Need help!

[simonsko]

I've got two questions!

1. Why can't I remove vocals from a MP3 track converted from a video file?
2. When I want to perform a voice-over, the track that I'm dubbing can't be heard during the dubbing, why?

[kozikowski]

<<<Why can't I remove vocals from a MP3 track converted from a video file?>>>

MP3 audio format damages the sound a little and that damage tends to make vocal removal harder. We tell people to do production and effects from a WAV file, not MP3.

If you got the sound track from an on-line server or company, chances are it's in mono, not stereo. Vocal Removal doesn't work from a mono track--or a stereo track with the same show on both left and right (really, two-track mono).

<<<When I want to perform a voice-over, the track that I'm dubbing can't be heard during the dubbing, why?>>>

You may have some Audacity settings wrong. Look here:

Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O > One of those clickies on the bottom.

Koz

[simonsko]

<<<Why can't I remove vocals from a MP3 track converted from a video file?>>>

MP3 audio format damages the sound a little and that damage tends to make vocal removal harder. We tell people to do production and effects from a WAV file, not MP3.

If you got the sound track from an on-line server or company, chances are it's in mono, not stereo. Vocal Removal doesn't work from a mono track--or a stereo track with the same show on both left and right (really, two-track mono).

<<<When I want to perform a voice-over, the track that I'm dubbing can't be heard during the dubbing, why?>>>

You may have some Audacity settings wrong. Look here:

Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O > One of those clickies on the bottom.

Koz

I converted the video file to a wav file but it's still quit when I try to remove the vocals!

[kozikowski]

<<<I converted the video file to a wav file but it's still quit when I try to remove the vocals!>>>

Audacity crashes? That's not the question you asked at the top. Is that what happens?

Koz

[simonsko]

<<<I converted the video file to a wav file but it's still quit when I try to remove the vocals!>>>

Audacity crashes? That's not the question you asked at the top. Is that what happens?

Koz

No, I accidently wrote quit instead of quite!

[waxcylinder]

No, I accidently wrote quit instead of quite!

I assume you really mean "quiet" ??

WC

[simonsko]

No, I accidently wrote quit instead of quite!

I assume you really mean "quiet" ??

WC

Yes! Sorry for the typo! Well, why is it still quiet even though I'm converting the video file to a wav file?

[waxcylinder]

Have you tried using the Audacity Amplify effect to boost the level of the recording ?

WC

[simonsko]

Have you tried using the Audacity Amplify effect to boost the level of the recording ?

WC

Yes, but that didn't help much!