How to Use The YouTube Audio Library In Your Video Projects
First launched in 2013,
YouTube offers an Audio Library for creators to find music for their videos. As
a free built in service, it is a way for YouTubers to find music quickly and
easily for their videos. Join us to take a look at what YouTube Music Audio
Library is, and whether it is worth it for content creators!
So people who are making
their own media projects, who require any kind of audio, are always looking for
music which they can use legally. YouTube decided to make it easier by
providing a YouTube audio library of free audio clips which you can use in your
video projects. The clips are provided by ordinary musicians looking to get
their work out there into the world.
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The YouTube Audio Library –
A Goldmine Of Royalty Free Music
You’re probably wondering
where this YouTube audio library is. Well, it’s in an area of YouTube known as
YouTube Studio. To get there, either click on that link or go to your menu in
the top right hand corner of your YouTube page.
In both cases, you will
have to sign in with your Google account details. Once you are inside YouTube
Studio, scroll down the menu on the left hand side until you come to Audio
Library. Click on that to open it.
The YouTube Audio Library
is split up into two sections – Free Music and Special Effects. YouTube updates
both sections on a semi regular basis with new stuff. So if you don’t see
something you like, check back again another time.
Each entry in the library
is basically a MP3 file which you can download, and then drag into the media
project creation tool of your choice (such as iMovie for Mac owners). But first
you need to find the one you want.
You can narrow and simplify
your search by using either the search function, or the filters. If you have a
very good idea what you are looking for, the filters are the way to go. It
categorizes the music into Genre, Mood, Instrument, Duration, and Attribution.
You can use all five filters at the same time to really drill down to the good
stuff.
Genre & Mood
Knowing what type of music
you want is half the battle. Do you want something deep, dark, and moody?
Something exciting? Or something light, cheerful and positive? If you know for
sure, then use the Genre and Mood filters.
Instrument
Here, you can filter by
instrument. Maybe you want a little bit of light piano music? Or someone
playing guitar? Or go really crazy with the trumpets?
Duration
This is an important one
because you ideally want to get something that fits the length of your media
project. The last thing you need is a 12 minute audio clip for a 5 minute
project. You either have to edit the music down with something like Audacity,
or have the music cut off just as it’s getting good.
So to get the right
duration, use this filter.
Attribution
From a legal perspective,
this is an important one as it deals with copyright and Creative Commons. Just
because you are getting this music for “free” doesn’t mean that every artist
who has contributed to YouTube’s audio library doesn’t want something in
return.
Some people don’t want any
attribution at all as they perhaps only do it for the fun of it. But there will
be others – professional musicians – who will want some kind of acknowledgement
and shout out for their work.
So the Attribution filter
is there to filter out who wants recognition and who doesn’t. For those that
do, just put their name in the closing credits of your project, and / or in the
video description on YouTube.
Deciding On Which One You
Want
Once you have tweaked the
filters and got yourself a list of possible candidates, it’s now time to listen
to them and decide which one is the lucky winner for your naked mud wrestling
video.
You will see a small black
arrow on the left hand side of each clip. That is the Play button so you can
preview the music.
Click on the one you want
to listen to and it will begin playing. You will also see if attribution is
required or not. In this case, it’s not required.
In others though,
attribution is required and you will be told what is needed to be done.
When you have found the one
you want to use, go to the far right of the clip and click the download icon.
The music file will now be downloaded directly to your computer.
It should be noted however
that these YouTube audio library clips are only offered for non commercial
videos which will appear on YouTube. If you intend to make commercial for
profit videos either on or off YouTube, you should instead buy a professional
license for a piece of music. AudioJungle is one such possible site.
Have you ever used the
YouTube audio library for your projects? What do you think of the music on
offer? Let us know in the comments below.
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