Adding background music & narration

YS · External Since: May 01, 2006 Posts: 5

How can I add background music & narration into my slideshow and have them
play simultaneously? I am making a slideshow for a non-profit organization
with a very low budget. The slideshow will show to the public, so are there
any sites that I can find music that are not subject to copyright?

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YS

Sandy · External Since: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 485

You can buy inexpensive needle drop music here:
http://www.cssmusic.com/index.cfm

Regarding playing music and voice over at the same time, it all comes to
setting your animation setting to run "with previous." Make sure you have
your music set to play across multiple slides (in drop down menu, Effect
Options > Effects Tab, set the number of slide to Stop Playing After __
Slides). You can enter audio clips on each slide for the voice over.
--
Sandy Johnson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)

"YS" wrote:

> How can I add background music & narration into my slideshow and have them
> play simultaneously? I am making a slideshow for a non-profit organization
> with a very low budget. The slideshow will show to the public, so are there
> any sites that I can find music that are not subject to copyright?
>
> --
> YS

YS · External Since: May 01, 2006 Posts: 5

Thanks so much!

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YS

"Sandy" wrote:

> You can buy inexpensive needle drop music here:
> http://www.cssmusic.com/index.cfm
>
> Regarding playing music and voice over at the same time, it all comes to
> setting your animation setting to run "with previous." Make sure you have
> your music set to play across multiple slides (in drop down menu, Effect
> Options > Effects Tab, set the number of slide to Stop Playing After __
> Slides). You can enter audio clips on each slide for the voice over.
> --
> Sandy Johnson
> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)
>
>
> "YS" wrote:
>
> > How can I add background music & narration into my slideshow and have them
> > play simultaneously? I am making a slideshow for a non-profit organization
> > with a very low budget. The slideshow will show to the public, so are there
> > any sites that I can find music that are not subject to copyright?
> >
> > --
> > YS

Baja Bert · External Since: Nov 04, 2009 Posts: 1

I know this is a five year old post, but stranger things have happened! Plus
I'm absolutely desperate. I did exactly as Sandy has instructed and still, no
luck. The background music stops playing when it comes to the first slide
with the vocal audio clip. The background music is set up in the first slide
and set to play 999 slides. By the way as it stands right now, it's only a
two slide presentation (couldn't get it any simpler) and the blasted thing
still doesn't run right. So to reiterate here's the configuration: Slide 1
with background music loop set for 999 slides, Slide 2 with 10 second audio
clip. When Slide 2 comes up, the audio clip plays, but the music loop stops
immediately. (Pass the Tylenol and thanks very much if you can help)

"Sandy" wrote:

> You can buy inexpensive needle drop music here:
> http://www.cssmusic.com/index.cfm
>
> Regarding playing music and voice over at the same time, it all comes to
> setting your animation setting to run "with previous." Make sure you have
> your music set to play across multiple slides (in drop down menu, Effect
> Options > Effects Tab, set the number of slide to Stop Playing After __
> Slides). You can enter audio clips on each slide for the voice over.
> --
> Sandy Johnson
> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)
>
>
> "YS" wrote:
>
> > How can I add background music & narration into my slideshow and have them
> > play simultaneously? I am making a slideshow for a non-profit organization
> > with a very low budget. The slideshow will show to the public, so are there
> > any sites that I can find music that are not subject to copyright?
> >
> > --
> > YS

Lucy Thomson · External Since: Jan 20, 2009 Posts: 71

Hi

There's a knack to playing 2 sounds at once:
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/PowerPoint_two_sounds.html

Lucy

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Lucy Thomson
PowerPoint MVP
MOS Master Instructor
www.aneasiertomorrow.com.au

"Baja Bert" <Baja Bert RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:57278C51-16EB-4856-B4CA-117761215BC6@microsoft.com...
>I know this is a five year old post, but stranger things have happened!
>Plus
> I'm absolutely desperate. I did exactly as Sandy has instructed and still,
> no
> luck. The background music stops playing when it comes to the first slide
> with the vocal audio clip. The background music is set up in the first
> slide
> and set to play 999 slides. By the way as it stands right now, it's only a
> two slide presentation (couldn't get it any simpler) and the blasted thing
> still doesn't run right. So to reiterate here's the configuration: Slide 1
> with background music loop set for 999 slides, Slide 2 with 10 second
> audio
> clip. When Slide 2 comes up, the audio clip plays, but the music loop
> stops
> immediately. (Pass the Tylenol and thanks very much if you can help)
>
> "Sandy" wrote:
>
>> You can buy inexpensive needle drop music here:
>> http://www.cssmusic.com/index.cfm
>>
>> Regarding playing music and voice over at the same time, it all comes to
>> setting your animation setting to run "with previous." Make sure you
>> have
>> your music set to play across multiple slides (in drop down menu, Effect
>> Options > Effects Tab, set the number of slide to Stop Playing After __
>> Slides). You can enter audio clips on each slide for the voice over.
>> --
>> Sandy Johnson
>> Microsoft Certified Office Specialist (MOS PowerPoint)
>>
>>
>> "YS" wrote:
>>
>> > How can I add background music & narration into my slideshow and have
>> > them
>> > play simultaneously? I am making a slideshow for a non-profit
>> > organization
>> > with a very low budget. The slideshow will show to the public, so are
>> > there
>> > any sites that I can find music that are not subject to copyright?
>> >
>> > --
>> > YS