Copy Karaoke CD+G Discs With CloneCD Tutorial

Sick of your karaoke disks getting scratched? then create a backup copy of your discs using clone CD
First and foremost, you must have a CD burner that can read and write subchannel data. A CD+G file is just that, it contains music (CD) and it has the words (+G). Usually, a writer that supports RAW data and CD Text will work with CD+G discs. If after you follow these instructions, your copied disc will not display the CD+G graphics, then most likely you don't have a compatible writer.

The process is to create an image file by extracting the contents from the original CD+G disc. The image file will then be written to a blank CDR disc giving you an exact duplicate of the original.


Step 1.
Load the CD+G disc that you are going to copy into your CD writer. Open CloneCD and click on the Copy CD button.



Step 2.
In this panel, right click on the icon that displays your CD writer and click on Settings...



Step 3.
Under the Capabilities tab, make sure that all three boxes are checked and click the OK button. Now click the Next
button.



Step 4.
After CloneCD analyzes the disc you will see a panel like below. Right click on Audio CD and click on Edit.



Step 5.
Under the Data Read Settings tab, select Max as the Read Speed Data and make sure the Read SubChannel Data from Data Tracks box is checked.



Step 6.
Under the Audio Read Settings tab, select Max as the Read Speed Audio, select Medium (Fast) as the Audio Extraction Quality, and make sure the Read SubChannel Data from Audio Tracks box is checked. Click the OK button when finished. Now click the Next button.



Step 7.
In this panel you will see a box, right above the Browse button, that displays the folder where the temporary image files will be stored. You may (optionally) change this location by using the Browse button to browse to and select the folder of your choice. If you are going to make only one copy of the discs you should check the box beside Delete after a successful Write. The image files are quite large and will take up much hard disc space if not deleted. Click the Next button when finished.



Step 8.
On the left side of this panel make sure that you CD writer is selected and then click the Next button.



Step 9.
Now it will take a few minutes for the image file to be extracted from the disc. You should see a panel like below.




Step 10.
When finished, the CD will eject and you will see the panels like below. Remove the CD+G disc from the tray and load a blank CDR disc. Click the OK button.



Step 11.
On this next panel select Max as the Write Speed, make sure that the Simulate Writing box is not checked, and highlight the Audio CD icon. Now click the OK button.



Step 12.
The image file is now being written to the blank disc. This will take a few minutes.



Step 13.
The tray will open when the writing is finished. You should now have an exact duplicate of the original CD+G disc. Click the OK button and then close CloneCD.



Try the disc in any standard CD+G player. If you hear the audio but there are no graphics then you most likely don't have a compatible CD writer. If you see the graphics but they are broken, or pixilated, then you may need to reduce the writing speed (refer to step 11) to about two-thirds of your CD writer's maximum. This will usually clear this up.
If your Karaoke player and your computer aren’t in the same place you can download free karaoke players from the internet, just Google “free karaoke player programs”, and you will find a whole range of them.

writing in max speed is not a great idea wheelo

nice tut

i know in general it might not be, but it has worked for me that way, and later i do say that if the words are pixelated to try a slower speed. if i am doing a cd, for me max works best, on DVD i always use 2X as this has been the best way for me.

nice work wheelo its a good tut

thanks had, not to be argumentative, but, the person who showed me, told me to do it this way and it worked for me, that is the only reason that i said max, that being said i know where you are coming from, sometimes discs dont burn right when it is at max speed.

ya some discs do brun ok on max it just iv allways had better results when bruning or copying when i brun at a slower speed

CD burning is usually fine at or near max speed, but like you both said it is best to burn DVD disks at a lower speed. A good rule of thumb to start with is 1/2 of the disks rated speed or no more than 8x. Also, with today's burners and disks, burning at too low of a speed can also sometimes produce undesirable results. 2x is prolly a bit slow Wheelo, but if it is working out for you, then who am I to knock it.

i think i am just maybe a wuss, ferg, I copied a DVD(wii backup) too high and it went haywire, maybe next time i will try a little faster

Was that a DL Disk? If so, 4x is the recommended speed for them.

cheers ferguj1, will try that the next time I have one to burn.