---
title: Background Music
description: Add a music track to your project with voice ducking that automatically lowers music while you speak.
url: https://www.screenkite.com/guide/background-music
---

# Background Music

ScreenKite has a built-in music library. You can add a track and let ducking lower the music while you speak.

## Add Music

1. Click the **Audio** tab in the inspector.
2. Open the **Add** tab.
3. In the **Background music** section, choose a category.
4. Click a track to hear a preview. Click it again to stop.
5. Click **Add** next to the track.

The music goes on the **Background Music** track of the timeline. To remove it, click **Remove** next to the track.

[Add lo-fi background music (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i49kV53QKjk)

Every library track has a Creative Commons license. Some licenses need a credit line. See [Background Music Licenses and Credits](https://www.screenkite.com/guide/background-music-licensing).

## Ducking

Ducking lowers other audio while someone speaks. By default it lowers the system audio and the background music when it finds speech on the microphone or voiceover track.

1. Open the **Audio** tab, then the **Mix** tab.
2. Turn on the **Ducking** section.
3. Set **Dip** (how much the audio goes down) and **Release** (how fast it comes back).

The **Advanced** part of the section has **Sensitivity**, **Source**, **Target**, **Attack**, **Hold**, **Lookahead** and **Min Speech**. Turn on **Show timeline ducking regions** to see the ducked ranges on the timeline.

[Lower background music when you talk (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR2AbPNTFbc)

### Ducking in new recordings

To turn on ducking in every new recording, turn on **Settings** → **Editor** → **Automatically duck system audio under voice**. ScreenKite turns on ducking when the recording has microphone or voiceover audio. Existing projects do not change.

## Tips

- Pick music that does not compete with your voice.
- Play the project before you export to check the balance.

## Related Guides

- [Audio & Voiceover](https://www.screenkite.com/guide/audio-voiceover)
- [Timeline & Tracks](https://www.screenkite.com/guide/timeline-tracks)
- [Background Music Licenses and Credits](https://www.screenkite.com/guide/background-music-licensing)