Audio fading for small portions of movie

Hi. I'm brand new to iMovie08 and loved the previous version. I'm putting together a movie of multiple clips with a couple songs over the clips. Most of the sound on the movie clips is turned off so that only the song plays. Some parts though, I'd like to fade the song out, then back in so I can hear the clip sound well. I'm finding this hard to do as I'm used to the old iMovie where you can just drag the song in and out to fade it. How do I do this on the IMovie08? Seems more complicated...
Thank you!

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WARNING: It is lengthy, but still far better than starting a new project from scratch.
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It's a pain in the neck, but it's infinitely better than restarting your project from scratch.
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A software called Soundflower (which is free) and some kind of audio editing software (I use Logic, but really any should work).
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3.) Watch/listen to your video and make notes of where the audio errors occur. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND writing down times too, as they will be extremely helpful later.
4.) Now were going to rip some working audio from the iMovie project itself. Go back into your iMovie project and only play back audio while in the edit window for this step. Do NOT play your project back in full screen.
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