audio clipping

Ok guys, :maddened: I am working on a new monologue. I want to change it up a bit. I imported the video into Windows Movie Maker. However, I want to add some sound effects to certain parts of the video. I imported the audio clips that I downloaded from archive.org. The clips imported just fine...

I have a blue snowball microphone, and i am stunned at how low i have to turn the gain down lol. Firstly.. I used to record my gameplay and audio all in the same recording, which now i realize was a mistake ..for reasons so complicated i can't even explain them here. I have started to record...