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1994-12-23
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KARA.MAN USER COMMANDS KARA.MAN
NAME
kara.exe
SYNOPSIS
[path1\]kara [path2\]song
[-do={v/f}] [-po={s/m}]
[-hd={GUS/SB}]
[-dc=y] [-tc=y]
[-sz=x] [-ft=x]
[-ff=x] [-nb=x] [-af=x] [-ab=x] [-pf=x] [-st=x]
with x = numerical value (see OPTIONS)
AVAILABILITY
The kara command is available within the kardp11.zip package
This package contains the KaraDos product delivery.
The package kards01.zip contains karaoke files collection 01
DESCRIPTION
kara is a midi song player with karaoke features for dos.
Song may be directed to the Gravis UltraSound card (GUS)
internal synth with the ultramid utility or directed to the
midi output of the GUS or SoundBlaster and compatible card.
The hardware is automatically detected or specified with a
parameter.
Text is directed to the screen in either full screen with
full background and foreground colors capacity and choice of
characters size and style, or either in a video mode used to
become embedded in a video signal on tv set at the bottom of
the screen. In video mode the background color is black.
Two kind of song files are understood by kara :
- midi file with .mid extension
- karaoke file with .kar extension (karasoft format)
Midi files must have a text file associated with each song.
The file name of these text files must be the same as the
midi file with a .txk extension. Synchronization is made on
the note on and off of a midi channel. A complete descrip-
tion of the .txk format is done in the following.
If no lyric, the display will show the midi channel activity
while the music play.
While playing, the music can be stopped, continued, transpo-
sed. The tempo can be adjusted and the volume of the synch-
ronization channel tuned. Valid keys are space to start and
stop the music, r (rythm) t (transpose) v (volume) followed
with + or -, and esc to quit.
For each key, an indication is briefly displayed at the left
upper corner of the screen.
Note on the volume: with a .mid & .txk set, the volume is
adjusted only for the synchro channel.
For a .kar file, the volume is adjusted for all channels.
The key M (monitor) will play the music on the pc speaker
(channel 1 to 8 only << only for debug don't use for your
health >>)
From the 1.1 version, other valid keys are added :
PageUp, PageDown, Home, and right arrow.
PageUp will restart song and lyrics at the previews scrolling
PageDown will advance to the next scrolling,Home will restart
song and lyrics from the beginning, and the right arrow will
temporary speed up while the key is depressed.
If no lyric, Page up and down give +/- 10% in music.
MIDI CHANNEL DISPLAY
The MIDI channel display is a screen displayed when no lyric
is associated to a .mid file or for others when the enter key
is depressed (toggle mode). This screen shows the channels
activities while playing and the instrument associated.
DEFAULT CONFIGURATION
Options that must remain permanent for a configuration may be
given in a kara.cfk file in the same directory than kara.exe.
the format of this file is identical to the text song file
without lyric obviously.
kara.cfk options overload ka.exe default options.
OPTIONS
OPTION COMMENT DEFAULT
------------------------------------------------------------
kara options
-do={v/f} display text in full screen or video mode do=f
-po={s/m} music to ultramid (synth) or midi port po=s
-hd={GUS/SB} to skip the automatic detection none
this option is usefull only for the midi port output.
music options
-dc={1.16} drum channel number dc=10
-tc={1.16} text synchro channel (for .mid file) tc=1
screen options
-sz={0.10} size of the text on the screen sz=4
-ft={0.4} type of font ft=1
line options
-ff={0.15} first text foreground color ff=15
-nb={0.15} normal background color in full screen nb=1
-af={0.15} active text foreground color af=0
-ab={0.15} active text background color in full screen ab=14
-pf={0.15} post text foreground color pf=3
-st={0.11} fill style of the background st=0
COLORS
Color |Value|
--------------------
BLACK | 0 |
BLUE | 1 |
GREEN | 2 |
CYAN | 3 |
RED | 4 |
MAGENTA | 5 |
BROWN | 6 |
LIGHTGRAY | 7 |
DARKGRAY | 8 |
LIGHTBLUE | 9 |
LIGHTGREEN | 10 |
LIGHTCYAN | 11 |
LIGHTRED | 12 |
LIGHTMAGENTA | 13 |
YELLOW | 14 |
WHITE | 15 |
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Note :Colors depends on your hardware,CGA,EGA or VGA screen.
STYLES
Style name |Value|
--------------------
EMPTY FILL 0
SOLID FILL 1
LINE FILL 2
LTSLASH FILL 3
SLASH FILL 4
BKSLASH FILL 5
LTBKSLASH FILL 6
HATCH FILL 7
XHATCH FILL 8
INTERLEAVE FILL 9
WIDE DOT FILL 10
CLOSE DOT FILL 11
FORMAT
Format of the .txk ascii file and kara.cfk file:
-----------------------------------------------
The two first lines are reserved for the title, author and
copyright if any.
Following lines are a mix of text lines and attribut lines.
Text lines are as you want to see it on the screen apart
a syllable separator. Valid separators are blank - , ;
the - separator is not displayed
for example the line: i be-come la-zy
is displayed as : i become lazy but is "karaoked" as :
i be come la zy . It is more easy to understand than to
explain.
Attribut lines begin with # followed with one option descri-
bed in the OPTIONS . Warning: the # replace the - character.
A new option is added : #rem for adding a comment line.
Kara option #do and #po are disabled and will not work.
Only music, screen and line options will be given in a .txk
file.
A line option remains valid until the same is given.
The screen options taken into account are the last given.
.txk options overload options given in the command line or
in the kara.cfk file.
kara.cfk options are overloaded with any other options from
the command line or the .txk file.
Formatting the ascii text in .kar file :
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A text beginning with the character / or with an uppercase
is displayed on a new line.
A text beginning with the character \ is displayed after two
empty line ( note: normally it will be a new screen. It's my
choice).
SEE ALSO
kdir.man
BUGS AND RESTRICTIONS
Some font and size combinations may not work perfectly.
Files *.chr and *.bgi must reside in the same directory as
kara.exe.
Files .txk must be in the same directory than corresponding
.mid files
Some karaoke files may be too large to fit in DOS memory.
KaraDos release 1.1 Last change: 23 December 1994 (c)JP COCATRIX