KARAOKE is a japanese word composed of "kara" which means "empty" (from the japanese word Karappo) and "oke" which is a shortcut of "okesutora" which means orchestra. Instrumental tracks of a song, without the vocal dimension, are called "karaoke".
The origins of Karaoke begin at the end of the 50's in the USA with a TV show like "Sing Along with Mitch". The Mitch Miller orchestra made the public sing along to the rythm of a bouncing ball jumping over the lyrics on the TV screen.
Karaoke tools & softwares:
| KaraFun & KaraFun Studio |
| These are 2 excellents french free Karaoke softwares with lots of nice features. |
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| vanBasco |
| A simple but yet effective Karaoke software. |
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| More Karaoke softwares |
| For a larger list of Karaoke softwares, please visit our Karaoke Directory. |
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| Yamaha SoftSynthesizer S-YXG50 |
| This Windows XP driver is a gift from Yamaha. It will change your vision, or would I say your audition of the MIDI Karaoke world!
Most of the amateur sound cards that we all own generate quite bad and anoying instruments sound! Yamaha propose, for free, its Software Synthetizer that will be installed as a MIDI driver. This driver will use instruments samples to render MIDI instruments, thus the quality will be raised. Try it, you won't be deceived. |
