Transition of Audio Between Clips

I made an iMovie from several video clips and used the circle opening transition between the clips.
Although the video looks good, the audio part of the transition did not work out well. [The audio is the audio that is imbedded into each clip.] The audio for each clip in the iMovie begins (abruptly) after the transition. There is no smooth transition of audio from one clip to the next.
Is there a way to have the audio of the first clip smoothly change into the audio of the second clip during the period of the video transition?
Is there a way to have the audio of the second clip begin at the start of the transition rather than at the end of the transition?
Thank you for your help.
Mac Mini Intel   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

Hi
You should extract the audio from the clip (cmd+j i think). the audio will be placed on a new track. Make sure you have clip volume enabled and you will see a line through the clip. Palce nodes and drag them up or down - this represents volume and you can cross-fade betwteen audio clips for a smoother transition.
You can also grab these audio clips and place them where you want.
Hope this helps
Bron

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