How to Make Your Own Album on a Karaoke Machine
Recording your own album is a great way to showcase your vocal or instrumental abilities in a way that can be shared with the world. Karaoke music tracks can be high quality, which makes producing a professional-sounding album easier and cheaper than if you hired a band to play behind you. Once recorded, your album can be put online or sent to a CD-duplication company. Your family and friends will be amazed at the quality sound of your album.
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Things You'll Need
- Karaoke machine
- Music tracks
- Computer
- Recording software
- 1/8th-inch stereo to RCA cable
Instructions
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Look behind your karaoke unit for the "External Speaker" output. These should be RCA jacks.
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Look behind your computer and locate your sound card. This will have 3-5 1/8th-inch jacks, each with an icon next to it denoting what it is.
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Plug the RCA side of your cable into the external speaker output on your karaoke machine.
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Plug the 1/8th-inch stereo cable into the microphone input on your sound card. This will be the jack with the image of a microphone next to it.
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Plug your headphones into the headphone jack on your karaoke player.
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Insert the CD that contains the song that you wish to sing to. Cue the player up to this track.
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Open up your audio recording program. Programs such as Adobe Audition, Cool Edit, Acid and Fruity Loops are available online as free demo downloads.
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Press the "Record" button on your recording program. The program should begin recording.
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Put on your headphones.
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Press "Play" on your Karaoke player. You will hear the music coming out of your headphones.
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Sing into the microphone provided with your karaoke machine. Your computer should be recording you as you sing.
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Press "Stop" on your recording program when you are done singing. You now have a recording of you singing to a karaoke track.
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Click on the "File" tab and choose "Save As" to save your recording. You now have one song for your album.
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