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Make branded background music for videos with Suno

Make instrumental background music for Reels, TikToks and Shorts with Suno v6, cut it to length and download it with commercial rights in under 20 minutes.

By Recaply EditorsBeginner18 min5 stepsUpdated

A hand sets the needle on a small record player as two musical notes float above a strip of film

What you need

Songs made on Free can't be monetized, and upgrading later doesn't automatically give them commercial rights. Make brand music on a paid plan.

  1. Step 1: Write a sound brief

    3 min

    Suno follows the words you give it, so a clear brief saves credits and retries.

    1. Note your video's length, mood and pace, and whether a voiceover runs over it.
    2. Fill in the brief below: genre, mood, tempo, 2 or 3 instruments and what to leave out.
    3. Save the finished brief. You'll reuse it for every video in the series, so they all sound related.
    Your sound brief
    Instrumental [GENRE] background track for a [VIDEO TYPE, e.g. product demo]. Mood: [2 WORDS]. Tempo: [SLOW, MID OR FAST], around [BPM] BPM. Instruments: [2 TO 3, e.g. soft piano, light drums, warm bass]. Quiet, simple intro that sits under a voice. Steady groove, no big drops, clean ending. No vocals.

    You should see a short brief that names a genre, a mood, a tempo and the instruments.

    Not sure which genre fits?

    Describe a mood and a place instead, such as "calm morning coffee shop". Then keep the genre words from the version you like.

  2. Step 2: Create the track

    3 min

    Simple mode with Instrumental on gives you music with no singing, which leaves room for your voice.

    1. Go to suno.com/create and select Simple.
    2. Paste your brief into the description box and turn on Instrumental.
    3. In the model picker at the top right of the form, check that v6 is set.
    4. Click Create.

    You should see 2 new versions of your track, also saved in your Library.

    You still hear singing?

    Check that Instrumental is on. If a voice still creeps in, switch to the custom form, open Advanced Options and add vocals under Exclude.

    v6 is for Pro and Premier. Free accounts use v6-mini, a faster and lighter model.

  3. Step 3: Pick the best take

    5 min

    Background music should support the video, so judge it with the video playing.

    1. Play each version over your video, with the voiceover on.
    2. Listen closely to the first 3 seconds. The intro should sit under the voice, not fight it.
    3. Give the best version a thumbs up. If neither fits, change 1 line of the brief and create again.

    You should see one track that matches your video's pace and leaves every word of the voice clear.

    Every version sounds too busy?

    Cut the instrument list to 2 and add "sparse, minimal" to the mood. Busy music competes with speech.

  4. Step 4: Crop it to your video's length

    3 min

    Suno songs can run up to 8 minutes, far longer than a short social video.

    1. On the track, open the ... menu, then Go to Remix/Edit and Crop Song.
    2. Drag across the waveform to select the part you want, then drag its ends to fine-tune it.
    3. Click Crop Song to save it.

    You should see a new, shorter copy of your track in your Library.

    No Crop Song option?

    Crop is for Pro and Premier. On Free, trim the track in your video editor and add a short fade-out.

  5. Step 5: Download it and mix it in

    4 min

    The music should sit well below the voice, so set the level by ear in your editor.

    1. Open the track's ... menu, select Download and choose MP3. WAV is also there on Pro and Premier, on the web.
    2. Import the file into your video editor and place it under the video.
    3. Lower the music until every word of the voiceover is clear, then add a 1 to 2 second fade-out.
    4. Play the result on a phone speaker before you post.

    You should see your video with music under the voice, ending cleanly on the last shot.

    Out of downloads?

    Pro has 20 a month and Premier 60, reset on your billing date. Downloading the same song again doesn't use another, and you can buy more.

You get

An instrumental track cut to your video's length, cleared for commercial use and mixed under your voiceover

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