Roberto del rosario biography and contributions
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Filipino Inventors
Among the many famous Filipino inventors, Roberto del Rosario's invention of the karaoke machine is probably the most famous.
During the 1960's singers and musicians from the Philippines began migrating to Japan.
To reduce the expenses of having a band, these singers and musicians improvised musical devices that would accompany their singing.
These devices were known as 'minus-one music' which were multiplex music cassette recordings with no vocal tracks. It was music without lyrics.
Roberto del Rosario was a musician and music teacher who played eight instruments.
He developed an advanced sing-along-system known as OMB (one-man-band) which was the combination of a music player, voice taping mechanism, tuner and mixer.
This sing-along-system (SAS) allowed his students to sing with the recorded music using a microphone and an amplified speaker.
The sing-along-system was very popular in the Philippines and Japan. The Japanese coined the system "karaok
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Biography of Roberto del Rosario, uppfinnare of a Karaoke Machine
Roberto del Rosario (1919–2003) was the president of the now-defunct Trebel Music Corporation, a founding member of the Filipino amateur jazz band "The Executives Band Combo," and, in 1975, the uppfinnare of the Karaoke Sing Along System. Known as "Bert," sektion Rosario patented more than 20 inventions during his lifetime, making him one of the most prolific of Filipino inventors.
Fast Facts: Roberto del Rosario
- Known For: Holds the 1975 patent for the Karaoke Sing-Along System
- Born: June 7, 1919, in Pasay City, Philippines
- Parents: Teofilo del Rosario and Consolacion Legaspi
- Died: July 30, 2003 in Manila, Philippines
- Education: No formal musical education
- Spouse: Eloisa Vistan (d. 1979)
- Children: 5
Early Life
Roberto del Rosario was born in Pasay City, Philippines, on June 7, 1919, the son of Teofilo del Rosario and Consolacion Legaspi. During his life, he was never forthright about his a
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Roberto del Rosario
Patent-holder of the Sing Along karaoke system
In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Legaspi and the surname or paternal family name is Del Rosario.
Roberto del Rosario | |
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| Born | Roberto Legaspi sektion Rosario June 7, 1919 Pasay, Philippine Islands |
| Died | July 30, 2003 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Citizenship | Filipino |
| Known for | Patentholder for the Sing Along karaoke system. |
| Notable work | Inventor Of Sing Along Karaoke Voice Color Tape |
Roberto Legaspi del Rosario (June 7, 1919 – July 30, 2003) was a Filipino entrepreneur; best known as the patentholder of the Sing-Along System, a type of karaoke appliance he developed in 1975. From his entrepreneurial initiative to patent a karaoke struktur first, he frequently, albeit arguably, became referred to as "the inventor of Karaoke".
Patent rights to karaoke
[edit]Del Rosario held the patent to the Sing-along System, a type of karaok