1 • Save your iMovie project •
To export your sound from iMovie to Audacity, you need to export it as a Quicktime file first and then open the Quicktime file in Audacity.
Exporting your iMovie audio into Audacity
2 • Go to File > Export •
The exportmovie dialog box appears.
3 • Select QuickTime •
4 • Select Expert settings •
5 • Click Share • The standard Save exported file as...dialog box appears.
6 • Name the file that you are going to export and navigate to the Movies or the Music folder to save it • 7 • Export: select Sound to AIFF •
8 • Click Options • The sound settings window appears.
9 • Select your Sound Settings • Format: Linear PCM Channels: select stereo or mono Rate: 48.000 kHz
Sample Size: 16 bit Click OK
10 • Click Save •
11 • Open the exported iMovie file in Audacity • Go to File > Open
Navigate to the file and click Open
12 • The exported file opens in Audacity •
In Audacity manipulate and change your audio file as needed.
13 • When you finish manipulating the audio file, Export the audacity file as an AIFF •
Go under file > Export as AIFF Navigate to a folder and save it.
If the Export As AIFF...option doesn’t appear in the file menu, go to Audacity > Preferences
Click the File Formats tab.
Select AIFF (Apple/SGI 16 bit PCM) in the Uncompressed Export Format pop-up menu.
Click OK
14 • Find the exported Aiff audacity file and drop it into an audio track in iMovie •
Navigate to the folder where you saved the exported file and drag it into iMovie’s timeline.
A progress bar will appear.
The audio file can be found inside the project’s package.
Drag file into an iMovie’s audio track
Note:You can also drag the file intothe iTunes library and access the audacity AIFF files through the Audio Panel in iMovie.