Editing Original Audio?

I thought this would be simple, and it probably is but I'm lost.
I have a short video clip loaded into iMovie. I do not want to add any audio but I do want to fade out the pre-existing audio that came with the clip.
iMovie will let me edit the entire clip volume levels etc. but I just want to select the last 5 seconds of video and fade it out or, preferably, silence it.
From what I can tell there is no way to view the audio track.
If I load the clip into GarageBand the audio is automatically separated into it's own track, which is perfect, however GarageBand, from what I can tell, exports in lower quality than iMovie.
I have watched a ton of videos and read a bunch of threads and can't figure this one out.
Thanks for any insight.

Double-click on the clip to open the Inspector. Or click on the gear icon at the start of the clip and select Audio Adjustments - this will also open the Inspector. In the Inspector (Audio tab) you will see options to Fade In and Fade Out. The timing of the fades is set using the slider - just drag this to the desired duration. Make sure that you click Done at the lower right of the Inspector, otherwise the setting may not be saved by iMovie.
Note that I haven't used iMovie '09 for a while, but if I recall correctly, the method is much the same as in iMovie '11. However, iMovie '11 has vastly better controls for audio editing, such as waveforms and the ability to drag volume levels up and down for sections of audio clips and video clips ("rubber banding"). Also, there are extra options for fading audio, such as being able to drag the volume levels inwards to create the fade in or out.
John
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