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Siglos Karaoke Professional

1. 2013 Doblon User s Guide Siglos Karaoke Professional 2 Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Professional mode 2 Quick start 2 Song database 9 Adding singers 14 Playback management 17 Fill in playlist 21 Basic mode 21 Quick start basic mode 21 Playing 22 Recording 26 Using playlists 30 Main window controls 32 Getting karaoke songs 32 Settings 33 Display 33 Recording 34 CD 35 General 35 Skins 35 KJ 35 Keyboard shortcuts 38 Supported file types 39 Troubleshooting 39 Unlocking and evaluation 40 1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Thank you for choosing Siglos Karaoke Professional Siglos Karaoke Professional is a karaoke show manager that allows you to keep song database and helps to run karaoke shows by the means managing singers songs and rotation Siglos Karaoke Professional is also an advanced karaoke player that can play karaoke songs in various formats including CD G and MIDI Karaoke and record your voice while you sing along The program has two modes of operation professional and basic Professional mode should be used when running a show while basic mode is for everyday use To switch the mode go to Settings dialog box select KJ section and change Use professional KJ mode option Siglos Karaoke Professional has been designed to be as simple as possible it uses graphical interface that any computer user should be fa
2. I play CD G discs and graphics are damaged Your CD G disc may be scratched it downgrades the video quality Some CD ROM drives are better at reading damaged discs so if you have more than one installed in your computer please try the other one I cannot record my voice Check if your microphone is connected properly Use Recording settings to set up recording levels My second monitor does not work with Siglos Karaoke Professional 40 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction To install a dual display card such as ATI 9600 8500 or 7500 or NVidia read the manual that came with your card Always plug your TV monitor in and turn it on before turning your computer on If not your dual display card will come up in single display mode If your card has an s video output you need an inexpensive s video to VHS converter Radio Shack has them With multiple monitors one will be your Primary display for you to operate by and the other your Secondary display for singers When running an ATI card on Windows XP Home set your card to Extended Desktop Mode not Clone Mode which mirrors the pc display Enabling Disabling the Secondary Display for ATI cards 1 Access the Windows Control Panel and double click Display 2 Click on the Settings tab and then the Advanced button 3 Click on the ATI Displays tab only appears if you have an ATI card installed 4 Click the enable disable button for the display device you want to e
3. My Karaoke subfolder under My Documents Listening to your singing If you play a karaoke song that you have singed along to and recorded your voice you will hear yourself singing providing Recorded vocal on off button is enabled You may control the level of the recorded singing using Recorded vocal level slider Please note that setting the recorded level to high may cause distortion Audio Processor Siglos Audio Processor allows you to mix your voice with the music and create an MP3 file you may share with your friends Siglos Audio Processor may be run automatically after recording is finished or you may choose to start it anytime using Siglos Audio Processor command from Record menu It requires two input files music usually your backing track and vocal your recorded singing Music may be BIN WAV or MP3 file and vocal may be MP3 or WAV Note Siglos Audio Processor will not work with MIDI karaoke MID and KAR and with tracks from CD 30 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction G disc If you would like to process songs from CD G discs you need to save them to your hard disc first For both music and vocal you may adjust mix level the higher it is the louder will it sound in the result file Please note that choosing to high mixing levels may result in audio distortion Key change is used if key changer was enabled when you recorded your singing Time offset allows to compensate for sound card recordin
4. Siglos Karaoke Professional will finish the song and will move to the next singer song waiting for the operator to click Start button If Go to Next starts the song option is selected the song will start immediately without waiting for Start Manage song database gives access to song database management and Settings button opens KJ Settings dialog box Show windows section allows to show and hide additional program windows Fill in playlist is an additional playlist with music tracks that are played in between karaoke songs Item details displays and allows to edit currently selected playlist item you need to select Apply button to accept the changes Preview window displays a copy of the singer s screen it is useful if you cannot see the screen Instant Sounds window that allows to program keys to play frequently used sound effects or other music files Rotation presets allow to save active rotation for later use and load predefined selection Song database Siglos Karaoke Professional stores the list of the songs in your collection inside a database The database contains the information about the songs it does not contains actual song files which need to be stored on the hard disc of your computer Siglos Karaoke Professional supports following file formats File extension Description cdg Also known as MP3 G CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files CDG file contains lyrics while MP3 file contains audio of the so
5. allows you to change the refresh rate of Preview window the lower the value the more frequently the window is repainted Please note that preview window refresh uses additional CPU time Show remaining song time instead of current position will cause the time counter on the main player window to show the time left to the end of the song rather than current song position Skip silence at beginning end of the song enables silence detection and allows Siglos Karaoke Professional to skip silent parts of the song usually used for displaying CD G company logo and song title It works for MP3 G and ZIP files only Rotation Playlist font section allows you to change the font and the size of the text in Playlist Rotation lists You may also define colors used for active and disabled items Add Singer list font modifier allows you to increase or to decrease if desired the size of the font used in lists of Add Singer Song dialog box If you are adding a new singer of the name that already exists in the singer database Siglos Karaoke Professional will ask you to choose one of the options You may define the default action to be taken using If adding singer of the same name section seeAdding Singers for more information Time display in Rotation list allows you to choose which time related columns should be displayed in rotation list Next column contains estimated time the singer will be on stage Last displays the last time the singer was on
6. button in Inactive background section MIDI Karaoke You may change the way that MIDI karaoke songs are played To do this click Settings button and select Display You may change the font used for MIDI karaoke lyrics change the number of lines on the screen and define the lyrics location top bottom or middle of the screen Recording Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to record your voice as you sing along Before you begin recording we suggest that you review your recording settings Recording settings Before you start please make sure that you have microphone connected to your computer The microphone input is usually pink on your soundcard panel at the back of your computer If you have more than one soundcard in your computer please choose the one you wish to use in Windows Control Panel Sound and audio devices Audio as a default recording input To adjust recording settings choose Settings button and then choose Recording 27 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction You will see the name of the active recording device soundcard and the active input You may need to change the input to the microphone Now test the recording level say something to the microphone and Recording preview should display the green bar You may use Input level slider to adjust the level of the recording if it is too low you will not hear it and if it is too high it will distort You may also control the recording level using Re
7. prompt to check if new version is available You may associate Siglos Karaoke Professional with various karaoke file extensions so it is opened automatically when you double click such file You may choose which extensions should be associated with Siglos using extension list NOTE Using Siglos as default ZIP file application is not recommended as it will interfere with software like WinZip Skins Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to change the way the main window looks you may choose from several skins of various sizes KJ Use professional KJ mode allows to switch between show hosting mode and basic player mode Edit singer announcement screen allows to adjust the look of the singer announcement screen Singer Announcement Screen dialog box will appear Singer announcement duration in automatic mode defines the amount of time that the announcement 36 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction screen is displayed before the song starts to play in automatic mode Siglos Karaoke Professional can show the scrolling message at the top or at the bottom of the karaoke screen You may define the font colors location top or bottopm and the speed of the scrolling message in Scrolling message section You may also choose to display additional message after the usual singer reminder Number of singers to show allows to define how many next singers will be displayed in the scrolling message up to ten Preview screen update speed
8. soundcard panel at the back of your computer If you have more than one soundcard in your computer please choose the one you wish to use in Windows Control Panel Sound and audio devices Audio as a default recording input To adjust recording settings choose Settings button and then choose Recording You will see the name of the active recording device soundcard and the active input You may need to change the input to the microphone Now test the recording level say something to the microphone and Recording preview should display the green bar You may use Input level slider to adjust the level of the recording if it is too low you will not hear it and if it is too high it will distort You may also control the recording level using Recording level slider of the main Siglos Karaoke Professional window If you cannot hear what you are saying to the microphone you may need to enable microphone output on your soundcard To do this click Open mixer button and standard Windows mixer will appear Now make sure that Microphone input is not muted if you cannot see it choose Options Properties and check the enable to microphone input 29 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction File settings section allows you to select the format that Siglos Karaoke Professional will use to save your voice MP3 is selected as default You may also define where the file with your voice will be stored but default Siglos Karaoke Professional creates
9. the singer that he she will be singing the next song The message that will be displayed is customizable Singer Artist and Song will be replaced with the appropriate text Rotation management Siglos Karaoke Professional automatically manages the rotation of the singers however you may select the position in the rotation where then new singer will be placed By default new singers are placed at the end of the rotation but you may change this behaviour by adding them to the beginning after the singer that is currently on stage or you may specify the exact place to add the singer Once you are done with all the settings select Add and Close button You will return to the rotation window and the singer and song you have selected will be added Playing songs Song playback is controlled from the rotation playlist window The rotation playlist window can operate in two modes rotation and playlist Rotation allows to manage the singer rotation and playlist shows the list of songs and singer in order how they will be played We recommend using rotation mode for hosting karaoke shows What is the rotation To run the show in fair way you need to make sure that one person does not sing more often than the other To do this Siglos Karaoke Professional places the singer in the queue and first play one song for each singer before allowing the second round The order of the singers is displayed in the list on the left of the rotation win
10. you are playing to better suit your voice by changing the key of the song To do this use key changer slider 24 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Key changer section allows to change the pitch tone of the song up to twelve semitones either up or down The current key change is displayed next to the key changer slider NOTE Please note that pitch shifting may slightly reduce the quality of the music It gives better results for instrumental parts and worse for human voice NOTE Key changer does not work for MIDI karaoke Full screen mode Full screen button or F key on the keyboard allows you to display the karaoke window on full extent of your monitor To leave the full screen mode press F key again or press ESC If you click left mouse button in the Full Screen mode the Siglos Karaoke Professional window will appear on top of the display You may hide it by clicking Full Screen again If you have two monitors attached to your computer you may display the karaoke lyrics in the other monitor while continuing to use the Siglos Karaoke Professional window on the main monitor this is particularly useful if you have TV or large display connected to your computer Siglos Karaoke Professional will automatically detect second monitor but if it does not go to Settings and select Use secondary monitor under Display settings If this still does not work please see Troubleshooting Multiplex Siglos Karaoke Professional allow
11. KJ Settings dialog box Show windows section allows to show and hide additional program windows Fill in playlist is an additional playlist with music tracks that are played in between karaoke songs Item details displays and allows to edit currently selected playlist item you need to select Apply button to accept the changes Preview window displays a copy of the singer s screen it is useful if you cannot see the screen Instant Sounds window that allows to program keys to play frequently used sound effects or other music files Rotation presets allow to save active rotation for later use and load predefined selection Rotation presets Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to store predefined rotation and load them without the necessity to add singers and songs one by one This can be very useful if you run your show in a place that has regular singers singing their favorite songs To enter rotation preset management click Presets button in Rotation dialog box 20 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction The list on the left contains available rotation presets To add current preset to this list select Add current button and enter the name of the preset To load the saved preset select it on the Saved rotations list Preview window will show the rotation and then click Load button Current rotation will be removed and saved preset will be loaded in its place If you would like to remove one of the items from the list select t
12. acters long for large databases displaying all matches for single character might be too slow but if you would like to apply single character match or even display all of the songs in the database select Apply Filter button Once you entered the search criteria the Song list will be populated To choose the song simply select it from the list The list right to the search criteria contains the songs from the history displayed in order from the newest to the oldest To choose the song from the history double click it or select it on the list and then click From History button Both song list and history list can be expanded and searched using the search button next to them To display singers from the current session only or to limit the number of items in the history lists use History Options button All lists are sortable to sort the list by the column click its header Appropriate sort mark will appear Adding tracks from CD G discs It is also possible to add tracks from the CD G disc or a file from the hard disc that is not registered in the database To do this select Add CD Track or Add File option Siglos Karaoke Professional will display the dialog box allowing to choose the track number or file location and to enter the song title and artist name 7 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Display scrolling reminder during previous song will cause the program to display a banner at the bottom at the screen reminding
13. ains separate parts of the signer announcement screen Heading is the information text displayed at the top 38 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Singer is the name of the coming singer Performing is the Performing word after the singer name it is not displayed if singer name is empty Song and Artist are the song title and the artist name of the coming song To change one of the items select it on the Items list a rectangle defining its area will be displayed in the preview area You may modify the position of the item by dragging it with the mouse Font Text color Alignment and Text effects define text attributes for the selected item Changes are immediately visible in the preview area Text to display is the label text for pre defined items Heading and Performing Heading is a good place to promote your show Keyboard shortcuts F2 Search for karaoke on the Internet F Alt Enter Full Screen Key Down Key Up Ctrl L Load CD Ctrl O Load File Multiplex Left Multiplex Off Multiplex Right Volume Down Volume Up gt Next song lt Previous song P Play A Pause S Stop R Record Ctrl P Settings F3 Search playlist Page Up Rewind Page Down Fast Forward Professional mode F5 Start song Go to next song Ctrl F5 Restart playing song F6 Add Singer F7 Song Database F8 Import Songs In song list DEL Remove song Enter Mov
14. ames matched the parsing rule The third list contains files already in the database 12 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction You may manually edit songs that were not matched to do this select the song you would like to edit and then click Edit button To add edited songs do the database click Add Selected button Once you are done editing select OK You will return to Song Database dialog box which allows you to view and edit all songs currently in the database Once you are done click OK Managing the database To open the song database manager select Manage song database button on the playlist window or choose Song database command from File menu Song database dialog box will appear Song database dialog box allows you to find any song in the database The text entered in Search filter is matched against artist name song title and disc ID It has multi matching capability meaning that you may enter several match phrases For example entering ma he will display all songs that contain ho and ca strings so the list of results may include Made In Heaven Hell s Maid Mayhem and Last Day of May by The Heap As you can see the searches are not case dependent and the order of the match does not matter To view all the songs in the database click Show All button it may take a while to display large databases Remove button allows you to remove the song that is currently selected in the list of songs You may select and re
15. ause the lyrics to be delayed Background section Siglos Karaoke Professional has three background modes Solid color background choose a color for MIDI karaoke for CD G the background color from the file will be used Gradient background smooth transition from the color at the top to the color at the bottom Image slideshow you may define images to be used in the slideshow select the display time of the single image and choose to display the images in the random order Keep aspect ratio option will ensure that images will not be stretched out of proportions ie portrait images will have black strips added to their sides so they look proportionally Video allows to play the video file at the background Camera puts the input of the camera behind the lyrics You may also choose an image to be displayed instead of default black background on the playback screen This may be your logo or some other information To do this select image to display using button in Inactive background section Inactive background can also be a video file or camera input 34 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction MIDI section You may change the font used for MIDI karaoke lyrics change the number of lines on the screen and define the lyrics location top bottom or middle of the screen International character support If Siglos Karaoke Professional incorrectly displays MIDI files containing international characters eg Chinese please make
16. button this will play CD G disc double click the song on the playlist 23 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction drag and drop the file on Siglos Karaoke Professional window Siglos Karaoke Professional supports the following file formats File extension Description cdg Also known as MP3 G CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files CDG file contains lyrics while MP3 file contains audio of the song To open a pair of MP3 CDG files you need to open CDG file only bin BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD G song zip Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG MP3 files cda CD G disc tracks kar mid MIDI Karaoke avi AVI video files mpg MPG video files kma MTU s Hoster files wmv Windows Media Video files Once the file is loaded its name and playing time will display in the status bar You may now use transport buttons to control the playback Button Comman d Shortc ut Description Play P Start the playback Pause S Pauses the playback and recording if active Stop A Stops the playback Previous song lt Plays the previous song from the playlist or CD G disc Rewind Moves 10 second backwards NOTE does not work with CD G discs Fast forward Moves 10 second forward NOTE does not work with CD G discs Next song gt Plays the next song from the playlist or CD G disc Changing key Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to adjust the song
17. cording level slider of the main Siglos Karaoke Professional window If you cannot hear what you are saying to the microphone you may need to enable microphone output on your soundcard To do this click Open mixer button and standard Windows mixer will appear Now make sure that Microphone input is not muted if you cannot see it choose Options Properties and check the enable to microphone input File settings section allows you to select the format that Siglos Karaoke Professional will use to save your voice MP3 is selected as default You may also define where the file with your voice will be stored but default Siglos Karaoke Professional creates My Karaoke subfolder under My Documents Sing away Now you are ready to sing Click Record button and sing the song Recording stops when the song finishes or when you click Stop button Note Pause button does not work while recording Listen to yourself If you play a karaoke song that you have singed along to and recorded your voice you will hear yourself 28 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction singing providing Recorded vocal on off button is enabled You may control the level of the recorded singing using Recorded vocal level slider Please note that setting the recorded level to high may cause distortion Recording settings Before you start please make sure that you have microphone connected to your computer The microphone input is usually pink on your
18. display announcement for your audition this is controlled with Show announcements option When it is enabled Siglos Karaoke Professional will display an information screen with singer s name and the song details The look of the announcement screen background and text styles can be changed in KJ section of Settings dialog box 19 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction When you are ready to play the song click Start The song will start and the button text will change to Go to next Also Restart button will become available Once the song finishes or you click Go to next button the next song will be loaded and Start button will appear again you may also press F5 key for this Proceed automatically option will cause the program to enter the automatic mode It will not wait for you to click Start but will display the singer announcement for the period of time defined in KJ section of Settings dialog box and then will automatically play the song Show scrolling message is a global control for the message displayed at the bottom of the screen announcing the next singer If you click Go To Next button Siglos Karaoke Professional will finish the song and will move to the next singer song waiting for the operator to click Start button If Go to Next starts the song option is selected the song will start immediately without waiting for Start Manage song database gives access to song database management and Settings button opens
19. dow In rotation mode the window displays two lists singers on the left and songs on the right When you 8 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction click on the singer the list on the right contains all songs added for the selected singer The number in brackets displays the number of songs for the singer Next column contains estimated time the singer will be on stage Last displays the last time the singer was on stage In column contains the time singer or song was added TIP You may choose which time related columns should be displayed in Settings dialog box By default Siglos Karaoke Professional waits for the operator to start the song songs and singers are added by clicking Add Singer button When the song is ready to be played the button at the lower left will say Start and will display and exclamation mark List controls Both singer list and song list have control buttons next to them First five buttons allow to change the position of the selected item they are for respectively moving the item to the top moving it upwards removing from the list moving down and moving to the bottom of the list Move to next button allows to advance the singer or the song in the rotation it will position the singer or the song for the next performance Disable button temporary disables the singer or song It will not be removed from the rotation but will be skipped until the singer or song is enabled again Disabled it
20. e song to next In singer list DEL Remove singer Enter Move singer to next Space Add songs to singer Ctrl D Disable singer 39 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Supported file types Siglos Karaoke Professional currently supports following types of files File extension Description cdg Also known as MP3 G CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files CDG file contains lyrics while MP3 file contains audio of the song To open a pair of MP3 CDG files you need to open CDG file only bin BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD G song zip Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG MP3 files cda CD G disc tracks kar mid MIDI Karaoke avi AVI video files mpg MPG video files kma MTU s Hoster files wmv Windows Media Video files Troubleshooting I cannot run Siglos Karaoke Professional I play CD Gs and see no lyrics I play CD G discs and graphics are damaged I cannot record my voice My second monitor does not work with Siglos Karaoke Professional If there are some other problems please contact technical support at support powerkaraoke com I cannot run Siglos Karaoke Professional If you are unable to run Siglos Karaoke Professional please try updating your DirectX from Microsoft http www microsoft com download I play CD Gs and see no lyrics Your CD ROM may not be able to read CD G data If you have more than one CD ROMs in your computer please try the other device
21. e this behaviour by unchecking Initiate fill in playback on program start option in KJ Settings Basic mode Quick start basic mode Selecting a file to play Click Load File button As standard Open File dialog box will appear allowing you to open karaoke files The following karaoke formats are supported File extension Description cdg Also known as MP3 G CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files CDG file contains lyrics while MP3 file contains audio of the song To open a pair of MP3 CDG files you need to open CDG file only bin BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD G song zip Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG MP3 files cda CD G disc tracks kar mid MIDI Karaoke avi AVI video files mpg MPG video files kma MTU s Hoster files wmv Windows Media Video files 22 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction If you wish to play a CD G disc click Load CD button if you have more than one CD drive installed on your computer you may need to select the active drive using Settings button under CD settings Once a file is loaded its name will be displayed over the position bar and the file will also be added to the playlist If you do not have any karaoke files you may use Search for karaoke on the internet command from Tools menu to find karaoke music Playing To start the playback click Play button Playback is controlled using standard buttons you may pau
22. eb browser Once you find the file save it to your hard disc and open it later using Load file button Disclaimer Doblon does not provide MIDI karaoke files They are provided by various websites that are not affiliated with us 33 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Settings To open Settings dialog box click Settings button or select Settings from File menu Settings are divided into following sections Display Recording CD General Skins KJ Display Display settings controls the way karaoke lyrics are displayed Display section Quality defines number of frames per setting for the karaoke display If you are working on a slower machine try decreasing this value to get better performance If Use secondary monitor is selected and your computer is equipped with two monitors full screen mode will use the second monitor You may choose which monitor should be used in the full screen mode Keep 4 3 aspect ratio ensures that karaoke display always has 4 3 ratio If you are using wide screen monitor or a monitor in portrait mode this will add black bars to the sides so the karaoke display has the same proportions as regular TV screen Start in Full Screen mode causes Siglos Karaoke Professional to start in full screen mode Lyrics advance allow to display CD G lyrics ahead of the music The value is in milliseconds so setting it to 500 will cause the lyrics to appear half a second earlier Negative value will c
23. ems are marked as gray on the list Add Song button opens Add singer dialog box with the current singer selected it allows to quickly add songs for the selected singer Remove empty singers button removes from the list all the singers that have no songs assigned they have 0 next to their names Usually you would want to display announcement for your audition this is controlled with Show announcements option When it is enabled Siglos Karaoke Professional will display an information screen with singer s name and the song details The look of the announcement screen background and text styles can be changed in KJ section of 9 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Settings dialog box When you are ready to play the song click Start The song will start and the button text will change to Go to next Also Restart button will become available Once the song finishes or you click Go to next button the next song will be loaded and Start button will appear again you may also press F5 key for this Proceed automatically option will cause the program to enter the automatic mode It will not wait for you to click Start but will display the singer announcement for the period of time defined in KJ section of Settings dialog box and then will automatically play the song Show scrolling message is a global control for the message displayed at the bottom of the screen announcing the next singer If you click Go To Next button
24. g latency if your singing is out of sync with the music you may use this slider to fix it Reverb adds a reverb to your voice You may switch it off or modify its intensity Siglos Audio Processor may save the result to MP3 file you may adjust compression parameters using Settings button or to WAV file The name and location of the output file may be changed in Output section Preview section allows to listen to the processing results before processing the entire file To hear what the processed song would sound like click Play result button The playback will start Current position slider represents the playback position You may move it by dragging the slider s thumb To hear the original song click Play original button you may switch between result and original song You may modify the settings during playback you will hear the change nearly immediately If Play in loop is selected the playback will start over after it has reached the end You may use Loop start and Loop end sliders to define the part of the song you would like to listen to Using playlists Siglos Karaoke Professional gives you a simple way of managing the songs but the means of the playlists Playlist window is displayed below the main Siglos Karaoke Professional window its position and size may be changed 31 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Playlist is automatically filled when you select Load CD button Siglos Karaoke Professional will t
25. he item to remove and click Delete button Instant Sounds Instant Sounds window allows you to assign frequently used sounds like cheers applause or introductions to the panel of 10 keys Buttons with digits allow to play back sounds that are assigned to them If the button does not have sound assigned clicking it will open dialog box that allows to assign a sound file and define the name for the sound You may change sound association by clicking the button with CTRL key pressed down If you need more that 10 sounds you may create additional sound bank by clicking button Each bank contains ten sounds and the number of banks is unlimited Vol slider controls the volume of the sound Siglos Karaoke Professional comes with 10 predefined sound effects 21 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Fill in playlist If you would like to have the music played when nobody is singing use the fill in playlist To open it click Fill In Playlist button on the playlist window To add songs to the fill in list select Add file s button and then select the files you would like to add Add directory allows to add files from the multiple folders Fill in list is automatically activated when no song from the main playlist is being played When switching to and from the fill in playlist the music is faded in and out FIll in list is saved between sessions and the first song from the list is played when starting a new session You may chang
26. hen new singer will be placed By default new singers are placed at the end of the rotation but you may change this behaviour by adding them to the beginning after the singer that is currently on stage or you may specify the exact place to add the singer Once you are done with all the settings select Add and Close button You will return to the rotation window and the singer and song you have selected will be added Playback management Song playback is controlled from the rotation playlist window The rotation playlist window can operate in two modes rotation and playlist Rotation allows to manage the singer rotation and playlist shows the list of songs and singer in order how they will be played We recommend using rotation mode for hosting karaoke shows What is the rotation To run the show in fair way you need to make sure that one person does not sing more often than the other To do this Siglos Karaoke Professional places the singer in the queue and first play one song for each singer before allowing the second round The order of the singers is displayed in the list on the left of the rotation window In rotation mode the window displays two lists singers on the left and songs on the right When you click on the singer the list on the right contains all songs added for the selected singer The number in 18 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction brackets displays the number of songs for the singer Next column c
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28. iate item on the list or single click it and then select From History button Selecting a singer from the history will fill Song list with the list of the songs sung by the singer in the past Both song list and history list can be expanded and searched using the search button next to them Once you have chosen the singer it is time to choose the song Note you may skip selecting the singer step if you do this singer field will be blank Selecting song Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to search the song database using multiple field matching You may use the global filter that matches text in artist name song title and disc ID or search each of the fields separately Each of the search field have multi matching capability meaning that you may enter several match phrases For example entering ma he in Title field will display all songs that contain ho and ca strings in their titles so the list of results may include Made In Heaven Hell s Maid and Mayhem As you can see the searches are not case dependent and the order of the match does not matter Search phrases need to be at least 2 characters long for large databases displaying all matches for single character might be too slow but if you would like to apply single character match or even display all of the songs in the database select Apply Filter button Once you entered the search criteria the Song list will be populated To choose the song simply select it from the
29. ing values larger than 5 may cause sound quality degradation You may also modify the tempo of the song the range is from 100 it is twice as slow to 100 twice as fast If you have added singers in the past the list next to Singer s name will contain singers and songs they sung to quickly select the singer double click appropriate item on the list or single click it and then select From History button Selecting a singer from the history will fill Song list with the list of the songs sung by the singer in the past Both song list and history list can be expanded and searched using the search button next to them Once you have chosen the singer it is time to choose the song Note you may skip selecting the singer step if you do this singer field will be blank Selecting song Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to search the song database using multiple field matching You may use the global filter that matches text in artist name song title and disc ID or search each of the fields separately Each of the search field have multi matching capability meaning that you may enter several match phrases For example entering ma he in Title field will display all songs that contain ho and ca strings in their titles so the list of results may include Made In Heaven Hell s Maid and Mayhem As you can see the searches are not case dependent and the order of the match does not matter Search phrases need to be at least 2 char
30. list The list right to the search criteria contains the songs from the history displayed in order from the newest to the oldest To choose the song from the history double click it or select it on the list and then click From History button Both song list and history list can be expanded and searched using the search button next to them To display singers from the current session only or to limit the number of items in the history lists use History Options button All lists are sortable to sort the list by the column click its header Appropriate sort mark will appear Adding tracks from CD G discs It is also possible to add tracks from the CD G disc or a file from the hard disc that is not registered in the database To do this select Add CD Track or Add File option Siglos Karaoke Professional will display the dialog box allowing to choose the track number or file location and to enter the song title and artist name 17 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Display scrolling reminder during previous song will cause the program to display a banner at the bottom at the screen reminding the singer that he she will be singing the next song The message that will be displayed is customizable Singer Artist and Song will be replaced with the appropriate text Rotation management Siglos Karaoke Professional automatically manages the rotation of the singers however you may select the position in the rotation where t
31. miliar with To learn more about Siglos Karaoke Professional features select one of the topics below Professional mode Quick start Song database Adding singers Playback management Fill in playlist Basic mode Quick start Playing karaoke songs Recording your singing Using playlists Common topics Main window controls Adjusting settings 2 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Keyboard shortcuts Troubleshooting Unlocking and evaluation Professional mode Quick start Importing songs The first thing you need to do before you use Siglos Karaoke Professional to run your karaoke show is creating a database of songs The database contains the list of songs on your hard disc allowing finding the songs you need in a lightning fast manner It also allows Siglos Karaoke Professional to keep track of the songs sung by singers To create the song database you need to have the songs saved on your hard disc If you do not have songs on the hard disc but rather on CD G discs we recommend Power CD G Burner to convert your discs into digital format To start the import process select Manage database button on the playlist window and then choose Import songs You may also choose Import songs command from File menu First you need to select the root of your song collection use Change button to do this Then select file types you would like to import see Supported file types for the list of supported formats Incl
32. move more than one song press CTRL key when selecting to select multiple songs or press SHIFT key to select a range of songs Edit button displays and allows to modify the properties of first of the selected songs It displays Song Properties dialog box 13 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction You may change any of the fields Once you are done select OK Import Songs button allows to import songs into the database Export button allows to save the list of the songs in the database into the text or data file that can be used to create a song book Delete All removes all songs from the database Validate songs checks if all the files registered in the database exist If they do not exist you will be presented with three options remove the song from the database use this option if the songs have been deleted from the hard drive keep the songs use this option if you plan to replace the songs ie if you will reconnect the external drive look for the songs on a different drives this option is useful if you have the songs on the external drive and the drive letter has changed Export song list Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to export the list of the songs from the song database Such list can be used to create a song book To export the list of the songs select Export button in Song database dialog box 14 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Output file specifies the file song list will be written to Ou
33. nable disable 5 Click OK or Apply to save the changes 6 IMPORTANT NOTICE With Windows XP Home an ATI card must be set read the manual to Extended Desktop Mode not Clone Mode which mirrors the pc display 7 ALWAYS turn on and plug in your TV monitor to the dual display video output before running Siglos Karaoke Professional If not your dual display card will come up in single display mode Unlocking and evaluation How do I unlock Siglos Karaoke Professional To unlock Siglos Karaoke Professional you need to purchase the unlock code from Power Karaoke website The unlock code will be delivered via email Once you have it select Unlock from Help menu You will have to provide your name email address used to purchase the unlock code and the unlock code itself If the unlock code is accepted all limitations will be removed and you will see your name in the About dialog box What are the limitation of the trial version Trial version of Siglos Karaoke Professional has the following limitations Only 3 songs from a CD G disc can be loaded Banner will be displayed over the lyrics Only one minute of your singing will be recorded You will see the purchase prompt from time to time 2013 Doblon All rights reserved Product and company names mentioned in this manual may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies Mention of third party products is for informational purposes only and constitutes neit
34. name allows you to select the different name for the singer Add new singer of the same name will add a new singer with the same name as the one in the database Use the last singer of the same name from the database will invoke the last singer of the same name from the database It is also possible to add to the name extra description in parentheses eg John Smith The part of the name in parentheses will not be visible to the audience it is for your use only You may also add extra notes about the singer in Notes field Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to tag the singers by venue name To this check Add hidden 16 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction venue name option and type the name of the venue into the edit box With this option enabled Siglos Karaoke Professional will add hidden V Name field to the singer name You may later choose to display only singers from the same venue to do this check Show from current venue only option in History Options If the singer requires non standard song key select it in the Key list It is possible to change the key 12 tones lower or higher but using values larger than 5 may cause sound quality degradation You may also modify the tempo of the song the range is from 100 it is twice as slow to 100 twice as fast If you have added singers in the past the list next to Singer s name will contain singers and songs they sung to quickly select the singer double click appropr
35. ng To open a pair of MP3 CDG files you need to open CDG file only bin BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD G song zip Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG MP3 files cda CD G disc tracks kar mid MIDI Karaoke avi AVI video files 10 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction mpg MPG video files kma MTU s Hoster files wmv Windows Media Video files To add songs to the database you need to run the song import process Once the songs are successfully imported you may use them in your karaoke shows You may also browse modify and remove songs in the database It is also possible toexport the list of the songs in the database to print the song book The database is kept in siglos db file located in My Karaoke subfolder of your Documents folder It is a good idea to back this file up from time to time as if it is deleted or corrupted you will loose your song collection Importing songs To start the import process select Manage database button on the playlist window and then choose Import songs You may also choose Import songs command from File menu First you need to select the root of your song collection use Change button to do this Then select file types you would like to import see Supported file types for the list of supported formats Include subfolders allows to scan all folders starting from the root folder Switch it off if you want to scan a single folder only Siglos Karaoke Profes
36. ntained ID3 tags or matched the parsing rule and were successfully imported into the database The second list contains the files that matched the file extension but did not have ID3 tags nor their names matched the parsing rule The third list contains files already in the database You may manually edit songs that were not matched to do this select the song you would like to edit and then click Edit button To add edited songs do the database click Add Selected button Once you are done editing select OK You will return to Song Database dialog box which allows you to view and edit all songs currently in the database Once you are done click OK Adding singers and playing songs The main part of the Siglos Karaoke Professional is the playlist window By default it works in rotation mode it allows to manage the list of singers and songs add new singers to the rotation and start the playback of the song The next step is to add the singer to the rotation To add the singer to the playlist select Add Singer button on the playlist window or choose Add singer song command from File menu Add Singer dialog box will be displayed 5 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Choosing the singer First you need to select the singer If you would like to use the singer that already is in the rotation select it from the drop down list If you are adding a new singer type the name into Singer s name If you enter the name of the new
37. ontains estimated time the singer will be on stage Last displays the last time the singer was on stage In column contains the time singer or song was added TIP You may choose which time related columns should be displayed in Settings dialog box By default Siglos Karaoke Professional waits for the operator to start the song songs and singers are added by clicking Add Singer button When the song is ready to be played the button at the lower left will say Start and will display and exclamation mark List controls Both singer list and song list have control buttons next to them First five buttons allow to change the position of the selected item they are for respectively moving the item to the top moving it upwards removing from the list moving down and moving to the bottom of the list Move to next button allows to advance the singer or the song in the rotation it will position the singer or the song for the next performance Disable button temporary disables the singer or song It will not be removed from the rotation but will be skipped until the singer or song is enabled again Disabled items are marked as gray on the list Add Song button opens Add singer dialog box with the current singer selected it allows to quickly add songs for the selected singer Remove empty singers button removes from the list all the singers that have no songs assigned they have 0 next to their names Usually you would want to
38. ose Options Properties and check the enable to microphone input File settings section allows you to select the format that Siglos Karaoke Professional will use to save your voice MP3 is selected as default You may also define where the file with your voice will be stored but default Siglos Karaoke Professional creates My Karaoke subfolder under My Documents CD CD settings allows to set various options that control the way CD G discs are played CD ROM device allows you to select which of the drives equipped in your machine should be used for CD G discs Automatically load CD on startup will save you clicking Load CD button if you play CD G discs Siglos Karaoke Professional can use online FreeDB database to look up track names for CD G discs You may disable this feature by unchecking Use FreeDB to search for track names on the Internet You may also select different FreeDB server and define a HTTP proxy server if you are behind a corporate firewall General These options control general behaviour of Siglos Karaoke Professional By default after one song finishes the next starts automatically Pause between the songs disables this feature Remember last playlist will keep track of the files on the playlist between sessions If Automatically play the playlist after loading is switched on then playlist will automatically start to play after it is loaded If Check for updates is enabled then Siglos Karaoke Professional will
39. r the singer This 37 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction may be undesired and with this option checked key will be reset to zero for all new songs If you set the key for the song it will be remembered and reset the next time singer sings the song With Create backup database copies every 7 days option enabled Siglos Karaoke Professional will create a copy of a database file once a week and store it in compressed file in case something happened to the working database Database file location makes it possible to change the database file used by Siglos Karaoke Professional This may be useful if you move the database between computers or for some reason need to use more than one database Crossfade time when using Restart button defines the speed of silencing the music when Restart is clicked Force FFDShow filter usage tells Siglos to use FFDShow filter before trying other video codecs Singer Announcement Screen This dialog allows to define how singer announcement screen will look like Background mode defines the background of the screen There are three background modes Image you may use an image as a background Click button to load the image JPG PNG and BMP formats are supported Images will be stretched to full screen Solid color background will be filled with the selected solid color Gradient background will be filled with smoothly changing color you may define the top and bottom colors Items list cont
40. ry to connect to online FreeDB database to retrieve song names and will display them in the playlist if successful Currently played song is printed in red You may play a different item from the playlist by double clicking it To add a file to the playlist use Add files button or drop files on the playlist To add the content of entire directory use Add directory command from File menu You may select Recurse to include subdirectories To change the order of the file drag it and drop to the desired position Playlists can be saved are reloaded Their file extension is CDP and are compatible with playlist from Power CD G Player Pro If you have large playlist you may want to search for songs To do this click Search button or press F3 32 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Main window controls Getting karaoke songs Internet is full of MIDI karaoke files and Siglos Karaoke Professional provides a simple tool to help you find them To start MIDI karaoke web search select Search for karaoke on the Internet command from Tools menu To start the search you need to provide artist name and the title of the song Note that the song title does not have to be complete you may enter just first couple of words Search engine combo allows you to change the place that you will use to search for files You may try changing search engine if you are not getting the results you need Clicking on OK button will open the search in your w
41. s Karaoke Professional window will appear on top of the display You may hide it by clicking Full Screen again If you have two monitors attached to your computer you may display the karaoke lyrics in the other monitor while continuing to use the Siglos Karaoke Professional window on the main monitor this is particularly useful if you have TV or large display connected to your computer Siglos Karaoke Professional will automatically detect second monitor but if it does not go to Settings and select Use secondary monitor under Display settings If this still does not work please see Troubleshooting 26 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Background images Siglos Karaoke Professional displays images behind the karaoke lyrics To change the images or use solid background click Settings button and select Display Siglos Karaoke Professionalhas three background modes Solid color background choose a color for MIDI karaoke for CD G the background color from the file will be used Gradient background smooth transition from the color at the top to the color at the bottom Image slideshow you may define images to be used in the slideshow select the display time of the single image and choose to display the images in the random order You may also choose an image to be displayed instead of default black background on the playback screen This may be your logo or some other information To do this select image to display using
42. s you to play multiplex CD G discs Multiplex is a special type of CD G karaoke disc there are two tracks for each song on the disc one track in karaoke format and the other track with the lead vocals so you can learn the song Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to turn on and off the lead vocals during playback using Multiplex slider This gives you the opportunity to turn off the lead vocals as needed Background images Siglos Karaoke Professional displays images behind the karaoke lyrics To change the images or use solid background click Settings button and select Display Siglos Karaoke Professionalhas three background modes Solid color background choose a color for MIDI karaoke for CD G the background color from the file will be used Gradient background smooth transition from the color at the top to the color at the bottom Image slideshow you may define images to be used in the slideshow select the display time of the single image and choose to display the images in the random order You may also choose an image to be displayed instead of default black background on the playback 25 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction screen This may be your logo or some other information To do this select image to display using button in Inactive background section MIDI Karaoke display You may change the way that MIDI karaoke songs are played To do this click Settings button and select Display You ma
43. se the playback anytime you like If you would like to view the song on the full screen click Full Screen button To exit the full screen mode press ESC To control the volume of the song use Volume slider There are two additional sliders that may be used during the playback You may change the key of the song using Key change slider up to 12 semitones NOTE key changer is not available for MIDI karaoke Multiplex slider allows to control the level of the vocal on multiplex CD Gs Recording Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to record your voice as you sing along to the karaoke song Your computer has to be equipped with a microphone To learn more how to set up your microphone to use it with Siglos Karaoke Professional see Recording settings To start recording click Record button Your singing will be recorded to the file on your hard disc To listen to it simply play back the karaoke file but make sure that Recorded vocal on off button is enabled it is enabled by default Once recording is finished you will be prompted to start Siglos Audio Processor that allows to mix your recorded singing with the music producing the file you may email your friends or write to CD Playing Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to play CD G karaoke discs and files from the hard disc To start the playback of the song click Load File button this allows to play files from the hard disc click Load CD
44. singer that already is listed in the database Siglos Karaoke Professional will display warning and will prompt you to choose one of the possible actions Add hidden description in parentheses will create a new singer name by adding hidden number to the name the number will be visible to you only your audience will not see it Use different name allows you to select the different name for the singer Add new singer of the same name will add a new singer with the same name as the one in the database Use the last singer of the same name from the database will invoke the last singer of the same name from the database It is also possible to add to the name extra description in parentheses eg John Smith The part of the name in parentheses will not be visible to the audience it is for your use only You may also add extra notes about the singer in Notes field Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to tag the singers by venue name To this check Add hidden 6 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction venue name option and type the name of the venue into the edit box With this option enabled Siglos Karaoke Professional will add hidden V Name field to the singer name You may later choose to display only singers from the same venue to do this check Show from current venue only option in History Options If the singer requires non standard song key select it in the Key list It is possible to change the key 12 tones lower or higher but us
45. sional scans MP3 files it finds for ID3 tags containing song title and artist name it also reads ID3 tags of MP3 files inside ZIP files but it may significantly slow down the performance and is not recommended If ID3 tag is not found a parsing rule is applied to the file name You may select a predefined rule or create a custom one It is possible to use one of the four data fields Artist Title DiscID and Track Choosing Ignore will cause the parser to ignore this part of the file name 11 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Import rule example If your song collection is named as this example SC7541_02 Gary Lewis amp The Playboys This Diamond Ring cdg you need to select the following rule DiscID_Track Artist Title The first separator should be _ underline and following separators should be set to minus with spaces before and after Once you are done setting the import rule select OK Siglos Karaoke Professional will scan your disc it may take a while for large collection of songs and will report its findings in Song Import Results dialog box Song Import Result dialog box contains all files Siglos Karaoke Professional has found divided into three groups First list contains files that either contained ID3 tags or matched the parsing rule and were successfully imported into the database The second list contains the files that matched the file extension but did not have ID3 tags nor their n
46. stage In column contains the time singer or song was added If fill in playlist contains songs Siglos Karaoke Professional will play the first song when it opens if Initiate fill in playback on program start is enabled Detect commas in artist names may be used to fix artist names in sortable format with artist name or The part after comma So Adams Brian will be displayed as Brian Adams and Beatles The will be The Beatles This affects only singer announcement screen and scrolling message database listing will not be changed Include track number in Add Singer song search allows to search for the tracks by their number on the original disc Number of characters to start interactive search specifies how many characters need to be typed in the general search box before the results are updates setting this to 1 may cause slow operation if you are running slower machine and your database is large Advance to next song on fill in playlist every time fill in is activated caused the playlist to skip to the next song every time playlist is active This may be useful if you have many short breaks and do not want the audience to listen to the same song over and over Reset key to zero for songs not sung by the singer by default latest key change for singer is used allows to change the way key changer is set for new songs By default Siglos Karaoke Professional remembers the key change for each singer and applies this for the new songs added fo
47. sure that you select appropriate script and font face that contains international characters Recording Recording settings control the recording process used in Siglos Karaoke Professional Before you start please make sure that you have microphone connected to your computer The microphone input is usually pink on your soundcard panel at the back of your computer If you have more than one soundcard in your computer please choose the one you wish to use in Windows Control Panel Sound and audio devices Audio as a default recording input To adjust recording settings choose Settings button and then choose Recording You will see the name of the active recording device soundcard and the active input You may need to change the input to the microphone Now test the recording level say something to the microphone and Recording preview should display the green bar You may use Input level slider to adjust the level of the recording if it is too low you will not hear it and if it is too high it will distort You may also control the recording level using Recording level slider of the main Siglos Karaoke Professional window If you cannot hear what you are saying to the microphone you may need to enable microphone output on 35 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction your soundcard To do this click Open mixer button and standard Windows mixer will appear Now make sure that Microphone input is not muted if you cannot see it cho
48. tput format allows to specify the format of the file Siglos Karaoke Professional can create following files CSV Comma separated values You may use this file in any spreadsheet application Excel from Microsoft Office or free Calc from OpenOffice to process this file and create custom song book You should also be able to import it into song book software XML Structured XML file This file format can be used in a custom application or in XML aware software The output file contains all songs from the database The data written include unique song identifier artist name title disc ID and file name Adding singers To add the singer to the playlist select Add Singer button on the playlist window or choose Add singer song command from File menu Add Singer dialog box will be displayed 15 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Choosing the singer First you need to select the singer If you would like to use the singer that already is in the rotation select it from the drop down list If you are adding a new singer type the name into Singer s name If you enter the name of the new singer that already is listed in the database Siglos Karaoke Professional will display warning and will prompt you to choose one of the possible actions Add hidden description in parentheses will create a new singer name by adding hidden number to the name the number will be visible to you only your audience will not see it Use different
49. ude subfolders allows to scan all folders starting from the root folder Switch it off if you want to scan a single folder only Siglos Karaoke Professional scans MP3 files it finds for ID3 tags containing song title and artist name it 3 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction also reads ID3 tags of MP3 files inside ZIP files but it may significantly slow down the performance and is not recommended If ID3 tag is not found a parsing rule is applied to the file name You may select a predefined rule or create a custom one It is possible to use one of the four data fields Artist Title DiscID and Track Choosing Ignore will cause the parser to ignore this part of the file name Import rule example If your song collection is named as this example SC7541_02 Gary Lewis amp The Playboys This Diamond Ring cdg you need to select the following rule DiscID_Track Artist Title The first separator should be _ underline and following separators should be set to minus with spaces before and after Once you are done setting the import rule select OK Siglos Karaoke Professional will scan your disc it may take a while for large collection of songs and will report its findings in Song Import Results dialog box 4 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Introduction Song Import Result dialog box contains all files Siglos Karaoke Professional has found divided into three groups First list contains files that either co
50. y change the font used for MIDI karaoke lyrics change the number of lines on the screen and define the lyrics location top bottom or middle of the screen Changing key Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to adjust the song you are playing to better suit your voice by changing the key of the song To do this use key changer slider Key changer section allows to change the pitch tone of the song up to twelve semitones either up or down The current key change is displayed next to the key changer slider NOTE Please note that pitch shifting may slightly reduce the quality of the music It gives better results for instrumental parts and worse for human voice NOTE Key changer does not work for MIDI karaoke Using Multiplex CD Gs Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to play multiplex CD G discs Multiplex is a special type of CD G karaoke disc there are two tracks for each song on the disc one track in karaoke format and the other track with the lead vocals so you can learn the song Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to turn on and off the lead vocals during playback using Multiplex slider This gives you the opportunity to turn off the lead vocals as needed Full screen mode Full screen button or F key on the keyboard allows you to display the karaoke window on full extent of your monitor To leave the full screen mode press F key again or press ESC If you click left mouse button in the Full Screen mode the Siglo

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