IMovie 09 - synching new sound to video clip

Hi all iMovie users. I am trying to synch my improved sound track to video. I drag the new sound track to the approx right place in the iMovie clips having muted the clip but if I drag the green sound bar it is too fierce; if I use the arrow keys to correct "too early/too late" nothing seems to happen. I have been trying for quite a few hours. Any suggestions please very gratefully received

I would recommend the following:
1) Set the thumbnail slider in the Project window to 1/2 second. This will enable you to slide the green bar left or right frame by frame.
2) Open the video clip and (temporarily) set the volume to 100%.
3) Click the button to show the audio waveforms. You should see the waveforms for the new audio track as well as the video so you have some visual cues to line them up exactly. Look for a peak or a gap in the audio. This makes it easier to line up (like the old hollywood clappers).
4) Drag the frame back and forth using the audio cues and the visual cues. When you have it lined up exactly, set the volume of the original video track to zero. Set the thumbnail slider back to where you usually keep it.
One more thing: If you cannot drag frame by frame, go to iMovie/Preferences and put a check mark next to Display Time as hh:mm:ss:frames.
Message was edited by: AppleMan1958

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