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karaoke machine recorder ??
I have a CAVS karaoke Player hooked up to my tv ( it looks like a Dvd Player.. ) but anyways…
is there a recording device that I can purchase that hooks up to it, and will allow me to record myself singing on it? record Onto a cd?
thanks
There are several small portable, Battery Powered flash memory recorders which will work for this job. The Zoom H2 and the Edirol R-09 are two examples. The cost will be around $200 to $350.
You can also use a desktop or laptop computer with sound recording software such as Audacity or one of the many other freeware programs. This will be much cheaper, but a little less convenient.
Since you describe your CAVS as similar to a DVD player, I will assume that it is a component style CD-G player. These normally connect to the video input of your television, and also connect to either a stereo system or the TV audio input.
You will need patchcords to connect the CAVS to the recorder.
Assuming the audio output of the CAVS is an RCA plug ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_connector ), which is likely, you will need to purchase two RCA-type Y-connector patchcords. Each Y-connector cord should have one RCA plug and two RCA jacks (receptacles) on it.
You will also need a stereo cable with two RCA plugs one one end, and and 1/8″ stereo mini-phone plug on the other. The mini-phone plug connects to your recorder or computer.
If this doesn’t make sense, just take your CAVS player to a good electronics shop (or even a Radio Shack 
. Tell them what you want to do. If you are going to use the computer, tell them. If you are going to use a portable flash recorder instead of the computer, take it along with you when you go.
It will also help to buy a pair of headphones you can plug into the recorder or computer, if you don’t already have some. (For the computer, disconnect the speakers and plug in your headphones.) This will let you turn down the speakers and listen to yourself while you record, to make sure the recording is working OK.
Here is how to connect the recorder.
Plug each of the Y-connectors between the CAVS and the audio cables now going into it. These plugs will most likely be red and white. Don’t do anything with the yellow plug – that is for video.
Then plug the RCA plugs on the end of the stereo cable into the remaining jacks of the Y-connectors. Match up the colors, red to red, and white to white.
Plug the 1/8″ plug into your new recorder’s LINE input, or else into your computer sound card LINE input.
Follow the directions with the recorder, or your sound recording software, to begin recording.
Start Your Karaoke CD and sing a bit, then check your recording. You will probably have to adjust the record volume on the recorder or computer, until the sound is loud enough (but not so loud that it gets fuzzy, broken-up, or distorted).
Once you’ve successfully recorded your song onto the recorder, you can transfer it to your computer (see the instructions with the recorder), and burn it to a CD. It should appear on the computer as a file with the extension “.wav” or “.mp3″.
For burning you can use Roxio, Nero, or whatever CD-burning software you prefer. (On a Mac, you can use Itunes for burning CDs.) In most cases, you just start the program, tell it to make an audio CD, and drag the .wav or .mp3 file you recorded into the CD-burning program.
I hope this helps. Good luck.
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CAVS Karaoke Dvd-203g USB Supercdg Player: Pros And Cons Of The CAVS DVD-203G USB
Are you interested in CAVS Karaoke DVD-203G Player? We have rigorously examined and tested the CAVS DVD-203G USB in both home and professional environments and their are a few important points to consider when evaluating this model. Karaoke addicts, Junkies, enthusiasts and professionals alike will value this in depth look at a new technology.
There has been lots of talk about the CAVS Karaoke Players so we thought we’d take the time to test one of the more popular models. The DVD-203G USB has all the usual features like 2 mic inputs with echo, programmable song ordering, numeric keypad to access any number song, parental control, digital Key Control and Voice cancelling on multiplex discs but here we’ll cover pros and cons on important points of interest.
CONS
Professionals will not use the supplied microphone. To my ear, as a professional I like to use High Quality mics so the singers always sound their best. That being said, the average “consumer ear” may find that the supplied CAVS microphone sounds just fine.
There are no fancy video graphics like you see with the 12″ laser discs. What you get is backup tracks of CD quality music with the song’s lyrics on your monitor or TV.
There are several ala carte extras to consider before buying a CAVS DVD-203G USB as follows:
The unit has two mic inputs but only comes with One Microphone as was mentioned above. You might want a second for all those duets.
Most packages include 1 disc (up to 1250 songs) so if you want more discs they can cost between $70 – $200
The USB port is for an external hard drive which is NOT included so that will cost $100+ depending on the size but you could fit up to 100,000 songs or more on the bigger ones.
An Audio/Video cable is included but any additional cables for example; SVideo, Coaxial or Optical cables will have to be purchased separately.
In order to Make Your own SCDGs you need additional software for around $49 or a deluxe version for $69 from the manufacturer.
PROS
The CAVS DVD-203G USB is an average sized components which fits nicely into a home entertainment system or pro rack. It can replace an AC3 Dolby Digital DVD Player and/or 500 CD Carousel. It easily hooked up to my TIVO via the front side AV inputs (White-Red-Yellow RCA plugs) but those without TIVO should look for the same jacks on their VCR or right on the TV. You can also use an S Video connection or the RCA A/V jacks on your home stereo and TV combo. The professionals use the mixer and video directly to a video monitor or video patch bayto sync multiple TVs.
Plays every format: DVD/VCD/SCDG/CD+G/CD/CD-R/CD-RW/MP3/JPEG/Kodak Photo CD
Excellent sound and arrangement Quality – We tested the Sweet Georgia Brown Magic Tracks with 1208 songs and the quality of the sound and the musical arrangements were excellent.
SuperCDGs can be played on your computer. Each retail disc comes with a self contained PC program which loads and plays the hundreds and thousands of songs allowing you to do a karaoke show with just your (DVD equipped) PC or Laptop.
It’s possible to Make Your Own SuperCDGs from your old CD+G library or from your MP3 collection of non-Karaoke Songs with the optional software.
With the CAVS DVD-203G Usb Player you can also hook up to an optional CAVS 60, 160 or 250 Gigabyte hard drive for a whopping storage capacity of 100,000 songs.
For the Professional:
Save Money from buying so many discs
Save Time from changing discs between singers
Save Pain from carrying hundreds of discs in cases
Save the headache from dealing with scratched discs when you swap them out since the need to swap discs it virtually eliminated.
Mix-Down allows you to make studio type output of your performance to an external recorder or computer
In Conclusion
The trade-offs do not outweigh the values. There were a few added costs for a hard drive and some additional SCDG discs but we now have an expandable system which plays SCDGs. With this unit, the only thing that sets the pros apart from the amateurs is the ‘7 Rules to Hosting a CAVS Karoke Party’
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