iMovie 11 Tutorial - Working with Audio - The Basics

Quick run-through of the basics audio editing inside iMovie,This covers just about everything not obvious. For instance, I did not cover "how to drop a clip on your movie" I imagine you can figure that out pretty easy. Things not covered: "audio ducking", "beat matching", EQ, noise reduction. Look for that in advanced audio soon. #iMovie

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[cluebni]

How did you get seperate audio?...I have tried to make different audio tracks to edit them separately? My question is how do u have the three different audio one below another? i cant get mine to look like that...

[iMovieFAQ]

@cluebni See screen setup video

[tchepourko]

is it possible to separate audio channels (left & right) and adjust the volume on those?

[iMovieFAQ]

@tchepourko Not in iMovie no. You can with an external editor like Audible

[naurru]

One think that wasn't covered is splitting an audio clip, like a background song, then moving one piece to another section of the movie. For example: I have a movie clip and I drag in some background music from itunes. I want to split the audio clip of background music at a point, separate the song and have it continue a little further on in the movie.

[GreenAmigos]

Thanks, good tips.

[raisedbypoodles]

How do you edit out unwanted noises from your audio track, such as a loud Cardinal chirping? I can do it in SoundStudio, but I have no idea how to do it in iMovie. Thus, I came to YOU for advice! Thanks for all the really helpful iMovie editing posts, by the way. I always look for your videos as they are the most helpful!

[MrMaxHolm]

@jcneuman left click on your clip, there should be an option called: 'take apart audio' or so (ive got a swedish computer) click on that

Then a purple audio bar pops up and then y you can drag your audio back and forth.

(keep in mind that it isn't sync anymore)

[DebianDog]

@jcneuman1  Grab the audio and slide it over

[jcneuman1]

How do you make a song in a video start later than it does in the recording?

[jharmon05]

I'm trying to edit the audio to a concert i went to. I was a kinda close to the speakers so the base is a little too loud. I've tried setting the equilizer to "base reduce" in the Inspector. But that didn't seem to change anything. Does anybody have any tips?

[cbourin]

Can I take the audio voice of a movie clip and add it over a series of photos? and then fade back in to movie clip? Can someone give me step by step instructions?

Thanks.

[sherifomran1]

I would appreciate if you show us how do you copy part of the audio from a track to align in a new track. Ex: interperting a video in a new language, most often i ve this problem, synchronizing the new translation audio to the action.

[aubie0071971]

youre the bomb! thanks!

[sommerstrachan1]

can you give me the link to download