Karaoke On Your S60 Handset?
I got an email from reader Tony S., who has a friend with a unique problem that needs to be solved:
I have a friend who gives dance classes (line dancing, not lap dancing). As I have raved on and on about the technical merits of the N95, I was asked if the phone could replace her bulky and aging setup. She currently has 10 people in a hall with my friend talking loudly, issuing instructions as well as showing the dance steps, with her stereo boombox playing the music. I said I believe there is a solution where you could play music from a N95 phone left physically connected to a small amp whilst issuing instructions via a Bluetooth microphone, which would pass her voice to the phone and over the top of the music (like Karaoke) giving herself a more slick operation. I have a Motorola SoundPilot S705 Bluetooth Stereo headset controller and searched for suitable software and drawn a blank. I think she needs some sort of Karaoke software and I am hoping it will work with this headset controller.
I personally haven’t heard of a Karaoke application that would work like that for S60 handset, but that doesn’t mean it’s not out there. I imagine it would be quite neat, especially paired with the N95’s TV-Out functionality - you’d have a party-in-a-phone! Anyone got any ideas/links?
Edit: I found Karaoke Gum v1.2 for S60v3 handsets at Karapuzzz, but it doesn’t seem to broadcast your voice through the application unfortunately.
Hey Ricky,
Just so you know, LCG Jukeboxes media player supports timed-subtitles, so via TV-Out its a relatively capable karaoke alternative too….
Thanks Guru, and just to clarify, all she requires is a way to transmit her voice over the music playing from her N95. Text is not necessary as there is no video requirement. So for her being untethered and handsfree and able to issue dance moves from a bluetooth headset or microphone to a tethered N95 to amplified speakers is the ultimate aim.
Another technical possibility is to untether the N95 from conventional amplified speakers and connect to amplified speakers via Bluetooth like the ‘Supertooth Disco Bluetooth Stereo Speaker’ which is A2DP compliant and would give my lovely friend complete control from her hip pocket (whereever she would carry her N95). Just thought i’d throw that into the mix (get it?) as i would love to solve this for her.
The goal is to keep the kit to a minimum. Just found a great amplified bluetooth speaker so it would be best if the N95 could carried by her so she can control the music whilst the microphone in the phone or the Motorola Sound Pilot microphone could be utilized (being A2DP capeable). So what is missing is software that will permit music and voice to be played to phone speaker or bluetooth speakers and that has independant volume control to adjust both music and voice and the ability to play most common music formats.