As you can see, the Sega Mega-CD Karaoke Unit and the microphone I repaired earlier are both still working nicely.

It is your lucky day. My neighbours may have a different opinion.

The Mega-CD handles playback of CD+G discs, where the audio CD also carries simple graphics data used for things such as synchronised lyrics. The Karaoke Unit adds microphone mixing and vocal effects.

Naturally this means you can now listen to the fantastic noise that is me singing along with some grunge and punk tracks.

The material I started with was in MP3+G form, with the audio and karaoke graphics stored separately. I used Power CD+G Burner 1.4.6 under Windows XP to turn those files into a CD+G disc that the Mega-CD setup could actually play.

The hardware itself provides considerably more than a microphone socket, including effects and controls intended specifically for karaoke use.

I really wish my Karaoke Unit wasn’t boxed so I could leave it displayed alongside the Mega Drive and Mega-CD all the time. What can you do!

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