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Has anyone dealt with TSC Karaoke from their eBay store or otherwise? Would you recommend them?

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Dave's not here.

I bought the SGB (Magic Tracks) and DK Super CDG sets from them (so cheap couldn't resist). They both arrived quickly with no problems.

TSC has been around for a long time.

I don't deal with TSC because I get a "Double Whammy" with them. Since they are in NY, not only do they charge me Shipping and Handling, but they also charge me the Sales Tax.

Haven't done business with them, but thanks for the inquiry, I will be ordering the DK Millenium 1&2 SCDG.

Rosario

That's what I was looking at

The only thing that holds me back is not being able to rip at a bit rate higher than 128kbps on the SCDG discs.

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I ripped Chartbuster 1-6, and Nutech 1-3, and found that they are fine, so I figure, if it works that's the way to go. You can't beat the price for that number of songs. It takes some effort to change them from scdg to zipped files, but is worth the effort to me.

Rosario
Serenity Now Karaoke

What software are you using? The Scot in me says "get the Roxbox File converter, 'tis economical", while the Mad Scientist says "CDGFix has a HEX EDITOR! BWAHAHAH"

The smeary high end of 128k mp3's gets to me if I'm listening for pleasure. In a noisy bar I don't notice it so much.

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Dave's not here.

Ouch. Double plus ungood!

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Dave's not here.

I have CDGFix, never heard of the other software mentioned.

I'm also using CDGFIX.

Rosario

Ooooh, I know what your saying! Spent a good amount on those SCDGs, and have virtually replaced every song with another because of that issue!

I used the Roxbox converter, but since I don't buy SCDGs anymore, I guess it was a waste of money.

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Wam bam thank you m'am.

So where on TSC did you see these DK Millenium SCDGs. I looked but couldn't find them.

I only ask beacuse I was going to warn you about the product. I ordered mine from Loud Karaoke as a gift for a friend who opperates a JB-199 and found four bad tracks which stpped the automatuic loading process at each track. Loud Karaoke replaced them but the replacements had the same bad tracks as the first set. I wrote Loud Karaoke again and asked them to contact the manufacturer about the problem but this time they never replied.

I found the following traks were bad on two different sets

Disc I, Track 371, AMERICAN PIE - Don Mclean

Disc II, Track 673, American Pie - Don Mclean

Disc II, Track 449, Freedom 90 - George Michael

Disc II, Track 716, Paradise By The Dashboard Lights - Meatloaf

I suppose if you're ripping them individually, you'll be able to skip over these easy enough. But if your trying to auto load to a CAVS Jukebox, its a tedious task which requires you to go back and renumber the tracks.

These discs also have built in player program which you can run on your computer, but the bad tracks will give you an error and won't play.

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EveningStar Entertainment & Events
JR & Michele LaPorte
Peoria, AZ

Jr2423, I rip them to my harddrive, then run them the same as any other cdg. I already have the songs you listed, so if I can get the sets for the price on (EBAY), it's well worth it to me. I know that means MORE de-duping, but I like the DK versions on alot of songs. If I can wind up with 3 or 400 songs (new titles), I'll be happy.

Rosario
Serenity Now Karaoke

Agreed, and the ebay offerings are anywhere from $75 - $100 less than what I paid for the set.

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EveningStar Entertainment & Events
JR & Michele LaPorte
Peoria, AZ

i have dealt with TSC and found them to be quite reliable... though a little slow to ship

Also, if you use the RoxBox product you can opt not to zip the files

Lastly, while it was somewhat tedious to do, when i converted the CB Essential1-6 scdg, I converted each volume into 30 folders equivalent to the original 30 individual discs! And each folder references the original CB Disc#/Track#. Over time I believe that that my investment in this process will prove to be worthwhile as compared with ripping 2700 tracks to 6 folders and having each folder with tracks numbered 1-450! I maybe wrong in this regard, but after doing the work I intuitively feel that what i did was the smarter way to do it

tovmod, I did the same thing with the Chartbuster.

Rosario

If you use KJPro for your DB, it contains the collection in either format (in v2.5 anyway) so it's easy to catalog. I doubt singers care how the folders are set up....