Whether you want to upload a custom sound for your video posts or want to replace your video's audio with a trending sound you've found on Instagram, Vista Social helps you import custom sounds for your videos.

In this article, we will look at:

1. Uploading Sounds from your computer
2. Uploading Sounds from a URL
3. Uploading Sounds with our Browser Extension
4. Finding and uploading sounds by searching Instagram hashtags
5. Finding and uploading sounds by searching Instagram users
6. Organizing your sounds with labels and profile groups
7. Scheduling videos with custom sounds

There are 4 ways you can import trending audio in Vista Social:

Upload from computer: Upload MP3/WAV files to your media library so you can quickly find the right audio when you need it.

Upload from URL : Insert a link to an audio file, an MP4/MOV file and we will extract the sound from it.

Find trending audio by Instagram hashtag : Enter a hashtag to browse through the latest Instagram posts, then save the audio to your Media Library for easy scheduling.

Find trending audio by Instagram user : Enter an Instagram username to browse through the latest Instagram posts, then save the audio to your Media Library for easy scheduling.

Uploading custom sounds from your computer

Start by navigating to the Media Library. To help keep your media library organized, make sure to have the right profile group(s) selected in the profile filter.

This will help you ensure this custom sound is associated with the right brand or client.

Once you have the right profile group selected, click Add Media  and Upload from computer

You can upload most audio file types to Vista Social, including MP3, WAV, AAC.

Uploading custom sounds from a URL

If you have a publicly accessible link to an audio file or video file that you want us to extract the audio from, you can import that to your Vista Social media library.

Making sure you have the right profile group selected, click Add Media  and Upload from URL

Paste the URL and click Upload and we will extract the audio and save it to your media library

Upload Sounds Using our Browser Extension

By downloading our Chrome or Firefox extension and adding it to your browser, you can right click on an Instagram trending audio page and click Vista Social > Save sound to Vista Social

The sound will be uploaded to your media library.

Find Sounds by Searching Instagram Hashtags

If you need some inspiration, you can find  sounds to use by searching Instagram Hashtags.

Use the Instagram hashtags option when adding a sound to the media library

Type in the Hashtag you want to search for content with

You can click on one of the videos to preview the sound

Select one, or as many as you want, and click Add to media library

Find Sounds by Searching Instagram Users

You can also find sounds to use for your videos by searching for content from Instagram users you may know.

Use the Instagram Users option when adding a sound to the media library

Add the Instagram user's handle to search for media containing audio

Select one, or as many as you want, and click Add to media library

Organizing Your Sounds

Vista Social helps you organize your sounds by Clients or Projects by associating the sounds with profile groups. You can also use labels to organize your sounds, to make it easier to find them later.

In the media library, you can use the filters to view just the sounds you've added

You can modify the sound's labels and more by navigating to it's settings

In the sound's settings, you can add a Title, Description, add Custom Labels, and choose which Profile Group(s) this sound should be associated with.

Using your custom sounds in the Publisher

Once you've uploaded your sound, head to the Publisher. Attach your video and click the action icon on it's thumbnail, and select Pick sound

Using the Media Library tab, find and select the sound you've uploaded and click Apply Sound

Your custom sound is now attached to that video! You can now schedule and post this video to your social profiles.