How could you put music in your video?

Question

I am planning to film a short video, and I need to know how to put a song in it.

Answer 1

The best way is to add it in post-production.

Assuming you will be uploading the video to a computer, in order to use a NLE video editor (Final Cut, Premiere, Aavid, Movie Maker, etc), you will have a video track and an audio track after you put the video into a timeline.    You would simply import the music into the project and drop it into a new audio track.

Now, if you're doing old-fashioned linear editing, you'll need to mix in the music on the final copy of your edited master.  I used to do that not on a final copy of the master, but on the edited master itself.   Here's how - I used a hi-fi camcorder that recorded onto the helical hi-fi tracks.   After the editing was done, I would mix the original hi-fi tracks and the music onto the edited master's linear (mono) track.    The limitation was that the final production had monaural sound, but when you're working with analog video (gets worse w/each copy), it eliminated an extra copy generation.   I also had to remember to use the mono track when making distribution copies.

Answer 2

if you were using an editing software application (like imovie) you simply drag and drop the file into the timeline and adjust start/finish points as you see fit. also, it allows controls for you to increase/decrease volume at any frame.

Answer 3

Do you have editing software?

Answer 4

Assuming you've got the music in a disk file (.wav, .mp3 etc) you can just drop it onto an audio track and adjust the balance between tracks.  Exactly how you do that depends on which editor you're using.

Answer 5

It all depend on what type of editing software you are using, It's usually drag and drop onto the timeline. find tip here...

Answer 6

hello I do it this way  if you are using a CD disk place the recorded video tape in the player. Receiving.  Record it again by placing another blank disk in the recording unit.  Make sure you connect the audio out from the recording unit to the audio in, on the receiving unit to ensure sound on your video.  you just record it over on a blank but this time with sound.  Piece of cake  I do it all the time even for DVDs. Cd's, VHS , DVD's  If you have a problem contact me at [e-mail]