When you shoot a video you’re quite satisfied with and want to upload to YouTube to share with others, adding background music can make it more engaging. However, most average users, due to copyright concerns and not having a prepared music library, can easily cross the line and have copyright claims filed against them. It has been about one year since YouTube began trying to let users use the AI tool Dream Tracks feature to generate music. Now, the platform is further refining this feature through the “Music Assistant”.
YouTube’s new AI music assistant will be able to generate custom free BGM for your long-form videos
Although Dream Tracks is mainly used to generate short music clips, the new AI music assistant feature focuses on generating background music for long-form YouTube videos, and it is now rolling out to some creators in the US. According to foreign media TechCrunch In the report, YouTube introduced the feature in a new Creator Insider video, and it’s currently available to users who have access to Creator Music (Beta) in YouTube Studio. It lets users generate instrumental background tracks using simple AI prompts, where they can specify the type of music they’re looking for, instruments, mood, the type of video the music is intended for, and more—essentially unlocking fine-grained control over AI-generated content.
As shown in the screenshot below, users can also use built-in commands, such as playing calm, soothing music with acoustic guitar and smooth piano, or cheerful tracks with a clear rhythm. After generation, the tool offers several options to choose from, all of which are completely free to use and free of any copyright issues. Creators can also download the generated audio tracks, add them to their videos, and publish them.
Aside from the AI music assistant, YouTube is also testing a feature that automatically matches your Shorts video with the audio you select. The Creator Insider video also added that when you pick multiple photos and videos from your phone’s gallery to edit, you can choose to automatically create a short video synced to music. The entire process only requires selecting the multimedia content you want to include, then picking a song, and it will automatically arrange your clips to match the beat. YouTube hinted that they may broadly expand this feature in the future.
Source: KOCPC Chinese