# Add sound effects and music

The **Sound** section is on the **Edit** tab.

## Sound effects

ClipCat comes with 13 sound effects of its own. Each has a meaning, and the AI editor uses those meanings to pick them.

| Effect | Use it for |
| --- | --- |
| Whoosh | Moving on to a new topic, section or scene. |
| Swish | Something sliding in: a title, a list item, a picture. |
| Pop | Something small appearing, or a quick point. |
| Click | Pressing a button or choosing something. |
| Tick | Counting through a list, one per item. |
| Ding | An idea landing. |
| Chime | Success: a goal reached or a win. |
| Riser | Building tension up to a reveal. It lands on the word it leads into. |
| Boom | Weight on a bold claim or a punchline. |
| Blip | A tip, or "here's the thing". |
| Buzz | A mistake, or "don't do this". |
| Shutter | A photo or screenshot. |
| Record scratch | A sudden stop or twist. |

Open **Sound library** at the bottom of the section and choose the play button to hear each one.

**Add one**: select a word in the transcript and pick an effect from **Sound…**. It lands on the first selected word, timed so its hit falls on that word. The AI editor also suggests effects with its first edit, at most one every 15 seconds.

**Change one**: the effects in the edit are listed in play order. Click one to play it. Its menu sets the volume: **Soft**, **Normal** or **Loud**. The cross removes it.

## Music

1. Choose **Add music** and pick an audio file (MP3, M4A, AAC, WAV, FLAC, OGG, Opus or AIFF).
2. Pick the volume: **Quiet**, **Low**, **Medium** or **Loud**.
3. Leave **Lower the music while you talk** ticked to have the music dip under your voice.

The music loops to the length of the edit and fades in and out. **Change music** swaps the file, and the cross removes it.

In the export, speech, effects and music are mixed with a limiter so nothing clips. The preview's dip under your voice is close to the export's, not exact.

Last updated 29 October 2026.

Web page: https://clipcat.followusai.com/docs/sound