Trouble with Audio Tracks

Using I-Movie 11 + Mountain Lion.
I am a I-Movie Nubie.
I can only insert one audio track and have it play.
If I insert one track everything is fine. Insert a second track and it is muted. Delete the first track, and the second one will play just fine.
Is there a setting somewhere that limits the number of tracks or mutes them?
I have the same results if I insert a track (MP3) from I-Tunes, record it as a voiceover from inside I-Movie, or detach the audio from a regular imported clip.
I do not see any exclaimation icons (errors) in the Project. Is there a way to analyze the Project for audio errors?
I have:
Restarted I-Movie,
Rebooted the Mac,
Deleted the preference file,
Deleted all imported tracks, saved as a duplicate project, and reinserted the track(s).
Even download the trial version of Final Cut Pro, but that looks like a lot more work for a simple home video project.
Something else I noticed.
If I highlight the clip, start the inspector, push the volume slider all the way to zero, the audio still plays. If I make any sound adjustments using the inspector (like muting the middle of the track) there is no effect on the audio output of the track itself.
Any ideas would be welcome.

Hi
There are two kinds of Audio-tracks.
A. Drop an Audio Clip into the Project window = Green background. Drop another and first one will mute
B. Drop an Audio Clip into Project - BUT NOW Exactly ontop of a Video Clip and You get a small Violette band under the Video Clip representing Audio.
Here You can add many (in old iMovie > 50 made problems but iM'08 or 09 or 11 - I don't know)
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I'm trying to import some footage files in .avi format into Encore CS3 and am having several problems.
In what follows when I say "crash" I mean Encore quits with a standard Windows error. When I say "hang" I mean Encore does not quit but rather becomes an unresponsive process that must be killed manually using Windows Task Manager.
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NVidia 7800GS video
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