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Hoster 2.1x

Finally, it is time to stop working so hard to carrying all your karaoke discs and unnecessary equipment to shows and parties! With Hoster™, you can eliminate the need for carrying discs and store everything on your computer’s hard drive! No, more waiting for songs to load, bad discs to worry about, or spilt drinks on your discs! Immediate load and playback times, searches, and import capabilities. Read what Hoster users have to say:

“I have now done several shows with Hoster and there’s NO way I could go back to using CD´s. Sound quality and performance are second to none, and ease of use is 100%. Word is out in my area and I have KJs coming to my shows to check it out. Everyone has said, "I’ve got to have it!" T. Wright

Details
Import Karaoke CD+G, No limits!
Hoster gives you the ability to import your karaoke CD+G discs to the computer hard drive. Compressing them using WMA audio compression so that you can import roughly 10,000 songs on every 45GB of hard drive space available.

Brand Database
Save time by not typing in your disc singers and artists. Hoster is supplied with a built in Brand database that houses the information for 198,000 songs currently on the market. This saves you valuable time and money! This is one of the many reasons we are the karaoke software leaders!

Dual Video Support
Hoster is equipped with support for 2 video output screens. A preview window is anchored in Hoster’s interface for the user to view and the 2nd is a floating window that is output to an additional monitor or TV and enlarged to full screen for the singer. Hoster will make your karaoke show the best in town!

Keychange
Give your singers the ability to sing songs that are normally out of key for them with Hoster’s professional Keychange (pitch change) control. This lets the user move the key of the song up or down 5 steps to suit the singer’s range without harmonic distortion.

Playlist
Organize those singing in a “next on stage” order! Hoster offers you a convenient singer/song waitlist. Enter the name of the singer, select the song they are going to sing and add them to the list. Select the song singer’s request, add them into the playlist from Hoster’s search mechanisms, change the key before playing, or even save the playlist itself for later use or analysis! This is what makes MTU your Karaoke Leader!

Additional Features:
Import Karaoke CD+G discs
Uses WMA Audio Compression
Unlimited Playlist/import capabilities
Real time keychange
Preset key change
On screen playlist
Dual Graphic Windows
Easy search engine for adding songs
Play your singers Karaoke discs!
Save your Playlist!
Software from the Karaoke Leaders!

Requirements
Runs on Windows 2000 Professional, XP Home or Professional
CDG Certified CD-Recorder to import CDG Karaoke discs to the hard drive.
Graphics video card must support Direct-X 9.0 or higher. For dual-display use, requires an ATI or equivalent dual-display card.
Processor should be at least 800 MHz Pentium 3 (or equivalent) or faster.