How to Add Music to Canva Presentation from YouTube Easily

The right background music can make your presentation lively and grab your audience’s attention. Canva allows you to add a customized BGM across presentation pages, whether it's gentle piano music or lovely singing. As the world's largest music library, YouTube offers countless quality tracks. But how do you add music to Canva presentation from YouTube? This guide will introduce a legal and efficient method in detail.

Canva Presentation Supported Audio Formats

Canva presentations allow you to import music in M4A, MP3, WAV, WebM and OGG formats. The file size shouldn't go over 250MB, and it shouldn't be longer than 30 minutes.

YouTube's native audio formats are M4A (AAC) and WebM (Opus). The former being more compatible and the latter more advanced. They all keep original quality. To ensure the presentation music works well in most scenarios, some users may convert it to MP3.

If necessary, you can also go to the Canva Help Center to view all supported formats and requirements for audio, video, images, fonts, etc.

Part 1. Download Music from YouTube for Canva Presentation

iFunia YouTube Downloader is a dedicated video downloader that provides a convenient solution for Canva users to get high-quality background music. It can download full YouTube playlist/videos and extract original M4A and WebM audio from them.

In addition to YouTube, you can also use it to download music for Canva from more than 1000 platforms like Facebook, TikTok, Soundcloud, etc. It handles bulk processing, and the key is that it’s straightforward to figure out.

The steps below show you how to download YT music for Canva presentation.

1. Download iFunia YouTube Downloader from the official website and install it on your Mac or Windows computer.
2. Copy the URL of the music you want to download on YouTube.
3. Launch the software, paste the copied link into the URL input box in the bottom right.
4. Press “Enter” or click the right “+” to analyze the downloadable format.

5. Open the format list and choose an audio format from the list.

6. Pick the destination folder in the “Save to” area. Then, click “Start” to download YouTube music.

Note: If you want to convert the music to other formats like MP3 and OGG, or think it is too long or too large, you can install iFunia Video Converter instead. It is an all-in-one app with an integrated YouTube Downloader, also supports video conversion (supports 300+ output formats in total), trimming, and compression.

Part 2. Add Music to Canva Presentation from YouTube

After successfully downloading, you can then add YouTube music to your Canva presentation. Canva's audio editing features are easy to use, even without professional editing experience.

1. Log in to your Canva account and go to an existing design file or create a new design.
2. Find the music file you downloaded from YouTube in your computer folder and drag it into your presentation. The audio file will also be listed in the "Uploads" > "Audio" tab on the left toolbar.
3. Find the timeline at the bottom, click it or right-click it to show the audio editing tools.
4. Now you can trim/split audio, sync beat, adjust the volume, and set fade in/out effects, or enhance voice.

5. Click “Share” > “Download” in the upper right, then select PPTX format in File Type list. Start downloading the Canva presentation with YouTube music.

Can put multiple soundtracks in Canva presentation?

Yes, indeed. Canva allows for multi-track mixing, as well as stitching together audio on a single track. Each audio file can be individually adjusted for volume or effects.

If you want to layer narration over the YouTube music, you can import another audio track to mix them. If you need to perfectly sync background music with sound effects or add transition sounds between presentation pages, you can put music and sounds on one track. All segments will be played sequentially by time.

How to create clickable music in your Canva presentation?

1. Add a blank presentation page.
2. Place the downloaded YouTube music track under the blank page.
3. Download the new page as MP4 and delete it from the presentation.
4. Upload the downloaded page with music to Canva again. Drag it to the first page of your presentation.
5. Adjust the video transparency to 0.
6. Place an icon or image on the video to indicate its position.
7. Adjust the video speed. You can also enable the “Play on repeat” and “Play automatically” options, it's up to you.
8. Export your PPTX file from Canva.

Legal Use and Access to YouTube Music for Canva

Some people have found that they can't drag music into a presentation. A warning triangle with an exclamation mark appears below the audio, indicating “Copyright detected“.

Import YouTube music downloaded with iFunia won't display this warning. However, you’d better respect copyright and not use the presentation for commercial purposes.

In addition, there are some legal ways to obtain background music:

• Download YouTube Creative Commons (CC) licensed videos. Search YouTube for something like “free background music”, click “Filters”, and select “Creative Commons”.
• Find music in YouTube Audio Library. They are copyright-free and can be saved directly as MP3.
• Canva has a built-in music library. Click "Audio" in the left toolbar to find all of them. But it is only available to Pro account.
• Buy royalty-free music from Epidemic Sound, Artlist, Soundstripe, Uppbeat, PremiumBeat, and more.
• Download from free music sites such as Bensound, NCS, Free Stock Music, etc.

Final Words

There are three main steps to add YouTube music to Canva presentation: download YouTube music → upload to Canva and edit → export the design. The most challenging part is how to download from YouTube.

Using YouTube video downloader is a efficient and straightforward method. Besides iFunia software, you can also try using online download tools such as Y2Mate and YTMP3, except that they are not secure enough and cannot download music in its original quality (most of them transcode the audio to MP3).