How To Add Background Music To Voice Memos

iOS Voice Memo app without any imported audio clips Jason Cipriani/CNET

A Twitter follower recently asked how he could go most importing some MP3 files into the iOS Vox Memo app. Afterward doing some research, and trial and error, we were able to come up with a solution that worked.

Using iTunes, people can import their own voice notes or sound clips, regardless of device or platform they were originally made with. In just a few brusque steps y'all will convert the files, import into iTunes, marker equally a Voice Memo, and finally sync them to your iPhone.

Allow's go started.

Commencement, you will need to convert whatsoever sound clips that are not in M4A format, which will more probable be most of the clips you want to import. The easiest fashion to exercise this is to apply a free app, for both Mac and Windows alike, called Adapter.

Role of the trial and error mentioned above was concerning the file format. In some instances iTunes would allow an MP3 or even a WAV to exist imported and synced to the iPhone without issue. Upon the next device sync, the sound clips would disappear from the Voice Memo app, and iTunes would country they were non uniform. The easiest way we establish to reliably sync files to the Voice Memo app was to catechumen them to M4A files.

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After downloading and installing Adapter, you can drag and drop whatever audio file into the queue. Make certain to identify where y'all would like Adapter to place the new files, likewise as change the Output Format to M4A. Once all the settings are right, click on Start Conversion!

The conversion procedure won't take long. In one case it is finished, import the new files into iTunes by either drag and drop, or going to File>Add to library and selecting the files.

Make sure to modify the Media Kind to Vocalism Memo. Jason Cipriani/CNET

Next, you will need to change the Media Kind setting for each file from Music to Voice Memo.

Right-click on the file
Select Get Info
Select the Options Tab
Alter the Media Kind from Music to Voice Memo
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After you have changed the media kind on all the files you wish to import to your iPhone to Vocalisation Memo, yous are set up to sync the files to your device.

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With your iPhone connected to your calculator via the sync cable, select the Music tab. Here you want to make sure you take the "Include phonation memos" choice turned on by checking the box next to it. Sync your device.

Vocalism Memo app with imported sounds Jason Cipriani/CNET

After iTunes has finished syncing your device, when y'all view the vocalism memos in the iOS app, y'all should so see your files. From here you can either listen to them, or share them via e-mail or MMS.

One more thing, to help organize your Voice Memos in iTunes, making them easier to go on track of, modify the Creative person Name to Voice Memos or create a Voice Memo playlist and import simply your vocalisation memo files into the playlist.

By importing prerecorded voice memos you can hands mind to and share them, whether yous recorded them yourself or they are a favorite movie prune or sound.