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Hey all. I am new here as you see but am not a KJ! I do however program Karaoke SW. Below is a Pic of my Database driven player!

This is simple! I actually wrote the Songbook program before the Player but a database driven player changed the game. Now the Player Autobuilds the book by searching the song files.

When the book is built all songs have been linked in the book to their song files. So when the remote Songbook shows the songs they are what the Player autobuild action found.

The singer enters in their song(s) into the remote songbook by double-clicking the desired song, then when prompted enters their name and gets an auto-partial-cut printed receipt for each entry. All selections are played back by voice to let even a drunk know the action he/she took.

At the same time the song/singer info is printed for the singer the song is wirelessly relayed to the Player's Hold buffer and will stay there until the KJ moves it into rotation(s) or deletes it. Yes, only a nonconnected wireless router is needed for this since you are using only a wireless network not an internet node.

The singer can tell the KJ which of multiple entries they want to sing on each rotation and can tell him if they want a key, rate or tempo change for that song or can hand him a printed receipt for the song. The KJ can setup these changes with the click of a button. WARNING - Auto-selection assignment by the singer of key, rate and/or tempo change has been tried and discarded!!! If you give the singer the option they will overuse it everytime! Better the KJ be aware of the change so it can be corrected, if needed. They may blame you for their embarrassment and you may loose them and their friends as patrons!

The receipt allows the singer to keep their own history but each book the KJ sets up has its own history which can be recalled at any time and can be sorted by time, artist, title or singer. By double-clicking any song in history it is added to the Hold or Rotation Buffer, whichever is selected. A created Songbook can be copied or modified so each venue can have its own Songbook therefore its own history.

If Hold Bypass is turned on the song goes directly into the Rotation Buffer and if not in KJ mode, auto-play/auto-load on, then the song at the top of the rotation buffer will play automatically and rotate thru all songs in the buffer just like a jukebox. This is true for not only Karaoke songs but MP3s. The 3 MP3 players in the program allow for not only Database controlled MP3 play but manual and auto-filler MP3 play.

Although customer audio or karaoke cds cannot be played as they are not in the database, they can be ripped and added to a temporary database for that nights use only. Saving that temporary database is users option since it may require large amounts of storage and without the discs to support it will be in violation of copyright.

The database has a disc renamer that will rename the external and internal files of a cd+g zip if it is in the current Database of 400,699 records. It will rename all cd+g zips it finds, so to create a ripped book of cd+g zips it is only necessary to:

1. Rip the cds into the same or seperate file folders (preferred). We use Power CD+G Ripper/Burner
2. Make sure to name the files withe the OEM cd name (such as SC8437).
3. The standard cd+g format is CD-Track - Artist - Title and must be used.
4. Point the renamer to the folder that holds all the other folders and start it.
5. Renamer will parse all folders and rename all cd+g zips in them.

Then run autobuild Songbook and program is ready to run.

Remote Songbooks can be added in infinite numbers thruout the venue as desired. The program can be set to come-up in Player mode or Songbook mode so there are not multiple programs to load and maintain, just the one.

The program can be loaded on as many PCs as you want but will only run on a PC with a security dongle. So you can setup backup PCs in advance and be assured they will run just by inserting the security dongle. Pm me for further info!

where I can find more information about this software?

like full features and pricing

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