Anything starting with is any information you want to include in the file. KARAOKE FILE is used to for that purpose. The first track contains text events that are used to make the file recognizable by Karaoke program as a MIDI Karaoke file. Structure of a typical karaoke (.kar) file: Therefore Tune1000 developed new format in format 0.
The format was good but had only one problem for use with keyboards, it was in midi format 1 and many keyboards only support format 0 midi.
The format has some advantages, it contains fields started by to enter title author, language that can be easily used by midi karaoke players (standard midi files have not these important text fields, therefore it is not standardized how to enter this information into midi files), it contains simple format characters to break paragraphs and lines (but has bad hidden limitation of max 4 lines per paragraph).The reason for using text meta events instead of lyrics is not clear, there is no advantage,probably was a mistake by format developer.
kar format was originally developed by Tune 1000 for a commercial product (Soft Karaoke, 1993). Karaoke Formats Karaoke Formats Soft Karaoke
