Since 1980's when the Karaoke system from Japan was first introduced in Korea, the cultural development of Karaoke has undergone great changes with gradual progress in hardware system and its contents. The first local Karaoke system in Korea was manuf...
Since 1980's when the Karaoke system from Japan was first introduced in Korea, the cultural development of Karaoke has undergone great changes with gradual progress in hardware system and its contents. The first local Karaoke system in Korea was manufactured in 1986 and since then, we can see many different variety of new products coming in the market almost every year replacing the old system.
With a great development in computer manufacturing technology, it makes people able to find a PC that comes with higher performance CPU and larger hard disk drive capacity at a lower price resulting in drastic development of Karaoke.
It is believed to be true that Karaoke is now a part of our lives. Under this circumstances, I would like to present the history of Karaoke, method to use sound modules, how to make guitar sound more realistic, process of contents making and finally forecasting future development.
First, meaningful Karaoke models and their contents from different companies will be presented to review the history of Karaoke system. Karaoke system has been developed from simple machine sound to much advanced sound system with various sound modules equipped. Moreover, it has come this far to make it possible to produce almost all musical sounds as it is recorded with real instruments.Karaoke system is now considered as not only a simple sound generating machine but also a system for multimedia purposes.
Second, In this chapter, the whole process of creating Karaoke music will be reviewed, and merits and demerits of live Karaoke and Midi Karaoke will be also presented with possibility of future evolution.
Third, I would like to review a famous module, Sound Canvas of Roland, which is considered a sound module for Karaoke system. Basic principles of guitar effect function and values of parameter in the module will be presented with a simple sample to show how to use System Exclusive and to edit sound using NRPN.
Fourth, Guitar is the most unique instrument to create data of Karaoke. People tend to play the guitar by themselves to record a guitar sound, but in Karaoke system, as we mostly use Sound Module to create all the sounds for a song, we spend a lots of time on dealing with guitar sounds, and try to make the sound realistic. In this chapter, a representative playing technique sample for each guitar will be presented by sound module.
People have been enjoying Karaoke so far and it has been a symbol of resting-place and entertainment element for those people in 21st century to alleviate the stress and build fellowship among families, friends, and colleagues. I hope that more dedication and research will be demonstrated to develop it.