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- KaraDos 1.6.3
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- For Gravis Ultrasound and SoundBlaster or compatible and MPU401 users:
-
- Yes another karaoke player but for dos.
-
- Warning : Shareware but fully functional
- Shareware is based on trust.
- There is only a screen to remind you to register ...
- If you register, you will receive a post card with
- your personnal registration key as proof of purchase and the
- last revision of KaraDos with new songs if you want it.
- The registration key remove the shareware screen.
- ( See at the end of this file )
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-
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- Features:
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- - karaoke player for standart Dos (kara.exe)
- - front_end (kdir.exe).
- - Two karaoke file format (.mid with .txk and .kar files)
-
- - music output : the midi output of the GUS (Gravis Ultrasound,Max)
- or the midi output of any SoundBlaster or Compatible
- (and Wave daughter board)
- or the FM opl chip of adlib or Sound Blaster with ameblast
- or the synth. emulation with ultramid (Gravis) software for GUS
- or a MPU401 port
- or a serial port (com1 to 4) at 38400 bps
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- - Lyrics output: full colored screen
- or four lines at the bottom of the screen
- with black background (I call it video mode).
- - colors,font and size ajdustable.
- - Midi channel display with notes per channel, pitch ,pan , volume, modulation
- instruments ...
- - Page up , page down, rewind, fast forward, beats velocity volume adjust
- start / stop
- - Tracks may be greater than 64k.
- - Real time channels activity display with main controllers
- - Can be used as just a midi player.
- - Automatic conversion of ANSI characters (Windows) to the IBM set.
- - Mouse support
- - Mute of individual channel
- - Dos acces in kdir and kara
- - Memory optimisation: kdir is swapped in XMS or EMS or in file while
- kara is playing.
- - Lyrics supported from left to right or right to left
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- product : kardpxx.zip with xx = version edition number
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- History :
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- version 1.0 : First release (Nov 94)
- version 1.1 : Second release (Dec 94): adding functions.
- version 1.2 : Third release (Jan 95): adding functions
- version 1.3 : Fourth release (Jan 95): adding functions
- version 1.4 : (March 95) Mouse , serial and MPU401 output
- version 1.5 : (April 95) Mute of channels, text for midi in menu
- version 1.6 : (May 95) directory access
- version 1.6.3: (Dec 95) Hebrew support
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- type
- > readme history.doc
- for the list of improvements.
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- Thanks to :
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- Laurent Da Dalto from France
- Email:dadalto@irit.fr
- Raphael Pungin from USA, well-known .kar provider
- Email:raphael@cnct.com
- KTV:SN EJ THM from France for the music
- Thomas Wagner from Germany for its wonderful software exec33b
- The Karafun team
- Email: jaile@loa.univ-lille1.fr (Jean-Baptiste Defossez)
- Eyal Retter for its Hebrew songs,
- Email:eyalrt@netvision.net.il
- and many other, the karaoke people is growing at high speed
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- Take a look at the Labrat WWW page
- http://www.teleport.com/~labrat/karaoke.htm
- A very good up to date site
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- What news ?
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- VERSION 1.6.3
- -------------
- KARA.EXE:
- Hebrew lyrics with the goth.chr font are displayed from right to left
- Some .kar files was not read correctly
-
- KDIR.EXE
- A little bug in the tag feature is corrected
-
-
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- INSTALLATION of the KaraDos product:
- -----------------------------------
- create a directory
- >mkdir c:\karados
- >cd c:\karados
- unzip all files .
- > unzip or pkunzip kardp163.zip
- Apart for the .mid .txt .kar examples, all others
- files must be kept in the same directory.
- Then type :
- > install
- answer to questions, then type
- > ultramid <return> (GUS only: if you want to use a gus with internal synth.)
- > kdir demo <return>
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- select a mode with the <tab> key (VERY IMPORTANT but must be Ok)
- select a song with the up and down arrow keys or mouse
- then press enter or left mouse button,
- and ... sing
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-
- For MPU401 or COM user configure by editing the kara.cfk file
- and add the line :
- #hd=MPU401
- (default address is 330h and can be changed with an environmental
- variable MPU401=xxx with xxx the hexadecimal address of the MPU)
- (no interruption needed)
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- For serial output:
- #hd=COMx (with x = 1 or 2 or 3 or 4)
- or use setup.exe
- Notice that the hanshake is done with RTS/CTS signals. The 38400
- bauds is too speed for midi and the external box (portman for example)
- has to slow down the stream.
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- For Gravis Ultrasound (standart, Max or ACE)
- and Sound Blaster, the detection is automatic with environmental
- variables ULTRASND=xxx,y,z,a,b or BLASTER=Axxx Ix Dy Ta
- If you have both card installed, you can choose by
- #hd=GUS or
- #hd=SB
-
- Please read carefully the files kdir.en and kara.en.
-
- Note for GUS users with ultramid
- --------------------------------
- ultramid may be activated with
- > ultramid -16
- for using patches in 16 bits.
- For speed reasons the use of ram disk is recommended.
- Some "heavy" midi files with many program changes may slow down the
- song while loaded (mainly with the 16 bits choice). Don't know what to do.
- Don't forget to remove ultramid with
- > ultramid -f
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- Note for OPL chip users
- -----------------------
- Before loading kdir, load the ameblast driver
- > ameblast
- see the ameblast file
- remove it with
- > ameblast -f
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- kdir.exe and kara.exe are written with borland C++
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- Minimal Requirement:
- - a 386 or better
- - CGA, EGA or VGA 256k (.bgi drivers)
- - a GUS,
- - or a SoundBlaster or GUS with an external midi expander on midi port,
- - or a MPU401 (uart mode) card,
- - or an external MIDI box on serial output with an external expander,
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- The KaraDos product is from 1.1 version a shareware
- and only for a private usage.
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- If you use this product more than 30 days you must send me only 30 dollars
- or 150frs with international check for foreign (or cash in the letter)
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- You will receive your personnal registering key.
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- If you wants to receive the last release and more songs please add 10$ or 30frs.
- see register.doc file.
- > edit register.doc
-
- Yes i know. It's a hard job to post! :)
- Or you have to destroy your copy from your disks. :(
- Once registered, You are authorized to use this version and next releases
- of KaraDos.
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- Shareware is based on trust.
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- If you want to use this product in public or for professional usage,
- contact me. I will charge you with a very reasonable price (300$ ).
- You will then receive a version without copyright or your own copyright.
- Special features are also possible.
- Let me know if you want to include this product with another one
- or in a cdrom collect of shareware.
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- KaraDos comes with no warranty of any kinds...
- and no viruses (tested with F-PROT 2.19).
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- Other Karaoke files can be found in the midikar2.zip, midikar3.zip
- ... midikar4,5,6,7,8,9,10.zip from Raphael Pungin .
- See the WWW page for a complete list.
- Specific KaraDos songs are in the file kards02.zip and kards03.zip.
- Other files are delivered with the WordPerfect MainStreet Kap'nKaraoke
- or scan the archive.epas.utoronto.ca /pub/pc/ultrasound/submit
- for production of the Clubhouse Productions.
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- ClubHouse Productions is the official BBS of KaraDos
- (416)754-2556
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- Songs included in the Zip file are for example only. I dont have any right
- on them.
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- Contact me :
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- Jean-Pierre COCATRIX
- 1, Impasse Victor Grignard
- 91220 Bretigny/orge
- FRANCE
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- or send a mail to cocatri1%tcvre0@vx.cit.alcatel.fr
- or Laurent.Taieb@ansf.alcatel.fr
- for more informations
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- Dec 1995
- JPCO
-
- thanks to GRAVIS for the Gravis Viewer!
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