Increase audio level of a portion of a track

I have put together a number of clips to create my track. Now I need to increase the audio level of a portion of the track. Is this possible???
Thank you

Thanks for the fast reply.
I am looking at that right now but will have to admit I am Mac dumb. This is my first Mac and only GB project attempt. I lost on how to: Turn the "curve" on
Choose the curve you want to work with from the pop-up menu at the left of the row.
Click the rectangular LED next to the name to turn on the curve for editing.
The curve is a horizontal line extending the length of the track. If you move the track’s slider (for volume curves) or dial (for pan curves) before adding any control points, the entire curve moves up or down to the level of the slider or dial.

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I am thinking of two ways to increase audio level on a FCE project. One is to copy the audio track and duplicate it on an another audio track. The other is to increase the level of the existing audio track (modify>levels . . . ). Which do you folks out there think is best? Thanks in advance!

Thanks again Tom.
I am just putting together a classroom video. I used four cameras. I edited it all down, and moved everything to one video track. I chose the best audio track and am using that. So I'll probably just go with relative. And it appears I don't really have to choose the audio track when adjust level, as there is only one (well, two, but it is a stereo pair). I just go to modify>levels . . . and then move the slider over a bit, and that seems to modify the levels fine without any track selected.

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I've uploaded a taped video into iMovie and when I play it back, the volume level is too low (I can hear it but it's not loud). I've increased the system pref vol, the vol level, and the volume level in iMovie so everything has been turned all the way up.
I saw where you can extract the audio. What can you do with it when you extract it? Incresase it? And if you can increase it, how would you add the audio back to the movie?
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The best place to increase / adjust audio levels assuming the source video footage has something to work with is in the video editing app. Have you tried posting this question to the iMovie forum?
If your iMovie has low audio levels to start with then this will also be reflected w/in iDVD if no adjustments are made beforehand. Hope this makes sense.
Also check in the iMovie Help Menu if you haven't already:
I can't hear the audio in my movie
If you can't hear some or all of the audio in your movie, here are some things you can check:
Make sure your computer's volume is turned up. Use the speaker controls on your keyboard or the volume slider in the menu bar.
Use the volume slider below the iMovie monitor to increase the movie volume.
Make sure the audio checkbox is selected for the track you want to hear. The audio checkbox is to the right of each track in the timeline viewer.
If the audio checkbox is selected, then choose View > Show Clip Volume Levels and see if the audio levels for the tracks are set to a level that can be heard.
Making your movie louder or softer
If you find that all or part of your movie is too loud or too soft, you can adjust the volume of your movie in the timeline viewer. You can increase or decrease the volume of the entire movie or just specific audio clips. For example, at a certain point in a video you might dramatically increase or decrease the volume of accompanying music.
IMPORTANT: These instructions are for setting the volume of video that people will hear as they play your movie. If you only want to adjust the volume of your computer's speakers, see "Adjusting the volume of your computer in iMovie HD" below.
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Hello.
I am new to Premiere Pro (from FCP).
When I attmept to increase the audio levels using the yellow handles which live on the actual audio track in the timeline, they only increase by a very small amount when dragging "up". If I drag down, I can decrease them to zero (-60db), but I cannot increase them much higher than 12.
I have some tracks which desperately need to be louder. I tried increasing them using "Amplify" in Audition, but that disrupts the audio so that it sounds garbled and "underwater" sounding.
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http://i.imgur.com/mCWMscB.png

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That would not create phase cancellation.
..unless you are saying that when a clip is placed in the timeline its position is not really precise.
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Nick,
Maybe not very useful info here, but an advice...
Being a native user of æ, ø and å when it comes to talking and writing, I have learned long time ago that using such (æ. ø, å) in file names (or in anything purely computer related) is something that causes hick-ups now and then.
PS! "Half" when it comes to sound is -3 or -6 dB (dependent on sound power or sound level)
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At which db does the audio clip? Is the goal to make sure the audio meters stay out of the yellow/orange/red?
Is there a way to raise the volume of only 1 track of audio in the timeline? There is only 1 rubber band to drag on for both tracks.

To prove to yourself where clipping does occur, place a bars and tone clip on a sequence. (Get the bars and tone from File > New > ). It should replay at -12 dB. Apply a +12dB audio gain increase to the clip. Use the rubber band on the audio part of the clip, drop the audio level at the start of the clip to a low level, and after several seconds place a second node at maximum gain. You will than have a slowly increasing in level audio tone. Listen to it and when clipping occurs you should hear the tone turn from a pure tone to one including harmonics, making it sound "hard". The further the audio is driven past clipping, the greater the harmonics.
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bye Andrew

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