How to Add Music to an iPhone Video: A Step-by-Step Guide
Adding music to your iPhone videos can elevate the viewing experience, create a sense of atmosphere, or even compose it more engaging for viewers. With the right steps and tools at hand, you’ll be able to effortlessly merge your video with some catchy tunes. Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to add music to an iPhone video:
Preparation: Gathering Your Files
Before we dive into the process, ensure that both your video file and desired audio track are readily available on your iPhone or iCloud Drive.
For optimal results, it is recommended to use high-quality audio files in formats such as MP3, AAC (Advanced Audio Codec), WAV, M4A (Apple Lossless Format) or AIFF. For compatibility purposes, we’ll focus mainly on the first two file types for this guide.
Method 1: Using GarageBand
One of the most popular ways to add music to an iPhone video is by using GarageBand – a free digital audio workstation app developed by Apple itself. Follow these steps:
1. Launch GarageBand: Open the app from your home screen, and select “Create A New Song” as prompted.
2. Choose Your Track Length: Select the desired track length for your music from the available presets (e.g., 30 seconds to several minutes). If you want custom timings or more precision, switch to ‘Custom’ mode. You can adjust these parameters manually within the app settings panel by tapping “Settings”.
3. Add The Video Clip:
a)* Within GarageBand, find and select your video clip from File > Add Music > Movie & Audio (choose 720p at least for an HD experience). Tap ‘Create a New Song’ and name it to preserve compatibility with the rest of this article.
b)*\ Find another available file type you’d like for future adjustments – we’ll return there after setting your initail audio source as before, but these changes will only take place while adding music. Don’t worry; nothing gets deleted here! When asked where they would want their project saved on both the computer (and storage media), it may be better to keep this choice in Music\Audio/MP3.
c)* Add your audio tracks by clicking “Record” then start with either selecting one track you will not touch and moving back so that all content is moved, or create more sound samples from recordings we’re currently working on using these techniques mentioned previously (no other settings need adjustments since we set things like that. It’s just this way for adding any number of songs). This step might take some time if it does come up again later.
4. Audio Trim: By now you should have at least one audio clip from the list below: Add Track > New Audio File (.mp3/.wav/.ogg/, .m4a/mid/ and) to remove unwanted parts while still playing back both versions for final approval before proceeding with any last-minute changes.
5. Export The Finished Project:
a)* Export it (choose settings by tapping on “Save” inside of that, then select 1: Choose how you want GarageBand\ Audio .wav/.m4a/ogg/MID to get these same formats.) A list will display available export options. If the format you prefer is MP3 for this final output file we’re not interested in here (remember ‘MP3’ is just any generic audio data type), please do.
b)* For further details regarding what kind of file works better than others when exporting a given song with certain length and resolution, see [specific sections below], and they will give you some ideas on how best to make these specific settings match up between all formats while remaining.