Adding sound effect

Hi ... I have done a search but not found quite what I'm looking for ... very new to imovie and don't want to screw up in the same way I did with iphoto and imusic by getting the file structure messy ... ie I don't really want to touch anything ! but i want to use a sound effect (waves on a beach) I have a .wav where do i put it ? is it OK to use a .wav ? should it go in the same library folder as the default imovie fx (ie somewhere deep in the bowels of garage band's support files) ? Thanks for your time ? Roger

a) iM uses internally 48KHz aiff...- no .wav
b) if you just want to use it single shot, simply drag'n drop your audio file into the timeline/audio track (iM will convert into aiff... donb't care)
c) if you want your waves permanently in your "sound effects" pane, you have to wait until someone else answers, or I'll be home at my Mac (posting from an alien machine...)

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Now that I have several clips in the timeline, I want to add some sound effects. I want the sound effects to be timed to actions in the clip, and I want the background audio to mute when the sound effect plays. Guys, I am not laze--I have been searching and searching the electronic documentation and I cannot find what I need.
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it sounds as if I have to manually make the adjustment for the background audio level to decrease when the sound effect is played.
FCE provides a lot of control over all details of editing, but you have to give the correct "instructions" to do what you want.
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MattiMattMatt wrote:
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Looking at the shown Master Track, on the automation menu of options on the track (that lists volume, pitch tempo - whatever you want to send a curve through) there's another choice on the bottom: "add automation." You select this which gives you a dialog box and the option to add an automation curve for any of the Master Effects you've added in that Edit box on the right hand side.
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frame 1
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button name 2 false instance name btnB
button name 3 false instance name btnC
frame 2
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correctB = true;
correctC = false;
button name 1 false instance name btnA
button name 2 true instance name btnB
button name 3 false instance name btnC
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any help.
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R

Great works like a charm, one thing though. Every time I click the Incorrect button button I hear that audio twice . I checked the actual mp3 and it just one sound.
Heres the code you gave me
var correctSound:CorrectSound=new CorrectSound(); // assign this class
var incorrectSound:IncorrectSound=new IncorrectSound(); " "
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