RePlay Technologies Releases Karaoke
Maker for WindowsRemove or reduce the vocals from recorded songs
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August 6, 1999
RePlay Technologies, Inc., the developer of CD Looper and
DeComposer, today announced the introduction and availability of KaraokeMaker,
a Windows-based software program that removes or reduces the vocals from any recorded
song.
KaraokeMaker performs its magic by using an advanced stereo cancellation algorithm
to remove vocals from mp3 files, wav files and songs on any audio CD. The theory
behind the stereo cancellation process is that when vocals are recorded and placed
in the middle of the stereo field, they can easily be removed, leaving behind
what is unique in the left and right channels. This is usually the rest of the
band. The results are that you can now have any of your favorite songs with the
vocals removed. Instant Karaoke!
Vocals are not always recorded in the exact middle of the stereo field however.
The amount of deviation from the center is the amount that the vocals will remain
in the processed song. In practice, RePlay technologies has found that 25% of
all music will yield excellent results, 50% will yield acceptable results and
the remaining 25% will yield unacceptable results. These results are consistent
with home stereos that have a built-in Karaoke feature and with dedicated Karaoke
machines that are on the market today that use original recordings and not special,
pre-recorded Karaoke music.
"People love to sing. And people want to sing with the original recordings
of their favorite songs" says RePlay Technologies President Richie Saccente.
"KaraokeMaker frees our customers to use any song that they want to sing
along with. They can use the original recordings whether the song is on one of
their CDs or if they have just downloaded an mp3 file from the internet. In other
words, they can use the music and arrangements that they are used to hearing.
They are no longer limited to having to use and buy pre-recorded Karaoke. And,
by being able to change the pitch of the original music, they will always be able
to sing in the perfect key. We invite everybody to visit our website at www.replayinc.com
and check out the audio samples that we have posted there."
Features:
- Remove or reduce vocals in real time.
- Remove or reduce vocals and save the changes for later use.
- Change pitch without changing the tempo.
- Automatically convert MP3 files to wav format.
- Automatically copy tracks from audio CDs to wav files.
- Display and edit lyrics for any song.
- Load a wav file of any size, regardless of available computer memory.
- Loop an entire song or just sections.
System Requirements:
- Intel 486 or higher processor
- Windows™ 95, 98 or Windows NT
- 32 MB RAM
- 5 megs free hard drive space
- Sound card or device capable of playing back digital audio files
Please note that these requirements will work fine for real time Stereo Cancel
and Pitch Change operations. However, if you want to save these changes to a new
song file, you may need more memory and hard disk space, depending on the size
of the song file. You should also have a Pentium grade processor. A good rule
of thumb is to have 6 times the amount of hard disk space available as the size
of the wav file. And, the more memory, the better. When working with song files,
64 megs should be considered the absolute minimum. 128 megs is better and you
will be very happy with 256 megs.
KaraokeMaker is available now. The list price is $69.99. It can be ordered
by calling RePlay Technologies toll-free at 1 888-3RePlay or from their web site
at www.replayinc.com.
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