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[mssalai]

I am completely new to audio editing and the jargon, so hopefully someone can help me and make it "plain" for me to understand. All I want to do is edit some of my songs to cut out the vocals to make them "karaoke" style. It seems like everyone is able to do this except me. I've read the tutorials but MUST be doing something wrong. Each and every time I import ANY of the songs I have purchased from itunes, the song will only play some varying pitchy static sounds. It's not the audio config or my audio driver, as I get perfect sound with everything else---and can effectively hear the annoying static sounds. I must be doing something else wrong!!

The reason I am importing is because when I tried to just open the songs, that wouldn't work. I'd appreciate ANY help, (step by step)! Thanks so much!!!! :)

[Rex]

Welcome to the forum mssalai
What is the file format of the song you want to open ? wma, mp3, wav, ogg or other.
About the vocal removing, there are some interesting post http://www.wavosaur.com/forum/vocal-remover-t325.html

[mssalai]

The info for the song:

m4p
5.1 MB
44.100 KHz

[Rex]

Thanks for the info
m4p format is not supported, you have to convert it to wav before if you want to edit the file.

[mssalai]

Okay, I don't have a way to do that except to purchase converting software, as all the free trials have minute limitations.

I do have the songs in wma format. Will that work?

[Rex]

If you bought your songs from iTunes maybe they are drm-infected, the best you can do is to record as wav with Wavosaur while you are playing them (you may have to find the right settings with your soundcard for recording the audio output)

[mssalai]

The wma songs were not bought from itunes.

[Rex]

wma format is not supported yet, you can also re-record as wav

[mssalai]

how?

[Rex]

the best you can do is to record as wav with Wavosaur while you are playing them (you may have to find the right settings with your soundcard for recording the audio output)