Audacity Forum

Audacity doesn't have Vocal Isolation tools. You might try Voice Trap.

--Voice Trap
http://www.cloneensemble.com/vt_main.htm

I believe Voice Trap will fail if you have a mono show. Open in Audacity and make sure the left and right sound meters don't match.

Koz

I tried to export the sound into a WAV file for you, but when the file was played it was silent. Step 1. Force Windows to show you full filenames -- name plus extension. Windows' shenanigans work when everything goes OK, but it's deadly on troubleshooting. -- Hidden File Extensions -- Start > My Co...

(sidenote, should a guitar be plugged straight into a mixer?) Either way. Actually three ways. - Play the guitar into a performance space/room and mic it with a conventional microphone, through the mixer and on to the recording system. - Plug an electric guitar pickup into the High Level Input of a...

I'm assuming that, but this is such a common problem, it's a good bet. Macs have stereo, high-level inputs, but not most Windows laptops. Koz

You stop plugging the mixer into the Mic-In of your Windows laptop.

Scroll down to "Connections."

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/wind ... rding.html

Koz

Also reference Chris's Compressor... -- Chris's Compressor http://theaudacitytopodcast.com/chriss-dynamic-compressor-plugin-for-audacity/ He created a show sound compressor (and plugin) that mimics in an amazing way the process that radio stations use so you don't have to constantly run the car volu...

Give us a shot at it. What kind of noise? HIss? SHSHSHSHSH? Buzz? Crackle Newspaper? Popping? The low hanging fruit is: are you going through a USB hub. USB Audio Hates That. Home run to the computer always. USB systems are basically nice analog audio mixers with a USB coder/driver jammed on the end...

I have recorded a song "Run" By Leona Lewis

What does that mean? You were in the studio when she sang?
Koz

Anyone have any ideas?

Yes, but not helpful. You can't split apart voices in a mixed recording.
Koz

You missed the important part of the description. How did you connect the Art preamp to the computer?

Koz