Ok, so those of you who know what a big music nut I am would not be surprised at this the title of this post. Was searching for some free software and links that would make my laptop my personal Karaoke machine. And I found…

Free Software:

Karafun Karaoke Player

VanBasco’s Karaoke Player

Karafun has a colorful, Winamp like interface, supports all popular Karaoke formats and has Key/Tempo changing features. VanBasco’s Player goes a step further and displays the various instrument tracks and enables individual muting/playing and also has a Keyboard display that plays the songs in real time! Real cool feature for understanding the song arrangement.

Free Karaoke Tracks:

Karaoke tracks come in various formats (.kar, .wav, .mp3, .mid, .cdg). .kar files are karaoke files playable by the above listed software and include lyrics (that are time-indexed to play with the song). The other formats that come with lyrics are .cdg (CD+G, cd plus graphics) and .mid (MIDI files, that are actually the encoded notes and not actual instrument sounds, and hence need a good MIDI player to give good output. Most of the Karaoke Players nowadays are good enough.) Some of the .mid are sound-only files, so beware.

The best link I’ve found so far for free karaoke tracks is

VanBasco’s MIDI Search

This link works wonders for English tracks of all genres. For Hindi tracks I am yet to crack a similar engine. But till then use this online bubble-drop Karaoke interface to croon your way to glory.

Geetnet Online Karaoke

Enjoy!

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