V2.007 (first) - Closed!

[djkaraok]

I tried to use Vogone using Micro Studio Vogone tab and it pulled up the program properly. I was using Vogone 2. Then I selected the .wav file and and began playing with the adjustment sliders to eliminate as much of the vocals as possible. I then selected write and it told me I needed an input and output file name. Since I already had the input file name there and was able to play the wave file I added the output file and selected write button. Next I got the illegal operation flag and the details said "VOGONE2 caused an invalid page fault in
module KERNEL32.DLL at 016f:bff7b983.
Registers:
EAX=3f800020 CS=016f EIP=bff7b983 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=0000ac44 SS=0177 ESP=0133fd10 EBP=0133fd4c
ECX=7803bb90 DS=0177 ESI=3f800020 FS=4287
EDX=00406388 ES=0177 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
80 3e 04 74 0f 33 c0 50 50 50 68 05 00 00 c0 e8
Stack dump:
0004f7d8 780114ac 3f800020 78024ee7 3f800000 00000000 0004f7d8 0000ac44 7803f8dd 0004f7d8 0133fb40 0133ff14 7800f56a 780354d0 ffffffff 0133ff20"

I checked after getting this illegal operation msg and the file was written with the attempt to eliminate the vocals. This cd was recorded by a friend in a professional studio in town. This was not a commercial cd. The vocals were not removed very much at all, but the highs and lows were altered. I will try a commercial cd to see if I can eliminated at least 75% of the vocals without changing the music. The wav file was extracted from the cd using MicroStudio Beta version.

Another issue is the manual that I downloaded. I did not proof read this but in trying to use it to operate the program I have found the following to be considered after going through 1-9 sections.
1. pg 4 - section 7 2nd paragraph - it makes reference to the "process button" and there is nothing called the "process button" even though I ASSUMED that it meant the "write File" button I feel that novice users might prefer to see the actual button name.

2. pg 6 - section 9 #4 - 1. Male/Female Buttons - I see nothing on the screen that shows a button with this naming phraseology.

3. pg 7 - section 9 #9 - 1. "Enable Loop Play" - I see no check box on the screen that allows me to check anything.

I have not gone through the whole manual yet. I will let you know.


2nd try to run Vogone 2 on commercial cd track - vocal elimination was available but to a minimal difference - After selecting the file to Vogone I played the Vogone 2 and selected the best settings - I then typed in the output file name and selected "write" and got the msg "you need to select the input and output file first". I already had the input file selected and am playing the song and I also have typed in the output file name and location even though the error msg seems to think that I have neither an input or output file selected. I said ok to the error msg and tried write again but same msg. I then selected the output button and the program went to my hard drive location to save the file and I entered the name of the file and then selected "write" button and no error msg. I wrote the song to the file while playing the song. I then went to input file and selected the changed file to play in Vogone - The program listed the "play Vogone 2" button as "stop" which indicates that it is still playing and the play location slider was at full right position. I closed Vogone and went back in and the settings were all reset and I selected the input file and it played correctly but minimal vocal reduction.

Jerry Thomas

PS I am running this on a system that is a Pentium 3 667 processor with 256k memory and a combination of 70 gig of hard drive.