Audacity Forum

You can try the vocal isolation software, but all that does is split sounds in the middle of the stereo field. That means the lead singer will leak through.

I don't know that this is a formal filter yet.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 20&t=72689

Koz

You can do it mechanically. Capture the performance and cut it word by word, but you can't easily separate the voice from the music if they persent at the same time. Koz

I don't think anybody can do that. Audacity has sound activated recording, but it responds to anybody speaking -- or any sound, not just one person. Audacity also doesn't do many tasks in real time, so you can't apply filters or effects. This is a fairly common question that involves thinking. Softw...

the track buffers and scratches in my headphones.

Say that again without the word "buffer." Or post a sample of the damaged work. Or both.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=72887

Koz

That's why I used the phrase "Perfect Overdubbing." You hear a perfect theatrical mix in your headphones including you. That's not easy on a straight, plain consumer computer. You can throw hardware at it (see the overdubbing tutorial) or you can throw software at it. Audacity can be built...

I am trying to download the mp3 decoder

Do you really mean the software that lets you play an MP3? That's built into Audacity. The software that lets you make an MP3, to encode one is not.

Koz

I was pretty sure I knew how to do this except I can't find the split at a particular time tool. I know there is one. It appears as a thick bar in the show and allows you to move each segment independently of the other. Anyway, the easy way is to import the clip (it will form its own track), copy an...

Loudness Control? That's common on music systems.
Koz

Intermittent problems are just the best aren't they? This is me being glad I'm not you. Windows machines can also suffer from Virus Protection that's trying too hard. "Wait, you can't transfer data that fast, I need to inspect it all!!!" Do you have any USB drives in the mix? You can't rel...

got it to burn, but will not play on the cd player There are several ways to burn. If you just jam a music file onto a CD, you will likely get a Data CD (like a thin, shiny hard drive) and not an Audio CD. If you go through an Audio CD Authoring Program like Windows Media, or iTunes (or others), th...