Attaching audio to clips

when i add sound to my clips, it displays it in the timeline viewer. how do i get the sound to attach to just that one clip so i can remove it from the timeline viewer? i ask because when i have audio in the timeline viewer but then select a different clip to export, it exports what's in the timeline viewer.

Welcome to the Forum, gOrOsie!
I'm not sure I understand exactly what you want to do. You want to "add" an audio clip to a video clip so the video clip plays the audio, right? If I'm wrong, please say.
There is no way to "join" the video and audio in iMovie But iMovie lets us export a few clips of the project to a Full Quality movie that contains both the audio and video of that section of the project. Essentially, you export the clip(s) you want, and the audio below the clips is exported with it.
You must first align your audio clip to your video clip on the Timeline so they play together. Then you export that video clip to a Full Quality movie, import the FQ movie back into the project and use it to replace the original video clip and audio clip.
After aligning the video and audio, select the video clip. Choose File > Share. Click on the QuickTime button at the top of the window. Check the checkbox "Share selected clips only". In the popUp menu "Compress movie for:", choose "Full Quality", then click Share. Name the new file "Joined" or something, choose the folder to save it in, and click OK.
In the Finder, locate the Full Quality movie and drag it to the project's Clips pane or Timeline. Use it to replace the video clip and audio clip.
Note that if the audio clip is longer than the single video clip above it, exporting the single video clip will "chop off" the audio before it's done playing. To preserve the entire audio clip, select additional video clips above it on the Timeline before you export. If you need to later, you can split the imported FQ movie to remove the "too-long" video stuff.
Note too that iMovie lets you control which audio tracks you export with the selected video clips. Use the checkboxes at the right end of the Timeline to enable/disable audio on the three tracks.
Karl

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