Adding music: starting songs in the middle not beginning

Is there a way to start a song halfway thru?
Pin the audio to your video clip. Grab the start handle and slide it to where you want the music to begin. Now slide the audio clip itself to align it as desired to the video.

Okay how do you "pin the audio"?
Drag the music clip to the project and drop it on the video clip with which you wish to associate it. If you drop it to the background, then you cannot slide the clip to align it to an arbitrary position in the video clip. (I.e., background music always aligns itself with the beginning of the project or to a point immediately following the last "background" music file placed in your project which may not be where you want to put it.)

Sorry! My advice is for iMovie06. I should have noticed it first. Possibly Apple should include the option to delete one's posts as well as edit.



Hi,
You can cut audio tracks the same way cut you video clips via the file menu. You can also create a fade in/out effect by using the volume levels control. Once cut you can slide it into position. Use the magnification command to get a more accurate placement. It's pretty easy to do. If you want to make a small audio loop just make a new project, drop the audio track into the timeline, edit it to what you want then export it as a movie via the file menu (no video needed). You then import the video back into your project, drop it into the timeline and go to the advanced menu and select 'Extract audio'. Once it has been extracted just drag the audio file to the desktop for future use. This will give you an AAC audio file to use in other projects.




The audio editing capabilities of iMovie are greatly underrated. I use it for making listening tests with voice recordings, movie scene audio and edited audio from other textbook CDs. With a bit of playing around it creates very professional results.

Unfortunately, I only use iMovie06, so I can't give advice on 08. I've never used it and from what knowledge I have of it it's a completely different ballgame. You can try iMovie06. It's a free download for iMovie08 owners and I'd conclude iMovie06 is a lot more novice friendly.



Sorry for the confusion.