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THE SINGING MACHINE KARAOKE GLOSSARY OF TERMS

In addition to all of the terminology associated with consumer electronics products, a few

additional terms are used almost exclusively in karaoke. These terms are meant to familiarize

you with the world of Karaoke. The features listed below necessarily pertain to the

particular model Singing Machine that you have. The following are some brief explanations of

karaoketerms:

Echo adds depth and resonance to a singer's voice without affecting the music. This echo is

producedbycreatingminorcontrolledfeedbackinthesinger'svoice.

When theAVC function is activated, the vocals on a multiplex recording are eliminated as soon

as the singer begins singing into the microphone. When the singer stops singing, the vocals on

the multiplex recording are automatically re-activated. This useful function is used primarily

during practice sessions while a singer is learning a song. Please note that the AVC function

onlyworkswithmultiplexrecordingandnotwithstandardaudiorecordings.

This function controls pitch of music by controlling the speed at which a tape plays

back.Byincreasing the speedofthe tape,themusic soundshigher(sharp). By slowingthetape

speed,themusicsoundslower(flat).

Key Controller changes the key of the music (+ or - steps) to adjust to the singer’s

voice.

This is an acronym for Compact Disc plus Graphics. You will also see variations CD+G, and

CD+Graphics. This is a regular audio CD with information stored on a data track simultaneous

to music. In laymen's terms, CDG has a video output for simple graphics (not full motion video).

Inthecase ofkaraoke,the graphics functionisused to storesonglyrics, anddisplaythelyrics in

synch with music. In most cases, CDG software displays lyrics which change color as they are

tobesung.AregulartelevisionisallthatisrequiredtodisplayCDGlyrics.

- CDG is a particular type of compact disc encoding system that is different from VCD or

DVD. Your Singing Machine can decode standard audio compact discs and CDG discs. It will

notreadVCDorDVDencodeddiscs.

Standard audio discs and cassette tapes will not display lyrics on your TV. Audio CDs do not

containthesoftwarenecessarytodisplaylyrics.

may not

Echo:

Multiplex:

Auto Voice Control (AVC):

Pitch Control:

Key Controller:

CDG:

NOTE

Ourmultiplexrecordingscontain2copiesofthesamesong.Oneversionisastereorecordingof

the song without the lead singer. The second version is recorded with the music and

background vocals on the left channel and the lead singer recorded on the right channel. This

‘splittrack’recordingallows youtocontrolthevolumeofthe leadsinger byadjustingthebalance

control. You can sing a duet with the lead singer or use the lead singer as a guide as you learn

the song, gradually fading them out with the balance control until you are able to sing the song

onyourown.

cassette

CD/CDG

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