Add Sound to Your Midjourney Videos with Smart AI Tools

Midjourney’s video generator can make some truly amazing animated clips from your static images. You can animate a static image for up to 20 seconds, and you can make unlimited clips with the $60 plan. That may sound like a lot, but other tools like VO3 cost much more. There are also free and cheaper options available, such as Seed Dance, Hyal, and Frame Pack, which work well. While these tools create great visuals, one common problem is that the generated videos often lack sound or effects. So, how can you give your Midjourney creations a voice? This guide shows you how to add impressive audio to silent videos using AI.

Why Sound Matters for Your AI Videos

Adding sound changes how people experience your videos. It makes your clips feel real and engaging. Imagine a video of a fox. When the fox stops, the sound stops, then starts again as it runs. Or a glowing butterfly video where you can hear an entire forest, with sounds of water and different animals. For clips with ocean waves, the right sound adds the breeze and crashing water. A fast-moving clip can get a fitting whooshing sound. These examples show how well AI can match sounds to visuals, even on the first try. Every time you generate audio, you may get slightly different results.

Introducing Key AI Audio Tools

The main tool for creating background sound for Midjourney videos is called MM Audio. We will also explore other tools for text-to-speech. These helpful tools are free, open-source, and available on Pinocchio, which makes installing them easy.

MM Audio: Adding Realistic Background Sound

MM Audio is great for adding background noise to silent video clips. It produces very good quality audio. You can give it a video without sound and ask it to create appropriate background noise. The results can be very lifelike, like movie-quality sound effects for a dragon flying, including waves and dragon sounds. The tool quickly matches sounds to the video's content.

Open Audio: Text-to-Speech and Voice Cloning

Open Audio lets you turn text into speech. It also has an instant voice cloning feature. You upload a short audio clip of someone speaking, and the tool will use that voice style, cadence, and tone to say any text you give it. This means you do not need to train a voice model; you just provide a reference clip.

Dia: Advanced Speech Generation (with Quirks)

Dia is another tool for text-to-speech. While its voice cloning with reference audio might be inconsistent, it excels at creating random conversations between different speakers. You can add actions like coughing or laughing using specific tags. It can generate random voices, including different accents or tones. You can tag speakers as S1 and S2 to make a conversation. Note that Dia usually needs you to provide a written transcript of any reference audio you use, and it has clip length limits.

Suno AI: Create Custom Music

Beyond sound effects and speech, you can also create custom music for your videos using Suno AI. This free tool generates amazing music. Whether you need cinematic scores, love songs, or electronic dance music (EDM), Suno AI can make it sound like professional tracks, without the typical "scratchy" AI sound. It has improved a lot in creating high-quality music. A paid version for $10 a month lets you sell the music you make, but a free version is available for personal use.

Getting Started with Pinocchio: Your AI App Hub

Pinocchio is an open-source AI app installer that works like Steam for AI tools. It has a simple interface, making it easy to download and install AI programs. When you pick a tool, Pinocchio handles all the complex setup in one click. It installs necessary components like PyTorch and Python, downloads models, sets up virtual environments, and starts the applications for you. This means you do not need to type in any code; you just click a start button.

Pinocchio Installation Steps

• Go to Pinocchio.co and click the download button for your operating system (like Windows).

• Download the Pinocchio file.

• Right-click the downloaded file and unzip it to its own folder.

• Run the installer. If Windows Defender Smart Screen appears, click "more info" and "run anyways" since it is an unverified open-source app.

• Choose where to install Pinocchio. Make sure you have enough disk space, as AI tools can be large (50-100GB each). Pinocchio also does not allow spaces in the installation path or folder name; use underscores if you want a visual space.

Before You Install: Important Setup Notes

Before you install Pinocchio, consider these optional but helpful steps to improve tool performance:

CUDA Tool Set and CUDNN Drivers: You might want to install CUDA tool set 12.4 and CUDNN drivers. These help if you have a graphics card. Different graphics cards work best with different CUDA versions. You can ask a tool like ChatGPT which versions are right for your specific card. For instance, an RTX 4070 might work best with CUDA 12.x and CUDNN version 11.

Visual Studio Build Tools 2019: Check if you have Visual Studio Build Tools 2019 already installed. This is different from Visual Studio Community Edition or Pro Edition. If you have the Build Tools 2019, uninstall them through your Control Panel, then restart your computer. If you skip this, Pinocchio might get stuck trying to install them repeatedly. Pinocchio will usually tell you if this issue comes up.

Installing MM Audio and Open Audio via Pinocchio

Once Pinocchio is installed, open it. You will see a home screen, likely empty at first. Click the "discover" icon (top right). You can then browse or search for specific apps. To get MM Audio, type "mm" into the search bar, click on "MM Audio," then "one-click installer." Do the same for Open Audio: type "open" in the search, click "Open Audio," then "one-click installer." Pinocchio handles the rest, downloading and setting everything up.

As you explore these powerful tools, consider how a comprehensive solution like TitanXT's Midjourney Automation Suite can further streamline your creative process, allowing you to produce high-quality AI visual content more efficiently.

Using Your New Audio Tools

MM Audio in Action

Once MM Audio is running (from Pinocchio's home screen, click MM Audio, then Start), it is simple to use. Just drop a video file without sound into the interface. You can add text prompts to suggest sounds you want (e.g., "ocean waves, seagulls") or negative prompts for sounds you do not want (e.g., "no music, no talking"). The "seed" setting can be negative one for random results, or a specific number to get the same result each time you generate. "Steps" controls quality (25 is good, 50 is better). "Guidance strength" lets you fine-tune the sound. Make sure the "duration" matches your video’s length. Click "submit," and in seconds, you will have a video with sound. If you are not happy with the first try, adjust the prompts or settings and try again.

Open Audio in Action

Open Audio automatically starts once installed. To use its voice cloning and text-to-speech feature, click on "reference audio" and upload an audio clip (it accepts WAV or MP3 files, not video files). This reference audio sets the voice style. Then, type your desired text into the "input text" box and click "generate." The tool quickly produces audio in the cloned voice. While not always needed, adding the "reference text" (a transcript of your reference audio) can make the clones more accurate or expressive.

For Midjourney users aiming to push their creations even further, TitanXT's Midjourney Automation Suite offers features to manage, enhance, and scale your AI image and video generation, complementing your audio work perfectly.

Final Thoughts on Enhancing Your Midjourney Projects

Adding audio to your silent AI videos brings them to life. While tools like MM Audio, Open Audio, Dia, and Suno AI let you do all the work manually, they give you more control over the final product. This approach is also much cheaper than expensive services like VO3. You have many options to add sound: MM Audio for effects, Open Audio or Dia for speech, and Suno AI for music. There are also paid third-party tools if you need to lip-sync a pre-existing video.

Ready to take your Midjourney content to the next level? Explore TitanXT's Midjourney Automation Suite today and discover how it simplifies and powers up your AI creative workflow.