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Recommendations for setting up Karaoke on Win XP (EN) at home?
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Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:38:36 -0700
From: Rob Barba <yestitsme.doyouthinkitell.com>
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Subject: Re: Recommendations for setting up Karaoke on Win XP (EN) at home?
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Mr. INTJ wrote:
> (after 12 hours, I don't see my post showing up so I'm re-posting -
> [why does that happen?] - apologies if this ends up being posted
> twice...)
>
>
> I'd like to set up my wife's computer so she can sing (and possibly
> record) karaoke. This is just for light use at home, so I haven't been
> seriously considering buying one of these pre-packaged all-in-one
> solutions.
>
> I researched this a few weeks ago (on Google), but instead of
> narrowing down to a list of a few applications, I just got more
> confused. Results seemed to lead in all directions, and I got the
> impression I was missing something.
>
> I'm comfortable setting up the microphone and software, but I could
> really use some recommendations on software to choose, popular content
> formats, etc. Cheap is good. Free is really good (but not Warez, pls).
>
> One other thing -
>
> My wife is Chinese, but her Windows XP OS is US English. One of the
> Karaoke applications I previously looked into supposedly ran only on a
> Chinese language (CHT) version of Windows. Either that, or maybe the
> entire UI was in Chinese Traditional - it was a while back, and I'm
> not sure anymore.
>
> Anyway, that's going to make things pretty tough for me when it comes
> time to show her how to use the application. Chinese computer terms
> aren't very meaningful to her, and I can't read any of it, so I end up
> saying things like "OK, well, on this menu, isn't there *something*
> that says 'go' or 'play' or anything like that? No? Are you sure?
> Hmmm."
>
> Aaargh..
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice or recommendations.
>
> -Mr. INTJ
> San Diego, CA
> USA
Does she just want to sing Karaoke, or would she like to record as well...
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