Kara Fun Software
http://www.karafun.com/down/karafun_118.exe
(direct link to the download)
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Gather
instrumental music file and lyrics.
The lyrics must be saved in text format (.txt – File
– Save As and select Plain Text (.txt) in the Save As Type dropdown) ·
Open
Kara Fun Editor ·
On
the top task bar go to Project ·
Select
Music Source(s) ·
Click
browse icon (the three dots, not the browse button) ·
Click
Add ·
Click
the Browse icon (the …,
not the Browse
button) ·
Click
Add ·
Browse
to find the music file (.mp3 .mid .wma .aud .kcr .cdg) and a background
picture (if desired). You can
select a plain color background later if you wish. ·
Click
on the file ·
Click
Open ·
Repeat
for all files ·
Click
Close ·
Click
Source in the Library radio button ·
Click
OK ·
If
you want a plain color background rather than an image, click on the top bar
to the right of Background Vertical
Text in the bottom window so that the top bar is highlighted yellow ·
Click
the browse icon (…) beside Color and select a color ·
Click
on the center bar to the right of Background
Vertical Text in the bottom window so that the center bar is highlighted
yellow ·
Go
to Project on the top task bar ·
Modify the Text ·
File ·
You
can type the lyrics in here or you can import the text file Import a text file. Browse to find the lyrics in .txt
format. Click on the file. Open ·
You
can put a slash mark / between syllables of a word ·
When
finished, click OK ·
You
can adjust how the text will appear on the Properties of Vertical text ·
At
this point, save the project, calling the song title and master (e.g.
Old_MacDonald_master) ·
File ·
Save ·
Click
the red Record icon ·
Click
Yes ·
Use
the space bar to insert the words where you would like and at the speed you
want. You will be setting the
lyrics in time to the music so that the words are highlighted at the correct
time in the song. ·
If
you hit the drop down arrow beside the red record button, you can slow down
the speed of the song by 25% or 50%. It is much easier if you slow the tempo
down by 50% ·
When
finished, click the blue Stop
button ·
You
can make corrections by clicking on a word and then dragging the dotted line
in front of the word forward or backward. If you click on a word and hit the
delete button, it will move the word to the break after its current location. ·
File - Save As and save it with a new name (e.g.
Old_MacDonald_words) By saving it
with a new name, you can go back and open your master if this version does
not work well |
There are
two different files with the program – KaraFun (the player) and KaraFun
Editor (the program to create new files). You can play
any purchase karaoke files in KFN, KAR, CDG, LRC, KOK, AVI, MPEG formats |
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To
see how the file will look, File
– Render in Player |
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If you want
to export a file to .avi format that will play in Windows Media Player or on any
other player, you have to purchase the Pro version. The cost is 49 Euros or
about $60. You can export with
the free version, but the words are very blurry. You can
install the free version on any machine that you want and then create and
play any files that you want.
Then if you want to export them as an avi file, purchase one copy of
the Pro license to convert files. With an
.avi file, you could send the file home with a student to practice. To export, to File and then Export as
avi You can
also create a karaoke file with no background music and use a list of
multisyllabic words as the lyrics so that struggle readers can practice
reading. Below is a link to a
blank music file. Another
option would be to use Audacity
or some other recorder program to record a text you want students to
practice. After recording someone
modeling the text, leave a long empty section for the student to repeat. If you put the same text in the lyrics
section twice, you can time it the first time to the model reader and then
time it the second time for the student to repeat. |
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Sources for instrumental music files
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http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/index.html
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http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm
Sources for lyrics