ADD SOUND EFFECTS TO VIDEO

Find your favorite royalty-free sound effects and add them to your videos in a snap. Increase watch times with sounds that capture your audience’s attention no matter the platform.

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An all-in-one video platform with thousands of built-in sound effects

Get the sound effects and editing tools you need in one online platform, no need for downloads. Kapwing offers a royalty-free library with thousands of tracks, images, and videos to impress your audience.

Search thousands of free sound effects in a snap

Tired of hunting for sounds and editing videos on a bunch of different apps? Bring your editing workflow under one roof. From funny burps to retro cassette rewinds, we’ve got all the sound effects you need. Sprinkle them throughout your video to make it impossible to ignore.

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Search thousands of free sound effects in a snap

Add royalty-free music to bump up engagement

A video without background music feels stale and boring. Hook your audience and show off your personality with background music throughout your entire video—or just add a track to the intro and a few select moments. To get great tunes, search our royalty-free library of music from every genre under the sun.

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Add royalty-free music to bump up engagement

Get rid of background noise and save your footage

Feel like your footage is doomed? Have no fear. Get rid of fuzzy background noise and obnoxious distractions with our smart AI tool. It scrubs your audio and video files so they’re squeaky clean. Then, you’re free to add the music and sound effects you really want to include.

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Online video editor

Edit your videos with our fast, powerful video editor. Accessible for beginners, feature-rich for pros. Available on any device.

Magic subtitles

Add word-by-word captions to any video with Kapwing's subtitle generator. Change colors, fonts, and add animations or transitions.

Generative AI

Text to video is here. Create videos with a simple text prompt that include stock clips, music, subtitles, and transitions.

Collaborative editing

Organize footage and files with a shared workspace. Quickly review and share feedback with your team using real-time comments.

Edit video with text

Edit a video just by editing text. Trim videos or clip sections by removing text from the video's auto-generated transcript.

Automatic resize

Crop, flip, or resize videos to fit any platform. Built-in social media Safe Zones ensure your content always fits correctly.

Instant transcripts

Transcribe video to text with a single click. Repurpose audio or video content into articles and text posts, or convert to subtitles.

Translation & dubbing

Reach a global audience and translate videos in 70+ languages. Accurate translation for video subtitles and voice overs.

Enhance audio quality

Clean audio in seconds, remove background noise from videos, add music and effects, and split or merge audio with our built-in audio editor.

"Kapwing is incredibly intuitive. Many of our marketers were able to get on the platform and use it right away with little to no instruction. No need for downloads or installations - it just works."

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Studio Production Manager at Formlabs

How to Add Sound Effects to Video

Upload a video
Upload a video file or paste a video link to get started. TIP: Use the drag-and-drop feature to easily upload video clips.
Add SFX to video
Open the "Audio" tab in the left-hand sidebar. Upload your own audio track, paste an audio link, or browse hundreds of SFX to add to your video.
Edit and export
Trim, arrange, and edit the sound effects for your video. Click “Export project” when finished and download the final video file.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where can I find sound effects for funny moments?

To make your video’s funny moments even more entertaining, add sound effects with Kapwing. Our free online video editor offers thousands of free sound effects including laughs, screams, animal sounds, machines, and tons more. The platform also offers a one-click tool for removing background noise so you can clean up your footage before applying sound effects and royalty-free music.

Which sound effects do most YouTubers use in their videos?

The most popular sound effects for YouTube videos include swooshes, horns, dramatic classical music, cartoon sound effects, drum rolls, chimes, bells, and applause. You can find all of these sound effects and more inside of Kapwing’s free online video editor.

How can I add free sound effects to my video?

Use an online video editor that offers royalty-free sound effects and music. Kapwing has thousands of popular sound effects to choose from, all available for free. Just search for the type of sound you’re looking for, select your favorite, and drag the audio track where you want it in your video. Add and layer as many sounds as you’d like.

What's different about Kapwing?

Easy

Start creating immediately with thousands of templates and copyright free videos, images, music, and GIFs. Repurpose content from the internet by pasting a link.

Free

Kapwing is completely free to start. Just upload a video and start editing. Supercharge your editing workflow with our powerful online tools.

Accessible

Automatically subtitle and translate videos with our AI-powered Subtitler tool. Caption your videos in seconds, so that no viewers get left behind.

Online

Kapwing is cloud based, which means your videos are wherever you are. Use it on any device and access your content anywhere in the world.

No spam or ads

We don't serve ads: we're committed to building a quality, trustworthy website. And we will never spam you nor sell your information to anyone.

Powerful

Kapwing works hard to help make the content you want, when you want it. Get started on your project today.

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