How to put music in Instagram posts
You use Instagram on a daily basis but, despite this, you believe you still have a lot to learn in terms of creating captivating content, able to capture the attention of users. In particular, you would like to create engaging music videos to be published in the posts of the well-known photographic social network, but you don’t know how to do it.
If that’s the case, don’t worry: if you want, I can give you some advice – I hope it is useful – on how to put music in Instagram posts. In the next chapters of this guide, in fact, I will show you in detail how Reels works, the default Instagram tool that allows you to create videos, including music, to post in the feed, and I will recommend third-party apps that allow make videos with music to be published on Instagram.
If, therefore, you can’t wait to find out more, take a few minutes of free time, read my guide calmly and put in place the procedures I am about to provide you. You will see that, by following my instructions carefully, you will easily and quickly succeed in the intent you have proposed. That said, all I have to do is wish you a good read and, above all, a good time!
Index
- How to put music in Instagram posts
- How to put Instagram post video music
- InShot (Android / iOS)
- Other apps to make videos with music
How to put music in Instagram posts
The first solution you can use to put music on Instagram posts is the Reels function of the well-known photographic social network, available through the official app for Android (downloadable from the Play Store or from alternative stores ) and for iPhone, which allows you to create short-length videos with background music, to be published in the Reels section of Instagram but also in the classic post feed.
To use it, launch the Instagram app on your device and log into your account. Then, on the main screen, press the (+) button located in the upper left corner and then tap on the Reel item.
Now, choose the duration of the video to record (minimum 15 seconds and maximum 30 seconds ), using the appropriate button, and tap the music note icon to select the music track to add to the movie. After that, optionally customize the other video settings, choosing the playback speed (the arrow icon ), setting a countdown (the stopwatch icon ) and add as many effects as you like (via the smiley face icon ).
When you are ready to record, then press the round button located in the center, in order to record the movie. You can record the video all at once or in several times, splitting it into multiple clips, as I explained to you in my tutorial on Instagram Reels.
At the end of the creation of the video, press the arrow icon twice consecutively and, after writing the accompanying caption of the video, make sure that the lever located in correspondence with the wording Share also in the Feed is set to ON.
Finally, to publish the video in the Reels section of Instagram (the clapperboard icon ) and in your posts, press the Share button. Easy, right?
How to put Instagram post video music
To put music in videos to be published in Instagram posts, you can also use third-party apps, thanks to which you can access more feature-rich editors than that of Reels. For more details, read on.
InShot (Android / iOS)
The app that I recommend you use to make videos with music to publish in Instagram posts is inShot, available both on Android (downloadable from the Play Store or from alternative stores ) and for iOS / iPadOS. It’s free but gives you the ability to make in-app purchases to remove ads and use additional transactions, effects and stickers.
To use it, after downloading it on your device (looking for it in the reference store, pressing on its icon, then on the Install / Get button and possibly verifying your identity), start it by pressing on its icon located on the home screen and/or in the menu of app, and consent to all the requests that are shown to you (to ensure its correct functioning).
Now, press the Video button located on the main screen and select, through the Gallery of your device, the videos/photos to import into the timeline. Then press the √ icon , to add them to the timeline.
After that, you just have to use all the tools to edit the videos in the app, such as the instrument canvas, you need to adjust the resolution of your movie (useful to select the setting 1: 1 relative to the post of Instagram ) or the Text button, through which you can add overlays.
To add a soundtrack to the movie, instead, press on the music note icon and, through the songs section, select the song of your interest, using the copy button.
At the end of the changes, press on the share icon located in the upper right corner and tap the Save button, to automatically save the exported video in the Gallery of your device. Once this is done, all you have to do is upload the video to Instagram posts, as you usually do, through the appropriate social network function (the [+] button ).
In case of doubts or problems, or for more information regarding the functioning of InShot, you can read my guide in which I tell you about the apps to edit videos.
Other apps to make videos with music
There are also other useful apps for making videos with music intended for Instagram. I refer, for example, to Quick by GoPro ( Android / iOS ) or VideoShow ( Android / iOS ) which are all excellent solutions of immediate use available for free and with the possibility, in many cases, to unlock the use of tools and contents. additional via in-app purchases.
Apps of this type allow you to edit videos in a really immediate way. In Viva Video, for example, just press the Create button, select the videos to add to the timeline and use the app editor to create the video to post on Instagram.
In the latter, through the Tele and wallpapers button, it is possible to select the 1: 1 format for Instagram posts, while through the Music button it is possible to add a soundtrack to the movie, and then save the result in the device Gallery ( via the Save option ).
For more information on Viva Video and other tips on similar apps that you can use, I recommend that you read my tutorial on making videos with music or the one on how to create videos with music.