# Music

> Three ways in, beats and downbeats, and finding the drop.
> Part of the Cuts Guide (en) — https://ferment.run/cuts/docs (Markdown map: https://ferment.run/cuts/docs/index.md)
> Canonical page: https://ferment.run/cuts/docs/music

Music in Cuts: where a track comes from, and what the beat grid does once it lands.

## Three ways to a track

- **Produce one.** Ask Cuts for music in chat — mood, genre, a reference track. The track comes back a few minutes long, and Cuts slices the right piece onto your timeline. This is cloud generation, so it costs credits — a flat price, shown in the app — but it's included on every plan, Free too.
- **Extract it.** Pull the audio out of any video in your project.
- **Import it.** Bring MP3, WAV, AIFF, or M4A from Files.

The music track holds one clip at a time — a reel wants one song.

## What analysis gives you

The moment a track lands, Cuts reads it — right on your phone: tempo, the beat grid, downbeats, and where the energy is. From then on:

- **Cuts snap to beats** while you edit — see [Cut](/cuts/docs/cut).
- **Highlights** mark the track's best stretches — the hook, the drop — so you can slide your edit onto the part that matters instead of scrubbing for it.

One caveat, stated plainly: on some sparse electronic tracks the bar's "one" can drift. Beats stay accurate — but if a downbeat-perfect cut matters, check the grid by ear.


## Balance

The **mixer** has a fader per track and live metering — pull the music under the voice and watch the meters. Cuts also levels loudness, so what sounds right in the editor sounds right on the platform.