Audio level control in menu screen

Is there any way to control the audio levels of the background audio played when the DVD menu first appears. I assume that DVD Studio Pro may have more control over this but I am using iDVD for now and am stuck. Thanks

If you want to lower the volume of "the built-in" audio in iDVD menus, first you have to find the audio files inside iDVD. Control-click on iDVD, and choose "show package contents" Then open contents>resourses and find the iDVD theme you want to edit. Again, control-click the theme and look in contents>resources for the audio file.
Now you have to edit that audio file to lower the volume. This can be done a few ways, sometimes using iMovie or another audio editor like Cacophony etc.
You'll have to save it with the same name and in the same audio format you found it in........and replace the original file.
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