Two ways to get a reel's music
The reel's own audio. Choose Audio only and the sound track is lifted out of the reel's video and saved as an audio file. Instagram's audio is AAC, so it is copied into an M4A file without re-encoding – fast, and exactly as it sounds in the app. Use this for voices, sound effects, a remix that only exists in that reel, or when you want exactly those 30 seconds.
The full song. Most reels are set to a song, but only a slice of it, often with talking over the top. Send the reel to the bot and choose Identify the music. The bot listens to several parts of the clip, checks that two of them agree, and once it is sure, sends you the complete track with the real title, artist and cover, plus its lyrics. See find a song from a video.
When the song cannot be found
Recognition works on recorded music, so a reel where somebody is singing live, speaking over the whole track, or using a song released days ago may not be identified. The bot says so plainly rather than guessing. When it is not sure, it shows you the candidates it heard and lets you pick. If you know a line of the lyrics, typing it into the song downloader often finds the track too.
After you have it
- Cut it to a ringtone or a clip with the audio cutter.
- Find more like it with similar songs.
- Save the video too, with the Reels downloader.