Recording Voice overs we can still hear the original sound

Question

hi now im trying to add sound to the video and it works but the original little sounds from the camera are in there to like the wind blowing and my mom speaking and etc. etc, the music is there too but how do you get rid of the actualy sounds and make it so the music is only played during it and nothing else??
thanks
- Liz

Answer 1

Hi, lizzixxx3,
As Sue pointed out, there is a checkbox at the end of the timeline that when unchecked, mutes the sound for that track. The reason there are 3 is that the first one is for the video, and the second 2 are for the 2 audio tracks. You can uncheck the one corresponding to the video track and your entire movie will be silent. Then after you add audio (music) to your iMovie, you should see the audio clip(s) in the second or third track, one of the audio tracks. If you leave those tracks checked, all you will hear when the movie plays is what you have added.
When you use the microphone, you should end up with an audio file that goes onto one of the audio tracks.
Post back if this is still confusing.
Regards,
Bev
{Hi, Sue!}