.CDG Karaoke-files support for music

apparently "very inexpensive" is a relative term because the cheapest one i found there was almost 200 dollars. Admittedly I didn't check all of them but that seemed to be the trend. Do you have a link to one of the cheaper ones? That site doesn't provide prices so you have to do a google search for each one

I picked one up on ebay a couple years back for about $100. It really works well. There are several AKJ7041 up on ebay for $119 right now. I see a few other other "karaoke mixers" up ther for $80 (one made by SOGO). Pioneer used to make one, and that one goes for around $20-40. Do a look around and I am sure you will find one in the price range your looking for.

Are there any blank visualizations out there? Karaoke still gives me a white screeen when selecting none. Its distracting to have stuff jumping around behind the words.

black88mx6 Wrote:Are there any blank visualizations out there? Karaoke still gives me a white screeen when selecting none. Its distracting to have stuff jumping around behind the words.

That's probably a bug, you might want to see if those responsible for karaoke development at the moment are aware of it, maybe submit a bug on trac? Anyway, as an temporary alternative you could probably just choose one of the more subtle non-flashy visualizations and just lock it on that. I can think of a couple that shouldn't be too distracting, though i don't know their names.

BTW, black88mx6, thanks for the tip on the cheaper pioneer model. I was able to find a few used ones available for around 30 bucks, but figured out an alternate way to avoid the need for a mixer. I'm just going to be plugging the mic into the TV which actually has very good speakers, and xbmc itself is only hooked up to the surround.

timdog82001 Wrote:BTW, black88mx6, thanks for the tip on the cheaper pioneer model. I was able to find a few used ones available for around 30 bucks, but figured out an alternate way to avoid the need for a mixer. I'm just going to be plugging the mic into the TV which actually has very good speakers, and xbmc itself is only hooked up to the surround.

Glad you found a solution, my wife would not let me sing without a mixer that has serious amounds of echo.

timdog82001 Wrote:apparently "very inexpensive" is a relative term because the cheapest one i found there was almost 200 dollars.

For $200 you could buy a basic input processor (echo/delay) + amplifier. What you need in your case is mic preamplifier.

Yeah, my TV speakers were very quiet with the mics so I bought a microphone mixer for like 30 bucks at radioshack. I might have given it a second thought, though, had I realized that it didn't come with an AC adapter! Costs an extra like 20 bucks to buy! It doesn't even tell you that till you open it up and look at the instructions. Really lame. So, be forewarned anyone thinking of getting a radioshack one haha.