Buykaraoke Website

[gpayne]

I recently had a friend of mine send me an email stating you could download MP3+g files from this website. I checked it out and they get $1.49 for new releases and $.99 for older releases. Does anyone know if this website is on the up & up?

gpayne

[mindonstrike]

They would appear to be. I've bought several songs from them. Most have no brand but I've been told they are made by Panorama (makers of THM) They also have some THM, MM and Sunfly.

I don't like that they don't tell you the brands upfront, which is particularly frustrating when there is more than one listing for a song - I'd like to pick and choose when there's a choice.

Also their unbranded Panorama's as well as the THM's tend to have the music and lyrics just a bit out of sync so I've taken to shaving about 3/10 of a second of the front end of most songs.

The unbranded Panorama's have decent music but the lyrics tend to be blue words with a white wipe on a black background so the words I'm about to sing can be difficult to read while the ones I've already sung are easy especially at a distance, so I've been changing the lyrics to bright yellow with a purple wipe.

Even if you don't like 'em they are cheap way to get those must-have-now songs until your'e regular brand comes out with'em.

Sam

[gpayne]

Thanks!!! I think I'll download a few just to see. The price range seems to be about what I usually pay per song for a whole disc. I buy most of my discs from doowop in Louisville Ky. They average around $18.00 for 17 songs. That comes out to around $1.00 per song. Being able to buy a single song or 4 or 5 songs when you need specific songs for $.99 or $1.49 seems to be what it should be.

gpayne

[madjim- with the Lord]

TriceraSoft created the MP3+G format, they say. They have a gift card system that lets you buy MP3+G's for $.99 each.

Jim

[mindonstrike]

I may have spoken too soon.

I just bought Blake Sheltons "The More I drink" and it turned out to be a Stardisk brand which quality wise is on par with SAV (IMO). The bad part was that it is full of graphic flecks and spots, as if it was ripped from a poor quality disk and/or with a cdrom not really meant for CDG's. This makes me a little suspicious as to whether they are authorized to offer them for sale. I would have expected their supplier would get them the songs in digital format for the best quality.

I'll probably try to contact them tomorrow about re-ripping that song since it will take a long time and hard work to repair the lyrics.

Sam

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

This makes me a little suspicious as to whether they are authorized to offer them for sale. I would have expected their supplier would get them the songs in digital format for the best quality.

Sam

I believe that is is the sellers resposability to assure that the tracks they sell are legal. If we buy a track legaly with no intention of breaking any law, we have committed no crime. The seller would be gulty of selling tracks uder false pretenses. If I pay $.99 for a track and I have a recipt, I feel that I have bought the rights to use that track.

Sam,
Have you had any contact with TricearaSoft?

Jim

[gpayne]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

I may have spoken too soon.

I just bought Blake Sheltons "The More I drink" and it turned out to be a Stardisk brand which quality wise is on par with SAV (IMO). The bad part was that it is full of graphic flecks and spots, as if it was ripped from a poor quality disk and/or with a cdrom not really meant for CDG's. This makes me a little suspicious as to whether they are authorized to offer them for sale. I would have expected their supplier would get them the songs in digital format for the best quality.

I'll probably try to contact them tomorrow about re-ripping that song since it will take a long time and hard work to repair the lyrics.

Sam

I bought the same song with the same results. I have just recently (Yesterday) bought Songverter and it does have a zip to zip feature. It seems to work very well. I have not tried to use it on this particular song though I will. I am very happy to be able to buy single karaoke songs that are legal downloads. I hope they are legal. I buy almost all of my regular music songs from the Walmart music download website. If anyone finds that Buykaraoke is not legal for any reason, I would hope they would report it in these forums. We as buyers should not knowingly support illegal karaoke or any other illegal websites.

gpayne

[admin]

Originally Posted by madjim

TriceraSoft created the MP3+G format, they say. They have a gift card system that lets you buy MP3+G's for $.99 each.

Jim

Their ZIP format files use MAX compression which lots of programs won't handle.

MTU's new Songverter(tm) 1.000 software... releasing this morning... can convert KMA (which MTU designed and introduced before MP3+G), BIN, ZIP, MP3+G, WMA+G, WAV+G to any other format.

It converts ZIPs with Max compression (used by Tricerasoft) to ZIPs with Standard compression to be compatible with the rest of the World.

Also, you can strip the lyrics and convert to WMA, MP3 or WAV.

Also, you can convert WMA, MP3 or WAV to any of the karaoke formats with blank lyrics.

Download our Songverter demo and check it out! $29.99 price special is through September 15th, then $39.99.

[madjim- with the Lord]

Originally Posted by admin

Download our Songverter demo and check it out! $29.99 price special is through September 15th, then $39.99.

When will the full version be available for purchase?

Jim