Karaoke Machines
An invention that is really taken into the world of music, karaoke. Unlike other pieces of music equipment, this appeal to people of all ages, all sexes and all kinds of voices - good or bad!
Here is a brief guide to work singing with the music programmed, and how it progressed over the years.
A brief history of karaoke machines
The oldest machine karaoke was invented in Japan in 1970 as a singer named Daisuke Inouedeveloped a recorder that could play a song for a 100-yen coin. It 'was frequently by the participants of his performance is required to provide his songs on a tape recorder so you can sing along with a holiday company.
Daisuke felt it was a great idea, not for his singing, but for many others. Inoue rented its recorders in stores rather than selling directly.
The machines were placed in restaurants and hotel rooms. In 2004, Inoue won the tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel Peace Prizefor his invention.
Karaoke Hits in USA
Karaoke machines in the United States came in 1990, when the bars, which began as a KTV boxes, with competitions and evening entertainment for amateur singers.
Increase
Karaoke machines early, cassette player, but was later expanded the use of CDs, laser discs, VCDs and DVDs today. The machine is equipped with audio input, audio output and a way to change the tone of the music. The most popular are audio mixers,a microphone input, which is built with a laser disc, video CD, CD + G or DVD player. Karaoke machines, capable of a video display are the artist, is called KTV in many countries.
Another unique feature is the ability to change the tone of the music, or a fundamental change to match the pitch of the singer. This function can be songs that are too high for the singer played in a minor key.
Computer Generated Songs
Karaoke songs are now played on your computerAll the other music files including MIDI, MP3 and many others. The machines are not needed with these files, but rather a downloadable karaoke player. Both players and music files can be downloaded from the Internet.
Further advances are coming
Karaoke are modernized in many other ways. Self-karaoke mobile phones, people are able to "sing" from almost anywhere so long ago!
Still Going Strong
Even with all the modernDevices and methods of entertainment, karaoke still be around for a while '. You can find them in restaurants, bars, meetings and other public places, keep singing contest can, because they can be moved easily, use a screen and sound for all to see and hear when a large quantity is available and provide entertainment at affordable prices.
So you go, not for this invention on the Japanese to see anytime soon.