When you are creating a Coub, and have uploaded a video source to edit, you can easily see the large button for Upload Music. When you click it you see something like this.
Here you can add a separate audio source. Clicking on these will open appropriate windows or fields to link or load your audio. Again, this is completely optional. Maybe the source is from a movie and you want the sound. Maybe the sound of the source is bad or ineffective, and you choose to replace it with a song you like.
If you make a Coub that has an identical twin you can EDIT your Coub once it is finished and replace the sound. This is a technique that can add a little attitude to your creations or make fun of the Coub you accidentally copied. There are some users that feel the need to actually copy others' work. If you become obsessed with Coubs, and make a lot you will eventually make an identical one that may have been done over a year ago. I think it's fine to leave it due to the general rotating usership and shuffle of suggested Coubs.
I made a Coub of a cat sitting on a washing machine. The original sound was Digital Versicolor by Glass candy. There were already some Coubs made from this source. One was from October of 2013. That one used a song by Soulfly called Umbabarauma. It had 50,000 views 204 likes and 95 recoubs.
Yeah, ok. That user has only 4 followers. This Coub appears to be their first. I wasn't a user then so I don't know if it was popular in 2013 or gained popularity later. It was probably featured but has too many views for the number of likes and reposts. Maybe "too many" is confusing to hear. What I mean by this is that Coubs get posted on websites like Facebook, Twitter and VK. On VK the Coub seems to count the views often inflating the view count. The views on other site don't show up on Coub.com's counters.
There was a Coub on Aug 19, 2015 by a user who has 31 followers. This Coub has over 180,000 views, 559 likes and 248 recoubs. Four times as many views than the previous one, and double the likes and recoubs. This view count is also inflated by posting on VK.
Here is that Coub that used the original sound.
So I made one with the same source video and posted it. I was shown the first one up top by a friend and found the second one on my own shortly after. I was a little disappointed at first and went to Youtube to try to find a song that fit, but if there are already two music Coubs with the cat on a washer, then why bother making another. I could have deleted it and moved on, but I did not. Instead, I went on Youtube and lucked out finding a video of a guy reviewing his new washer. I clicked the Gear located below the frame next to the Embed button. You can edit a Coub there. Once it reloaded the Coub into the editor, I substituted the sound with the Youtube video link.
Here is that Coub.
This Coub has about 11,000 views, 300 likes and 100 recoubs, and was not posted on VK. Well not by me anyway. I have had some of mine posted there and they get massive view counts but not nearly as many likes and recoubs. I used to spend a lot of mental energy stressing over views and getting featured. Features are great and make me feel good, but honestly you don't get that many V/L/R's from features. Trust me, just keep making them and eventually they get seen. Grow your followers. Engage in the scene.
I was going to also talk about music selections but this got a little long. Next time. See you.
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