#Make midi karaoke files install#
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Make sure VanBasco is connected via LoopBe1 to Reason (and that LoopBe1 is not muted), so that when you press play, Reason starts at the same time.

This is the program you will see the lyrics in. Once you have the midi file with the lyrics added, open it in VanBasco Karaoke Player.

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I would suggest Cakewalk Express, or the free version of Cakewalk Professional 3.01 (see the links below). You cannot add lyrics directly using VanBascoвЂ™s Karaoke.

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You need a midi file with a strong accurate melody line, a text file with the lyrics separated by hyphens, and some software to add the lyrics. This section is a work in progress, and deals with a few workarounds.

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Karaoke Update вЂ“ Adding Lyrics to Midi Files

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NB You will need to be a registered/licenced user of Reason 7, and you will need to download and install Loopbe1 and VanBascoвЂ™s Karaoke Player and configure them correctly with Reason 7 to use this file. PPS I have created a Reason Karaoke Template that can be downloaded here: PS I wouldnвЂ™t have thought of this but for getting hold of Josh LevyвЂ™s Tick Tick sequencer and seeing how other Reason Forum users have used Loopbe1 to control other Reason devices. I am not looking for professional recording quality here, just a way of using Reason in a Karaoke session in a fun capacity for parties and so on without any file maintenance (manual ID8 switching) between songs.

#Make midi karaoke files Patch#

But do you want to do that for every song? I donвЂ™t!Дoes anybody know why the patch switching works in Reaper and Mixcraft but not in Reason? Can we get Reason to behave in the same way? To switch the voices on the ID8вЂ™s at each change of song? You can put them side by side in the rack and then change your default piano patch on each channel to the correct one for that channel for that song. You can import the track and line up the original 16 channels with the imported ones. I just want to be able to pick a bunch of midi files and get the patch change info to switch the ID8s at each song change. I appreciate that I could import each file separately, or create a playlist and make sure that the bass is always on track 2 or whatever, but I donвЂ™t want to. So if you load up 2 files in the Karaoke Player with the bass guitar on track 2 on the first one and on track 9 on the second one, it wonвЂ™t select the right voices just by pressing play. I havenвЂ™t been able to get Reason to do the same yet unless I import the file in the traditional way (which presumably creates a patch change trigger.) They know if the bass is on a different track and switch the track automatically to play the right voice for that song. I set this up in Reaper and Mixcraft using MixcraftвЂ™s acoustica instruments midi sound bank and they switch patches successfully at each song change. If you change songs, the ID8s stay the same. If you set the Karaoke player to play different tracks, when it gets to the next song on its playlist it keeps sending midi data through to the ID8вЂ™s but it doesnвЂ™t change the instrument patch. But this way thereвЂ™s no link to the lyric screen. If you import the midi, you get the instrument / patch changes. It usually picks a default sound pretty close to what the original sound is. If you import a midi into Reason in the normal way, it loads up an ID8 for each track. Make sure Loopbe1 isnвЂ™t muted (it appears as a little midi plug icon near your clock at the bottom of the screen) and you should be good to go! You also need to set up a template in Reason with 16 midi channels and an ID8 on each channel set to Ch1 for track 1, ch2 for track 2, with Midi in set to Loopbe1 on each track. Right click on the lyrics screen and select options, midi and loopbe1.

You need to install VanBasco and Loopbe1, and set Loopbe1 as the midi out device in VanBascoвЂ™s options screen. That way, you get a backing track thatвЂ™s a bit more inspiring to sing along to than the default midi one if Reason wasnвЂ™t connected up. If you create a 16 channel template, you can get ID8s to play the file instead of the default karaoke player вЂ“ in time with the lyrics which are displayed on the screen.

If you link Reason to VanBasco Karaoke using the Loopbe1 virtual midi cable, you can press the play on the karaoke player and it will trigger ReasonвЂ™s sequencer to play as well. You can then import them into Reason if you want, but of course Reason will not display the lyrics from the original file. mid files, they seem to work fine as midi files. If you change the file extension and resave them as.

I know this post wonвЂ™t appeal to all of you, but if you have ever wanted to sing along to your favourite tracks in midi file format (but canвЂ™t remember the words) I have found a solution.