it can be placed on the main timeline simultaneously.
Or you can drag it to the timeline directly.

Step 2:Choose music
Find “Music” in the middle line of a few additional effects and choose the one you like.

Tips:
You can also import your music by clicking “My Music” or “Record” on the left column.

Step 3: Add to the timeline
Drag the music to the music channel and preview the video.

It is easy for you to import the video, choose the music, and add to the timeline for background music in Windows Movie Maker. Now let's download the latest version of Windows Movie Maker via the official link below and have a try.

How do you add background music to Movie Maker?

There are many ways for adding background music using Movie Maker. You can import the audio file directly to Movie Maker where it lands in the "collections" folder. From the menu bar, you will see the icon marked "music" or "audio" where you will click to gain access to the file from the computer's hard drive easily.

Why can't I add music to Windows Movie Maker?

By default, you need to add first a photo or video before you can add an audio file so please make sure that you already added one before adding music.

How do I add music to Windows video maker?

How to Add Music in Windows Video Editor.

On the top right of the home screen, select Background music..

Click the play button to listen to the music. You can sync the video with the music..

To add a music file from your laptop, click Custom audio and Add the audio file..

Click Done..

How do I import MP3 into Movie Maker?

Launch the Windows Movie Maker. Go to the task pane and click “Add Music” then choose the location of your MP3 file. You can import the file from your PC, Vimeo, Free Music Archive as well as audio micro.