Copy and record a mix of Audio and CD+g tracks

[jahern]

I looked for a short file on the internet likely to be like SONGBIRD'S sound effects file.

"Eat my road grit, liver lips" says Chevy Chase in some Vacation movie. (2 seconds)

Even after I converted it, I ran into the walls that SONGBIRD is saying.
(I suspect that the length of the file is a problem for both KHPRO and Microstudio) I believe that 5 seconds or more is necessary.

I made a disc, using other software.

I extracted a "CDG" file in microstudio

I played the "CDG" file in Microstudio play. Microstudio clips files short as it plays them, so I didn't hear "Liver Lips!"; I changed the extension to Bin and other Karaoke software played the file all the way through, as a Bin file

I tried to burn the file using Microstudio but once again, no Luck


Bottom Line
I don't think that short sound effects files will be burnable as CDGs, no matter the bit rate, but they can be made into file's playable with other Karaoke files on the computer.

My next step will be to add time to a short file, and see what happens.

To Be Continued.........

[Songbird]

Jahern,
It sounds like you tried everything! Thanks for your efforts! I agree that it must have something to do with a short sound effect. My solution is to give my CD with all the songs on it [in CDG format] to the sound guys for our little musical and have my jam-box up front near the stage with the school bell "sound effect" CD in it. I'll just hit it when needed. PROBLEM SOLVED!!! Thanks again to everyone for all your help. BTW, I have been using Vogone to make some of my own karaoke songs for this show and it is working GREAT! I AM SO THRILLED WITH IT! I've been a professional singer for 30 years and have been wishing for something like this forever!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks again to everyone. This is the BEST help site for people like me who are fumbling around not knowing half of what we should!!!!

[jahern]

I understand that Songbird has found the best solution for Songbird. Good Luck with your show.

I still have a few results that I think might be of interest.

I created two short sound effects files as CDG as follows:


1. I took a 2 second wave from the internet, added 3 seconds to it and made sure that it was 44mhz, 16 bit stereo. I had a 5 to 6 second wave file.

2. In Khpro I followed the steps and imported to cdg. (There is a graphic)

Without my wishing it, KHPRO added about a 3 second lead in, which of course is no problem for singing a song, but is unsatisfactory for an immediate sound effect. The final CDG file was about 9 seconds long.

Microstudio had no problem playing the file

3. I created a disc of the wave file, and in Microstudio imported the track as CDG. (There is no graphic)

I had a 5 second "CDG" file

The sound was immediate when played by Microstudio, but afterward the program wanted to shut down. (The file was still too short?)


Both files burned onto a karaoke disc. Playback using normal audio cd player software was similar to play back of the files. Player software still took a little time to cue up the tracks. Microstudio took several seconds to cue up the songs on disc as Karaoke.

Not sure what the need is for a cdg sound effect.
If on the same cd one wanted to show karaoke songs and also slip in a sound effect or two. Otherwise, life would probably be simpler keeping these things on separate discs.