Disklavier

I'm actually a new Yamaha dealer, and am at a loss as to how Karaoke might work with this system. Yes, I know it's not supported, but in simple terms, can one create a home karaoke system using this piano, which utilizes the DKC800 controller?

Adding a mic & speakers would have to be separate of course, but what we're wondering is if there's a way to input a MIDI signal to play the piano, perhaps a backing track as well to play through the on board speakers. I have discovered through this group that there are some latency issues with the text on screen that can be adjusted so that the words appear at the right time, and I was thankful for that nugget of information. However any advice to create a turn-key system (or something close to it) would be appreciated. Vince

i have no idea about using the built in controller for text but there 
are programs for creating the CD+G Karaoke format which is used on stand 
alone players and I believe can be played on a PC. you could use 
Mid2PianoCD to make the audio encoded MIDI to put on the appropriate 
channel and send this to the DKV. using MIDI would be much easier if 
your piano supports MIDI input. i wrote a program for adding lyrics to 
MIDI files that is easier to use than most.

On 8/13/2014 9:08 AM, vinnie@... [disklavier] wrote:
>
> I'm actually a new Yamaha dealer, and am at a loss as to how Karaoke 
> might work with this system. Yes, I know it's not supported, but in 
> simple terms, can one create a home karaoke system using this piano, 
> which utilizes the DKC800 controller?
>
> Adding a mic & speakers would have to be separate of course, but what 
> we're wondering is if there's a way to input a MIDI signal to play the 
> piano, perhaps a backing track as well to play through the on board 
> speakers. I have discovered through this group that there are some 
> latency issues with the text on screen that can be adjusted so that 
> the words appear at the right time, and I was thankful for that nugget 
> of information. However any advice to create a turn-key system (or 
> something close to it) would be appreciated. Vince
>
> 

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