The Karaoke Forum

Nope, no tip jar, I don't accept tips. To me a tip jar just looks tacky. I never liked them with the guys that play piano at the food court in the mall, I definitely don't want one at my show. As far as making recordings, I'll mention this just for the sake of mentioning it. Unless you've worked out...

Well the manufacturers echo the stance you mentioned here BD, however, folks on the other side of the fence, which includes KJ's, DJ's and Digital broadcasters feel differently. Private use and personal use are not equivalent. The argument that is made to support the right to format shift for public...

I don't worry about it too much to be honest with you. I do have it listed on my site how many songs I have and I'll tell people at my shows as well. What I've found with my guests is that as long as I have the songs they want to sing, it doesn't matter how many or few I have. The bar owner isn't go...

Our format shift is not for private use. It's considered commercial because we are making money from it. Note the term is Personal Use, not private use, that is a significant distinction and one that would be at the heart of any lawsuit filed against KJ's for format shift. Regardless, I wasn't talk...

I just found out that any amplified music outside coming from a bar is illegal. Even if it's the radio. One of my bars just got a $300 fine for it. The LCB was there 5 different times to investigate alligations of serving visably intoxicated persons. They found no evidence so they got him for the m...

I don't know dog, I'm looking forward to this summer. Gas prices are half of what they were at this time last year. Yeah the economy is still in the toilet, but there are signs that consumer trust is returning. Also, I don't know about where you live but here the bar industry is almost immune to eco...

Actually what's interesting is the law that they site as being violated by the software (the DMCA) is actually the exact law that makes this legal. The changes to Fair Use as it relates to "format shit" are a part of the DMCA and clearly make it legal to format shift for purposes of person...

Ahh BD, not true. You've repeatedly on this forum made it clear you have no interest in anyone but those you consider "serious" karaoke singers. Personally, I love the singers who've never done it before, come up and do lousy job destroying a classic Janis Joplin tune and have a great time...

I'll say this, anyone who's purchased a pre-loaded hard drive should be very nervous right now. They've got his computers, do you think for a moment there isn't some form of customer information to be gleamed from those systems? It wouldn't shock me at all to see them target the purchasers next.

OMG, it is rare that I ever speak in support of Bigdog but in this case I have to agree with wiseguy. I thought Bigdog actually handled his post in a pretty professional manner. As wiseguy pointed out, he didn't post any links to the ad or name the company/person responsible for its content. What he...

I'm hoping someone might find this helpful if they're in the market for new microphones. I recently purchased a pair of the PG288 Dual Microphone kits from Shure to replace my VocoPro UHF 5800 Karaoke microphones. I had to replace the Vocopros in preparation for the loss of the 700MHz band with the ...

Thanks Bigdog, Right now I'm toying around with winamp with the karaoke plugin. It seems to do all the features you've listed above. As far as I can tell, it's free. :) Is it too good to be true or shoul I look into this "JustKaraoke" program I've heard about. What I'm really wondering is...

I think you can make this system work without it hurting your reputation. The big key will be any time someone asks or you have to enforce the no ticket no sing rule, just make sure you tell them "The bar has a policy...". I wouldn't be at all shy about putting the blame where it belongs a...

Don't have one myself, but there could be a whole host of options for what might be causing your issue. It could be as simple as your USB cable, those USB interfaces are very finicky. Could be an issue with your PC. If anything is causing latency in the USB transfer, that can cause issues. Even high...

"But the sliders needed to be worked several times to clear up the static" Faders (and pots for that matter) do get dirty and need to be exercised to clean them up. That's not unusual. If it was a brand new board, my guess would be a shoddy manufacturing process got dirt or residue on the ...