Pinned KARAOKE ENTHUSIAST CHAT

[leenew Karaoke]

I have given the Harris VH karaoke that were kindly shared by ADNA, mikep1 & Sacot1 a good tidy up, and corrected a few errors and added it to the MEGA share...

Just a note to say that I have treated this a little different to other manufacturers...

Because there are so many full vocal tracks, with an accompanying vocal reduction track, I have left all of the full vocal tracks in place.

 

The reason is that often the quality of the vocal reduction is quite poor because it was done with older technology.

It results in that awful warbling-underwater quality to the track.

Anyone who uses a modern setup such as Virtual DJ stems 2.0 would be able to turn vocals off from the (FULL VOCAL) tracks and make a better VR track on the fly.

I have labelled them very clearly:

 

Bob Smith - Lovely Song (FULL VOCAL)

Bob Smith - Lovely Song (VOCAL REDUCTION)

 

So, if you want to get rid of the full vocal tracks, just go to the folder in Windows and search for (FULL VOCAL) and then you can bulk-delete them.

 

** Some of the albums that mikep1 shared have already had the full vocal tracks removed **

 

Lee.

Edited August 31, 2024 by leenew Karaoke

[Sharkie]

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Found this an interesting read -

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What amazes me is that they fake everything, but when the people do it its wrong?????????

[pcooper1973]

Does anybody have a karaoke version of Reggae by Etana?

 

Thanks in advance

[KaraokeGirl]

Those of you that use KJ File Manager...

 

Do you ever get an error when renaming a file, ESPECIALLY Karaoke-Version Tracks, and it turns the file corrupt & shows 0kb file? I can only rename KV stuff manually for some reason. Just a glitch?

[KaraokeGirl]

No, never. Next time it happens attach the log file, lets see what it says. I know KJ doesn't like square brackets [ ] very much, especially in searches.

Ok, thanks... will do!

[leenew Karaoke]

I was just looking through the ZOOM collection on the MEGA share as it seems to be the most popular manufacturer (for me at least).

My motto is, "If in doubt, use the Zoom version".....

I am a bit disappointed to see how much of it is 128KBPS.

Is there any appetite for trying to club together all known 192KBPS and 320KBPS albums and replacing the 128KBPS albums?

If so, what would be the best way to go about it?

I would do all the re-tagging and re-uploading etc.

As a starter, virtually all of the ZOOM PLATINUM ARTISTS is at 128KBPS....

 

Lee.

[gnomekaraoke]

Those of you that use KJ File Manager...

 

Do you ever get an error when renaming a file, ESPECIALLY Karaoke-Version Tracks, and it turns the file corrupt & shows 0kb file? I can only rename KV stuff manually for some reason. Just a glitch?

Yes all the time, it tends to happen with new stuff I buy not tracks from here as they have normally already been formatted. I always unzip any new tracks I purchase from KV and then KJ File Manager them as this has caught me out several times!!

 

I haven't though worked out why it does this as it doesn't usually happen with any other manufacturer, although it could be that the zip file number and the number in the zip are different, it's just my theory though.

[mee7532]

I was just looking through the ZOOM collection on the MEGA share as it seems to be the most popular manufacturer (for me at least).

My motto is, "If in doubt, use the Zoom version".....

I am a bit disappointed to see how much of it is 128KBPS.

Is there any appetite for trying to club together all known 192KBPS and 320KBPS albums and replacing the 128KBPS albums?

If so, what would be the best way to go about it?

I would do all the re-tagging and re-uploading etc.

As a starter, virtually all of the ZOOM PLATINUM ARTISTS is at 128KBPS....

 

Lee.

 

Upon doing some checking, most of mine are 128. With the exception of what I have from the Zoom Pop Chart Picks ( ZPCP xxx ) Series. I didn't check all of them, but what I did were either 192 or 320. You are welcome to do what you will with these, hopefully they serve you well. As I look at them, I'm not happy with the way I have them labeled at this time. This group is making me work too hard at cleaning up my drive.

 

I will share them here as soon as they finish uploading to MEGA

[mee7532]

Brenda Lee- Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody from KSK

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Thank you Sacot. KSK and you are truly amazing. I appreciate you both and the rest of this group very much.

[leenew Karaoke]

Upon doing some checking, most of mine are 128. With the exception of what I have from the Zoom Pop Chart Picks ( ZPCP xxx ) Series. I didn't check all of them, but what I did were either 192 or 320. You are welcome to do what you will with these, hopefully they serve you well. As I look at them, I'm not happy with the way I have them labeled at this time. This group is making me work too hard at cleaning up my drive.

 

I will share them here as soon as they finish uploading to MEGA

By "this group" I guess you mean "me" lol

Don't worry, the more I check through my scrubbed and tidied collection, I still find stuff that isn't perfect.

(It came about as I added extra manufacturers after I had done the complete sweep of the whole set). It is impossible to keep it perfect - unless I do 2 or 3 more full sweeps, which fills me with dread at the moment.....

I am pretty happy with what I have done and I hope it helps some dedicated KJs out there.

I know it won't be for everybody (I binned most of the vocal tracks - and BJ detests some of my tagging lol)

But I just got a bit disappointed when I saw my favourite manufacturer was mainly 128K files.

The modern stuff is better, like you say - ZPCP seems to get better over time.

Maybe I could do a spreadsheet? then everybody could look at what albums are at what bitrate - and if they have a better one then upload it, and I will swap them into the MEGA share.

In theory that will mean we can get the best files that everybody has all in one place.

 

Maybe it is too much to ask? and like you said - not everybody is a filename psychopath like me

 

I haven't mentioned it before, but a big driver in all of this is my eyes.

I need things to be as clear as possible 'cos I can't see that well at the minute.

I am awaiting my third eye operation shortly......

You gotta do what you gotta do...

 

Lee.

[mee7532]

By "this group" I guess you mean "me" lol

Don't worry, the more I check through my scrubbed and tidied collection, I still find stuff that isn't perfect.

(It came about as I added extra manufacturers after I had done the complete sweep of the whole set). It is impossible to keep it perfect - unless I do 2 or 3 more full sweeps, which fills me with dread at the moment.....

I am pretty happy with what I have done and I hope it helps some dedicated KJs out there.

I know it won't be for everybody (I binned most of the vocal tracks - and BJ detests some of my tagging lol)

But I just got a bit disappointed when I saw my favourite manufacturer was mainly 128K files.

The modern stuff is better, like you say - ZPCP seems to get better over time.

Maybe I could do a spreadsheet? then everybody could look at what albums are at what bitrate - and if they have a better one then upload it, and I will swap them into the MEGA share.

In theory that will mean we can get the best files that everybody has all in one place.

 

Maybe it is too much to ask? and like you said - not everybody is a filename psychopath like me

 

I haven't mentioned it before, but a big driver in all of this is my eyes.

I need things to be as clear as possible 'cos I can't see that well at the minute.

I am awaiting my third eye operation shortly......

You gotta do what you gotta do...

 

Lee.

 

By "The group" I mean that I don't feel like I am doing all of this "collecting" alone. I feel I gotta have them all, but when I share files with the group, I want them to be labeled perfectly and with good working files. Don't want to be sharing crap files.

 

I believe we all like being able to get rare, hard to find songs, even if we may have to relabel or redu the music track. I have been collecting these since I switched from hard disc to mp3+g in 2004. I appreciate all that "the group" does, and Leenew, you are and integral part of making me want to be better. It is great that we can share this music and that we try to help each other. Keep up the good work, everyone.

[leenew Karaoke]

One thing I will add is that there is no such thing as labelling things perfectly.

We will all want something slightly different to be perfect for us (As long as the basic info is correct for a start).

As I just mentioned, myself and BJ clash when it comes to perfect tagging. That is fine.

BJ's way will be perfect for BJ and my way is better suited to me.

It just means each one of us can find things as quickly as possible I suppose.

But at any rate, I think the MEGA share is on a whole new level to any other large collection.

Once people get used to batch-tagging, they can change things they don't like pretty easily.

I have R.E.M. but some may want REM. I have TLC, but some may want T.L.C. Who knows?!

 

**(The way I settled on these was to google the band and see what the name of the band was stylised as)**

 

That is the reason I left everything unzipped. It makes things like this easier to edit.

 

Lee.

Edited September 1, 2024 by leenew Karaoke

[BJtheDJ]

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I am pretty happy with what I have done and I hope it helps some dedicated KJs out there.

I know it won't be for everybody (I binned most of the vocal tracks - and BJ detests some of my tagging lol)

Can't remember that, but the memory is one of the first things to go

But I just got a bit disappointed when I saw my favourite manufacturer was mainly 128K files.

Back in the day, in the usenet sounds.mp3 groups in the mid to late 90s - 128kb/s

was considered absolute luxury!! There was no Broadband (at least not in the UK)

 

With the speakers that we used then it was next to impossible to hear whether a

CD had been ripped at a higher rate that 128kb/sec, and for mono tracks ie. most

50s and 60s music it was general to rip at 64kb/sec mono.

 

It was only at the beginning of this century that 192kb/sec started appearing

regularly.

 

When I rip nowadays I rip at 320kb/sec - but that's only to keep downloaders

happy; on my computer's "Creative" I can't hear a difference. A helluva lotta

karaoke discs until recently were mono as well

The modern stuff is better, like you say - ZPCP seems to get better over time.

Must agree, I do prefer Zoom and it's my go to, but he is careless with his lyrics

missing "Any way the wind goes" from the end of Bohemian rhapsody was

carelessness of the highest order - and they have a large number of other lyric

errors, like most companies they get Roger Miller's "King of the Road" line "Short

but too big or round" (ie they've been stepped on) substituting 'around' rather

than 'or round'

Maybe I could do a spreadsheet? then everybody could look at what albums are at what bitrate - and if they have a better one then upload it, and I will swap them into the MEGA share.

In theory that will mean we can get the best files that everybody has all in one place.

 

Maybe it is too much to ask? and like you said - not everybody is a filename psychopath like me

 

I haven't mentioned it before, but a big driver in all of this is my eyes.

I need things to be as clear as possible 'cos I can't see that well at the minute.

Yep agree about that, general old age for me, but my diabetes is causing me probs

right now - have a second eye welfare check next week because the normal one

couldn't see behind my cataracts which are not getting better.

I am awaiting my third eye operation shortly......

So, your other two eyes are OK then ?? <GBFG>

You gotta do what you gotta do...

 

Lee.

AGREED !!!!

[leenew Karaoke]

Lolz!!

I am sure there are plenty of third eye jokes just waiting to be told...

 

 

I have had a semi-charmed kinda life so I hope my third eye doesn't go blind....

Lee.

[KaraokeGirl]

Yes all the time, it tends to happen with new stuff I buy not tracks from here as they have normally already been formatted. I always unzip any new tracks I purchase from KV and then KJ File Manager them as this has caught me out several times!!

 

I haven't though worked out why it does this as it doesn't usually happen with any other manufacturer, although it could be that the zip file number and the number in the zip are different, it's just my theory though.

Thank you so much... Next time I buy a Karaoke-Version track, i'll go ahead and unzip and save in new folder, then hit it with mp3 toolz to rezip and see if kj file manager is nice to it. I appreciate you.

[marti61]

DCK906 - DCK910 by Code and Artist

 

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Many thanks as always for these sacot1.

[gma]

Mr Entertainer Chart Hts (MCH) Spring and Summer 2024 Double Discs With Full Covers

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Hi, is there any chance this could be seeded again?

[mee7532]

I was just looking through the ZOOM collection on the MEGA share as it seems to be the most popular manufacturer (for me at least).

My motto is, "If in doubt, use the Zoom version".....

I am a bit disappointed to see how much of it is 128KBPS.

Is there any appetite for trying to club together all known 192KBPS and 320KBPS albums and replacing the 128KBPS albums?

If so, what would be the best way to go about it?

I would do all the re-tagging and re-uploading etc.

As a starter, virtually all of the ZOOM PLATINUM ARTISTS is at 128KBPS....

 

Lee.

MEGA finally allowed me to upload the ZOOM tracks. Not sure what is going on, but it was giving me an error until I downloaded the app, but here they are:

 

Zoom Pop Chart Picks ( ZPCP xxx ) :

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