kTunes (Karaoke Tunes) 1.0d44 review
DownloadkTunes (Karaoke Tunes) today can Rip, Mix and Play your CD+G discs.
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kTunes (Karaoke Tunes) today can Rip, Mix and Play your CD+G discs.
Create playlists, sort by name, artist, album etc. Import existing MP3+G files, (zipped or not), search your library. Change the pitch and tempo independently, show the graphics (optionally) full screen and/or (optionally) on a 2nd monitor.
The Pro version allows individual singers to manage their favorites, history and "tonight" playlists, and manages a "Rotation" smart playlist that interleaves upcoming singers automatically. When development is finished, you'll be able to Burn CD+G discs , Edit ID3 tags, get and submit from FreeDB, Play direct from disc, plug in a microphone to sing along. One step ripping (no longer involve iTunes), and QuickTime export!
Note: You must have a CD+G capable reader or writer for kTunes to rip or burn.
Pro version is $110. Burning plugin will be sold separately for $40 (not available yet).
You must have a CD+G capable reader or writer for kTunes to rip or burn.
Here are some key features of "kTunes Karaoke Tunes":
Rip new .cdg files: Follow these instructions. (This crazy convolution is temporary, don't worry)
Keep a library: Browse your library, sort by any column! (see screen shots)
Make Play Lists: Go File->New Playlist. Give it a name. Drag songs into it. Click it. Reorder the songs, delete them. Delete the playlist. (Remember, sort the playlist by index (the left most column) to manually re-order them)
Import and Play existing MP3+G files. Follow these instructions. Zipped files or unzipped, no problem! Just "File->Add to Library...", select your files, folder, or drive, and hit okay! Respond to the format dialog to help interpret the names!
Search or filter your library or playlists: Just press F to search the current playlist, or press F to switch to and search your Library
Play Graphics (optionally on a separate monitor): Just drag the graphics window onto a second monitor, and press -0 to get to "Full Screen" mode. You can continue using the first monitor to manage the library window. Or just place and size it however you want!
Change Pitch / Tempo independently: Adjust the music pitch to fall within your vocal range! Or change the tempo (speed) of the music.
Pause after loading next song: Optionally automatically pause the playlist between songs
Remote Control: Use your BlueTooth phone to control kTunes (see Downloads page)
Playlist Export: Export the currently displayed playlist to an XML file that you can when use with any application that supports XML, eg: a web application or SQL database. Alternately, just copy the playlist to the clipboard (in tab-delimited format), then you can paste that into eg: Excel or AppleWorks, to create custom song books for printing. Alternately, export the actual files that make up a song (zip or MP3+G) into a folder. (Edit->Special->Copy all Playlist Files To...)
Relocatable Libraries: Pull ripped audio out of iTunes for easy library consolidation and migration. See How.
Switchable Albums & Song Ratings: Got several versions of a song? Pick any one, put it into a playlist. Later you can pick which version you want (ie: the album from whence it came), right in that playlist, even in the Rotation list. Also the KJ can rate songs globally, and each singer can rate songs individually (and separately from others' ratings)
Smart Playlists: Find all duplicates, find all songs still in iTunes (then move them into kTunes), find all songs that have only audio. Find all corrupted zip files. Got an idea? Let me know!
Pro Version: Singers & Rotation: Each singer get's their own "Tonight" playlist, as well as "Favorites" and "History". They can change the pitch for any song in any of their lists (and it will always be remembered). Reorder their "Tonight" list up 'till the moment they sing. If they leave the show and come back another night, their que is still there, picking up where they left off, or they can start over. The Rotation list is built from singers who are marked "here" and who have items in their "Tonight" list. You can see how many times a singer has ever sung, or how many times they've sung a particular song. Use the "KJ Rotation" list to reorder the rotation, use the "Singers" list to mark who is "here".
Pro Version: Venues: A venue is a location that has it's own set of singers and rotation. Singers can be moved or aliased between venues using the Finder. For example, if Dave shows up at Venue A, and also frequents Venue B, you can make an alias to Dave from Venue A, and place it in the Venue B folder. You can rename the alias so it does not collide with someone already at Venue B. When a singer modifies their favorites, history or "Tonight" list from the alias, it actually modifies the original, so when they go back to Venue A, all their changes show up there too.
Limitations:
The Unregisterd version is limited in these ways:
Lite
Can't add more than 3 songs to a any playlist (except for your library)
Can't rip more than the first 3 songs from a disc
Pro:
Can't add more than 3 singers
Can't burn more than 2 songs to a disc
Can't add more than 2 singers to the rotation
Can't add more than 2 songs to a singer's "Tonight" playlist.
What's New:
Universal Binary, Burning Plugin available.
Support for QuickTime / KAR / MIDI / naked audio files!! (With pitch bending!)
You can now cancel the vocals (only if it's in the right or left channel)
Save pitch / tempo / vocal cancel info in *regular* playlists (ie: not associated with singer) (eg: the Lite version now has it too)
no more "corrupted zip file" bugs!! No more Stuffit Expander!!
"could not find audio" bugs fixed!!
ability to re-link the song to it's files if they really really couldn't be found. yeah!
fixed a LOT of the major crashing bugs.
Brand new name parser!
gorey details.
Requirements:
Burning requires in 10.4
QuickTime 7.1
Compatible CD reader or writer.
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