Karaoke To Microphone

Magic mics are some of the most popular forms of entertainment today which were inspired by Karaoke. Karaoke machines are popularly seen across entertainment bars and gaming centers. It gained world wide recognition, particularly in Asia in which karaoke was mainly founded. Because of its popularity, several karaoke themed application were made across the world. One example is the release of Karaoke Revolution in PlayStation 2 in which a single player sings along with on-screen guidance and receives a score based on his or her pitch, timing, and rhythm. Mobile application of karaoke were also popular.

A basic karaoke machine consists of a music player, microphone inputs, a means of altering the pitch of the played music, and an audio output. However, it was later remodeled to make it more entertaining. Most common machines are CD+G, Laser Disc, VCD or DVD players with microphone inputs and an audio mixer built in. CD+G players use a special track called subcode to encode the lyrics and pictures displayed on the screen while other formats natively display both audio and video.

Other than its own advancements, other manufacturers have later improved its features to make it more portable. This is through the release of magic mics. Magic Mic is the generic term for karaoke microphones that have embedded songs and require an external video display. This configuration makes them light and portable. Enter Tech, from Korea, was the first manufacturer to release a portable karaoke microphone in 2000 called Magic Sing. Philippines is also one of the few countries that introduced their own sets of magic mics.

In the Philippines, Magic Sing is used to promote tourism by showcasing tourism spots as picture background, one of which is WOW Magic Sing. Department of Tourism and WOW Magic Sing agreed to cooperate in this endeavor to take advantage of the portability of the device to advocate awareness to tourism. WOW Magic Sing is known across the Philippines as one of the top brands in magic mics. The brand is also promoted in Wowowee, a noon time game show, as one of their prices.

Other than the WOW Magic Sing, the extreme magic sing microphones have also been very popular among the Filipinos. Although not as popularly used for tourism, extreme magic sing were also promoted through Eat Bulaga, another popular noon time show in which the magic mic is both the sponsor as well as the price used for games. The extreme magic sing is also promoted by Sarah Geronimo, a popular young singer/actress, and the number one pound-per-pound boxer, Manny Pacquiao. For more information visit to our site at http://www.expressregalo.com

Christine Layug writes articles for www.expressregalo.com Philippine Online Shopping Site, Express Regalo.

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