Sound Device

[Scotlow]

I am a Newbie to this so bear with me. I have downloaded an MP3 .When I try to PLAY or remove vocals I get the following ( Error while opening sound device. Please check the output device settings and the project sample rate) How do I do this
Scotlow

[kozikowski]

Are you using an odd sound system? USB devices? Turntables? Sound cards?

Try resetting Audacity Preferences to 44100, 16-bit, Stereo, and restarting. Audacity defaults don't always get along well with audio hardware.

Koz

[Scotlow]

Hi Koz Thanks for answering my question I have 16 bit and the 44100 and I stll get the Error message. Do you have any other suggestions. As far as the USB and soundcard connection I am not sure of. Scotlow

[waxcylinder]

There have been several postings on this error message by one of the developers. Try using the Search function at the ttop of the forum window - click on the "Advanced Search".

Then in the keywords field type Error opening - and in the Author file type Gale Andrews - -then scroll down and click on the Search button. You should get 5 or so threads to follow. One of these may help you.

WC

[steve]

I am a Newbie to this so bear with me. I have downloaded an MP3 .When I try to PLAY or remove vocals I get the following ( Error while opening sound device. Please check the output device settings and the project sample rate) How do I do this
Scotlow

Go to "Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O"
You will see 2 dropdown lists - 1 fir the "recording device" and one for the "playback device".
What options are listed and what is selected?

Click on the "Help" menu and select "Audio Device Info..."
Copy the information from there and paste it into your reply.

[Scotlow]

Partial success' I changed Audio device to Real tech. I went thru the process for removing vocals and I do not get the Error message. Problem is when i click PLAY it goesthru the motions but there is no sound. Before I split channels the MP3 played. Any ideas Scotlow

[steve]

I went thru the process for removing vocals and I do not get the Error message. Problem is when i click PLAY it goesthru the motions but there is no sound. Before I split channels the MP3 played

So you can see the blue waveform in the track when you import the MP3 and it plays?
You use vocal remover and the blue waveform turns into a flat blue line and no longer plays?
If so, then the original file was mono (identical in both left and right channels). Vocal removal only works on stereo files, and only works if the vocal is dead centre in the stereo mix and the other instruments are panned left/right.
See here: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... al_Removal

[rizzo3710]

Im using a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card and Im getting the error message "error while opening sound device, please check the..." the preferences screen doesn't have any options under the recording device drop-down...any suggestions?

[steve]

Im using a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card and Im getting the error message "error while opening sound device, please check the..." the preferences screen doesn't have any options under the recording device drop-down...any suggestions?

See here: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... ng_devices

In future you would probably be better starting a new topic rather than adding your question to the end of an old and unrelated topic.