Audacity 1.3.9 crashes with effects>voice remove

[royceballew]

Trying to use effects>voice removal with removal of band 300hz - 2000 hz from stereo center channel. Audacity ran for 6:09 but froze with :01 to go. Computer was frozen and no buttons would work, had to go to CTL+ALT+DEL to start over. What happened? Have Dell 4550 with 1.5 GB RAM running MS XP home edition w/Service Pack 3.

[steve]

You may have run out of RAM during the processing, causing Audacity to run extremely slowly while Windows shoves data across between RAM and the hard drive (when this happens, Audacity becomes so slow that it appears to have frozen, though given enough time (possibly days) it may eventually finish.

How long was the track that you were working on?
How much RAM on your machine?

Try processing the track a bit at a time rather than all in one go.

[royceballew]

The track I was working on is 51:24. I allegedly have 1.5 GB ram. Will try your suggested removing voice from a part of track. I choose 300-2000 as the lady on the track has a fairly wide vocal range and based the lower suggestion on my understanding that the A above middle C is 440hz. She does not have a accompanyment track, so I'm trying to create one.

RB

[steve]

The track I was working on is 51:24

51 minutes 24 seconds? That will seriously dig deep into your RAM.

[royceballew]

Tried just doing a voice removal of only the vocal portion of a track. The result wasn't pleasing, so I give up. Appreciate the suggestions--help.
RB

[kozikowski]

I was wondering how you were going to make out with that. Voices are not frequency specific. Very few things are. This is the spectrum of one (1) piano note.

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/piano_G1.jpg

So you can't do it that way, and most people opt for the Vocal Removal Tools which everybody offers and nearly nobody ever gets to work right.

Voice Removal or Isolation
--Center Pan Remover (Voice Remover--Search the page for "Center Pan Remover")
http://audacityteam.org/download/nyquistplugins
--Voice Trap
http://www.cloneensemble.com/vt_main.htm
--Extra Boy
http://www.kvraudio.com/get/1651.html
--Kn0ck0ut
http://www.freewebs.com/st3pan0va/


The work has to be full Stereo and not compressed and downloaded from the internet. That kills most jobs right there.

Koz

[royceballew]

The work I've tried to use to make an accompanyment track is a CD by a lady who sang the songs she composed, sent a recording to Nashville where background musicians learned her songs. Then they got together and made a CD which she sells. She doesn't yet have her music on paper music (and is trying to learn the Finale software on her husband's computer), but a vocalist friend wanted to use her music. She doesn't have an accompanyment tape (and I don't understand how without muisic or a backup tape how she does concerts). So I've tried to make one off her CD. Tried using the simple setting and it removed EVERYTHING. At that I gave up, but would welcome suggestions.