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Adding Audio

Let's look at some basic sound editing in iMovie.

The image below is the left side of the timeline that will appear when you click on the Timeline Viewer tab. If you have edited any video clips, you should see thumbnail images of your video clips in the first horizontal band followed by two horizontal bands for audio.

There is a drop down menu in the lower left corner that will let you shrink or magnify the audio clips.

The right side of the Timeline Viewer will look similar to the image below. Again, thumbnail images of edited video clips will be in the first horizontal band and audio tracks make up the second and third bands. The check on/off boxes at the right end of the Timeline Viewer show which tracks can be heard when the video is played. To listen to only one track, click the other track off.

As with the video clips, click once on an audio clip to select it. A sound clip recorded via camcorder or microphone will turn orange, a music CD clip will turn purple and a sound effect will be blue.)

Adding a Sound Effect

Click on the Audio button under the Shelf. You will see a list of sound effects. When a sound effect is clicked, it will play. To add a sound effect to a clip, click once and drag the sound effect down to one of the audio tracks under the desired clip. It will appear with squares at the beginning and end connected by a thin horizontal line. A sound effect cannot be cut, cropped, split or shortened.

Adding Narration

Now let's record a narration. Beneath the list of sound effects is a section that has a Record Voice button. Once the Playhead is located on the part of the clip that you want the narration, click the Record Voice button to begin recording.

Adding Music from a CD

You may have noticed in the Audio palette that the section under the Record Voice button has a blank window and a Record Music button with other controls. This section is used to record music from a CD. Put in a music CD making sure you know which track is the song you want. A list of tracks should appear in the window above the Record Music button. If you want an entire song, drag its track name out of the list and into one of the audio tracks. If you want only part of track, click on the track you want and then click the Record Music button.

Special Audio Editing

One interesting audio effect you can add is the Fade In/Fade Out. When you double click an audio clip, a dialog box will appear letting you use a slider to determine Audio Fade In and Audio Fade Out.

If you want several audio clips to have the same volume, shift-click on all the ones desired and move the volume slider to the volume wanted.
The audio file made by recording a narration or by importing a music track or file can be cut, split, and shortened much the same as a video file.


			Movie Files \| Audio
		Adding Audio Let's look at some basic sound editing in iMovie. The image below is the left side of the timeline that will appear when you click on the Timeline Viewer tab. If you have edited any video clips, you should see thumbnail images of your video clips in the first horizontal band followed by two horizontal bands for audio. There is a drop down menu in the lower left corner that will let you shrink or magnify the audio clips. The right side of the Timeline Viewer will look similar to the image below. Again, thumbnail images of edited video clips will be in the first horizontal band and audio tracks make up the second and third bands. The check on/off boxes at the right end of the Timeline Viewer show which tracks can be heard when the video is played. To listen to only one track, click the other track off. As with the video clips, click once on an audio clip to select it. A sound clip recorded via camcorder or microphone will turn orange, a music CD clip will turn purple and a sound effect will be blue.) Adding a Sound Effect Click on the Audio button under the Shelf. You will see a list of sound effects. When a sound effect is clicked, it will play. To add a sound effect to a clip, click once and drag the sound effect down to one of the audio tracks under the desired clip. It will appear with squares at the beginning and end connected by a thin horizontal line. A sound effect cannot be cut, cropped, split or shortened. Adding Narration Now let's record a narration. Beneath the list of sound effects is a section that has a Record Voice button. Once the Playhead is located on the part of the clip that you want the narration, click the Record Voice button to begin recording. Adding Music from a CD You may have noticed in the Audio palette that the section under the Record Voice button has a blank window and a Record Music button with other controls. This section is used to record music from a CD. Put in a music CD making sure you know which track is the song you want. A list of tracks should appear in the window above the Record Music button. If you want an entire song, drag its track name out of the list and into one of the audio tracks. If you want only part of track, click on the track you want and then click the Record Music button. Special Audio Editing One interesting audio effect you can add is the Fade In/Fade Out. When you double click an audio clip, a dialog box will appear letting you use a slider to determine Audio Fade In and Audio Fade Out. If you want several audio clips to have the same volume, shift-click on all the ones desired and move the volume slider to the volume wanted. The audio file made by recording a narration or by importing a music track or file can be cut, split, and shortened much the same as a video file.