Friday, 24 February 2012

You Wanted The Best, The Hottest Band In The World KISS


KISS is the iconic American rock band which formed in New York City in January 1973.

Best known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting, smoking guitars, shooting rockets, levitating drum kits and pyrotechnics.

Counting the 1978 solo albums, Kiss has been awarded 28 gold albums to date, the most of any American rock band.

The band has sold more than 40 million albums in the United States and their worldwide sales exceeds 100 million albums.

The 1973–'80 original lineup of  Paul Stanley (vocals and rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals and bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar) and Peter Criss (drums) is the most successful.

They are still rocking the world today with concerts, I last saw them in Melbourne at the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in 2008 for the after race concert which was fantastic and though I love motor racing this was better then the race for me!


A year earlier Paul Stanley was touring on his 2nd solo album "Live To Win" in Australia and that was a great solo performance, and if your a KISS fan grab the album and better yet the Live DVD of the solo tour which is excellent as he performs with the Rock Star: INXS house band and sings classic KISS songs and from both solo albums.

The KISS 3 Disc 40 Song Collection by Sunfly Karaoke is a must have set, all their best songs including several from Paul Stanley's solo albums including Live To Win!

2000 Man - Kiss
A World Without Heroes - Kiss 
Beth - Kiss
Black Diamond - Kiss
Calling Dr Love - Kiss
Christine Sixteen - Kiss
Cold Gin - Kiss 
Crazy Crazy Nights - Kiss
Detroit Rock City - Kiss 
Deuce - Kiss
Do You Love Me - Kiss
Easy It Seems - Kiss
Forever - Kiss
God Gave Rock N Roll To You - Kiss
God Of Thunder - Kiss
Going Blind - Kiss
Great Expectations - Kiss
Hard Luck Woman - Kiss
Hide Your Heart - Kiss
I Love It Loud - Kiss
I Stole Your Love - Kiss
I Was Made For Loving You - Kiss
King Of The Night Time World - Kiss 
Let Me Go Rock And Roll - Kiss
Lick It Up - Kiss
Lift - Paul Stanley
Live To Win - Paul Stanley
Love Gun - Kiss
Magic Touch - Kiss
Making Love - Kiss
Move On - Paul Stanley
Psycho Circus - Kiss
Reason To Live - Kiss
Rise To It - Kiss
Rock And Roll All Nite - Kiss
Room Service - Kiss
Shandi - Kiss
Shout It Out Loud - Kiss
Strutter - Kiss
Tears Are Falling - Kiss

Also available from our Ebay Store and www.khe.com.au

This is a must have KISS collection.

Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Want more songs for your Magic Sing?


Are you frustrated that you can't get the songs you hear on the radio for your Magic Sing Karaoke Microphone?

Are you constantly looking for more songs? Abba, Lady Gaga, The Bee Gees, Cliff Richard, Elvis, Guy Sebastian, Sky Hooks, INXS, John Farnham, Garth Brooks, Jim Reeves, Michael Jackson, Michael Buble, The Eagles and the list goes on, and I'm not talking about one or two songs but 15, 20, 50 of there songs?

If you are, you are not alone, the Magic Sing units are a neat little karaoke system and especially good with you want foreign languages as they have a host of different song chips from Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian, Thai, Spanish, German, Korean, Japanese, Filipino, French, Hindi, Arabic and Italian songs all for Karaoke.

The biggest single issue is the lack of English song artists, not a day goes by at Karaoke Home Entertainment where we are asked "do you have the latest songs"?

The answer sadly is always "no" not because we don't have it or don't want to sell it, we just can't get it.

We have been selling Magic Sing for over 6 years now and it is by far our biggest frustration, there is a new model every six months you can bet your bottom dollar on it, but you are lucky to see a song chip released during the year.

We always suggest to a new customer before you choose which model you are going to buy make sure they have available the songs you know and more importantly want to sing, because if they are not there your never going to be happy as the chances of them releasing more song chips is just not realistic.

In 2010 we got wind of a new range of English song chips which we were told are going to replace the current 25 English song chips. Well we said to ourselves 8 chips less in the range but we are getting new songs so that has to be good for our customers.

Wrong... the problem is their was nothing new forthcoming, in fact all they did was reshuffle the deck in this case the song deck, moving songs around from one chip to another re mixing them to look like new compilations but they were just the same old songs from before.

In the reshuffle we actually lost songs, one chip I think is was volume 5 had 7 Abba songs everything available on Magic Sing. Now the same songs are spread cross several chips, forcing you to buy several chips to get them all.

We have asked them to make specific Australian content music but the best they came up with is two chips called Aussie Radio Hits 1 + 2 which are main stream artists on the global stage but no Aussie artists soh's to speak, these chips are by far the most popular, but are getting very dated now.

Magic Sing has also been promising the option of downloading songs for your Magic Sing, models as far back as the 2005 the first model the ED-8000 had a USB port and they even made a blank recording song chip pack so you could do two things, one; record your singing performances and two; download songs from magic sing (at a cost of course) and compile your own custom song chip.

Well sadly it's 2012 and that still don't exist, it does in Korea the home town of Magic Sing but the site is 100% Korean and doesn't to my knowledge accept international clientele.

Not that you can read or work out what to do in any case. We have given up asking about the download option as it is clear they have no intention of doing it which is a pity.

ET-23KH Magic Sing Model released February 2013 which now was MP3+G Download Technology so you can expand the song library beyond chips, now you have access to all the songs on CD+G or MP3+G in this hybrid model.

Multiplex songs were introduced in 2010 with selected models but they only gave around 10 to 30 songs depending on the model as a tease and it came with the future promise that they would release Multiplex only song chips. I have been told they have many hundreds multiplex songs but don't want to release them as they don't think anyone wants them!

I told them everyone who owns a Magic Sing wants Multiplex songs, we get asked all the time for them, we pressed hard to get them to make available even if only on our download service. I was told we would get answer re our download proposal with in 3 weeks, well it's February 2012 and I'm still waiting and yes I have followed it up every month for about six months to get the same response "3 weeks".

In December 2011 the prices of chips finally dropped in price and they now all sell for $89.99 which is a fare drop from the highs of $129.99 but they are the same old chips.

TIP: You can find some newer songs on Filipino/Tagalog/English chips as this market is very large so they placed newer chart hits on these chips, but they refused to release them just solely on their own without the Filipino songs.

For the price of a few Magic Sing Song Chips you can have the very latest Sonken MP4000 Karaoke Machine which will play not only CD+G, DVD but also is a MP3+G player!


Problem solved, see Magic Sing at best has maybe 6000 to 7000 English songs, I think the figure is closer to 5000 once doubles are removed, on the MP3+G format alone their are over 100,000 songs, from the worlds largest names in Karaoke like  Abraxa Karaoke, SBI Karaoke, Aaron Aardvark Karaoke, Zoom Karaoke, Vic Karaoke (New Zealand) and many others.

The songs from these manufactures are professional sounding tracks with backing vocals and you can even get multiplex songs too if you so choose. Purchase the songs you love, download them to your PC and transfer to a USB Memory Stick or SD Card to play them on the MP4000, the best part is each week there are new songs added.

You can get songs from the 1920's to the songs your listening to on the radio which are hot right now!

You create a song for all your MP3+G songs and enter in a unique song number to play the song instantly. You can also scroll through the selection on the TV menu by song or artist.

It's just too easy!

The best part is that you will no-longer be limited to a select range of songs on disc (CD+G, DVD or VCD) or via digital download in MP3+G format.

So stop being frustrated and get singing, enjoy everything that karaoke has to offer! Don't be locked in set yourself free explore the karaoke world and all the songs it has to offer.

Take the step today, talk to a KHE team member let us show you what you've been missing out on all this time. And for the price of a single song chip you are one step closer to realizing an amazing karaoke experience.

Wednesday, 8 February 2012

AFL "AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE" PRE SEASON OPENER

 
It's almost that time of the year when the Guernsey comes out of the summer closet, because on Friday 17th the NAB Cup commences with Richmond vs North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium.

For me I have to wait till Carlton plays in week 2 when they take on the Adelaide Crows.

Get in to the 2012 AFL Season with the "Special Edition Release"
Sunfly Karaoke "Aussie Rules Footy Songs" karaoke disc with 23 Iconic Anthems, including the traditional 16 club theme songs.

Check out these great songs...

  1      Taking It To The Streets - Doobie Brothers  (as featured on the Footy Show)

  2      The Thing About Football - Greg Champion

  3      Aussie Rules I Thank You For The Best Years Of Our - Kevin Stephen Johnson 

  4      Up There Cazaly - Mike Brady

  5      One Day In September - Mike Brady 

  6      Holy Grail - Hunters And Collectors  

  7      Leaps And Bounds - Paul Kelly, The Coloured Girls

  8      Adelaide Theme Song (Pride Of South Australia) - Fable Singers

  9      Brisbane Theme Song (La Marseillaise) - Fable Singers 

  10    Carlton Theme Song (Lily Of Laguna) - Fable Singers  

  11    Collingwood Theme Song (Goodbye Dolly Gray) - Fable Singers

  12    Essendon Theme Song (Keep Your Sunnyside Up) - Fable Singers 

  13    Fremantle Theme Song (We Are The Freo Dockers) - Fable Singers

  14    Geelong Theme Song (Carmen) - Fable Singers 

  15    Hawthorn Theme Song (Yankee Doodle Dandy) - Fable Singers

  16    Melbourne Theme Song (It's A Grand Old Flag) - Fable Singers

  17    North Melbourne Theme Song (A Wee Doch And Doris) - Fable Singers  

  18    Port Adelaide Theme Song (The Power To Win) - Fable Singers  

  19    Richmond Theme Song (Row Row Row) - Fable Singers

  20    St. Kilda Theme Song (When The Saints Go Marching - Fable Singers

  21    Sydney Theme Song (Notre Dame Victory March) - Fable Singers

  22    West Coast Theme Song (We're Flying High) - Fable Singers  

  23    Bulldogs Theme Song (Sons Of The West) - Fable Singers
  

The AFL Karaoke Footy Disc is a real party favorite and captures every ones attention, its just like being at the footy!

Go Blues !
 

Friday, 13 January 2012

What is MP3+G Karaoke - Why Should You Think About Upgrading?


A lot of our customers have been asking about the new buzz word MP3+G so I have put this together to better help explain what it is and how it can help you enjoy your singing experience even more.

MP3+G is a new digital format for karaoke and in Australia Karaoke Home Entertainment was the the first company to release a karaoke machine "The Sonken MP1000" which had MP3+G new technology inbuilt way back in 2009.

MP3+G looks and sounds the same as CD+G, but the main difference is the number of songs you can have on either a disc or store on a USB Stick or SD Card or even a Hard Drive unit.

You can store 130 songs on a CD in MP3+G format compared to approx. 15 to 18 songs in CD+G format.

But the real benefit comes in to play when you use say the MP4000 Karaoke Machine which can run a 32GB USB storage memory stick or SD Card which can hold 3000 songs!

Yes up to 3000 songs, disc swapping comes a thing of the past, MP3+G enables you to easily access your song library navigate the song menu / folders and select your song with in seconds.

The current machines even create a song book for you so each song has a unique number so all you have to enter that number to instantly playback the song you have chosen.

So what do you need to get started with MP3+G, well you might already own a compatible player and if you have purchased a Sonken MP500, MP600, MP1000, MP2000, MP4000, Miic Star MS-62Magic Sing ET-23KH, DJ Buster (with MP4000), Karaoke Boom Box, Mike Pro or PCDJ Karaoki Hosting Windows PC Software then you already have the playback capability side done.

Now all you need is MP3+G songs, and the best part is your existing CD+G library comes along for the digital ride. No need to repurchase the songs your already own and love. 

You can convert your existing CD+G library with free software tools you will find on our site www.mp3g.com.au this will transform your CD+G songs into the very latest MP3+G files.

How good is that, thats what I call a free upgrade! The best part is your discs don't get scratched, lost or damaged anymore and you can get on with the thing you love most about karaoke, which is singing.

Now digital technology is not perfect and we all have lost data on some device at one time or another so keep your discs safe and secure so should the data become corrupt you can restore your songs, the discs also act as your proof of purchase to avoid copyright infringements.


So if you don't have a compatible player check out our latest machines the Sonken MP4000 is the latest edition to the range.

We also have the PCDJ Karaoki program for people want to run their Karaoke Show from there PC Laptop this program is designed for shows and runs on MP3+G technology.


Now you can continue to purchase songs on CD+G disc and convert them to MP3+G or we have thousands of Karaoke Songs already in MP3+G ready to download at www.picknmix.com.au either as individual songs or complete albums with new releases weekly so you can great the very latest songs when you want them without the need to purchase a whole CD+G disc.

I hope you find this information useful, happy to answer any questions you may have, give us a call at Karaoke Home Entertainment 1300 550 630.

Friday, 9 December 2011

Bust A Move - With A DJ Buster All-In-One Karaoke System



In 2011 the Sonken Karaoke DJ Buster MDJ-001 was it, the best portable karaoke system you could get in Australia, and boy was it popular.

Over the years 
Sonken Karaoke DJ Buster spawned several versions ending in May 2019 with the MDJ-003 which incorporated the still current www.mp4000.com.au karaoke machine built-in. 

The MDJ-001 All-In-One Karaoke System is feature packed, and it is half the price of it's nearest competitor and they don't even have MP3+G Song Playback or the Singing Record feature like this machine does.

The DJ Buster will play CD+G/DVD/MP3+G/VCD/CD/MP3 Audio, it will record your performance to either USB or SD Card (Max Capacity is 32GB) complete with your vocals and backing music.

You can convert your CD+G library to MP3+G and run your entire library of a USB Memory Stick or SD Card (32GB Max) that's 6400 songs all at the touch of your fingers via the on-screen menu, no more disc swapping with a DJ Buster.

The DJ Buster also has a Guitar and Keyboard Inputs with individual gain controls, plus you have all the features of graphic equalizer to get the sound just the way you like it.


It is tough and weighs in at 27KG this is no toy and features an 80 Watt Amplifier and Speaker System, just add a TV screen for your on-screen lyrics and your ready to do Karaoke. You can also output this system to external amplifier and speaker system for bigger venues.

The system can run either or a combination of wired and wireless microphones and we have many options to choose from.

Power, performance and value for money available from Karaoke Home Entertainment, call 1300 550 630 for more information.

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Fast Forward to 2023 >>
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The last of the DJ BUSTER series (MDJ-003) has been sold out since late 2019 and ever since several times a month we would be getting calls about it.

So we decided to create our unique DJ BUSTER PACKAGED DEAL in 2023 which is a combination of two fantastic products the KBEATBOX CBX-150G and SONKEN MP4000 Karaoke Machine.



The combination represents the best of two worlds these days.

The KBEATBOX CBX-150G is a fully self contained (Battery Operated) Karaoke Powered Speaker System which produces 100 Watts (RMS) audio output power from its massive 15" Woofer and 3" Horn Tweeter.

It features 2 UHF Wireless Microphones and has both music and vocal mixing capabilities. It also has Bluetooth, AUX, USB (MP3 - Audio) Optical Input (for your Smart TV) and even a guitar input.

So this on its own can stream audio via Bluetooth from say your Laptop, Smart TV, Phone or Tablet and you can listen or sing-along.


It also can direct connect to your Smart TV via optical cable so again the audio can flow through and you can sing-along or just listen, whilst the TV provides the on screen visual entertainment.

So alone this unit can be used for speeches, singing and listening to music.

You can use Karaoke APPS or streaming services via your Phone, Tablet, Smart TV or laptop with the CBX-150G.

But we have also included the SONKEN MP4000 Karaoke Machine which is a professional Karaoke Player.

This system will play not only Karaoke Discs (CD+G/DVD/VCD/CD) but digital Karaoke Files from SD Card or USB in the Karaoke format of MP3+G.



And our special package includes 1757 of the very best Karaoke Songs on USB so you run a fantastic karaoke night.

Create a song book listing all the songs and simply enter in the song number the song book lists to play the next song!

Record the performance in real time back to the USB or SD Card on the MP4000.

Output the Karaoke Lyrics via HDMI cable and we even include a 15m Cable and the audio flows by cable from the MP4000 to the AUX input on the KBEATBOX CBX-150G and your singing away on the 2 Wireless Microphones!

What a package everything is included!

The DJ BUSTER is back better the ever!

If you would like more information about the DJ BUSTER Karaoke Portable System visit www.mp4000.com.au or call Karaoke Home Entertainment on 1300 550 630.

Sunday, 4 December 2011

New Sonken MP500 CD+G / MP3+G Karaoke Player Arrives



{updated 5/10/2020 - The Sonken MP4000 replaces the Sonken 500/600 models, it's now become a full sized component Professional Karaoke Machine with HDMI and Bluetooth Streaming and Vocal Record from Bluetooth connected devices.}



The top of the line Sonken MP4000 Karaoke Machine and is feature packed including Bluetooth streaming, Song Book Creator Tool, HDMI connectivity and much more... 

It's easy to use and can play Karaoke CD+G discs and MP3+G Karaoke Downloads 
and you can get over 95,000 songs available to download covering all music genres and new songs available weekly to play on the MP4000.

The MP4000 also features Vocal/Music record feature when playing either a CDG or MP3+G Karaoke song it will record everything including the on-screen lyrics back to USB/SD Card in real time.

Plus you can also use the Key Control feature to step up and down from the original key to make it easier for you to sing the song.

You can also connect your Smart Phone or Tablet via Bluetooth to stream audio from your digital devices singing through the Sonken MP4000, it even lets you record vocals to USB or SD Card whilst doing this.



The MP4000 is compatible with Multiplex Audio Discs (CD+G / DVD / VCD) and can also play MP3+G Download songs from USB or SD Card which you can all switch on or off the cover vocalist, so you don't have sing by yourself.

There are thousands of MPX (Multiplex) Songs available and more being released each week that you can download and play on the MP4000.

We also have this combination packaged deal featuring the KBEATBOX Karaoke Powered Speaker System with 2 Wireless Microphones and the Sonken MP4000 Karaoke Machine and 1757 Songs!


The Sonken MP4000 can be rack mounted and we can supply you free of charge the rack mounts if needed as they not supplied as standard.

You have two extra shared microphone inputs on the rear of the unit ideal for connecting Wireless Microphones, plus all the video outputs you will ever require including; VGA, HDMI, Composite (Red/White/Yellow), Component and even S-VHS.


Don't buy just any karaoke machine buy the one and only karaoke machine designed in Australia by Sonken (in Sydney) together with Karaoke Home Entertainment for Australia which comes with a 2 year local warranty and most importantly has all the features you need and want in a heavy duty professional metal case.

And most importantly we have the all the karaoke songs available from the all the Karaoke Studios in the World.

SBI Karaoke
Aaron Aardvark Karaoke

Big Hits Karaoke
VIC Karaoke Productions (New Zealand)
Chartbuster Karaoke
Zoom Karaoke
Abraxa Karaoke
MPME Karaoke


If it's available to sing on Karaoke we have it.



The MP4000 Karaoke Machine is exclusively available from KHE.com.au

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

KHE appointed Australian Distributor for PCDJ Karaoki and DJ Software


Karaoke Home Entertainment is proud to announce the launch of the highly professional PCDJ Karaoki software in Australia. 

PCDJ Karaoki is a dedicate Karaoke Software Program ideal to run your Professional Karaoke Show on the Windows operating system.

We have a range of different solutions to get your karaoke KJ/DJ business up and running fast, with systems fully installed ready to switch on and sing.

Everything is included with all the software, songs, song books, cables ready to go either on your laptop or one of our powerful laptops.


Do you have your own CD+G discs already? They too can be installed and incorporated in to PCDJ Karaoki once converted in to MP3+G karaoke song files.

PCDJ Karaoki is easy and fun to use and PCDJ provide regular updates and we have the songs to keep your shows running week after week.

Talk to us at Karaoke Home Entertainment on 1300 550 630 and we will configure a system to your specific requirements.