Tips & Tricks
Following some Tips & Tricks that should answer the most commonly
asked questions. We've also added the Tip of the Session Dialog which
will give you an extra hint every time you launch vanBasco's Karaoke Player. In
addition, there is the troubleshooting
section. Finally, vanBasco's Karaoke Player can be controlled via several keyboard shortcuts as well.
Here are some tips that will help you get the most out of this
program:
- For fullscreen Karaoke, either double-click inside the Karaoke window or choose "Full Screen"
from the Karaoke window's context menu (right-click inside the Karaoke
window to open the context menu).
- You can drag and drop files onto vanBasco's Karaoke Player from file managers
like Windows Explorer.
- You can easily customize the Karaoke
window -- select fonts, colors, background image etc.-- using the setup dialog (click the note
button in the top-left corner of the main program window and choose
"Setup...").
- If you encounter hanging notes or other sound abnormalities,
change options in the setup dialog
(click the note button in the top-left corner of the main window and
choose "Setup..."). You might want to try changing the output
device or reset mode. If you have severe problems, change some of the
advanced settings.
- You can randomly arrange all songs in the current playlist using the shuffle function
(click to turn red the button SHUFFLE in upper right in main window).
- If your files sound wrong, try setting the SYSEX delay in the setup dialog to a value greater than
30. If you encounter hanging notes during fast-forward or when pressing
the Pause button, please enable "Reset On Pause".
- To do Karaoke while running other apps, check "Always On Top" in
the Karaoke window's context menu
(click inside Karaoke window with right mouse button).
- To mute or play solo one ore more channels, in the Output Window press the red and blue
buttons, respectively.
- Choosing the Scan mode
(click on SCAN in the main window) is
handy for trying multiple files. You can specify the scan interval in
the setup dialog.
- vanBasco's Karaoke Player supports a number of keyboard shortcuts. Click here for a complete list.
- You can quickly navigate to a particular song in the current
playlist using the quick select window
(in the main program window, click the
file name or press 'Q' on your computer's keyboard)