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Edit Your Video · Updated 6 Nov 2026

How to add music and sound effects in Jupitrr

Background music and sound effects live in the Sound tab. If your first edit includes background music, open Sound to change the track, adjust its volume or remove it; if it doesn't, choose Add Music. Add Sound places a sound effect at the playhead, and you can pick one of six sounds or upload your own. B-roll Sounds switches the short sounds that play as B-roll clips appear on or off.

Step-by-step guide

  1. 1

    Open the Sound tab

    Select Sound in the left rail. Background Music shows the current track with its volume slider. Sound Effects holds the B-roll Sounds switch and every sound you have placed.

    Sound panel with the background track Rise and Grind, a volume slider, a Change Music button, the B-roll Sounds switch turned on, a Whoosh sound at 00:01 and an Add Sound button
  2. 2

    Change or add the music

    Select Change Music, or Add Music if the video has none. In Background Music, browse All or a mood (Cinematic, Chill, Uplifting, Subtle or Electric), then select Add next to a track.

    Click a track's name to preview it. The new track replaces the old one and the window closes.

    Background Music window with mood tabs All, Cinematic, Chill, Uplifting, Subtle, Electric and Uploaded, a list of tracks with moods and lengths and Add buttons, and Remove on the current track
  3. 3

    Use your own music

    In Background Music, open Uploaded and select Upload, or drag an MP3 file onto the window. Then select Add next to it.

    Uploaded music is available on all your videos.

  4. 4

    Set the music volume

    Drag the slider under the track in Background Music. Play the video to check the music sits under your voice.

  5. 5

    Remove the music

    Select the bin icon on the track, or open Change Music and select Remove next to the current track. The panel then shows Add Music.

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    Switch B-roll Sounds on or off

    Under Sound Effects, use the B-roll Sounds switch. When it is on, each B-roll clip plays the sound set on it as it appears. Turning it off doesn't remove sounds you placed yourself.

    • To change the sound on one B-roll clip, open that clip's Adjust Display Style and pick a Sound Effect, or None.
    • To make every sound effect louder or quieter, drag Sound Effects Volume under the switch. It changes B-roll sounds and the sounds you placed together, from 0% to 200%, and each sound keeps its balance with the others.
    • To use the same sound on other clips, select Apply to all and tick Sound effect. See How to add and edit B-roll.
  7. 7

    Add a sound effect

    Move the playhead to the moment you want, then select Add Sound. A sound is placed at the playhead and the Sound Effect editor opens.

    • Pick Whoosh, Swoosh, Paper turn, Click, Notification or Pop, or select Upload mp3 to use your own. Your uploaded sounds appear under Your uploads in every video.
    • Change Plays at to move the sound. The editor shows how long the sound lasts, for example 1.1s long.
    • Select Done to go back to the list.
    Sound Effect editor with Whoosh selected among Swoosh, Paper turn, Click, Notification and Pop, an Upload mp3 button, Plays at 00:01.1 marked 1.1s long, Volume at 60%, and Delete and Done buttons
  8. 8

    Remove a sound effect

    Select the bin icon on the sound in Sound Effects, or open the sound and select Delete.

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    Or ask Levio

    In the Levio tab, you can ask to change the music by name or mood, set its volume or turn it off, switch B-roll Sounds on or off, and move or remove sound effects. Levio can't add a new sound effect or choose which sound plays, so do that in Sound. See How to edit a video with Levio.

What Jupitrr does automatically

  • Background music under the whole video, when your first edit includes it
  • A Swoosh on one early B-roll clip, when your first edit includes B-roll. B-roll you add later gets one of the six sounds, which you can change or set to None.

What you can edit

  • Which music track plays, or none
  • Music volume
  • Whether B-roll clips play a sound
  • Each sound effect: which sound, when it plays and how loud

Limits and requirements

  • Uploaded music must be an MP3 file.
  • Uploaded sound effects must be MP3 files of up to 5 seconds and 2 MB.
  • A sound effect plays for its own length. You choose when it starts, not when it ends.
  • The video has one background music track at a time.

Troubleshooting

It says "Move the playhead earlier to place a sound."

There isn't enough video left after the playhead for the sound to play. Move the playhead to an earlier moment, then select Add Sound again.

I can't hear the music in the preview.

Check the music volume slider in Sound, and make sure the preview isn't muted with the speaker button next to the playback controls.

My sound file won't upload.

Sound effects and music uploads must be MP3 files, and a sound effect can be up to 5 seconds and 2 MB. If you see Upload failed. Please try again., try the upload again.

I switched off B-roll Sounds but still hear sound effects.

B-roll Sounds only controls the sounds that play with B-roll. Sounds you placed with Add Sound stay until you delete them.

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