Boosting audio tracks in imovie6

i have a project (due on monday!) which i cut in imovie6
all is going well. the client approved the ruff cut on friday. during playback on their projection system i did notice that some of the audio levels need to be boosted. the problem is according to imovie i can't boost them more than the 150% i have them presently set at. is there a work-around?
i read that i can send the tracks to garage band do the volume boost, send the "newly boosted" tracks to itunes and then import them back into imovie. the problem is that w/o access to timecode it is nearly impossible for me to synch the tracks. any thoughts?
thanks in advance
be well
rob

Hi robfilms - this discussion may help:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1934851&#1934851
Also, there is a free audio editing app called Audacity, which can be used to boost audio levels:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/15063

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