Audio volume drops on sub-titled clips (imovie 4)

When I place a sub-title on a video clip the volume drops considerably. When I highlight the clip and boost its volume even to the maximum 150% in an attempt to make the loudness consistent with the rest of the project, it's still not enough. Volume reductions like this occur even when I do contrast or brightness, etc. adjustments. How better boost volume with these clips that suffer volume reduction and maintain uniform audio throughout a project?

Hello Tom
Extract the sound of the video clip with the title and see if it makes a difference.
This takes me back some years. I don't recall the sound dropping off to the degree you speak of though. But give it a go, you have nothing to loose !
Cheers
jc

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