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Karaoke
From SpacialAudio
Question:
How do I use the Karaoke features in SAM Party DJ?
Answer:
SAM Party DJ has the capability of playing mp3+cdg files. If you already have a collection of files for karaoke use then they must be a playable audio media format and cdg file zipped into one archive. If not then please continue reading on how to create these archives.
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Hardware Needed
- If you don't already have one, buy a Plextor CD-RW. Many CDRWs will not read or write a CD+G properly, all Plextor drives do.
- A list of compatible drives are available at http://www.goldenhawk.com/ or the Tricerasoft
- Make sure you have plenty of free hard drive space as the conversion process may need over a gig per CD+G.
Software Needed
- Audio Grabber v1.83
- Sam Party DJ v4 and up
Ripping the Karaoke Disk
- Start Audio Grabber and insert Karaoke Disk
- Click on Settings -> General Settings. See Fig. 1
Fig. 1 General Setting Screen
- Note the directory your files will be stored in
- Change DAE Speed to 4.00X
- Click OK
- Click on Settings -> MP3 Settings. See Fig. 2
Fig. 2 Mp3 Setting Screen - In the first option, Grab to, select MP3 file via intermediate wav file, Delete the wav file.
- The mp3 encoder needs to be set to LameEnc. If it is not there you need to grab the lameenc.dll from a website and include it in your audiograbber install directory.
- Click OK
- Insert Karaoke Disk (Track listing should be displayed on the main window)
- If your burner is cd+g compatible, you should see a number of labeled tracks and one data track. If you see only labeled tracks, your burner is not compatible.
- Choose CD -> Grab CDG Tracks (Karaoke) -> Grab to .cdg + compressed file
- Compress the resulting file for each individual track to the zip format using the system's Compress (zip) Folder capabilities.
Importing to SAM Party DJ
- Import zip files as you would any other media format into the SAM Party DJ Software.
- Choose the Karaoke category.
- Add Sub folder and call it KDJ, or any other name appropriate for the collection
- Click the + icon and add each track or you can add the entire directory contents of a zip collection.
- Please note that the import feature may take some time to add all files.
- SAM Party DJ will extract the zip's and play the files for you.
