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How to Convert Karaoke to MIDI With Lyrics

Only MIDI karaoke songs with a file extension of .kar can be converted easily to MIDI with lyrics. A MIDI karaoke song is a MIDI file with music tracks plus a separate track for lyrics. Only the file extension is different. Rename the file with .mid, and it is recognizable as a MIDI file. However, you might want to merge lyrics and melody, for which minor editing is needed, especially if you wish to print out a lead sheet of the words with music.

Instructions

  1. From Karaoke to Standard MIDI

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      Open a karaoke MIDI file in a MIDI sequencer. A sequencer is a computer program that allows you to create, edit and arrange MIDI music tracks.

    • 2

      Go to the track view of your sequencer to see a list of tracks. In a well-constructed karaoke MIDI file, the first track should not contain any music data, but only non-musical data such as the title and author of the song.

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      Locate Track 2, which should be the the words or lyrics only. In karaoke files, the lyrics -- stored in a separate track -- are synchonized with the melody.

    • 4

      Select Track 2 and copy it.

    • 5

      Locate Track 3, which should be the melody. A solo organ, vibraphone or other distinctive instrument usually is assigned to this track.

    • 6

      Paste the contents of Track 2 (the lyrics) into Track 3, making sure that you merge the data and do not overwrite the melody.

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      Delete Track 2, which is no longer needed.

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      Save the file with the extension ".mid" to identify it as a standard MIDI file. The other tracks are okay as is. They contain the other instrument parts such as piano, drums, guitar, and strings.

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