Background music
Learn how to add, adjust, and choose background music to make your explainer videos more engaging and professional.
Adding background music to your explainer videos can transform how your audience experiences your message. It keeps viewers engaged, makes transitions smoother, and gives your content a more professional and polished sound. Below, you’ll learn how to use the Music panel and all its features to add the perfect background track.
Why Background Music Matters
Music keeps the audience’s attention by breaking monotony and adding rhythm. It prevents videos from feeling “flat” or overly instructional and makes the experience more dynamic — helping people watch longer and remember more. It also fills in silent moments and masks awkward pauses, resulting in a cleaner, more professional sound.
The Music Panel Overview
In the video toolbar, navigate to Music to access all background-music settings for your video.
🎙️ Looking to pick a voice? Voice selection has moved out of this panel. Click the speaker tag at the top of your script to choose a language, accent, and speaking style for the narrator. See AI Voices for the full workflow.
Background Audio
The Music panel controls all aspects of your background music.
The Play background music toggle is switched on by default. Turn it off to remove background music from your video.
Volume relative to narration
Use this slider to balance how loud the background music is compared to the voiceover.
For most tutorial and explainer videos, a subtle background volume works best, keeping the narration clear and easy to follow.
Music selection
Below the volume control, you’ll find a curated list of royalty-free background tracks.
Click the play icon beside each title to preview the track, then select your favorite to apply it to your video.
Per-slide overrides
The Music panel’s settings are the default for the whole video, but any individual slide can override them from the slide’s side panel. On a per-slide basis you can:
- Turn background music off for just that slide, or
- Set the music volume lower (or higher) for just that slide
The most common reason to override is a slide that has its own audio — for example, a personal intro video where the presenter is speaking, or any embedded media with sound. Lowering or muting the background music on that slide stops it from competing with the slide’s own audio.
Slides without an override keep using the global setting from the Music panel.
By using these audio tools, your explainer video will not only sound more engaging and professional, but also leave a lasting impression on your audience.