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Howdy folks!

My wife and I love to karaoke and have decided to build our own system for parties etc.  I recently purchased a wireless laptop with dual-video capability, and plan to run everything off that. I already have an existing Denon receiver and Sonance speaker system in the house.

Based on the reading I've done here in the forums, I'll post a summary of the components I'm thinking about using, and if you guys could comment that would be great!

Karaoke software:
MTU Karaoke Hoster
* Aside from being free, how does winamp compare?

Laptop accessories:
Soundblaster MP3 + (to receiver)
S-video (to TV)
* Anything else?

Microphone:
Shure SLX wireless
* Is it worth the price for receiver/mic combo?
* Cheaper wireless alternative?
* Anyone know about AKG's WMS 400... has rechargeabale mic etc.

Mixer:
Mackie's DFX-6?
Vocopro?
* Really no idea what to get...

I think that covers everything, but please correct me if I'm wrong.  Thanks in advance for your help!!!

Is most likely more usable than Winamp because there's a built-in key controller in MTU. There might be key controlling plugins available for Winamp, but I haven't seen any of those.


I just got Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX and am very happy with it. It's a very professional device indeed. So if you don't mind spending another $100 for that purpose, I really suggest you get that one with all the extra features instead.


Hmm... never think about a cheper wireless, ok? You'll just go wrong, trust me! AKG could be a could choice, knightshow has some experience on that. Overall, wireless is always a good choice as it gives you more options how to arrange your shows.


Well, not Vocopro anyway! Any small mixer like Alto or Behringer should do the job. You don't need key controller since it's already in the MTU software (unless it has bad sound quality, wouldn't know!).


Yeah, I'd get a compressor limiter too. It makes everything so much easier. You'll know that once you've tried it!

jee

there are key controlling plugins, and they're free.

For people's convienience, I've put them on my website.
http://www.geocities.com/akaraokelounge

There you'll see the "whole file" .zip link.

For home usage you don't need to get above the soundblaster mp3 + audigy device. It's only $40 if you shop carefully. Jee, this is for home only, and why would you need more than a good, comfortable usb device to convert the signal to RCA?

Well, I was going to get mp3+ myself first by Tig's advice (he told he'd got one from you). But there weren't any available since it's an older model. So I got Audigy 2 which is the same but newer. I assume that it's of better quality overall. Personally I'm very interested in getting the best quality, and I'm also thinking of multiple usage there. I have no doubt that mp3+ will be enough though!

jee