Hook up a microphone to a stereo to sing along with Karaoke DVDs.
Karaoke provides both the music and the lyrics to your favorite songs so you can sing along. Traditional home karaoke systems use karaoke music CDs that hold about a dozen songs with visual lyrics displayed on a screen. Karaoke DVDs are a better approach because you can use a standard DVD player and each disc can include hundreds of songs. With a karaoke DVD, you won't need to purchase the special equipment required with traditional home karaoke machines.
Instructions
1. Remove the MP3s from the CD and add them to your computer. If it is a data disc, select the files and drag them to a new folder on your computer. If it is a traditional music CD, start Windows Media Player on your computer, ensuring that you have the disc in your computer's disc drive. Click the Rip button. Click the arrow button underneath the Rip button, choose Format and click "MP3" from the list. Press start to transfer the songs to your computer.
2. Download, install and start up Karaoke CD+G Creator. Click the Create New Song Wizard button from the toolbar represented as a magic wand. Choose "Create a new karaoke song from soundtrack and lyrics using this PowerWizard" and click the Next button.
3. Load an MP3 file by clicking the Browse button and choosing the file name. If you want the original vocals removed from the song, click the button in the middle of the window. Click "Next." Add the lyrics to the song in the text box in the middle of the window. Look for lyrics in the booklet that came with the CD or on the artist's website online. Click "Next."
4. Synchronize the lyrics with the song by clicking each word as it's sung. Press the Enter key when finished and click "Next." Do this for each song from the original music CD.
5. Download, install and start the Karaoke DVD Burner software program. Click the Create Disc Wizard button in the toolbar at the top of the screen. Name your DVD in the text box provided. Click "Add Files" and choose all of the CD+G files you want to add to the karaoke DVD. Click "OK" and then click "Next."
6. Click "Next" to use the default DVD menu style. Choose your DVD burner from the "Current burner" drop-down menu, ensuring that you have a blank disc in the drive. If you want to save this compilation in order to burn more DVDs later, activate the check box toward the bottom of the screen. Click "Finish" and wait for your DVD to complete the burning process. You can now use the DVD in a standard DVD player.
