THE SINGING MACHINE KARAOKE GLOSSARY OF TERMS
In addition to all of the terminology associated with consumer electronics products, a few
additionalterms are used almost exclusively in karaoke. These terms are meant to familiarize
you with the world of Karaoke. The features listed below necessarily pertain to the
particularmodel Singing Machine that you have. The following are some brief explanations of
karaoketerms:
Echo adds depth and resonance to a singer's voice without affecting the music.This echo is
producedby creating minor controlled feedback in the singer's voice.
Whenthe AVC function is activated, the vocals on a multiplex recording are eliminated as soon
asthe singer begins singing into the microphone. When the singer stops singing, the vocals on
the multiplex recording are automatically re-activated. This useful function is used primarily
during practice sessions while a singer is learning a song. Please note that theAVC function
onlyworks with multiplex recording and not with standard audio recordings.
This function controls pitch of music by controlling the speed at which a tapeplays
back.By increasing the speed of the tape, the music sounds higher (sharp). By slowing the tape
speed,the music sounds lower (flat).
Key Controller changes the key of the music (+ or - steps) to adjust to the singer’s
voice.
This is an acronym for Compact Disc plus Graphics. Youwill also see variations CD+G, and
CD+Graphics.This is a regular audio CD with information stored on a data track simultaneous
tomusic. In laymen's terms, CDG has a video output for simple graphics (not full motion video).
Inthe case of karaoke, the graphics function is used to store song lyrics, and display the lyrics in
synchwith music. In most cases, CDG software displays lyrics which change color as they are
tobe sung. Aregular television is all that is required to display CDG lyrics.
-CDG is a particular type of compact disc encoding system that is different from VCD or
DVD.Your Singing Machine can decode standard audio compact discs and CDG discs. It will
notread VCD or DVD encoded discs.
Standardaudio discs and cassette tapes will not display lyrics on your TV. Audio CDs do not
containthe software necessary to display lyrics.

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Echo:
Multiplex:
AutoVoiceControl (AVC):
PitchControl:
KeyController:
CDG:
NOTE
Ourmultiplex recordings contain 2 copies of the same song. One version is a stereo recording of
the song without the lead singer. The second version is recorded with the music and
backgroundvocals on the left channel and the lead singer recorded on the right channel. This
‘splittrack’ recording allows you to control the volume of the lead singer by adjusting the balance
control.You can sing a duet with the lead singer or use the lead singer as a guide as you learn
thesong, gradually fading them out with the balance control until you are able to sing the song
onyour own.
cassette
CD/CDG
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