Simple Home Karaoke Setup

vaydee · Post by **vaydee** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:09 pm

Hello,
I am new to live karaoke and would like to achieve the following.
Kindly suggest-

I would like to play karaoke songs on my laptop ( from hard drive or from some internet websites) and sing along and I would like to entrain an audience ( around 30-40 people) at my home.

This is the hardware I have

Dell M 90 laptop
MW10C USB mixer ( un-powered)
One Sure Microphone

I guess I need some good monitor/speakers and another microphone for duets.

Thanks

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Mon Sep 06, 2010 11:48 pm

A pair of powered speakers would complete the setup along with another mike for duets. Otherwise you need a power amp and passive speakers.

vaydee · Post by **vaydee** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 12:25 am

Thanks Dan for the quick reply.
Do you recommend any particular brand? what wattage would be enough?

Thanks

Bigdog · Post by **Bigdog** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 1:09 am

Do you have a hosting program to queue up the songs?

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:24 pm

for home use you could get away with a minimal amount of wattage.
something like these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-PA-DJ-Stage-Pow ... 5889951dbb

I own the passive version of these and they kick butt.

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Tue Sep 07, 2010 9:30 pm

For karaoke software, I'd go with JustKaraoke as it has most of the features that more expensive softwares do. Interface is a lot like S&D original interface, Hoster not Presenter.

vaydee · Post by **vaydee** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:18 pm

DanG2006 wrote:For karaoke software, I'd go with JustKaraoke as it has most of the features that more expensive softwares do. Interface is a lot like S&D original interface, Hoster not Presenter.

Would I need a karaoke software essentially?
I plan to go online from my laptop and use a sing along website....
would that work?

DanG2006 · Post by **DanG2006** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:26 pm

The issue with that is for the reliability of your internet connection. If it isn't reliable you'll be in the middle of a song and it will freeze.

vaydee · Post by **vaydee** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:27 pm

Gurus, thanks for your guidance. I got a powered mixer and it seems to work fine.
The one thing that I am really missing in the live performance is that there is no-where I can add REVERB or ECHO to the singing...
The YAMAHA MW10C mixer that I have does not have a button to add echo/reverb etc.
Any suggestions??

Thanks very much