Compose High-Quality Custom BGM for Your Shorts for Free
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0 Copyright Fees! Compose High-Quality Custom BGM for Your Shorts for Free with a Single Line of Text 🎵✨
Introduction
Hello, creators! Welcome to a2set's AI Tutorial.
What is your biggest headache when editing YouTube Shorts or Instagram Reels? It's probably 'finding the perfect royalty-free BGM'. Searching through free music sites for over an hour to find a track that perfectly matches the mood of your video is like finding a needle in a haystack.
So today, we will use Google's state-of-the-art music generation AI, 'Lyria 3', to show you how to generate a custom background music track that 200% matches your video's mood in just 30 seconds, for exactly $0.
Complex composition software or expensive paid subscriptions? Not needed at all. Open your browser and follow along right now!
What is Lyria?
Developed by Google DeepMind, Lyria is Google's most advanced AI music generation model to date. Unlike earlier AI tools that often struggled with creating realistic instrumentals or maintaining a consistent musical structure, Lyria excels at generating high-quality, studio-grade audio.
It can understand complex text prompts to create intricate melodies, realistic backing tracks, and even human-like vocals. For content creators, this means you essentially have a world-class music producer and a full studio band on standby 24/7, ready to bring your imagination to life!
Step 1: Activate Google Gemini's 'Making music' Tool
There are countless paid music AIs, but Google's Lyria 3 model is built right into the Google Gemini we commonly use. However, to ensure you enter the 'music composition mode' rather than a standard text conversation, a simple setup is required.
Open your web browser, go to Google Gemini (gemini.google.com), and log in with your Google account.
Click the [Equipment] icon located near (or above) the prompt input box.
In the drop-down menu that appears, click and activate
🎵 Making music.Now, you are perfectly ready to hire the best composer for free!
Step 2: Enter the Magic Composition Prompt (Command)
The Lyria 3 model is incredible at catching the subtle nuances of text. The key is to be specific about the genre, instruments, and the 'emotional vibe' of your video. It's especially easy to edit because it generates exactly 30-second tracks, which are perfect for Shorts.
Try entering detailed situations fitting your video into the prompt box, like the examples below.
[Prompt Writing Formula]
[Video Situation/Vibe] + [Desired Genre/Instruments] + Make a 30-second BGM.
[Practical Prompt Examples]
"Create a calm and bright acoustic guitar BGM suitable for a warm family hot spring travel short in Beppu, Japan."
"Generate a funky, rhythmic synth-pop track to use in a vlog of a flashy and energetic night market in Taiwan."
Press [Enter] after typing, and the AI will perfectly immerse itself in your situation and start composing!
Step 3: Listen and Download to Your PC
After pressing enter, wait about 20-30 seconds (grab some popcorn!), and a playable audio player will appear inside the Gemini chat window.
Click the play button (▶️) to listen to your completed BGM.
If you like it, click the [Download] button next to the audio player to save it as an MP3/WAV file to your computer or smartphone.
What if the vibe is slightly off? You can modify the track by entering an additional prompt like "Make the tempo a bit faster here" or "Add a piano sound".
🎬 Bonus Tip: Apply It Directly in Your Editing Software
Import the downloaded music into your editing software like Premiere Pro or CapCut.
If you match the video's screen transitions to the sections where the music's waveform spikes the highest (the beat drop), you can create a highly sensory and trendy Short without needing any special effects!
Conclusion
Congratulations! You've just reduced the hour you used to waste searching music sites to a mere 30 seconds of prompt input.
The music generated by Google's Lyria 3 will further enhance the originality of the videos you plan. Fill your YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and even commercial podcasts with music you produced yourself.
In the next a2set tutorial, we will cover 'How to add AI vocals (singing) to this BGM to create your own travel theme song'. Look forward to more AI workflows that get you off work earlier tomorrow!