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Re: lyrics on external screen

2006-11-05 by jheitzeb1

Yep verified,  the piano roll midi with lyrics that was converted to Tune 1000 type midi 
using GNMidi software worked fine and the lyrics showed up fine on my Mark IV tablet.

-Joan

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, "jheitzeb1" <jheitzeb1@...> wrote:
>
> In order to play a .kar file on the Mark IV it must have an extension of .mid.  I  can 
change 
> the extension from .kar  to .mid for these files and the songs play  but the lyrics do NOT 
> display on the Mark  IV tablet.  
> 
> Karaoke files must be the Tune 1000 type midi file.  You can convert these files to the 
> Tune 1000 Midi  type by using GNMidi  software and  they should work fine.  I have tried 
> that before and it worked.  I will  verify this again, and let you know.
> 
> -Joan
> 
> 
> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Mark Fontana <mfontana@> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 3 Nov 2006, jfoodman wrote:
> > 
> > > I've got a Mark IV and hooked up an external monitor today to see how 
> > > the lyrics display worked.  I get the background and the song title, 
> > > but nothing I tried to play actually showed me lyrics. 
> > 
> > 
> > Jason, try these files:
> > 
> >   http://www.stibbons.com/karaoke.html
> > 
> > These are 80+ MIDI files created from vintage piano rolls with lyrics 
> > added by Tom Lear.  The lyrics display OK through Van Basco's karaoke 
> > player.  If they show up properly on the Mark IV display as well, please 
> > follow up and let us know.
> > 
> > Mark Fontana
> >
>

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