Tim's Best Practises Karaoke Guides - Volume's 1 to 6

  

Building on Tim's five-part Karaoke Essentials Guides (released June 2024), these guides were created to take the guesswork out of choosing the perfect karaoke setup.

Two must-reads in the series are Volume 2, "The 5 Mistakes People Make When Buying a Karaoke System" and Volume 3, "Quick Step – Karaoke Purchase Guide" The latter simplifies your decision-making process with just six questions.

If you answer 'no,' move on to the next question until you land on that 'yes'—and you've found your ideal solution in just minutes!

When you hit 'yes,' Tim offers a detailed explanation of why that option fits your needs perfectly. For most, this concise summary seals the deal.

But for those seeking more in-depth insights, Tim anticipated your needs and introduced the Best Practices Karaoke Guides, as promised throughout the Karaoke Essentials Series.

By October 2024, Tim released six new Best Practices Karaoke Guides, each focused on a specific karaoke solution highlighted in the Quick Step Guide.

These guides are packed with easy-to-follow, informative content to ensure you're fully equipped to make the best choice.

Discover everything you need to know about the top karaoke systems, their features, and setup options—so you can find the perfect match for your needs.

Brand New ACNOS Mi-30s Bluetooth HDMI Optical Karaoke Mixer with Wireless Mic's

Check out the brand new Mi-30s Portable Karaoke Mixer from ACNOS SoncaMedia (Vietnam), this model replaces the very popular Mi-30 with new features like Optical Audio Output, HDMI ARC, 6.35mm Line Out and the new ACNOS Mixer APP for a more refined mixing experience.

The Mi-30s is not only extremely compact in size but its full of features second to none on the market.

It also features Bluetooth 5.0, AUX In and Out, Optical Input In and Out as well as HDMI ARC for your Smart TV plus a Guitar Input.

It can be used with any Karaoke Streaming Service, Karaoke App, YouTube or Karaoke Machine.

You also get free access to the ACNOS Cloud Karaoke App so you sing-along to over 40,000 Vietnamese Karaoke Songs.

It's so easy to connect and use and you can download the How to Connect Guide before you purchase one to see how this technical marvel will easily integrate with your existing Home Audio System in minutes.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that the Mi-30s also comes with 2 UHF Wireless Microphone, so this is truly an perfect all-in-one solution with everything you need to start singing!

Connect to your Smart TV, Phone, Tablet or Laptop and feed the audio through the Mi-30s and Sing-along!

Even Sing-along to YouTube Karaoke via your devices streaming the audio via Bluetooth through the Mi-30.

With all the cool mixing features to play with right on the top of the Mi-30s so you can get the sound just the way you like it.

Checkout all the accessories included they have left nothing out you even get a compact carry bag so you can take it to your friends house for the next party.

Now available at a price that will impress you even more!

www.acnos.com.au 

(World Wide Sales Including Australia and New Zealand)

Sold and Distributed by Karaoke Home Entertainment

in Australia and New Zealand.

We also offer the ACNOS Mi-30 Range via our eBay Store. 

Karaoke CD+G (MP3+G) Touch Screen Karaoke System

The Karaoke Revolution might be new for some people, but it's actually been around for many, many years now.

The father of the first Karaoke Machine Mr Shigeichi Negish produced his prototype way back in 1967, he sadly passed away (January 26th, 2024) at the grand age of 100 years in Japan, but his legacy to the world will live on, he is making people happy everyday with his revolutionary karaoke device originally called the "Sparko Box".

Pioneer Electronics made Karaoke popular in pubs and clubs in the USA, Europe, Japan and Australia during the 80's and 90's with the large 12" (LP sized) Laser Video Discs Systems.

That was long before the birth of DVD's in 1996 and karaoke was never really popular on this format, it was more popular on the predecessor to DVD which was VCD (Video-CD), but the picture quality wasn't good for movies but for karaoke purposes it was acceptable and very big in Asian markets.

Though long before even VCD and DVD there was another format for Karaoke which ran side by side with Laser Disc for a while until eventually winning out over cost and physical size, and that was the CD+G Karaoke Disc format.

CD+G made Karaoke main stream, as the discs cost the same as audio CD and could be played in much cheaper CD+G karaoke machines and these factors alone made karaoke creep into more homes the world over year after year as it became more affordable as the technology grew in popularity.

The CD+G Karaoke format delivered on a standard sized compact disc, to display the karaoke lyrics required a special Karaoke Machine or Player which could see the encoded +Graphic lyric component also on the disc, this was then outputed to one's TV so you can sing-along. 

These CD+G discs could also be played on a standard Compact Disc Player but as they didn't have a video output or the tech to read the +G  section on the disc it was just played as an standard audio disc.

CD+G is still probably the worlds most popular karaoke format as is still used today, new songs are released weekly on this format even in a modern digital world of YouTube Karaoke Streaming and host of Karaoke Apps.

See it's managed to evolved overtime into a digital format of it's own, called MP3+G available to be downloaded instantly and played on Karaoke Machines, Laptops and KTV Touch Screen.

Just think of it as normal MP3 audio track but with a second file being the lyric +G (for Graphic) track, which is played at the same time displaying the lyrics on your device (TV, Laptop or KTV Touch Screen).

See you can simply convert your existing library of Karaoke CD+G discs to MP3+G Digital Karaoke Songs, which then could played on a Laptop using special software like PCDJ Karaoki which is popular with Karaoke Hosts and DJ's who run shows and pubs, clubs and venues for large groups.

And for the home user, you now had the easier option of having thousands of songs purchased on CD+G discs over many years all on a single USB Memory Stick or SD Card.

MP3+G saved you time swapping all those discs, looking for that song your friend wants to sing, as all you had to do was select the song you wanted from the on-screen TV menu. Most Karaoke Machines (like the Sonken MP4000) would even produce a song book for you offering an even easier way to playback the song by entering in the unique song number for each karaoke track.

It's 2024 now and our customers are once again now even looking beyond the humble yet reliable Karaoke Machine to that of a self serve option so that anyone can simply walk up and select a karaoke track and start singing.  

A modern day Karaoke Jukebox if you like, but they want to bring their existing Karaoke library along on the journey and why shouldn't they, having invested hundreds if not thousands of dollars in cultivating a Karaoke song library.

The good part is that this is indeed now possible with the arrival of the Karaoke TV (KTV) Touch Screen System.

The KTV Touch Screen System can either be used with your existing sound system replacing your karaoke machine providing you have microphone inputs on your sound system else you will require a Mixer like the ACNOS Mi-30s to provide this element, which comes with 2 Wireless Microphones so will simple sits in between the KTV Touch Screen and your Sound System and your off and singing.

Else we have the KTV Touch Screen packaged with 3 different KBEATBOX All-In-One Portable Karaoke Systems which offer audio output powers ranging from 100 to 200 Watts (RMS) complete with Music and Vocal Mixing Capabilities and 2 UHF Wireless Microphones as standard.

Two of the KBEATBOX units (CBZ-16GN and CB-56GD) also allow up to 4 Wireless Singers at the same time.

The KTV Touch Screen can even output to a larger TV via HDMI cable so even more people can see whats going on and join in on the fun!

Plus, you get the added benefit of using your exisiting MP3+G Karaoke song library via the WinLive Pro Karaoke Mobile 2.0 App, (pictured below) along with access Karaoke Streaming Services, YouTube Karaoke and any other Karaoke Apps all from the one Touch Screen device.

It's amazing piece of tech, a modern day hybrid karaoke solution offering the best of yesterday and today. Its uncomon that you can bring your past tech along with you when you make an upgrade these days, but CD+G Karaoke has managed to do just that, reborn as MP3+G in today's modern digital world, and that in its own right will ensure it will live on for many years to come.

And most importantly it gives you access to over 100,000 songs which have been produced over the years for CD+G/MP3+G as there are songs in this domain which cannot be found anywhere else especially Australian and New Zealander song content.

Plus you can get many different languages now for karaoke via Karaoke Apps and even YouTube really opening up your selection of songs all awaiting you in the Google Play Store.

The ultimate karaoke system is now available for you to own and enjoy!

www.khe.com.au/KTV

ACNOS Mi-30 Portable Karaoke Mixer

Check out the brand new Mi-30 Portable Karaoke Mixer from ACNOS SoncaMedia (Vietnam).

The Mi-30 is not only extremely compact in size but its full of features second to none on the market.

Bluetooth 5.0, AUX In and Out, Optical Input for your Smart TV, Guitar Input as well as free access to the ACNOS Cloud Karaoke App so you sing-along to over 40,000 Vietnamese Karaoke Songs, but you can use any Karaoke App, Streaming Service including YouTube Access for English and other languages.

It's so easy to connect and use and you can download our free Best Practices Karaoke Guide Vol 2 to learn about these Karaoke Mixers before you purchase one to see how this technical marvel will easily integrate with your Home Audio System.

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that the Mi-30 also comes with 2 UHF Wireless Microphone, so this is truly an perfect all-in-one solution with everything you need to start singing!

Connect to your Smart TV, Phone, Tablet or Laptop and feed the audio through the Mi-30 and Sing-along!

Even Sing-along to YouTube Karaoke via your devices streaming the audio via Bluetooth through the Mi-30.

With all the cool mixing features to play with right on the top of the Mi-30 so you can get the sound just the way you like it.

Checkout all the accessories included they have left nothing out you even get a compact carry bag so you can take it to your friends house for the next party.

Now available at a price that will impress you even more!

www.acnos.com.au 

(World Wide Sales Including Australia and New Zealand)

Sold and Distributed by Karaoke Home Entertainment

in Australia and New Zealand.

We also offer the ACNOS Mi-30 Range via our eBay Store. 

Sonken SA-767 Professional HIFI / DJ / Karaoke Mixing Amplifier

 

This is the replacement for the very popular SA-760 Professional Mixing Amplifier, the new and improved Series 2, SA-767 Model from Sonken.

Sonken has been working hard behind the scenes to improve on what was already an outstanding amplifier in the SA-760.

The SA-767 steps it up to another level yet again with its big bold new look including a bigger 7" Video Preview Monitor. But most of the work has been concentrated on the inside with vast improvements in the circuitry to further reduce signal noise, it makes the SA-767 a more than worthy contender for Professional HIFI Audio enjoyment.

Sonken has added a dedicated button to isolate signal noise for Audio only playback. They have also improved on the MP3 Audio Record feature adding Recording Level adjustment control.

As with the SA-760 model you get all the top of the line features now for Professional HIFI Audio and Karaoke Performances with its massive 1000 Watts music output power (500 Watt + 500 Watt RMS).

The SA-767 has a Preview 7" LCD Screen, USB Music/Vocal Record Feature, 9 Step Digital Key Control, 3 HDMI inputs and 1 Output, it also has Optical and Coaxial Audio Inputs and features Bluetooth connectivity so you can stream music directly from your Phone, Tablet or Smart TV so you can sing-along and mix your vocals.

It also features 3x Composite Audio/Video inputs and 1 output set.

You have 4 Microphone Inputs (2x Front/Back) with shared (Volume, Balance, Echo, Low / Mid / High Controls) -12db Gain push button.

You also have full Echo Effect (Volume, Low / Mid / High, Repeat, Delay) with independent Stereo/Mono push button selector.

For the Music you have (Volume, Balance, Low / Mid / High) controls and Extra Bass button and Music Equalizer to get the sound just the way you like it. Front Mobile Phone/Line Audio In Jacks (RCA + 3.5mm).

The SA-767 also has a Master controls for (Music & Microphone Volumes), plus the added benefit of Key Control on the front panel so you can step up and down the key of the song being played, making it easier for you to perform the song at your vocal capability.

Learn more at www.khe.com.au 

Tel: 1300 550 630 

Karaoke For Kids (and the Adults too)

What's the one thing all kids love to do.. Sing

Yes singing, they love watching TV's shows like Australian Idol, X-Factor, Australia's Got Talent, The Voice and Voice Kids and they want to join in.

Karaoke for the kids is a great way to keep your kids entertained all year round with birthday parties, Christmas holidays, new years eve parties and breaking up school holiday boredom.

It's fun for all ages, even the adults, yes once the kids are tucked in at night give it a go!

Singing is a great educational learning tool as it helps your kids with their reading as they sing-along with the on-screen lyrics.

Singing a great confidence booster for children when they get up and sing in front of others.

It's easy, affordable and great family fun and your friends will love it too.

We get many calls from parents looking to hire a karaoke system for a children's birthday party or special occasion, when we tell them how cheap it is to own a system and its yours forever, they are really surprised. In most cases they've been quoted between $300 and $500 for the hire of a system, for a few hours of fun.

The range of karaoke music available is massive, all the latest Australian radio hits are available, including popular children's songs and nursery rhymes, with new songs available weekly.

I will run through some of the popular options for both kids and adults to enjoy the experiencing of singing.

 Karaoke is a lot fun, confidence building and really good for your health too as well as being very affordable, so read on and let's see what might best suit you.  

There are Karaoke options for everyone starting with the Karaoke Mixer, which connects to your Smart TV for streaming services (YouTube, etc) or via Bluetooth (to your Phone, Tablet, Laptop, Smart TV etc.) for streaming audio through the mixer and even your DVD Player so you can sing-along to Karaoke DVDs etc.

The sound is feed into the Mi-30s Mixer via AUX, HDMI, Optical Audio or Bluetooth from your device (i.e. Phone, Tablet, Laptop, Smart TV etc.) then you output the sound from the Mi-30s to you existing sound system or even sound bar via AUX or Optical Audio Out.

So the Mi-30s gives your existing sound system both a vocal and music mixer and 2 Professional Wireless Microphones to sing-along!

The ACNOS Mi-30s as pictured above also comes with a bonus Karaoke APP for your phone or tablet so you have free access to thousands of karaoke songs in Vietnamese, Chinese, Philippines and English.

But of course you can also use the any Karaoke Apps or Karaoke Streaming Services with the Mi-30s, their is no limit to Karaoke Apps, Streaming Services available in your app store (Android or Apple) and of course many people just use YouTube Karaoke.

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The 2nd option is a Karaoke Powered Speaker and these are designed to with having everything in one easy to use box, Amplifier, Speaker and Wireless Microphones and this way you have dedicated karaoke sound system for this purpose, as many customers don't want to use or mess with an existing sound systems setup. 

More importantly customers want the flexibility to be able to move the system around or take it with them to friends houses or even away on trips.

A Karaoke Powered Speaker is a stand-alone device, so you can listen to your music via your mobile phone or tablet from apps like Spotify, YouTube etc using Bluetooth.

They are all portable with a rechargeable battery (3-5 Hours) usable time and you also can play MP3 audio from a USB Memory Stick.

 You can get them in various output powers from 50 to 300 Watts (RSM) and different phyiscal sizes with something for everyone and every occassion!



But the best part is you can sing-along karaoke style using Karaoke Streaming Services and view the lyrics on your mobile phone, tablet, laptop or smart tv and connect either via Bluetooth or Line Input Cable the audio and sing-along with the Wireless Microphones.

This option of a "Karaoke Powered Speaker" is today one of the most popular ways to enjoy karaoke as everyone just about has a phone, tablet, laptop or smart tv to provide the karaoke content (Karaoke App or YouTube) so you just have to pair your device and sing-away!



You can even add on a 15.6" KTV Touch Screen if you want a dedicated system without the need to pair someones phone or tablet, this way anyone can just walk up and select a song from either a karaoke app you have installed or YouTube and start singing.

Plus you can also output the KTV Touch Screen to another TV via HDMI so more people can see all the fun and join in!

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The third option is the Sonken MP-4000 Karaoke Machine, this Professional Karaoke Machine connects directly to your home television to view the karaoke lyrics and you play karaoke discs or downloads (from USB) and is the system of choice if you don't want to use Karaoke Apps or YouTube as many of these services has advertsing in between songs or visiable on the screen whilst a song is playing unless you have a paid service (subscription).

This is a system the customers use when they want that professional sound and on-screen look. It lets you build a karaoke library of songs that you and your friends love!

You can connected the MP4000 to a home theatre system or Amplifier and Speaker System for a bigger and larger sound experience.

You can also connect this system to a Karaoke Powered Speaker and we have a combination called the DJ Buster which comes with over 1700 songs included.

You can have some 3000 songs running from a USB/SD Card memory stick from a simple to use on-screen song menu so you can quickly select your songs. With over 100,000 songs available to purchase and growing weekly this gives you great flexibility in growing your song library.

Single song or full album's can be downloaded instantly 24/7, you then download to your PC and copy the files to a USB/SD Card for use in a the MP-4000 Karaoke Machine.

As an added bonus this Karaoke Machine will also record your performance to a USB/SD so you can improve your singing by playing back your performances and share it with your friends. 

It also features Echo for the microphone and Key Control as well and also supports Multiplex (MPX) Karaoke Vocal on/off songs.

You can also Stream Karaoke from your tablet or phone through the Sonken MP-4000 and sing-along and even record that performance back to USB/SD Card, though the video picture will remain on your device (i.e. Phone/Tablet).

This system is very flexiable as it gives you the best of all karaoke worlds.

You can use either Wired or Wireless Microphones with this system.

As with everything listed here there a different package deals with the Sonken MP-4000 and Microphones including Songs and lots options available to grow your system just the way you want it.

So there you have it, three popular options for experiencing karaoke at your home.

Need further assistance visit or call us at
 Karaoke Home Entertainment - 1300 550 630
we deliver everywhere in Australia and even to New Zealand.

Turn Your Existing Home Audio System into a Karaoke Machine

THE KARAOKE MIXER

The easiest way to turn your existing home audio system into a full fledged Karaoke System is to add on the ACNOS Mi-30s Karaoke Mixer (pictured above).

The Mi-30s simply sits in between your Phone, Tablet, Laptop, Karaoke Hard Drive or your Smart TV, so the audio first filters through the Karaoke Mixer before it goes through your existing sound system.

This way you can add your vocals to the soundtrack as well as all the effects like Echo, Reverb, Bass, Treble with adjustments for the microphone and music volumes.

The Mi-30s has several connection inputs for the audio to come through so you can sing-along with your microphones.

1. via Optical Audio Input / HDMI ARC (from your Smart TV).

Use your Smart TV for YouTube or Karaoke Streaming Service, Video and Lyrics remain on your TV with the audio being redirect via the Optical Cable into the Karaoke Mixer.

2. via Bluetooth (from your Smart TV, Phone, Tablet, Laptop).

Use any Bluetooth enabled device to pair with the Karaoke Mixer so the audio streaming via Bluetooth directly to the mixer. Any Video and Lyrics (i.e. from YouTube, Karaoke App or Streaming Service will remain on the host device be it your Smart TV, Phone, Tablet or Laptop.

3. via RCA Stereo Line Input (From your DVD player, Karaoke Hard Drive etc.)

This option allows you to connect any stereo device with the standard Red/White (Left/Right) audio outputs like a DVD Player, Karaoke Hard Drive, Gaming Consoles (for Karaoke Game Discs or for playback of Karaoke DVD's) or even a Compact Disc Player (for playing backing tracks).

These devices generally don't have microphone inputs like a Karaoke Machine does (i.e. Sonken MP-4000) so again you'll need a Karaoke Mixer.

In all cases except for a Compact Disc Player (being audio only) the Video/Lyrics connection (HDMI, Composite [Yellow - RCA]. Component etc.) will go straight to the TV as the Mixers don't handle any video content.

The ACNOS Mi-30s is a compact user friendly mixer which has all the features of Echo, Bass, Treble, Reverb with Music and Microphone Volume Controls.

It has Bluetooth, Optical Audio Input, AUX (Audio In/Out) plus also comes with 2 Professional Wireless Microphones included!

Simple to use, ultra compact and portable, feature packed and for 95% of our customers will be exactly what they are looking for!

Another alternative is the Sonken MP-4000

We also have the Sonken MP-4000 Karaoke Machine that not only plays Karaoke CD+G, DVD, VCD or CD's but it also supports MP3+G Karaoke Download Files/Songs played from a USB memory stick complete with on-screen TV Karaoke lyrics.

The MP-4000 already has 2 Microphone inputs (Mixer) and supports Wired or Wireless Microphones and will also act as a World Zoned (all region) DVD Player for you.

It also supports Bluetooth Connectivity for your Phone or Tablet Device, so just like the Karaoke Mixers you stream the audio from YouTube or Karaoke Apps and Sing-along through the MP4000's Microphone inputs but just as mentioned above the Video and Lyrics will remain on your most device.

You can also record your performances with the MP-4000 when playing CD+G or MP3+G Karaoke Songs.

Need more information or help call 1300 550 630