Imitation Magic Sing
Posted on May 4, 2003 by Ching under Family.
Imitation Magic Mic, anyone?
This is the one that my parents have. But theirs has 2000 songs because it’s got the Tagalog chip in it. They’ve had it for about two years now and I must say it’s so addictive. I like it much better than old fashioned karaoke because finding music and changing CDs can be such a hassle. Anyway, I’ve always wanted one but I doubt that I’ll ever actually buy one.
I mean, check out the price tag on that sucker! If I had any singing potential at all then maybe. But since I’m tone-deaf, I don’t really see myself investing in anything that. I just go over to my parents’ house and play with theirs. If someone bought it for me I obviously wouldn’t return it but, short of getting it as a birthday present, I don’t think I’ll ever own one.
Enter IVL Technologies’ Karaoke TV Star. 
Here’s an imitation Magic Mic. It’s only a fraction of the price at $79.99 (this is the amount that it’s going for at Buy.com) but it’s just as cool. It does the grading thing that Magic Mic does and, although it can only hold up to 150 songs, it’s pretty cool because you can choose which songs you want to download into the mic via USB cable through their website. Other features include On-Key (corrects the pitch), transform (transforms your voice to male, female, alien or robot), spatial (studio quality reverb and echo effects that makes it seem as if you are singing in an auditorium, at home, in the bathroom, etc), harmony (which transforms your voice into three voices in perfect harmony), doubling (where you can duet with a man, woman or alien) and key/tempo change. It’s really neat! Tech TV even gives it four (out of five) stars!
You want to know what the best part is? I found them at Wal-Mart, where they are regularly $69.98, on sale for $10. Can you believe it? Gotta love Wally World! I promptly told mom and dad, and actually took mom there this afternoon to show her. They ended up buying four. I’m going to try and talk them into parting with one so that I could have my very own karaoke microphone. Call it a finders fee! LOL!
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