Karaoke Top 20
The
Karaoke Top 20 brings you the pick of the most
popular and highest-rating karaoke sites on the
Net today, and provides an instant guide to the
world's best karaoke sites, all from a single
page.
The latest
trend in karaoke is towards karaoke formats for
new age devices. These include digital media
players, iPods, mobile phones, PC's, X-Box and
PS3. To accommodate this trend the file formats
which have become the most popular for these
devices are:
Mp3 Karaoke - Audio
Mp3 audio karaoke files are
backing tracks featuring the music only for
karaoke purposes. These are the most flexible and
universally played karaoke files because they are
supported by so many devices including media
players, PC's, iPods, iPod touches, mobile phones
and all devices capable of playing Mp3's.
Mp4 and WMV Karaoke - Video
Video karaoke files are
backing tracks complete with scrolling lyrics on
video. These are available in two formats of
compressed video to suit different types of video
players.
Mp4 video files generally suit iPods
and their variants, most non-proprietary media
players, PC's and Macs.
WMV or Windows media
video suit PC's running Microsoft software and
will be the format of choice for Microsoft's Zune
players and X-Boxes.
Online Karaoke
Online karaoke has become quite popular too
largely because of the ease of access for the
casual user. There are a number of online services
running now, some free and some membership based.
Our leading site in this review -
The Karaoke Channel
is very much a one-stop shop for most karaoke
needs - from free online karaoke to quality
downloadable files in the formats popular today.
It offers the World's largest largest karaoke
library.
MIDI karaoke
MIDI karaoke backing tracks are really the
original format of karaoke file made popular by
the Internet.
They are used by professional
musicians with special hardware MIDI players, and
equally they can be played on any computer with a
MIDI player and a sound card, but the quality of
sound reproduction depends on your sound setup.
In general they do not provide anything like the
authenticity of the more up-to-date
MP3 format karaoke file.
They are still quite popular though, and the
Website
Free Karaoke is
still a popular site.
CDG karaoke
Once regarded as the ultimate karaoke experience
is the CDG player which is a dedicated karaoke
machine.
This is a CD player with the added
function of graphics output. It allows you to play
karaoke CDG discs and connect the player to your
television or video monitor. You then see the
lyrics of the songs as you sing them.
The
drawbacks of CDG are the cost of both the hardware
and the discs themselves, along with the
incompatibility with many new age devices.
Although not nearly as popular now it is still the
format of choice for many professional setups,
especially where the hardware has already been
bought.
These
sites are only the tip of the iceberg when it
comes to karaoke information and resources online.
The other sites in the karaoke top 20 each bring a
different angle to the subject of karaoke, and may
just be the one that matches your interest in
karaoke perfectly, so they could be worth a look.
I hope
the karaoke top 20 takes you to what you are
looking for in the world of karaoke. Please
remember to bookmark this page, it may be the only
karaoke page you'll ever need. We at Net Top 20
certainly hope so - it's the reason we're here...
The
Ed
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