Eloway Adding the right music to your YouTube video will greatly increase its entertainment value. Professional video creators will not play background music while recording, but rather when editing. Even if you have already uploaded your video to YouTube you can do these enhancement edits. In the event that your audience believes that the background music is inappropriate, you can change it with the wide selection of royalty-free music. In the next part, we will focus on how to add music to a YouTube video with the video editing tool.

Steps which Eloway follow on adding music to YouTube video

We are going to show you the way to add music to YouTube video with its integrated video editor.

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Using Video Manager

Step 1 Access your account

The first thing you have to do when you want to add music to your YouTube video is to access your YouTube account. Go to the official YouTube page and click on the option to access your account located in the upper right part of the screen. There they will ask you to enter your Gmail account and password. After this, you will be able to see your profile picture at the top right of the screen. Click on your photo and you will be able to access the Creator Studio option . Click on that button.

Step 2 Choose the video

Search your video channel.You can do this in the videos tab of your profile page or by clicking Video Manager in the bar on the left. It will take you directly to the videos you have uploaded. Choose the video in which you want to insert background music.

Step 3 Choose the music

Click the edit option next to the video you want to edit. This will directly open the YouTube editing tool. At the top of the page there are different commands that you can run to edit the video: you can enhance it, add audio, annotate it, create flashcards, add subtitles, and add copyright. Click on the audio option. This will take you to the music library that you want to add to your video.

Step 4 Find the right music

The next thing you have to do to add music to your YouTube video is to find the right music for your video. You will also need to make sure that the length of the music track perfectly matches that of your video. To do this, click on the drop-down menu that says ‘Top Tracks’ and you will see the different genres of music. If you already have a music in mind, you just have to write the title in the search field and hit intro.

Bonus tip: Not satisfied with the track? Try the sound effects in YouTube Audio Library . You can do an advanced search based on popularity, duration, instrument, tone, and genre.

Step 5 Add the chosen music

Before adding the music you’ve chosen to your video, make sure it fits the length of the video. In case you want to learn how to add music to your YouTube video, you just have to click on the music and it will be automatically integrated into your video.

Step 6 Edit the music

• After you’ve integrated the music into your video, you will see the music title below your video. You also have additional options that you can apply. Let’s take a look at the audio position and the slider a little more thoroughly.
• When you press the button for the audio position, you can customize and position the integrated music, as well as compress the duration of the music. You can cut it just by placing the cursor at the beginning and end of the music. When you want to move the audio, you just have to drag the music.
• The music only option located to the left of the audio position can be used to adjust the volume of the music. In case you want to remove the original sound from the video, drag the pointer all the way to the right.

Step 7 Save changes

When you save the edited video, you can save it as a separate video or you can overwrite the existing video.

Extra reminder: You can add multiple audio tracks to video with youtube video editor, and if you want to do advanced audio editing, take a look at this article How to mix audio tracks in a video file.