2015年4月3日 星期五

Bluekara Usage guide

  1. BlueKara Introduction( include BlueKara powerpoint Video)
  2. Why do we need to add Youtube Kara search postfix keyword?
  3. How to play , record, mix in Bluekara 
  4. Mixing Audition /Mixing Setup
  5. How to continuous Sing / Play Karaoke inside Bluekara
  6. The Pitch-Shifting and Vocal Removal effect inside BlueKara .
  7. Sliding on Video or Photo to Control Volume and Fast Forward / Rewind
  8. How can I add my own Karaoke Songs into Bluekara? 
  9. The Lyric file format for singing MP3 songs inside Bluekara
  10. Can I put my own Karaoke Songs into external SD card to sing in bluekara?
  11. Share to Facebook and Google+ feature inside Bluekara
  12. How can I Add my Favorite Singers into my Youtube Kara Singer List? 
  13. How can I modify Youtube postfix keyword? 
  14. Will Add to My Favorite or Playlist consume my SD hard disk space?
  15. How can I connect Microphone and Speaker to Tablet? 

Mixing Audition /Mixing Setup

After 1.19 Version of Bluekara, the Mixing Audition function is added to let you quickly adjust various parameter and try listen to their effect simultaneously.

You can real time adjust delay and volume of Music / Vocal, and preset the Reverb level and Intensity, then quickly preview the mixing of those Audio effects for your recordings. If everything is OK, you can start to Mix and Generate the Discography CD from your recording.

There is one Tip. If your KTV song type is right channel Vocal KTV song. You can use the vocal remove button inside Mixing Setup to let you generate your discography CD more professional. You can turn off the Recording/Singing vocal remove effect when you are recording your songs. So that you can use the original lead vocal to adjust the sync delay between your vocal and lead vocal. After adjustment, use the Mixing Audition to make sure sync delay is OK. After that turn on the vocal remove button inside Mixing setup to remove original Lead vocals. If everything is OK, you can start to Mix and Generate the Discography CD from your recording.
(NOTE:
1. The vocal remove button inside Mixer Setting  is specific for  right channel Vocal KTV songs.
2. It is strongly recommended for you to put on headphone or headset when you are doing recording. Or else the KTV music will feedback from phone internal speaker to internal microphone, hence the Mixing process has already impossible to adjust the delay and volume  for you.).

The Pitch-Shifting and Vocal Removal effect inside BlueKara

    There are two ways provided by BlueKara to do pitch-shifting and vocal removal effect.

    One way is pre-sing mode, another is real time mode.

   The pre-sing mode let you decide in advance if you want to increase or decrease music key , or do the vocal remove, or check the original vocal in right channel or not , before singing or recording karaoke.
Please see the red rectangular in the following figure.
















     The real time mode let you change if you want to pitch shift or vocal remove, or check leading vocalist vocal in right channel or not when you are in middle of singing or recording.

     When the Karaoke begins, press the G-Clef in upper right corner( red mark 1 inside figure), then the real time menu appeared. Choose red mark 2 can turn on-off original leading vocal. Choose red mark 3 can choose if the karaoke song belong to right channel vocal type. If you don't choose right channel vocal, then red mark 4 will appear. The default vocal will be set on middle of both channel, you can slide your fingers to change left to right , move the angle to remove original leading vocal.


















    BlueKara provide complete 12 keys (One octave) real time pitch shifting function to adjust the keys of music when you are singing.

    BlueKara can let you try 3 different methods to eliminate them in real time.
 
1).For KTV songs with left music right leading vocal(Some KTV songs has been recorded with left channel music and right channel leading vocals) Please choose vocal remove, and right channel vocal to sing and record your personal discography CD(Most  Taiwan KTV songs belong to this.)

2).For Karaoke songs from USA/Japan/South East Asia,  music are recorded only, there are no leading vocals inside. Please don’t choose vocal removal effect to sing karaoke and record your personal discography CD.

3).The MTV/MP3 songs don’t process leading vocal specifically, but put leading vocal in center of both channels. Please choose vocal removal effect, but don’t choose right channel vocal to sing and record your personal discography CD. (This kind of removal effect will depend on songs).
4).Bluekara provide real time leading vocal position adjustment function to eliminate leading vocal with more flexibility.



How to play , record, mix in Bluekara

1. When you want to sing Karaoke, you can choose Youtube Kara or Karaoke to enter the Song list page,
Choose the song you want to sing (Red mark 1), if the right thumbnail (Red mark 2) is the same as you have choose, that means you have choose the songs, then choose Sing (Red mark 3), press play button (Red mark 4), then you can start to sing. Or, you can simply choose 3 Sing option, then click the song you want to play 1., then you can start to sing.
















2. When you want to record and sing Karaoke, you can choose Youtube Kara or Karaoke to enter the Song list page, Choose the song you want to sing (Red mark 1), if the right thumbnail (Red mark 2) is the same as you have choose, that means you have choose the songs, then choose Record (Red mark 3), press play button (Red mark 4), then you can start to sing and record . Or, you can simply choose 3 Record option, then click the song you want to play 1., then you can start to sing and record.
(You can use internal or external MIC to record, if you want to use the external Microphone, make sure the Microphone sign has turned to blue). It is strongly recommended for you to put on headphone or headset when you are doing recording. Or else the KTV music will feedback from phone internal speaker to internal microphone, hence the Mixing process has already impossible to adjust the delay and volume  for you.
















 When you finish the recording, the red REC button will appear, press the red REC button, the following Menu will appear, please choose "Mix and Produce Discography CD"
































The Mixing Menu will appear, you can adjust vocal delay, echo, and remove right channel vocal,
press "start mix" to mix  (Note: When you adjust the vocal delay to smallest value, your vocal will be ahead of music.  When you adjust the vocal delay to largest value, music will be ahead of your vocal. )

















The CD icon will appear, it is grey in the beginning, that means the mixing process is under going, you can press the grey CD icon, try to listen result, or else you can wait till the CD icon turn gold, then press Gold CD icon to listen to your recorded Discography CD.


BlueKara Introduction( include BlueKara powerpoint Video)




  • The most powerful Android karaoke APP 
1).Support versatile Video Karaoke songs(including all songs from Youtube, and your own Karaoke MV /music MP3 songs)
2).Embedded with recording, Mixing, Music Equalizer and reverb effect functions, you can produce your own discography CD on-the fly.
3).Support real time original leading vocal removal function(Can directly remove leading vocalist vocal from MP3 songs )
4).Embedded real time pitch-shifting function. (You can pitch-shift your karaoke songs when you are enjoying the karaoke singing process.)


  • Support versatile Karaoke songs
 --  BlueKara can play Youtube songs and your own karaoke / MP3 songs


1).Including all MP3/WMA + lyrics LRC/ MTV/ MP4/ AVI/ DAT/ H264/ all Youtube Video formats
2).BlueKara provide famous singers database from 43 countries worldwide (more that 10,000 singers). You can real time search Youtube with singer plus keywords, get all famous songs  that never out of date in Youtube to sing along. Also you can add the searched Youtube Karaoke songs into Favorites to form your own Karaoke database. The favorite karaoke database can share to your friends who has installed Bluekara also.
3).By putting your own MP3/MV/Karaoke songs into bluekara /karaoke directory  male/female/group/others subdirectories, you can sing along all the songs you owned.
4).You can record your vocal in companion with video of  Youtube songs or video of your own Karaoke songs, making them into your own MV.
5).You can provide personal photos  into bluekara/Photos directory, those photos will become slideshow backgrounds when you play MP3+LRC  karaoke songs. 


  • Recording,mixing and producing Discography CD
 --  Can use embedded MIC or external MIC to record. Root is not necessary, any android tablet/ cellular can record.

1).If you choose the correct type of external headset or 3.5mm audio adapter cables, the Mic button of  Blue Kara will turn to blue, or else the button will not change colors. If button color is not changed, You can also use headphone and embedded microphone to do the recording.
2).Either embedded or external Microphone can be used for  the recording and mixing with echo effect functions. You can adjust the sync delay or volume  between music and vocal to produce your own discography CD. You can also have optional right channel vocal removal when mixing.
3).Play your own discography CD companion with MV Video/Youtube Video or your own photo slideshow to form your discography MV.


  • Real time leading vocalist vocal remove
 -- To sing with more pleasure, singing along the music with original leading vocal removal.  There are 3 kinds of KaraOK/ MTV leading vocal remove. BlueKara can let you try 3 different methods to eliminate them in real time.

1).For KTV songs with left music /right leading vocal(Some KTV songs has been recorded with left channel music and right channel leading vocals), please choose vocal remove, and right channel vocal to sing and record your personal discography CD. (Most  Taiwan KTV songs belong to this.)
2).For Karaoke songs from USA/Japan/South East Asia,  music are recorded only, there are no leading vocals inside. Please don’t choose vocal removal effect to sing karaoke and record your personal discography CD.
3).The MTV/MP3 songs don’t process leading vocal specifically, but put leading vocal in center of both channels. Please choose vocal removal effect, but don’t choose right channel vocal to sing and record your personal discography CD.
4).Bluekara provide real time leading vocal position adjustment function to eliminate leading vocal with more flexibility. Note: For this type of music, the vocal removal may have different effect depending on various music content.  


  • Real time music pitch shifting
 -- For those who with limited vocal range, you need real time music pitch shifting to adjust the key of your music.

1).BlueKara provide complete 12 keys (One octave) real time pitch shifting function to adjust the keys of music when you are singing.
2).You can real time pitch-shift /vocal remove / music equalize/ recording your own CD at the same time.





  • Two kind of 7 day free trial
1) Your Tablet or Mobile need to be with Android 4.0 above and root privilege are not necessary.
2), We provide login to Google+ and +1 Bluekara, you will get 7 day free trial
2)According to Google In App product billing request, from monthly subscription, we provide 7 day free trial. (If you are not satisfied in 7 day, you can cancel the subscription w/o any charge).
3)Welcome to enjoy this powerful Bluekara karaoke APP.
4)You can watch the following demo Video from Youtube to learn how to use Bluekara quickly.











How can I add my own Karaoke Songs into Bluekara?

1. Connect Android Tablet/Smart Phone to PC thru USB. Use PC windows file manager to browse file system in Tablet or Smart phone. Inside SDCARD/ or Internal Storage/, you will see bluekara directory as the following figure: (Don't build bluekara directory by yourself, Bluekara App will build bluekara/ directory structures for you when you install this Bluekara App first time.The bluekara directory will appear on your Laptop when you connect cellular phone to PC via USB, but some cellular phone may need to
be Re-booted, then it is possible to see the bluekara directory at PC when first time installing Bluekara.
 )

















2. Copy your karaoke file into male / female / group / others sub directory of bluekara/karaoke/ directory :

















3.Open BlueKara App, press BlueKara Logo (Note.1),Main menu will appear, choose Karaoke,Note2) as the following figure:















4.You will enter karaoke function,you can see the red note below, it shows the BlueKara App is scanning the files you add, please see the following figure:






5. Your Karaoke songs will appear in Male/Female/Group/Other menu.


6. Please slide your finger to switch Male/Female/Group/Other menu.。

How to continuous Sing / Play Karaoke inside Bluekara

      When you Enter Karaoke Page or Youtube Kara Song list Page, press multi-select V icon on upper right corner of Bluekara. (Multi-select Button). The Add to playlist menu will appear. Please add the songs you want to continuously play into Playlist. Then You can go to Playlist Page to  continuously Sing / Play Karaoke.

     The Playlist Page will help you manage the sequence of the files you want to continuously play. It is not a real folder. So when you finish one complete sequence playing, you can delete the Playlist, and still keep your real songs inside folder without deletion.

PS. The Playlist Page is under Favorites Page and above My Studio Page.