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George Payne
I just downloaded my 3.316 upgrade to Version 3.312 and installed it. All I can say is AWESOME! MTU showed me that they have been listening! When I saw the list of fixes and upgraded features I could not wait to get my upgrade and I was not disapointed. They fixed everything that people have been talking about in the forums and added features at the same time. I will buy the upgrade to Microstudio and Vogone as well in the very near future. Thank you MTU for listening and reacting to what your users need! My shows will be so much easier now and I will be able to give more value to my customers because you have provided the means to do it.
Ricardo Olmo
I want to apologize for my English if you find any errors but it is not my first language. Nowadays, I run Hoster on all my gigs, what a pleasure to tell you that it works like a brand new car on every show. It is such a different way to serve my customers. It takes your show to a new level. Not to deal with discs, with catalog to make, with cdg player or cd trays, it simplifies your equipment. Video Hoster onb my laptop does not crash and I love my side job more than ever. MTU staff, you deserve my respect and my admiration for a wonderful job and I look forward to every product and release that you offer. There is no one like you.
BobCox, MTU.Community
Using Hoster is the best karaoke experience I have ever had. I no longer have to lug around two large cases of disc. The sound is supreme and so are the graphics. Setup takes a lot less time and space. I can put in as many singers as I want and I keep two rotations in the computer at the same time so I have a lot of time to talk to customers and friends. What a great way to do karaoke! People are always amazed at how fast I can find a song and add them to the list. I'm faster then they can fill out a slip so now they just ask if I have a song. I don't need slips anymore. Thank You MTU... It's Great.
Tony. G, MTU.Community Testimonials Forum
In an age that customer service is a distant thing of the past, MTU is the kind of company I wish I worked for! I read about Microstudio, thought about it for a day and was completely sceptical it could do exactly what it said. This has been the best software buying experience I've ever had. I not only tell my peers about it, I insist they get it and try for themselves. You have a lifetime customer.
Walter Morgan
I have been working as a one man band for over 15 years. Starting out with a drum machine then a sequencer and then karaoke tracks on mini disc. Last year a friend turned me on to MTU and it has made my life so easy. I have increased my song list over 50 times the songs I was doing a year ago. I can not get over how Hoster has changed my gigs. I bring half the hardware and have thousands more songs at my finger tips. Thanks MTU keep up the good work.
Gary Dunsford, Louisiana
I have been in school learning new software from another company. After using that program, I consider you and your staff to be next to gods, as far as making a program easy to navigate, and bug-less. The sad thing is this other program costs $10,000, and can´t hold a candle to your excellent Hoster and other programs.
Jerroke, Forum Post
i have been using a pc to do karaoke for 3 years now and i wouldn't do karaoke any other way. Anyone that wants to know about CAVs.... My opinion is that the code in the win 98 version is full of bugs. When the program is used in conjunction with a DJ program to play background music, it will blue screen and dump on you all the time. If you have a big Song book or multi-books in MS Word, it will make the graphic words skip...even with a 2.3 GHz PC! In short....the CAVs program sux and I am willing to spend money to look at a program that "MIGHT" be better. CAVs sux so bad! MTU Note: Jerroke is not a Hoster user yet, but his CAVs testimonial was worth making known.
Flipper, Portland, OR
From the MTU Forums. After sitting on the sidelines for over a year or more and watching the development of Hoster by reviewing posts on this Forum I decided to take the plunge. Had it not been for the posts of those on this forum that had purchased Hoster and taken the plunge before me it would have probably been another year or so before I made the decision. I would like to thank all of you for sharing your experiences, good or bad on MTU's Forum. And a big thanks to MTU for providing this forum for us to share those experiences.
I Downloaded Hoster 2.014 and began to load discs the same day. I had Over 400 discs to load and it took me approximately 8 days to load all of them into hoster. Many late nights and long days, but it was worth the wait. I worked with Hoster on my laptop for several hours to get the feel before doing my first gig with it.
Last night was my first gig and I'm absolutely amazed at how smooth and easy the rotation ran with Hoster. A couple of other KJ's in the area stopped in to christen the maiden voyage of my new laptop and Hoster Software. It was an instant hit with them, they couldn't wait to get home to jump online and order the product.
I had my discs and player with me so that I could play my multiplex discs and VCD's if they were requested, and I must admit that I had them there just in case there were any system hang ups. I never touched the discs or the player all night!...Didn't need to! I did not miss them either!!!!!! The performance of MTU's Hoster was "FLAWLESS"
Bret Agard, ProDJ.Com Review Staff and BC Productions
With the features that Hoster has built in, it makes it easier and faster to run our Karaoke shows. Not having to flip through the pages of CD+G discs, and not have to look up in a catalog what disc a song is on, saves so much time for our staff. The ability to set up a play list of upcoming performers in advance, add new singers during a performance, and the saved search time, allows us to get more singers up in a night.
Gary Cochrell, Tigeras, NM
WOW! Let me say that again, WOW! I am a retired software engineer and so I know a little about good code. Hoster is great code, what a great piece of software. Got the MTU laptop with Hoster on the 30th of January and finally got 380 CDG's loaded by this last Sunday, Feb. 9th. That gave me one day, the 10th, to plug it all in and give it the smoke test before our gig yesterday the 11th. Well the smoke test showed me where I needed to hook things up and it all ran well. Then came the acid test, Hoster under fire.
We had been using a Sony 400 CD player in our shows and averaging 15 songs an hour. Hoster now allows us to crank out 20 songs an hour and our customers couldn't be happier. The software worked flawlessly. We demonstrated the laptop and software to management and needless to say they were impressed. I think we have now guaranteed our longevity at the casino for the foreseeable future. Keep up the good work MTU. Great hardware and software.
Saddle Tramp, Great Britain
When I first purchased Hoster I installed it on a Toshiba laptop and I then put all my 873 discs onto an external 120GB Hard Drive. Firstly though I just installed all my Sunfly discs (Complete Sets) and they worked brilliant on first show and all went absolutely FANTASTIC. I could not comment enough. BUT... then I started copying other discs (Sound Choice, Easy Karaoke, to name a couple) and I then started having sync problems (words to music). So I purchased a new computer and from that moment this whole new world opened. What a Programme! I now enjoy watching my own shows instead of working. Every comment I get is awesome! Folks cannot believe it.
Terry Wright, Great Britain
I've been a KJ for over 10 years now in the UK and have seen a lot of changes in the Karaoke scene, but this is the best yet. I've been testing with Hoster from the word GO in late July 2002, along with several others on the Beta Testing team. I'll be honest, it's been a long hard road. We've now been through 13 versions of Hoster, which meant a few late night's and early mornings, plus the odd frayed emotion on both ends of the line. We have given MTU some headaches with our idea's, but I must admit they came through, things like AUTO DELETE, (when a track has finished playing). TRACK TIME REMAINING. (shows how long left to play). Being able to select a track by just tapping the number in on your keyboard, and a whole lot more.
I've now done several shows with Hoster and there's NO way I could go back to using CD's, Sound quality and performance are second to none, and ease of use is 100%. Word is out in my area and I've got KJ's coming to my shows to check it out. Everyone has said "I've got to have it!" MTU has come up with some cracking programs, but this one's PLATINUM!!! Thanks MTU, I'm proud to have taken part in its birth.
Nightlife, Two Rivers, WI
I came to MTU looking for a decent program to play my CDG karaoke on my home computer....and found a whole new world. I was so pleased with MTU's products and support, that I became a beta tester for them. But I'm not just a tester, I am a user as well. It seems like we've been testing, improving, and testing some more for absolutely forever. As always MTU, has listened to our input, made the requested changes, and given us a product that was more than expected!!!
What can I say... Hoster just blows me away!! I've checked out products other karaoke hosts "SAY" are similar, but nothing comes close. Sound quality on Hoster is actually BETTER than the pioneer system I was using before. I have asked about the other shows in the area to find out what they were doing RIGHT ...and what could be done BETTER. Hoster addresses it all.
No More re-adjusting volumes for each disc brand. No more little slips of paper to get lost, and no messed up singer rotation. You ever been in a hurry....and grab the wrong disc?? Can't happen with Hoster. Easy to run?? Even my wife has started helping out with the shows. I expected to see snow in mid-summer before I ever saw that!! This program is so easy it practically runs itself. Last Sunday's show I loaded several songs into the playlist, and brought the microphone to the singers. Everything else ran ITSELF. I for one will NEVER go back to the old, clumsy way of running a show. I have Hoster and I feel Sooooooooo sorry for the rest.
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