Imovie shaking with some audio clips

I am putting together a slideshow of photos with music. The first two audio clips work fine, but when the third plays, the slides seem to shake (the counter runs slightly slower than normal). I erase the clip, added other clips, but still at this point I get shakiness. Any ideas?
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Hello, kuhlmac,
Welcome to the discussions. If you do a search in the iMovie discussions for audio problems, you will find many posts addressing this common problem.
Some of the problems with audio clips have to do with the format of the clip. iMovie seems to work best with AIFF clips and does not do so well if the music is in any other format. Some of us don't have too much problem, but mp3s can be a problem. Also, if the song has been purchased from iTunes Music Store, it may not play well in iMovie. If the song you are using is purchased, you will need to burn it to cd and reimport it to iTunes to get it usable in iMovie.
I have also used WireTap to record the music I want in my iMovie and import the AIFC file that WireTap creates. If you want to explore what this app can do, look here

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