Hello,

I have some kar files that I want to modify. I would like to import them into cubase to work with but it seems that cubase doesn't support karaoke files.
Is there a way to convert the kar files to midi files? I don't care about lyrics

Thanks
STAM

a .kar file is simpy a MIDI file with some text tags in it.
I know all this textual tags very well since I wrote a part of the MIDI code in the Mediastation .. correction I should say that 'keyboard that's built on future promises of what it will or could be' :-)

If your sequencer is not totally braindead then a simple rename of
file.kar into file.mid
shoud suffice.

Anyway seriously speaking there are lots of KAR and MID files around and getting karaoke text displayed right (be it in a PC app or a keyboard) requires the handling of lots of cases (some files embed chords in the text tags, some use a LF character as separator, some the | char etc).

cheers,
Benno
http://www.linuxsampler.org

Thank you Benno

In fact there is a function on Van Basco that converts .kar to .mid

So, no problem

Thank you
STAM

A program called GNMidi is wonderful for converting .mid to .kar and vice versa. It has preset parameters for Tune 1000 files and others, or you can set your own. It also allows you to make practically any other changes to the file, including transpose, error detection, etc.
There is a free trial, and then it is quite inexpensive to register. It was designed and is supported by a very nice person named Gunter Nagler.
Just search for GNMidi.
DonM