An overview of the main Karaboss functions
When the application is launched, the Karaboss explorer is displayed. It positions itself on the last location used in the previous session.
You can launch a MIDI file directly by double-clicking on it, edit it, and add it to a playlist.
This home page also provides access to Karaboss’ main functions. Guided tour :
The “HOME” button :
allows you to re-center the explorer at the root of your song library.
The search engine :
search your song library, looking for any string in the name of your files.
The explorer (this page):
navigate through your library of music files and start playing a karaoke file by double clicking on it.
The playlists manager:
manage lists of songs and organize your parties in advance.
The “ARTISTS” button:
launches a search on web services on internet and allows to find all the recordings of an artist as well as the words (essentially in the Anglo-Saxon world)
The Karaoke MIDI player:
Accessible by double clicking on a file in the explorer or via the “PLAY” button that starts playing a music file (.mid or .kar). If the file has lyrics, the karaoke window will be displayed automatically.
The score editor (MIDI sequencer):
Accessible via the “EDIT” button that opens a file in edit mode or the “Files”> “New” menu that opens a new MIDI file in creation.
The virtual piano:
Even if you can not read the scores, learn to play the piano with falling notes!
The virtual guitar
Learn to play guitar faster with notes displayed in real time on a guitar neck.
Chords
Karaboss now recognizes chords in MIDI files..
Great Program, Yes!
A minor suggestion/addition for the program. In the player window, where you can (X) “on’ or “off” the melody track, change that feature to a volume control. Then the volume of the melody track can be adjusted to a level volume preference.
Thanks
Doug Martin
Hello Doug,
Thank you for your comments and suggestion, I really appreciate them.
I love it when users get involved and take ownership of this software to make it a shared tool.
Just one comment:
The volume of a track is a value between 0 and 127.
If you set the melody volume to a specific value for a MIDI file, for example 45, we could make it so that it is set to 45 for all other MIDI files.
However, the perception of the melody’s volume in relation to the other tracks will not necessarily be the same for these other files, as the other tracks, i.e. the instruments, may have quite different volumes from one file to another, depending on the creators of the files.