music and original audio?

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rose

alright, i have only recently been using wmm, but have
figured it out quite well on my own. my big issue right
now is for one of my movies. i imported the video and all
and started it but what i want to do is have parts of the
dialouge playing at certain times and the rest of the time
have a certain song overriding all other sound. now i
know how to put the song in and mute the clips, but it
seems as though i can only either choose to have the song
play or the original video's audio. but i want both..if i
am making any sense and if there is anyway to do what i
want to do with this, someone please help! thanks.
 
By default the audio/music track will play at the same time as the audio
track of the video clips. Don't mute one, just adjust it's volume if you
want one higher than the other.

Right-click the audio and select Volume....

PapaJohn
 
If I'm understanding your question correctly, within a
single clip you want to alternate between dialog and music
multiple times. Try splitting the clips. You can split
the video at each spot where you want to change the
dominant audio track. Then you can split the music clip
at the exact same spots. Now you can independently mute
each of those "sub" clips.

To split the video clip, in timeline mode, click on the
video clip to select it, then click on the timeline
counter above the video clip. You should get a light blue
vertical line indicating the position where you would like
to change the dominant audio. Select Split from the Clip
menu and you will get two separate clips that you can work
independently. Then click on the music clip to select it
and click the timeline counter at the exact same spot
where you split the video. You should get the vertical
blue line indicating where you will split the music
(should fall between the two video clips you just split)
and again select Split from the Clip menu. That should
split the music in the same spot as the video. While
doing this, either zoom in all the way or notice the
position indicator time where you select and make sure the
position exactly matches in both audit and video clips
where you split them.

Repeat those steps at each spot where you want to change
between music and dialog then you can mute the pieces you
don't want to hear.
 
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