Microstudio CDG'S

[terioke]

How many gdg have you burned that you 'generated' yourself?
You know importing audio & lyrics and creating cdg files to burn...this is where I'm having the problem..I'm copying fine.
I was informed that the mtu disks are the mitsui with no logo. I ordered a 10 pack from mitsui to see if they will work...if they do I'll go for the 100 spindle.
The next step in trying to solve this burn mystery is to try burning a cdg that has a start up image file for each song. That seems to be the only difference between the disks that work in my jvc & the ones that don't.
I'll let you know how it turns out!

[wackyquack]

Terioke:

I have used KPRO to make cdg's. I sequence midi tracks for songs not available in Karaoke. Have probably done in the ballpark of about 30-40 songs. Still I have good results.

[terioke]

I finally figured it out!
I put in a starting image. This was the only difference in the generated cdg's I burned. The ones with a starting image worked while those that didn't have a starting image did not.
Now I can get on with the fun part!
I appreciate everyone's help.
By the way, I used an 80 min Memorex and burned on 2x
Happy burning to you all!
Terioke

[swany]

Had an interesting expierience at a local pub up here in Mich the guy has good equiptment, RSQ and he uses a JVC303 for dj, I had one of my disks that I made for my daughter, it was father daughter night out. I also had several of mine. I burn at 56X and they play well on my equiptment. I sand a Johnny Cash tune and the graphics were scrambled, I know the tune so it was not a problem for me. But the bar has a lot of patrons that bring their own music and I noticed that some of theirs was getting bad graphic read also ( the bar has about ten monitors) My daughter started to have problems with the one I burned for her. I went up and asked the KJ if he would retry it in the JVC then after told him to clean his RSQ. The rest of the night he used the JVC without a glitch. Just one thing I found that can confuse us. I just try to have fun.

[Garry A. Leslie]

Hello All
Just a few thoughts on this subject
First recording speed is never the reason your discs don't play in other people's machines. Any machine can only read at the speed it was intended to, and the writing speed is immaterial.
Second some of the criticism of KJ's is well founded, here in the UK I know a number of KJ's who look blank when you ask how often they clean their laser. Obviously never.
Also a number of KJ's who have either had their equipment a long time or have bought little more than a kid's party karaoke player
cannot play the copies we make because their equipment was never made to read these discs.
I have a number of players and even the newer ones don't always read MP3, my Fujilink won't allow me to click back on a
CD-R, but on a genuine manufactured disc it will
Just like MTU all the firms out there are constantly fighting a battle to remain at the cutting edge and some cut corners on things they don't think are necessary, how many CD-R/RW players still can't read a CDG disc?
Regards from the UK
Garry

[jahern]

On the matter of burning speed. My personal experience with the discs I use is that if I burn a disc at faster than 6x, the player at the place I like to go to will sometimes not read the graphics.

Now before I get lectures on buying "approved" or "recommended" materials, or that I try out new places: Just know that I am a grown up and can make decisions based on my important factors (cost and convenience being a couple of them)

Burning at 6x the speed for performance discs works well for me with my materials.

[Garry A. Leslie]

Hello,
I have burned discs at every speed from 1x to 48x (my current writer) and on quite a number of different makes of discs including some extremely cheapo ones.
The main problem with cheap discs is they aren't particularly
robust enough to last very long, their coatings being easily damaged. With discs in the UK selling at 1.5 pence, about 2.5 cents there is no problem burning new ones.
Anyway most KJ's treat someone else's discs worst than their own.
I haven't had any problems playing ones I have burned even the cheap ones, on any of a number of machines I have owned.
I still believe that the machines some KJ's use are older and not capable of keeping up with the mad rush of technology
Why should they bother as long as the machine plays their discs
If anyone knows what plays best at their favourite watering hole, all the better.
I took Alan Jackson's "Remember When" to one particular spot I use, to show off, I like to be ahead of the game, it wouldn't play!!
I am in New Orleans next week, anyone know anywhere good to sing there
Regards from across the Pond
Garry