How to Get Free Music from the Facebook Sound Collection

In our 'Instagram Guides,' we'll look at Instagram, explain its features both new and old, and show you how to get the most out of Instagram for your marketing strategy. Today: This is how the Facebook Sound Collection works.

Key facts at a glance

• Where the Facebook Sound Collection lives in Meta Business Suite and who owns the tracks
• How to search by mood, genre, and vocals-vs-instrumental to find tracks fastest
• Why Sound Effects is its own library alongside full music tracks
• The platforms you can't legally use these tracks on (it's not just about Facebook)

Over the years, video ads on social media have become increasingly important for brands and businesses, especially on Facebook and Instagram. To create the right experience with a video ad, you should always consider the music you pair with your message.

Music has always played a significant role in advertising, whether it's the catchy jingle or the emotional background music.

What is the Facebook Sound Collection?

In 2017, Facebook introduced its Sound Collection to help you improve your video ads.

The tool offers a wide range of audio tracks and sound effects that you can add to your videos. Because Facebook owns these clips, you can use them for free.

How do you use the Sound Collection for your Facebook content?

You can access the Sound Collection via Meta Business Suite. Open the left navigation, select 'All tools,' then 'Sound Collection,' or go directly to sound.facebook.com.

The Sound Collection is divided into two categories, Tracks and Sound Effects. At the moment, there are 8,959 audio tracks and 1,741 sound effects in Facebook's music library. But these numbers are growing, because Facebook adds more tracks to its collection from time to time.

In terms of audio tracks, Facebook offers a wide range of genres, such as folk, classical, blues, holiday, Middle Eastern, and Latin. You can also search for music with a certain mood, such as scary, dreamy, bright, groovy, happy, or romantic music. There is also the option to search for music by its length or by whether it has vocals or is instrumental.

The sound effects include categories like UI, Industry, Machinery, Tools and Offices, Water and Underwater, Footsteps, Alarms, Bells and Sirens, and Fabrics. You can also choose from different lengths of sounds.

In the Sound Collection, you can listen to every track and then download it to your computer to add to your videos.

And what about Instagram?

The Facebook Sound Collection is not just for Facebook; you can also use it in your Instagram videos.

All tracks and effects can be used for every piece of content you produce for Facebook and Instagram. This includes videos, ads, Reels, and stories.

But be careful if you want to use your video ads or stories on another platform. You can't use tracks from the Facebook Sound Collection on YouTube or in your LinkedIn stories.

Finding the Right Audio in Facebook's Sound Collection

The Facebook Sound Collection is a great source when you are looking for the perfect music or sound effect for your videos. But always make sure not to use the music outside the Facebook universe. Storrito lets your team design, edit, and schedule Stories from a browser, with cross-posting to Facebook and team access included. Try it free.