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i downloaded some midi made into karaoke format already but when i burned it onto a cd and put it in the player it doesnt work. Does anyone know if there is a program i have to use? Any info is helpful. Thanx

-Anh

anhnguyen310, please be slightly more specific.

midi into karaoke is normally a *.kar file, which still requires a midi sound module to play. The files you have downloaded, are they CD+G files (*.bin or mp3+cdg)?

the files i downloaded are midi files. the place i downloaed them from said they already have lyrics as well. all i have to do was change them into .kar files. I did just that and burned them onto a cd to play on my CAVS CDO-98E
player. I burned files as midi before i changed them to .kar as well and they both dont work. Thanx again

Nope, that won't work, sorry! You need audio files plus their graphics (CD+G) where as midi and kar files are just binary files containing the midi information that will be send to trigger your midi device.

is there a program i can use to put the graphics in and all the things i need in order to play them on my cavs player? thanx again

-Anh

Not an easy task, close to impossible. Converting midi to CDG.......lots and lots of time. First you need to record the midi through a soundcard in order to make them MP3, or possibly use a midi to mp3 converter(don't know if that exists, use google to find out) Then the kar file lyrics need to be done in a differnet program (something from MTU probably) and then the lyrics need to be synch'd to the music?!?!??!

That will take weeks for a non acceptable result. I would rather buy some music from the cav's suppliers if I were in your shoes.

...thanx....i guess im buying the cds now.....i dont mind buying them i just wanted to see if i could burn my own. thanx again

-Anh

You can burn your own CD's, but from a mp3 & cdg format, NOT from mid or kar files

Thanks for the info, but please no private advertising here!
anhnguyen310Just keep in mind that a midi or kar file will never EVER have the quality of a live band sound!

FYI - The CAVS CD)-98E player is a midi based player and does not play CD+G's (based on the marketing information I've seen thus far but I could be wrong). I think he's tryng to burn a midi karaoke cd. I don't know how the midi karaoke CD's are formatted so I can't help. Your best bet is to find an existing disc and then match the formatting for your cd when you burn it. Midi karaoke discs can be had extremely cheap from a variety of sources (the sponsors might even have a few).

BTW, the player will also play VCD's so you can covert CD+G to MP3+CDG to AVI to MPG to burn a VCD if you want to (I did this for a compliation to use in a contest). You 'could' add the changing of midi/kar to MP3+CDG to start with for a conversion of his existing files.

And as Allstar said, the midi files just won't have the fidelity, clarity, or accurate sound of MP3+CDG or CD+G's that use instruments in recording (There are some that use midi to create the CD+G's.... )

thanx...all info is helpful............have i told u peopel that this forum rocks!

-Anh