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How Can I Store Karaoke Discs on My Laptop?

Transporting a karaoke machine and the supporting music discs can be a hassle. Broken graphics and skipping music are an embarrassment for the "KJ" and a disappointment for the singer. With the rise of digital karaoke, there are a variety of karaoke programs you can use on your laptop to to host karaoke discs and transform yourself quickly into a digital karaoke DJ. Ripping discs and storing them on your laptop is the first step.

Things You'll Need

  • Computer with large hard drive
  • CD+G ripping software
  • CD or DVD drive supporting CD+G discs
  • CD+G discs
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Instructions

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      Purchase CD+G ripping software for your computer, such as CDG Ripper or Power CD+G Burner. This type of software will extract the digital information from your CD+G discs and convert it into a compressed digital format to be stored on your computer.

    • 2

      Find out if the CD or DVD burner in your laptop supports CD+G discs. You can use Nero or CDRWIN to check by selecting the burner and making sure "CD+G" is one of the supported features listed.

    • 3

      Buy an external burner if your current one does not support the format. The Karaoke Builder website offers a list of burners that support this format.

    • 4

      Connect the burner to your laptop and turn it on. Burners today usually connect with a USB cable from the USB port of the burner to an open USB port on the computer.

    • 5

      Insert a CD+G karaoke disc into the burner.

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      Start the CD+G ripping program and follow the software's instructions for ripping songs from disc to hard drive.

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