How to Add Music to Your iMovie

After cutting and trimming the video in your iMovie, now you will want to add music to it. The adding process of music files in your iMovie is as easy as the editing process of the videos. You can add various types of audio formats and customize them in any way you wish to. Here’s how to add music to your iMovie.

Here’s how to Add Music  to Your iMovie on Mac

Add Music to Your iMovie from Your Existing Libraries

•    Click on the Audio option located at the upper side of the browsing application.

•    You will get three different libraries on display.

•    Select the one library from where you wish to add music to your iMovie.

•    When you open the selected library, it will show up in the list-view.

•    Press on the drop-down list located at the upper left-hand side of the browsing application to filter the music from the drop-down menu.

•    Search the music file which you wish to add to your iMovie.

•    Pull the music file to the Timeline folder located at the end of the application.

•    In case you wish to put the selected music in the background of the full video, then place it to the “Background Music” folder.

•    You can modify the music file individually from the other music folder.

Add Music to Your iMovie from Your Storage

•    Press on the arrow located in a silver rectangle on the downward direction. It is located on the upper side of the browsing software.

•    Go to the music file from which you wish to add music to your iMovie.

•    Press on the “My Media” option given under the arrow.

•    The music file will show as an olive color of wave shape image with the length located at the upper side of the thumbnail.

•    You can listen to the music in case you hover above it.

•    Click on the Space option.

•    Pull the music file which you have added to the timeline folder.

Steps to Convert Music Files to Supported Formats

•    You need to search for the AIFF converter.

•    Press on the “Choose Files” option and after that, find the music file which you want to convert to different formats.

•    Select 16kpbs in case you want for the audio bitrates.

•    Select 4.4 1 khz or 48khz if you wish to for the sample rate. It is are the common sample rate for the projects of the iMovie.

•    Press on the “Start Conversion” option and let the AFF converter to complete the preparing process of a new format.

•    Now, you need to start downloading the supported formats and after that., add music to your iMusic.

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