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Here is the Idol Makers karaoke: [Hidden Content] - ADNA

Hi there, I think most of these manufacturers' discs are on the Mega Drive that @leenew Karaoke has kindly put together for the KJ community. You should just need to PM Lee to obtain the password. All the best - ADNA

Hi there, CB70001 appears to be 70002. Here is a copy of my 70001: [Hidden Content] - ADNA

Hi there, I only have No. 4 by Lazy Dog Karaoke. [Hidden Content] - ADNA

Here are the CB800xx series: [Hidden Content] and the CB80100 disc: [Hidden Content] Unfortunately, I do not have CB90350, CBEP508 and CBEP509 In fact, I do not have CB90348 either, does anyone have this disc? - ADNA

Hi Lee, Here is the CB6xxxx Country series. [Hidden Content] Uploading CB800xx now. May take a while! The CB6xxxx took a few hours, LOL. Sincerely, ADNA

Downsampling will definitely remove the higher frequency components, which in this case you want to do - that technically counts as degradation. As you mentioned, there is a risk of resampling artifacts being introduced since this is a deleterious process with lossy formats and it's typically worse at lower bitrates (most advanced algorithms do a good job of avoiding significant artifacts though). It likely won't be a noticeable degradation, aside from the HF components you are losing above 22.05kHz for that song. However, things can go wrong during the encoding process and so your hesitation is understandable. Maybe someone has a version that was originally ripped with a sampling frequency of 44.1k. I noticed the two albums you mentioned are awkwardly the same in my collection despite having different numbers too. Unfortunately mine are also sampled at 22.05kHz. Sorry! - ADNA

That is a brilliant point! Thank you for taking the time to explain. I wonder if downsampling the 48k version to 44.1k manually will solve the issue? I assume it plays about 8.8% faster since the time domain components are affected by the higher sampling rate (since the sample indices and timecode synchronisation will thus be thrown off if the MP3 sampling rate differs from the CDG sample indices)... Hope you manage to find the Babyface tracks in 44.1k! I just checked, and for both the CB albums you mentioned, I also only have in 22k, unfortunately! - ADNA

Hi, Here are the tracks from my collection; I checked some of them, and they appeared to be 44.1kHz. I think the Babyface ones in the batch were 48 kHz. My apologies! Out of curiosity, why are you trying to get a version with a lower sampling rate? Ultimately, according to Nyquist's Theorem, the signal message frequency when sampling 44.1k is approximately 22.05k and similarly for 48k sampling you should have recoverable artifacts up to 24k. Both should suffice for collection purposes. Typically the higher frequency range would be more desirable (unless you are sacrificing bit rate or characteristics such as dynamic range of course). Am I missing something? [Hidden Content] All the best, ADNA

The link ([Hidden Content]) is still active. If you unzip this and open the XML file it has ALL the track information for their tracks including the IDs. Here is a snippet from the XML file of a random track: " <artist id="2000"> <name>The Solids</name> <name_sorted>Solids, The</name_sorted> <url></url> <rank>13130</rank> <songs> <song id="5022"> <name>Hey Beautiful</name> <url>[Hidden Content]; <rank>74296</rank> <preview>[Hidden Content]; <files> <file id="57278" format="MP3" track_type="KAR" background_type="N" price="1.99"> <preview>[Hidden Content]; </file> <file id="57279" format="MP3" track_type="INS" background_type="N" price="1.99"> <preview>[Hidden Content]; </file> <file id="57280" format="MP3" track_type="COV" background_type="N" price="1.99"> <preview>[Hidden Content]; </file> </files> </song> </songs> </artist> " The file ID is likely what you are looking for. You just need to match the version of the file you have (whether its an MP3+G, instrumental, KFN, etc.) Note, their "rank" indicates the generic ID for the song but all versions of the song - even different formats use the same song ID so its likely better to use the file ID rather than rank as the identifier.

Hi, I only have the Sony BMG version. Hope this suffices: [Hidden Content] - ADNA

To add to my own message, if you know which manufacturer you are looking for, some manufacturers have fairly decent searchable websites that offer much information. Some examples are: SBI/Abraxa/Aardon Aardvark/MPME The SBI karaoke website ([Hidden Content]) for instance, has a very neat search feature hidden away near the bottom. Once you narrow down your search and choose your format and version (Abraxa vs MPME vs SBI vs Aaron Aardvark, etc.), it will show the track ID information as well. So, for those manufacturers, if you know what tracks you want information for and just need their IDs, then that is also a way to do it. Karaoke Version Similarly, Karaoke Version has a substantial amount of information on its website, and if you want to parse through its catalogue, they have an up-to-date XML file of all its available tracks (along with track IDs, etc.). I think the XML file can be downloaded from this link: [Hidden Content]. The list goes on. Unfortunately, uniformity in global karaoke indexing is a tougher challenge than one would expect! P.s. Regarding the links I shared earlier, I noticed that OpenKJ seems to be indexing the newer Zoom and Sunfly tracks as opposed to iCroons and Karatrack, but does not seem to show as much (if any at all) KV stuff. Regards, ADNA

Hi there, I do not know of many better solutions, but I am aware of the following alternatives: [Hidden Content] [Hidden Content] There are also the following (albeit not quite search engines): [Hidden Content] (I think they have a subscription model for seeing songbooks, though) [Hidden Content] (Karaoke Song List Creator is also quite out of date as far as I am aware, unfortunately) It will likely be a situation having to look through multiple of these to try and find the information you want. Maybe someone is aware of better engines for searching karaoke songs? All the best, ADNA

Hi To add to what everyone has given this far for this: Here is the CB2xxxx series. It also needs attention and renaming. There may be some duplicate folders. [Hidden Content] All the best - ADNA

Hey there, [Hidden Content] Here are the CB albums mentioned (plus a few extra since I still have mine in awkward batches) Hope these have what you are looking for. All the best - ADNA