Adjusting the Echo Level

Karaoke functions and operations

Notes on Karaoke Media

There are various types of Karaoke media available for playback with the GIG MAN PLUS. You can perform Karaoke with MP3, CDG and VCD formats. The thing to remember is how each type differs as far as audio channels and video sup- port.

CDG

CDG has been the most commonly used format of Karaoke media for the last 7 years. It is very similar to a standard CD, except it has video graphics that are decoded by your Karaoke player and displayed onscreen. In addition, many CDG’s are specially ‘multiplex’ formatted with background music on the left channel and vocals on the right channel, so vocal cancellation can be done by simply adjusting the balance control.

VCD

While the VCD format is not as popular in North America as it is in other countries, it remains an excellent format to be used for Karaoke. Because video is not limited to 16 colors (as with CDG), VCD’s tend to have motion video behind the lyrics instead of a monotone screen, making them a bit more attractive to party atmospheres. Most VCD’s also have multiplexed coded audio for easy vocal cancellation.

Digital echo provides a very spacious feeling to the vocals. You can adjust the ECHO effect to sound several ways.

1.First off, you can adjust the overall ECHO applied to the Mic channels via the ECHO VOLUME control. This limits the echo to all three channels together.

2.After the ECHO level is set, you can start customizing the nature of the echo effect via the REPEAT and DELAY controls. The REPEAT control adjusts the number of times the echo will repeat prior to fading out. The DELAY control adjusts the interval time between each echo. For example, a minimal REPEAT and maximum DELAY conﬁguration would result in one echo repetition that occurred seconds after the source sound. A

maximum REPEAT and minimum DELAY conﬁguration would result in several echo repetitions occurring extremely close together, at times sounding slightly overlapped.

3.Start some background music and ﬁnalize the settings to achieve the “perfect” echo effect.

Using Digital Control

Digital Key Controllers are designed to transpose the natural key of source music up or down, so that singers can perform songs that are normally out of their vocal range. You can use the Digital Key Controller to obtain the desired musical key within 1.5 octaves up or down from the original key.

1.To step up, press the left button marked “b”.

2.To step down, press the right button marked “#”.

3.To revert back to the original key, press the RESET button.