Need karaoke at my house tomorrow night.

Here is what I have: TV with HDMI ports, wired sound system, receiver, chromecast, HDMI cables, Apple TV, DVD players. Can I buy a mic and some DVDs or download an app somewhere and make this happen?

Or should I just buy a whole portable system from Walmart or Amazon prime or something?

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 1:25 PM. Reason : Lll]

3/14/2014 1:25:03 PM

3/14/2014 1:28:33 PM

http://trailofwords.com/blog/2012/8/my-ultimate-ipad-karaoke-system

Uugh I don't know if I have time for all this

3/14/2014 1:45:28 PM

just look on craigslist for an old wii with rockband if you're super pressed. you can hack it to get all the songs from the catalog

3/14/2014 1:46:40 PM

Green Jay,

That's the worst suggestion I have heard in a very long time. Absolutely horrible.

3/14/2014 2:29:31 PM

Just read this:

"None of this stuff is designed for Karaoke. The dynamic range of a human voice, uncompressed could easily damage traditional speakers"

http://www.stereophile.com/content/can-you-make-karaoke-system-stereo-equips-1

which could explain why the speaker in our kitchen ceiling was smoking the last time we did karaoke (via a friends machine)

3/14/2014 3:06:11 PM

If your receiver has a microphone jack, basically all you'll need is a microphone. Most mics you buy will have a 6.35mm jack, but you can go to radio shack or somewhere and buy an adapter that lets it work on your receiver if it only has a 3.5mm microphone port.

EDIT: I just looked at my setup, and my microphone is technically a PC microphone. You may need a different setup with a real microphone.

For the music, use Chromecast and Youtube (most Youtube songs have "lyrics" versions that work perfect even if you can't find a "karaoke" version of the song).

Works perfect for karaoke party. Before I had Chromecast, I would just plug my laptop straight into the TV via HDMI port.

^ That's stupid. Only dumb drunk people blow their home theater speakers singing karaoke. General rule of thumb, keep the volume reasonable and don't let drunk people touch the volume controls.

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 3:20 PM. Reason : trust the azn]

[Edited on March 14, 2014 at 3:35 PM. Reason : nvm]

3/14/2014 3:09:35 PM

UNBALANCED MICROPHONE JACKS

UNCOMPRESSED VOCALS ON BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS

AWESOME

3/14/2014 3:22:14 PM

Just buy a cheap system and make sure everyone gets really drunk before it gets started.

3/14/2014 4:00:24 PM

Youtube

they have a ton of karaoke things.

just roll with that and a mic/speaker combo.

3/14/2014 4:08:19 PM

You can buy a cheap PA that will sound fine, be more resilient, and save your hi-fi speakers for less than $150.

3/14/2014 4:11:23 PM

we ended up hiring some wedding Dj dude to come over and do the whole thing for $75. Seems much simpler than youtubing shit all night

3/15/2014 12:12:54 AM