1. A PC running a nonlinear editing software, such as Adobe Premier.
2. A separate stand-alone PC to run the VNI Karaoke Software. (Note: Because VNI Karaoke Maker is a DOS program, this PC must run Windows 3.1, 95, 98, or Me in order for the software to work properly. VNI Karoake will not work under Windows NT, 2000, or XP.)
3. In this system, you must have a VGA to video signal converter board (NTSC, PAL, or SEACAM). Since different locations use different output signal, you must specify the type of output signal on your VGA board, whether NTSC, PAL, or SEACAM before purchasing it. (Note: We highly recommend that you purchase the Magni VGA Producer 16 (VGAP 16) board. The cost of this board is less than $1200 US. If you have a hard time buying it, please contact VNI and we will help you purchase the board at a cheaper price.) http://www.magnisystems.com/products/index.htm
4. A VNI Karaoke Software, Version 3.2. This is customized software and it's price is 2000 US dollars. Please contact VNI at +1 (714) 891-7656 or email VNI at vni@vnisoft.com for further information.

How does it work?

1. To type the song lyrics, you use the window-based VNI Song Editor.
2. To style and edit the font, you run the program Karaoke Maker.
3. Load the lyrics to the screen, then press the Record button to start the record mode.
4. Listen to the song and hit the "space bar" key as the singer sings each word in a song. When doing so, the program calculates the interval of time between each pressing of the space bar.
   
5. After recording the song, select the playback mode to view all the highlight you just record. During the playback mode, the hightlight passes through the lyrics simultaneous to the progression of the song at the exact time interval.
6. Save it in the file format for later use. You may continue to record more song. Usually, one song will take less than 10 minutes to record.

How to Overlay (Keying over the Video)

1. After you completed recording, output the lyric file through the VGA board, which will convert from a VGA signal to a Video signal (NTSC, PAL, or SEACAM).
2. Input its signal to your editing system (PC running Abobe Premier). In Adobe Premier, Input the lyrics into the Alpha Channel. You must treat Karaoke System as another Video Source (similar to that of a VCR source).
3. Now you may "Overlay" (Sometimes, called "Keying") with your Video Master and this signal is ready for the AVI format or jpeg by Adobe Premier.

How to Input to the Lyric signal to your Editing System using your camera

If you do not have a Video input (Composite or S-VHF) in your editing system (PC running Adobe Premier), and your editing system uses a "Firewire" input, you must first connect from the NTSC output of your stand alone system (PC running VNI Karaoke) to the Video Input of your camera. Then from your camera, you must output the signal through the "Firewire" of the camera.