Sorry To Hear Everbody's Problems

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by T and J Karaoke

MadJim I know you are the testing guru!!!!

T & K,
I was titled "Karaoke Guru" by the local nightbeat magazine and now a "Testing Guru", You're gonna make me pull our my dictionary and see what I have to live up to. Thank you very much but I'm a new kid on the block. Most of the Beta testers have been using MTU's programs for many years, much longer than me.

Since I'm awake and the pain medication is holding up (I had all four wisdom teeth pulled this morning) let me tell you about the "Beta Guru's" that test with MTU and how I got involved.

I bought some Karaoke CD+G discs and decided to go digital because of my semi-pro recording studio experience. I found MTU and came on board with Hoster 3.316, I believe. I bought a rack mout computer from MTU and started investing in CD+G discs.

Hoster is like any mature computer program that is the "best in it's class", there is always something being added to keep the program useres happy.

I discoverd that a company was selling MP3+G zip's of recent karaoke tracks and bought some. Downloaded karaoke files are not legal in the USA, yet! (MP3 downlaods are legal and I feel karaoke track will be next. How cool would it be to buy karaoke songs from MTU. )

The High compression zip files would not load into Hoster at that time so I joined the forum to find out what was going on. Dale, Sam, Beavis, Bryant etc.... had me importing zip files in no time.

Once I became a fourm member, I just tried to help as many folks as I could. I've always had success with Hoster and was happy to share any knowledge I had aquired.

One day I get a phone call from Dave Cox, the founder of MTU. We spoke for a few minutes and he asked me if I would become a Beta tester and I said yes. Hoster is a tool that I use to make money entertaining and I felt moved to help in it's development.

So, I become a beta tester and soon realized that I'm in the company of some of the top working/entertainer/karaoke hosts in the world. These guys have made it possible for Hoster to be the awesome program it is. They spend hours of their time (we are not MTU employees) working on two and tree different computers at a time with one goal in mind, to make Hoster better. Better is better for everybody. I'm honored to be a part of such a great team.

Okay, now that that's been said I do not use Vista. In the world of Personal Computers, each system is different due to it's setup and use so it's about impossible to predict that Hoster will run the same on every computer, there are just too many factors to concider. MTU has other Beta testers that use Vista so it has been tested on Vista 32bit and Vista 64bit. We will get you going when ever you decide to jump in.

I reccomend that everybody keep dowloading the Hoster Demo's until a version is released that meets their needs and runs well on their machine.

MTU is a small company that has developed the best karaoke hosting program in the world and keeps it affordable. They've also developed a unique way of seeing that their programs do what their customers want them to do, they listen. You're participation on this forum helps more than you may realize, thanks.

I believe that Hoster is on it's way to being more awesome than any of us can imagine. When you break down the features that Hoster offers now, it's almost staggering to think that one program does so much, and it only going to get better. The bumps in the road are not pot holes, their stones that will be removed so everybody can enjoy a smooth ride.

When it comes to me, what you have is a insomiac that likes to help folks. I'm just a working soul like the rest of us who feels blessed to make a good living enterataining and is happy to share.


Jim