I want to use a portion of an iTune song but the section begins 5:48 into the song. How do I edit the sound selection?

Question

Adding iTune selections appear to be defaulted to start at the beginning of the song, and you just trim the end off. But I want to start my selection within the song. How do I edit the song to appear on the video so that I can use a portion of the song 5 minutes and 48 seconds into the song?

Answer 1

Here is a reply I provided last week.  Hope this helps. Noreen
Drag the song in to start of show.  There is an icon that looks like a gear at the beginning of the green song strip.  Click on this to see clip trimmer.  The song will open in the screen on the bottom half of the iMovie screen.  You drag the yellow start line to the place where you want the song to start.  As my children have shown me, watch for the spikes to see the exact place, but listening along works also.  You can trim a song from the beginning and the end so that you only use 30 seconds in the middle, if that is what you want.
I would also suggest using audio control to fade the song in, especially if you are starting at a loud point.  The default fade in is half a second.  I change that to 1.2 to 1.5, depending on the song.  Also, if one song is louder than the next, you can equalize the volume by setting sound at 120% or whatever you think sounds correct for a specific song.
When trimming for a song at the end of a slideshow, you may need to drag the black (or any color) screen in to end and set duration for a few minutes so that you will be able to trim the song.  Otherwise, the program will only drag in as much of the song as you have video remaining.  I know that sounds confusing but once you try it, you will see what I mean.  Once you have trimmed the song the way you want it, delete the black screen and fade song to end.