Editing mp3s in GB possible?

It's a little hit and miss but it can be done in Audacity.

First you import the tune from Project, Import Audio.

Then, in the waveform window, select Split Stereo Track from the drop down list next to the name of the track. This will give you two separate waves with a drop down list next to the track name in each.

Then, select one of the two waveforms, it doesn't matter which, but make sure you don't select both. Once selected, go to the Effect menu and select Invert.

Finally, go to the drop down list (next to each track name) and select Mono.

All you have to do then is export the track as mp3.

This produces mixed results, as I said. Sometimes you get a perfect karaoke track, more often than not there is a faint echo of the original vocals and now and then they're still there altogether.

Don't worry if these instructions sound hard to follow, they'll make perfect sense with the program open in front of you.

Hi Endor,

Sorry I missed your response last night. I've never experienced the "plunk plunk" that you mentioned but I have sometimes ended up with very faint audio altogether. It depends how the song was originally recorded. You do definitely need to set BOTH tracks to Mono though. It's been years since I installed it but, if I remember correctly, you need to get the LAME mp3 encoder from elsewhere. Is it possible that this may be the problem? Essentially you're muting a certain range when you invert one track so you're bound to lose a little music too. If the song was recorded entirely on or very near the central part of the track, you'll lose most of it.

Keep trying, maybe searching other Audacity related boards. The way I described for you has worked well for me over the years but it may be that your particular song is just problematic.

On that note, what is the song you're looking for? My wife is a singing teacher and I may have a genuine karaoke version of it somewhere here.

All the best,

B.