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How do I change the duration of a sound clip in iMovie?

Asked by mistermister (257points) February 18th, 2007
I'm trying to change the duration of a sound clip in imovie, to slow it down to match the video..is this even possible in imovie?
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Yes, it's possible... though it requires some cleverness:
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First select the sound clip and extract the audio (advanced => extract audio)
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Then export that audio to a static sound file
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Then use some more powerful audio software like Audicity (free and opensource - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ ) to make the changes to the audio
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Then reimport it into to iMovie and line it up
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