# Slide audio: background music and quiz music

> Play music on one slide, pick the lobby and question music of a quiz, or upload your own track.

Source: https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/slide-settings/slide-audio · EngageSlide Help Center · Slide Settings

Video tutorial: [Slide audio — video tutorial](https://youtu.be/cyBY6mGDYZM)

## What it does

The **Audio** tab in the right column adds sound to the selected slide. What you see depends on the slide: most slides get **Background music**, while quiz slides get their own **Lobby Music** and **Playing Music**. For one track across the whole presentation, use the [presentation background music](https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/presentation-settings/music-reactions-and-live-chat) instead.

## Add music to a slide

1. Select the slide and open the **Audio** tab in the right column.
2. Pick a track from **Select audio**, or press **Upload audio file** to use your own. Listen to it in the player; **Remove** takes it away.
3. Tick **Autoplay** to start the music when the slide appears while presenting, and **On Repeat** to loop it.
4. Tick **Enable on audience device** to play it on phones too.

![A Word Cloud slide with calm background music: Autoplay, On Repeat and Enable on audience device with Show media control.](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-audio-settings.webp)

## Background music options

- **Select audio** — Six ready-made tracks, from calm presentation music to quiz loops. An uploaded file appears in the list under its own name.
- **Upload audio file** — Use your own audio file for this slide.
- **Autoplay** — Starts the music as soon as the slide is shown while presenting. Off: start it yourself with the speaker icon.
- **On Repeat** — Loops the track until you leave the slide.
- **Enable on audience device** — Also plays the track on participants’ phones, with two extra options: **Autoplay for audience** (start it on the phones automatically) and **Show media control** (show a player so people can pause it or change the volume).

![While presenting, hover the speaker icon in the top-left corner for play/pause, repeat and volume.](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-audio-live.webp)

![With Show media control, phones get a player above the slide](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-audio-phone.webp)

## Music for quiz slides

1. Select a quiz slide and open **Audio**.
2. **Lobby Music** — the track while players join and wait for the question. Choose from 21 themes (space, jungle, 80s, Halloween, Christmas…); the default is _One Love_.
3. **Playing Music** — the track during the question countdown. Pick **None** for a silent countdown.
4. Want your own countdown track? On the **Content** tab, under **Settings**, use **Quiz Audio (Optional)** → **Upload audio file**. It plays during the countdown instead of the Playing Music.

![A quiz slide’s Audio tab — Lobby Music and Playing Music, each with a preview player.](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-audio-quiz.webp)

![Quiz Audio (Optional) in the quiz settings — upload your own countdown track.](https://engageslide.com/images/kb/slide-audio-quiz-upload.webp)

## Good to know

- **Presentation music comes first.** If the presentation has background music in [Presentation settings](https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/presentation-settings/music-reactions-and-live-chat), it plays on every slide that is not a quiz, and the slide’s own music is not used. Remove the presentation music to give slides their own tracks.
- **Quiz slides** use only their lobby, playing and quiz audio — no background music plays on them.
- **Mute the built-in sounds** (lobby, countdown, podium and game sounds) with **Enable audio effects** in [Presentation settings](https://engageslide.com/knowledge-base/presentation-settings/present-like-a-pro). Your own background music is not affected.
- **Volume** set with the speaker control is remembered for the presentation.

## Frequently asked questions

### Why doesn’t the music start on some phones?

Many phone browsers block sound until the person taps the page. When that happens the phone shows the player with a note so people can press play themselves.

### Does the music play in the editor?

Autoplay only starts while presenting. In the editor, use the preview player in the Audio tab.

### Does it play on the Remote Control?

No. Music plays on the presenting screen (and on phones if enabled), not on your remote.