Karaoke is a form of entertainment originating in Japan. With karaoke, amateurs sing along to music tracks minus the vocals. The words to the songs usually appear on a screen to prompt the singers. Karaoke discs are also used by professional singers to practice their vocals or to audition for singing jobs. Karaoke discs are widely available online or at music retail outlets, but it is often hard to find the songs you want. For this reason, many karaoke fans produce customized karaoke discs. Find out how you can create a karaoke disc that features all the songs you want to sing.
Instructions
1. Make a custom song list. This will help you refine your search. Determine which of the songs you can find as existing Karaoke tracks. Local music stores often carry a selection of Karaoke CDs. You can purchase Karaoke CD tracks that contain the songs you want to use on your own disc. Ensure that you are getting Karaoke CD-G (CD + Graphics) discs. If the discs aren't in the CD-G format, you won't have embedded lyrics on playback.
2. Use karaoke software or a karaoke disc duplicator to rip karaoke songs from original discs and burn them onto the custom disc you want to make (see Resources below). These software products read and write all CD-G information from the karaoke disc and burn it onto your custom disc. Most of the software products will even allow you to alter the key of the songs to fit your singing range.
3. Use software such as AV Video Karaoke Maker to add lyrics and graphics to karaoke music tracks that don't already have them (see Resources below). Many of the karaoke tracks downloaded from some services are simply musical tracks without vocals and not true karaoke (lyrics included for playback on a video screen). This software makes it as easy as dragging and dropping to embed lyrics on the song track for playback.
4. Take advantage of CD-G recording devices if you can afford to. The MTU Karaoke Disc Duplicator is a stand-alone unit (no computer required) that will duplicate karaoke CD-G information quickly and professionally. The duplicator transfers all lyric data as well as the music. Using any of these tools will enable you to create karaoke discs to fit your performing needs.
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