MIDIKARA.ZIP

This file contains the songs for the program Soft Karaoke
made by Tune 1000. They are made of General MIDI files that
I downloaded from various places and some of them I sequenced
myself. I added the lyrics track to them in the format of
Soft Karaoke MIDI files. These files are the same as GS/GM files
with the exception that they have a lyrics track which should
not affect how they are played by regular MIDI file players.
If you do not have Soft Karaoke program and your MIDI file 
player can not play the files with the extension other than
.MID, just rename these files to have .MID extension. However
if you do, do not distribute these files because there might
be files out there with the same name but without lyrics.

If you do have Soft Karaoke, you need to edit your KARASONG.LST
file in Windows directory to include the new songs. The format
of this file is <filename>=<song name>, where <filename> is 
the file name of the song without the extension (.KAR assumed)
and <song name> is the name of the song. This name is displayed
in the Open Song dialog box. Just add the lines in the Appendix
to KARASONG.LST. Once you do that, you can open the new songs 
like regular karaoke songs and the lyrics will show up on the 
screen right on the beat as the song is playing!!!

Let me tell you how I entered the lyrics into these files. First
use your favorite sequencer (I used Cakewalk Pro for Windows)
and take a look at one of these files. 

The first track contains text events that are used to make the 
file recognizable by the Soft Karaoke program as the Soft Karaoke 
file. @KMIDI KARAOKE FILE is used to for that purpose. @V0100 
is the program version number. Anything starting with @I is any
information you want include in the file.

The second track contains the text events for the lyrics of the
song. The first event is @LENGL. It identifies the language the
words are in, which is English. The next couple of events start
with @T which identify the title of the songs. You can have up
to three events like those. The text of those events will show
up in the upper right corner of the Soft Karaoke program window.
The rest of the track contains the words of the song. Each 
event is the syllable that is supposed to be sung at the time
of the event. If the text starts with \, it means to clear the
screen and show the words at the top of the screen. If the text
starts with /, it means to go to the next line.

The way I entered those events is by playing a note on the 
keyboard in rhythm of the words of the song. After this is 
recorded I change those NOTE ON events to TEXT events (I use
the Windows macro recorder to speed things up) and enter the
syllables.

I encourage people to create the midi karaoke songs themselves
and augment their karaoke library! If you have any questions
feel free to email me at br326@cleveland.freenet.edu.

Have fun! And keep singing!!!!

Raphael

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Appendix. Add the lines below to KARASONG.LST in windows
directory
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PWROFLOV=POWER OF LOVE
UNFORGET=UNFORGETTABLE
SELFCONT=SELF CONTROL
EVRBTK=EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE
WAITING=WAITING IN VAIN
ATSWANTS=ALL THAT SHE WANTS
THESIGN=THE SIGN
CANDLE=CANDLE IN THE WIND
FINCOUNT=THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
EYETIGER=EYE OF THE TIGER
MANINMIR=MAN IN THE MIRROR
MANIAC=MANIAC
STRAIGHT=STRAIGHT UP
IBETHERE=I'LL BE THERE
SATISFAC=SATISFACTION
FAITHFUL=FAITHFULLY
SHAREMOM=WE'LL SHARE THESE MOMENTS FOREVER
SURVIVE=I WILL SURVIVE
LIYE=LOST IN YOUR EYES
FROMADIS=FROM A DISTANCE
AKINDOFM=A KIND OF MAGIC
MIRACLE=THE MIRACLE
DAYS-OF=THESE ARE THE DAYS OF OUR LIVES
UNDER_PR=UNDER PRESSURE
BOHEMIAN=BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
WHOWANTS=WHO WANTS TO LIVE FOREVER
SHOWMUST=THE SHOW MUST GO ON
RADIO_GA=RADIO GA GA
CARELESS=CARELESS WHISPER
OPENARMS=OPEN ARMS
DRIVE=DRIVE
HAVEITAL=DIDN'T WE ALMOST HAVE IT ALL
WORLD=WE ARE THE WORLD
SAVINGAL=SAVING ALL MY LOVE FOR YOU
ALWAYS=ALWAYS
EASYLOVE=EASY LOVER
DOIT4U=EVERYTHING I DO, I DO IT FOR YOU
IMAGINE=IMAGINE
DQUEEN=DANCING QUEEN
OBLADI=OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA
HERO=HERO
ANOTHERD=ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
EBONY=EBONY AND IVORY
WONDERFU=WONDERFUL TONIGHT
IJUSTCAL=I JUST CALLED TO SAY I LOVE YOU
