iSing: iTunes Karoke ???
I wonder if there's some way to add a +G extension to MP3/AAC files. No of that cheesy DVD-video background, just a blue screen with lyrics that sync to the music.
Mebbe I've been hanging out with too many Japanese students, or it's my inner loung singer coming out, but I think this would be a cool addition.
For example, the couple of weeks ago I DJ'd a party with my PB. Well, not really DJ'd, I just made a huge playlist and ran a stereo RCA splitter from the PB, out the screen door, to a stereo playing outdoors on the rear deck.
Last week, we ended up in a lounge on Karoke night. I thought, I haven't had enough alcohol to sing in front of these people, but this coulda been a good thing to have on the PB at last week's BBQ.
A really good format would have 4 channels. L and R stereo (compressed) and a virtual 3/4 channel. Channel 3 would carry vocals and play out through left and right (by default) as if you were listening to a regular MP3 file. Channel 4, would carry the +G component and toggle on and off with 3 in your iTunes player. I think AAC handles multiple channels (or can). Presto, you have an "AAC+G" format where you get the real song and a sing along version for your money. I can think of a number of songs that I already have that I would buy in such a format since I there's really no easy way to "rip" to such a format, it would require studio encodings of each track to enable the karoke feature (since the vocals have to go on a third channel)
Whaddaya'll think?
Mebbe I've been hanging out with too many Japanese students, or it's my inner loung singer coming out, but I think this would be a cool addition.
For example, the couple of weeks ago I DJ'd a party with my PB. Well, not really DJ'd, I just made a huge playlist and ran a stereo RCA splitter from the PB, out the screen door, to a stereo playing outdoors on the rear deck.
Last week, we ended up in a lounge on Karoke night. I thought, I haven't had enough alcohol to sing in front of these people, but this coulda been a good thing to have on the PB at last week's BBQ.
A really good format would have 4 channels. L and R stereo (compressed) and a virtual 3/4 channel. Channel 3 would carry vocals and play out through left and right (by default) as if you were listening to a regular MP3 file. Channel 4, would carry the +G component and toggle on and off with 3 in your iTunes player. I think AAC handles multiple channels (or can). Presto, you have an "AAC+G" format where you get the real song and a sing along version for your money. I can think of a number of songs that I already have that I would buy in such a format since I there's really no easy way to "rip" to such a format, it would require studio encodings of each track to enable the karoke feature (since the vocals have to go on a third channel)
Whaddaya'll think?
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