I split this out as it was off topic for that Thread.
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Originally Posted by KaraokeJohn25
I just bought and installed Hoster 4.0 and I hate it! I guess I am used to version 3.108 which is what I have been using, very successfully. The Singer screen on 4.0 is to fully of garbage. If anyone asks I tell them the name of the software, and company and even give them the website address. I don't need a little message going across the screen to distract them. Many of my folks are newbies to Karaoke or at least doing it sober. Also It doesn't list the name of the song they are singing. Anyway I just hate it and reinstalled my trusty version 3.108. Hopefully My data bases didn't get messed up in the process. I ran the build data bases again. Noticed that the song list I was on when I reinstalled older version was messed up with gobbly gook. But other song lists such as my personal practice list for me was intact. I just have to tell you too that 4.0 would not recognize your certified Cdg player that I bought. I doubt if it will work with 3.108 but there is always hope If not maybe it will work with Microstudio.
 John |
John, as Ddouglass pointed out, you should read the manual on the SHOW DISPLAY features. There are 71 new features and changes in 4.00. We added what our customers have asked for. All Show Display features have a "hide" check box in case you don't want to use some of them. Maybe we should ship with everything hidden so folks aren't upset by them, as you were. I'll take that under serious consideration for 4.04 release. Thank you for lettking us know it upset you. That is important to us.
As to your drive, if you bought it from MTU, it will work with Hoster 4 and the CURRENT Microstudio 4 versions. The technology for interfacing to drives changed several years ago, and MTU was FORCED to convert to the new drive interfacing. It took us 3 calendar years to get all the kinks out, and write our own Software Error Correction (SEC) as the new drives DO NOT have the hardware error correction that CDG capable drives used in the past.
IMPORTING tracks from CDG discs in both Microstudio and Hoster uses our SEC code, which has been proven to be the best available. We downloaded competitors demos and bought their products where we had to and proved it ourselves also. There is a significant reduction in errors... anyway, I don't want to bother you with details...
If your drive is not recognized by MTU's current products (older versions will NOT be able to use this new technology drive), then you need help. It may be a bad cable. It may require some change to your older computer (assuming you haven't upgraded the hardware). Please make sure your Windows has all CUSTOM (not Express) updates done. If not, Hoster will not work correctly.
We will need facts, not emotions. We can't fix emotions, but we can solve problems when given the facts. If you need help, please contact MTU via phone or use our
Web Email Form, which is the better way for us.