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Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to play CD+G karaoke discs and files from the hard disc.

 

To start the playback of the song:

click Load File button (button-load-file) (this allows to play files from the hard disc)

click Load CD button (button-load-cd) (this will play CD+G disc)

double-click the song on the playlist

drag-and-drop the file on Siglos Karaoke Professional window

 

Siglos Karaoke Professional supports the following file formats:

 

File extension

Description

.cdg

Also known as MP3+G. CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files. CDG file contains lyrics, while MP3 file contains audio of the song. To open a pair of MP3/CDG files you need to open CDG file only

.bin

BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD+G song

.zip

Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG/MP3 files

.cda

CD+G disc tracks

.kar, .mid

MIDI Karaoke

.avi

AVI video files

.mpg

MPG video files

.kma

MTU's Hoster files

.wmv

Windows Media Video files

 

 

Once the file is loaded its name and playing time will display in the status bar.

 

status-bar

 

You may now use transport buttons to control the playback.

 

Button

Command

Shortcut

Description

button-play

Play

P

Start the playback

button-pause

Pause

S

Pauses the playback (and recording, if active)

button-stop

Stop

A

Stops the playback

button-prev

Previous song

<

Plays the previous song from the playlist or CD+G disc

button-rew

Rewind


Moves 10 second backwards (NOTE: does not work with CD+G discs)

button-ff

Fast forward


Moves 10 second forward (NOTE: does not work with CD+G discs)

button-next

Next song

>

Plays the next song from the playlist or CD+G disc

 

 

Changing key

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to adjust the song you are playing to better suit your voice by changing the key of the song. To do this use key changer slider.

 

key-change-slider

 

Key changer section allows to change the pitch tone of the song up to twelve semitones either up or down. The current key change is displayed next to the key changer slider.

 

NOTE: Please note that pitch shifting may slightly reduce the quality of the music. It gives better results for instrumental parts and worse for human voice.

 

NOTE: Key changer does not work for MIDI karaoke.

 

Full screen mode

Full screen (button-full-screen) button (or F key on the keyboard) allows you to display the karaoke window on full extent of your monitor. To leave the full screen mode press F key again (or press ESC).

 

If you click left mouse button in the Full Screen mode the Siglos Karaoke Professional window will appear on top of the display. You may hide it by clicking Full Screen again.

 

If you have two monitors attached to your computer you may display the karaoke lyrics in the other monitor while continuing to use the Siglos Karaoke Professional window on the main monitor (this is particularly useful if you have TV or large display connected to your computer). Siglos Karaoke Professional will automatically detect second monitor, but if it does not go to Settings and select Use secondary monitor under Display settings. If this still does not work please see Troubleshooting.

 

Multiplex

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to play multiplex CD+G discs. Multiplex is a special type of CD+G karaoke disc -- there are two tracks for each song on the disc, one track in karaoke format and the other track with the lead vocals so you can learn the song.

 

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to turn on and off the lead vocals during playback using Multiplex slider.

 

multiplex-slider

 

This gives you the opportunity to turn off the lead vocals as needed.

 

Background images

Siglos Karaoke Professional displays images behind the karaoke lyrics. To change the images or use solid background click Settings button (button-settings) and select Display.  Siglos Karaoke Professionalhas three background modes:

 

Solid color background (choose a color for MIDI karaoke, for CD+G the background color from the file will be used)

Gradient background (smooth transition from the color at the top to the color at the bottom)

Image slideshow (you may define images to be used in the slideshow, select the display time of the single image, and choose to display the images in the random order)

 

You may also choose an image to be displayed instead of default black background on the playback screen. This may be your logo or some other information. To do this select image to display using [...] button in Inactive background section.

 

 

MIDI Karaoke display

 

You may change the way that MIDI karaoke songs are played. To do this click Settings button (button-settings) and select Display.

 

You may change the font used for MIDI karaoke lyrics, change the number of lines on the screen, and define the lyrics location (top, bottom, or middle of the screen).