A Japanese word which loosely translates as "empty orchestra," describing the concept of providing a singer with background accompanimnet music (usually including background/harmony vocals). The karaoke industry provides both software (cassettes, compact disc, compact discs with graphics, DVD disc, etc.) and hardware, the main features of which include echo, mic mixing functions, etc. described in this glossary.
Suppresses the vocal part of the sound spectrum for use with Mic Mix.
A music entertainment system providing prerecorded accompaniment to popular songs that a performer sings live, usually by following the words on a video screen. However, at a convention, there is no video screen and dancing can go along with the singing routine.
singing popular songs accompanied by a recording of an orchestra (usually in bars or nightclubs)
You can use a microphone to sing along to your favourite music. The music from the speakers will be mixed with your voice.
Japanese word for Sing-Along literally meaning "Empty Orchestra" with the lyrics displayed on your TV screen. All songs are performed in the style of the original artist. In Karaoke you have the music and backing vocals, while you sing the lead vocal. Don't know the words? No problem. Karaoke sound tracks allow the lyrics to scroll across the screen of a standard TV.
"Empty orchestra"; popular nightclub style from Japan where customers sing the melody to accompanying prerecorded tracks.
Literally, empty orchestra. The social sensation from Japan where sufficiently inebriated people embarrass themselves in public by singing along to a music track. Karaoke was largely responsible for the success of laserdisc in Japan, thus supporting it elsewhere.
Cassette machine with microphone for sing-along. The correct pronunciation is kah-dah-oh-kay. In Japanese, it literally means empty orchestra.
A bar in which patrons can perform by singing to a musical accompaniment.
Japanese word for "empty orchestra". A form of entertainment where guests in a Karaoke bar can take the microphone and start singing.
Karaoke is when singers provide their own vocal accompaniment to their favorite songs. Karaoke singers usually get to follow the cues from a synchronized lyrics display that tells them when to sing which words. - Category: Manufacture of Gear
A DVD format that combines audio tracks with text. In the proper player, the text (usually the lyrics to the audio tracks) is displayed on a screen and highlighted in real time, allowing people to sing along.
The music is typically of a well-known song in which the voice of the original singer is absent or reduced in volume. Lyrics are usually also displayed, sometimes including color changes synchronized with the music, on music video to guide the sing-along.
Karaoke is a 1997 album from Swedish pop and rock artist Magnus Uggla. The album was recorded in mid 1997 in Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden. The songs "Kompositören" and "Visa" were recorded live at Börsen in Stockholm, 1997.