Adding audio clips

I am having trouble adding audio tracks to my iMovie. Three songs are already added to the movie. When I try to add additional songs to the background area, the clips go to the beginning of the movie, overlapping existing songs. Is there any easy way to get the clip to add at the end? I've tried grabbing and moving the song from the front, but it causes two problems: (1) it pins the music, and (2) it moves the existing music.

Here is a good tutorial for how audio works. In your case, you want to drag and drop the music track on top of one of your video clips at the frame where you want the music to begin.
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/imovie08.html#audioclips

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Crashing after adding audio clips

So I have had to rebuild my 50 minute vacation movie 3 times now due to the files become corrupt after adding audio clips. The audio clips are legit and not just downloaded from a random site. Happens with different songs not just particular ones.

Here is a good tutorial for how audio works. In your case, you want to drag and drop the music track on top of one of your video clips at the frame where you want the music to begin.
http://www.apple.com/findouthow/movies/imovie08.html#audioclips

IMovie crashes when adding audio clip

I am in the middle of creating a movie, everything has been going very smoothly and then suddenly iMovie started crashing whenever I try to add a sound clip to a slide.
The audio clip does initially appear to be added, but then iMovie hangs and I have to force quit.
Any ideas on why this would suddenly start occuring when everything was working fine up 'til now?

I hope you don't mind my jumping in and adding to the muddied waters, but I am also having trouble with iMovie transitions. I just bought the MacBook Pro - 200 gig hard drive with boosted RAM. I have experienced the following problems:
1. After reading Karl's caution about iMovie trash, I don't empty the trash until the project is completed, so that's not the issue.
2. And this is what's odd . . . I just put one movie together and had not a single glitch. I pulled stills in using Ken Burns, was able to go back and edit the clips, change transitions, etc.
3. I have another movie that I have been working on and it was going fine UNTIL I added the first transition. After that, whenever I select a clip I get a black screen and have to reimport the photo to see it.
4. When I try and add transitions, sometimes they work, sometimes nothing happens, sometimes the system crashes, and sometimes it looks like it is going to render, but the rendering line never progresses.
5. I have tried deleting the plist files for both iMovie and iPhoto, and repairing permissions, but it doesn't work.
6. No security features are turned on.
7. I do have slick transitions, but as I said, they worked fine in the first movie (where trash was never emptied.)
This is making me crazy and is far too time consuming. Karl, any thoughts?
Thanks so much.

Adding audio clips in 30 second intervals

Hello,
I'm new to Adobe Premiere Elements and I'm glad to have found a forum with folks who have such extensive experience and knowledge about Adobe! My situation...I would like to add audio clips ("beep") every 30 seconds to a video. (I want to collect data from the video.)
What is the best (and easiest) way to do this?
Thank you in advance for your help!!
mlv

One can add a Marker by tapping the * key on the numeric keypad. You could do this every 30 sec. (you can drag any about, if you miss the cue). Then, I'd use a "beep" SFX file, and place one at each of these Markers. If you have an SFX file that has any pre-roll in it, first thing that I'd do is alter it in Audacity, or any sound editing program, so that the actual "beep" comes at the very beginning of the Clip, and do a Save_As, then Import that edited SFX file.
Here is a list of possible sources for SFX (and music) files. Many are free, and some are for sale:
http://www.stevengotz.com/audio.htm
http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll
http://www.freesound.org/index.php
http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
http://www.ljudo.com/default.asp?lang=tEnglish&do=it
http://www.sounddogs.com/
http://www.soundsnap.com/
http://www.stock20.com/commerce/index.php
http://www.shockwave-sound.com/index.html
http://www.smartsound.com
http://www.ilovewavs.com/Effects/Music/Music.htm
http://www.jamendo.com/en/albums
http://www.5alarmmusic.com/
http://www.studiocutz.com/
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=180598
http://www.soundrangers.com/
Good luck,
Hunt

Is it possible to split an added audio clip (like you can with the video clips)?

I'm working in iMovie 9. I've recorded a audio voiceover that I added to my video clips.
I want to be able to split the voiceover audio so I can separate the different sentences and move them to where they are appropriate relative to the video.
With video, this is easily done with shift+command+S.
I tried selecting the audio track and doing shift+command+S but it doesn't work.
I can't figure out how to do this. Is it possible?

Thanks for the tip. Tried it, no go. Guess 9 is primitive that way.
I now remember a few years ago having the same problem, and I contacted Apple and suggested they make this possible in future versions of iMovie. Guess they listened to me!

Adding Audio Clip

Does anyone know how to add music clips or itunes files or
video to the website with Contribute? Thanks

Video:
1. in the main menu go to >Insert>Video
2. or create a hyperlink to the video on your computer so it
gets uploaded to the server and is watchable by clicking the link
3. or insert a HTML snippet: >main menu>Insert>HTML
snippet
Music:
1. create a hyperlink to the soundfile on your computer so it
gets uploaded to the server and can be heard by clicking the link
2. or insert a HTML snippet: >main menu>Insert>HTML
snippet
Search the help for 'video' and 'sound'

Adding audio clips in MUSE

I wish to add recorded music audio to a MUSE CC2014 Website designed for musicians. I am unsure how to do that. Please advise.

Hi,
some helpful threads
Putting mp3 music background on muse web page???
How to place an MP3 in muse
Do let me know if you have any question.

How to remove audio clip I added to iMovie 10?

I created a short video, added audio clip from itunes. But I cannot upload it to Facebook due to copyright rules. How can I remove the audio clip? I separated the audio from the video, but it's only the original audio, not the clip I added. I looked through several posts but could not find this exact topic.
I see some posts that talk about inspector, but imovie 10 doesn't seem to have it.
When I click on the video segments i don't see anything about the audio clip that I added.
Newbie here, please be patient...
Thanks.

You just need to go back to the project in iMovie 10, delete the iTunes audio clip and share again.
(I'm not quite clear what you did when you said you 'separarted the audio from the video'.)
Geoff,

Ducking doesn't work on added audio track

I have an iMovie 09 video clip of people dancing to music in the background. I attached a separate audio clip of music to the video (it appears in green beneath the video).
At a certain point in the video, I want to fade the added music clip so you can hear what's going on in the video. So I went to "Audio Adjustments" on the video clip and checked the Ducking box to that the music on the added audio clip would fade at that certain point.
But it doesn't fade at all. How do I fix this? Thanks.

You should be able to trim expanded audio in previous versions, also. Then you do trim, the audio will only turn dark, not get physically shorter, when you Expand Audio Components. When you Expand Audio, it will physically change the length of the audio section. One thing to remember is that when you Expand Audio/Video, the whole clip is selected by default, click on the head or tail of the audio first. If it is red, you can not expand it out, but can trim it in.
Tom is correct about ROLL edits, they only work in FCPX 10.1 and later. Only works with clips in a Storyline. Only work with audio that has enough Handles to accoedate the Roll edit.

Pointer when adding audio to clip

When adding audio/music to a clip (not background) it sits below the clip with a small arrow/pointer pointing to the clip. What does that pointer indicate? Why does it move? Can someone point me to resourcs that explain that in detail?
Thanks

I think you are right that the marker "stays". I don't have any special insight to how this was coded by Apple, but it appears to me that you initially attach the audio to a certain frame in a certain clip. Later you can drag the audio forward or backward, and it may remain attached to the initial frame, but be given an offset. For example, the audio is attached to frame five of clip three, but the audio actually begins at -30 or 30 frames to the left of the anchor frame.
I think if you experimented with it, you might find that if you delete the clip with the anchor frame, the audio is deleted, too, but I don't have time to test this right now.

Udio to my clip. When I bring it over it highlights the entire clip as opposed to adding it above or below. Then I can't edit the audio clip. HELP!!

Trying to add audio to my clip. When I bring it over it highlights the entire clip as opposed to adding it above or below. Then I can't edit the audio clip. HELP!!

Just discovered this nifty little bug myself today. Boy, Leopard is really bug city, I'm definitely regretting the upgrade. I was glad to find the 'show in mailbox' trick, although then once I went to re-send the message, it duplicated it for some reason and sent it twice, so now my business contact thinks I'm a moron because I sent him this super large attachment TWICE thanks to moronic Mail.app.
Another interesting thing though, is that after finding the email via 'show in mailbox' and opening it, it actually displayed the MP3 attachment as the old Tiger quicktime player (w/progress bar) as opposed to when I first composed the message and it would only display it as an icon. I thought they had just removed that feature for some reason, but nope! Another bug!

IMovie moving audio clips when transitions are added

iMovie moving audio clips when transitions are addedI have some video clips that need simple fades to black added at the end. However, whenever I add the fade out transition, iMovie does something insane. Instead of the last two seconds of video fading to black and the last two seconds of audio fading out, it seems that a random two seconds of audio from elsewhere in the clip is tacked onto the end and faded. This problem is nuts and I am having no luck finding a solution. Does anyone have one? This has happened with other transitions, but I’d settle for just getting a fade to black to work properly. Is this only a problem with Intel machines?

The problem that you describe has come up frequently on this forum. There are lots of things people have tried, but no solution has been found, other than the workaround of extracting the audio, as Klaus 1 mentions, and manually adjusting the fade out. Some feel that it is an intel machine problem, but that is not clear.
For more information on this issue, try using the search function of this forum, typing in "audio echo with transitions", or some other appropriate search words. You might find of interest the information contained in the following post:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=5681815

Help with adding audio files to page

I am using DW CS5. I have had numerous troubles adding audio files to any page. Please know that I am not at all computer savy when it comes to html codes etc. But I have been working with DW CS5 and have a functional website and my pages validate. That being said, please be patient with me if I am asking stupid questions or don't understand the solution.
Now to the problem....I originally wanted to add mp3 files...but I am not sure how to work with plugins or which plugin to use.
Therefore, I converted my mp3 files to swf and used the insert media file feature in DW CS5. But when I look at the finished page...I only see a big white box. Nothing happens when you click on it.
First question...which is the best method to add audio files?
Second question...what steps do I need to follow achieve the desired result?
Note: there is one validation error on this page and I'm not sure why or how to fix it. Any suggestions here would be greatly appreciated.
Here is the code for the page (or you can go to this link: http://02cada7.netsolhost.com//test2/cupotea.shtml):
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    <span class="pagetitle">CUP O' TEA</span><br />
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        <p class="standardparagraph2">When preserving family history, nothing can compare to sitting down with a Grandparent or Great Aunt or Uncle over a cup of tea; listening to them reminicse about the past. Unlike handwritten accounts, there is opportunity to ask questions or delve further into the subject. Even better, recording such conversations so they can be shared for generations to come.<br />
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The following audio files were created by Virginia (Stasik) Zarow at the request of Laura (Stasik) Schmidt and Carrie (Stasik) Kot. There were a total of five cassette tapes, ranging from 1 hour to a 1 1/2 halfs in length. Scott Freeson converted each tape to digital format and then they were broken down into various segments for a total of 7 audio files. It is recommended that you listen to each tape in the order presented to maintain the proper timeline and context.<br /><br /></p>
<p class="standardparagraph">The first five audio files were recorded by Aunt Virginia in response to questions posed by Laura (Stasik) Schmidt and her sister Carrie (Stasik) Kot. Aunt Virginia re-recorded her responses in August 2009 after noticing some mistakes in the original recording.<br />
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Note: Virginia refers to her father as "tata", which is the Polish word for dad.</p>
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<span class="standardparagraph">What are the recollections you have about your parents, in particular their interests, their hobbies, and their lives and faith?<br />
What did your dad do around the house?<br />
How did your mom relax?<br /><br /></span>
<span class="standardparagraph">How did you celebrate holidays and birthdays? <br />
Did you go on vacations?<br />
What did you and your brothers do for fun?<br /><br /></span>
<span class="standardparagraph">What do you know about Jacob Sikora and Catherine Dziwak, the extended family and their faith?<br />
- Jacob Sikora and Catherine (Dziwak) Sikora<br />
- Michael (aka Patsy)<br />
- Magdeline (aka Chochi)<br />
- Angeline (aka Nellie) - includes information about Frank & their children<br />
- Elizabeth (aka Diane)<br />
- John<br />
- Peter<br />
- Walter<br /><br /></span>
<span class="standardparagraph"> What was the house like?<br />
- In the beginning<br />
- The 1936 flood<br />
- Renovations<br />
- The final demise<br /><br /></span>
<span class="standardparagraph2">Miscellaneous tidbits...<br />
- Polish Proverbs<br />
- Ancedotes<br /><br /></span> </div>
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    <div id="bodymiddle"><span class="standardparagraph">The second tape, also recorded in August 2009, consists of 2 clips and covers the years 1944 through 1947.</span></div>
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<span class="standardparagraph">Summer of 1944 to December of 1945<br />
- Meeting of Frank Zarow<br />
- New Years Eve - 1944<br />
- Prom Night - May 1945<br />
- First boyfriend, Eddie Yesh<br />
- First job as a hygienist<br />
- Meeting of John Zarow<br />
- Enrolled at Indiana State Teachers College<br />
- Meeting of Ted Zaroff<br />
- Thanksgiving - 1945<br />
- Florian Stasik Airforce injury<br />
- Christmas - 1945<br />
- New Years Eve - 1945</span>
<span class="standardparagraph">Note: Per Virginia, Ted's name should be spelled Zarow, like most of his brothers. There was a mixup with his birth certificate and his last name was mispelled (although it is phonetically correct). He chose to keep this spelling as did one of his brothers.<br /><br /></span>
<span class="standardparagraph">January 1946 to December 1947<br />
- Takes job as cook/housekeeper<br />
- Break-up with Eddie Yesh<br />
- Frank Zarow passes away<br />
- Christmas 1946<br />
- Meets John Zarow again<br />
- New Years Eve 1946<br />
- John courts Virginia<br />
- First date with John<br />
- John's father passes away<br />
- Christmas 1947</span>
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Woohoo! I was able to resolve the issue including the validation issue. But I have a follow up question...
Currently if you click on the play button another window pops up which has the play/control/stop buttons to control the audio file. The attribute is set to new window. If I change the attribute to parent window, then the page that has the control buttons overlays ontop of the page with the link.
To get back to the original page, one must click on the back arrow near the address bar.
Isn't there a way to not have a separate window appear? In other words, the controls are embeded into the parent page?

Can no longer select or move audio clips on Narration track - what happened??

I began my first Adobe Premiere Elements 11 project this morning, a short video (5 mins) I intend to upload to YouTube. It's a comedy sketch involving inanimate objects that "talk", so it requires a lot of dialogue to be added to, in this case, the Narration track.
I am not new to Premiere Elements. In fact, I've done quite a bit of fairly complex editing on previous versions of the software (I upgraded to 11.0 from 8.0). I've never had this problem before.
After editing this project for well over 2 hours with no problem, I can suddently no longer move or even select any audio clip on my Narration track. They are just frozen and stuck there. Everything else works normally. I can select and move all other clips on all other tracks. Further, all audio clips will play, even the ones on the Narration track. However, I can no longer move, select, or even add any clip to the Narration track.
I opened a new project to see if the problem persisted, but it didn't - I could add, select, move audio clips on the Narration track just fine.
I'm stuck and bewildered. The project I've already invested 2-3 hours into seems permanently broken. The audio clips on my Narration track will play, but I can't select, move, or otherwise do anything to them.
My fear is not just that I'll have to start this project over again, but I'll never know when it will break again, and I'll lose all my work again.
Help!
Seriously, does anyone know what's happened?

sleinbach
Thanks for the details. As I suggested this idea that I had after reading this thread may be just nonesense, but I thought it would be interesting to try.
This is recommended done with a copy of the project that you have now.
For now, let us assume that the missing track names are part of the locked Narration Track syndrome. I am not sure if your narration clip was generated in Premiere Elements narration feature or created elsewhere and brought into the program. That would be interesting information to have. But, nonetheless, moving forward with this idea.
Given you cannot move, delete, change, etc what is on this Narration Track. Whatever is on that Narration Track traces back to an original on the hard drive and probably is shown in Media Cache's (Adobe Folder) as conformed audio cfa and pek set.
a. Find the narration hard drive hard location and move it to a new location (special folder on hard drive). When you go back to the copy of the problem project, you should be greeted with one of those "Where is....?" messages. Cancel out of that. Do not do anything within that message dialog.
b. Right click the thumbnail for your narration in Project Media and select Replace Footage. Then browse to and select the original that you had moved to the computer desktop and the special folder there.. Click OK. That should restore the file (including whatever effects were made to the file) to the project.
c. Has any of that had any effect on unlocking the Narration Track?
Other maneuvers to try
a. Trying to locate and delete any cfa or pek files associated with the problem audio.
b. Switching to an Aero Theme for Windows if you do not have one set so far.
Thanks for giving all of that a look at.
ATR

Can't get my audio clip to work in Keynote except in edit mode. I've followed Help instructions to the letter. Any suggestions?

Can't get my audio clip to work in Keynote except in edit mode. I've followed Help instructions to the letter. Any suggestions?

Hi Gary - thanks so much for your help. I'd already done that, but finally stumbled across the answer for my situation. I'm new to iMac and this is the first time I used Keynote, so maybe this info will help someone else along the way - I still haven't found this in any of the Keynote documentation or forums I've read.
My slides were all set up with at least one text box in which the text was animated. The sound was the last thing I added to each slide, exactly following the info in Keynote Help re: adding audio. The audio would work when I tested it in Inspector mode, and also if I switched to soundtrack instead. But not if sound was added to each individual slide. Hmmm. After I submitted the question above, I was running through the (auto) slide show one final time to check text, animation, etc. when I noticed that on just one single slide the sound effect came through, but at the very tail end of the slide. Hmm again. Why?
Through trial & error, the answer was in the animation section - not very intuitive re: audio. The steps to correct the issue were: 1) click on the sound icon embedded in each slide, 2) click on the animation tab in Inspector. 3) There's a drop-down menu there that allows you to reposition the audio clip to the #1 spot (if it was added after other "animation"). This allows the sound to begin before the text animation begins on each slide. Before doing this, I guess the sound was in there but the slides were transitioning before it had a chance to play.
Since this is the first time I've used Keynote and it's the most recent version, I'm not sure if this is a new feature to allow users to choose where within a slide to play a sound effect, but I'm guessing that might be why was unable to find any info on how to solve it. Hopefully this will help others who get stumped.
Thanks again for jumping in to help! I really appreciate it.

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