KARAOKE is a japanese word composed of "kara" which means "empty" (from the japanese word Karappo) and "oke" which is a shortcut of "okesutora" which means orchestra. Instrumental tracks of a song, without the vocal dimension, are called "karaoke".
Some language needs specific fonts to be installed on your computer so you can read the lyrics with the correct accents. Although there maybe some error with the display of the lyrics on this page, it should be OK in your Karaoke software if you've installed the needed fonts.
This Windows XP driver is a gift from Yamaha. It will change your vision, or would I say your audition of the MIDI Karaoke world! Most of the amateur sound cards that we all own generate quite bad and anoying instruments sound! Yamaha propose, for free, its Software Synthetizer that will be installed as a MIDI driver. This driver will use instruments samples to render MIDI instruments, thus the quality will be raised. Try it, you won't be deceived.
