Dec 15, 2018 Change volume of sound recording using iMovie. Since Mac OS Mojave, you can record voice or any sound using the stock audio recorder app, Voice Memos. You can follow these steps to record sound using Voice Memos on Mac. Before you can change volume of sound recordings or voice memos using iMovie, you need to export voice memos to iMovie. Apr 30, 2020 Update your Mac. Make sure that you are running the latest version of macOS. You can easily update your Mac by going to System Preferences Software Update. And if there is an update available, follow the onscreen instructions. If your Mac is running macOS High Sierra or earlier, then open the App Store app on your Mac to update your Mac. Oct 29, 2014 On Windows, there are individual volume settings so that you can adjust the volume of an application even if the application itself doesn't have those controls. It is useful in some situations because you can lower the volume of one and increase the other on the fly from the same one window, without affecting system volume.
As you adjust the volume of a clip in iMovie, its audio waveform changes shape and color to reflect your adjustments. Make sure that the peak sections of the waveform don’t appear yellow, which indicates distortion, or red, which indicates clipping (severe distortion). If you see either red or yellow in your audio waveform, lower the volume until the entire waveform is green. If only part of the waveform is red or yellow and the rest is green, you can adjust the volume of that part of the waveform.
If waveforms don’t appear in the timeline, click the Settings button in the upper-right corner of the timeline and select the Show Waveforms checkbox.
Change volume in a clip in the timeline
In the timeline, select an audio clip or a video clip with audio.
Drag the volume control (the horizontal line across the audio waveform) up or down.
As you drag, the level appears as a percentage value, and the waveform changes shape to reflect your adjustments.
Change the volume of part of a clip
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You can select a range in a clip and then change the volume of just that part of the clip. The black horizontal line running through an audio waveform indicates the volume of the audio clip.
In the timeline, position the pointer over the clip, hold down the R key, and when the pointer turns into the Range Selection pointer , drag across part of the clip.
In the selected range, drag the volume control (the horizontal line in the waveform) up or down.
Only the volume in the range selection is changed, and iMovie automatically adds a fade at each edge of the selection.
Mute the volume
In the timeline, select one or more audio clips or video clips with audio.
Click the Volume button to show the volume controls.
Click the Mute button .
To unmute, click the Mute button again.
Adjust audio over time with keyframes
You can use keyframes to reduce the volume of part of a clip, then raise the volume over time. Keyframes are markers that you can add at specific points in a clip to change the volume at those points. The black horizontal line running through an audio waveform indicates the relative volume of the audio clip.
In the timeline, select a clip containing audio you want to adjust over time.
In the waveform portion of the clip, move the pointer to the volume control (the horizontal line) at a point where you want to add a keyframe.
To add a keyframe, hold down the Option key and click the volume control.
When you hold down the Option key and the pointer is near the volume control, the pointer changes to the Add Keyframe pointer. You can click to add as many keyframes as you want to the clip.
Note: You must add at least two keyframes to your clip in order to adjust the audio over time, because any volume adjustments are made between two keyframes.
After you add at least two keyframes, do any of the following:
Set the volume of the clip at a keyframe: Drag the keyframe up or down.
Set the volume of the clip between two keyframes: Drag the volume control between the keyframes up or down.
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To delete a keyframe, Control-click a keyframe in a clip in the timeline, and choose Delete Keyframe from the shortcut menu.