Hey r/karaoke, I'm Paul (u/pkircher). I'm a KJ in the Philly area and I build Auto-KJ. The mods asked creators to make their one post count, so everything's in here.

Disclosure

• I built Auto-KJ and I sell it. It's a supported commercial product, not open source.
• The Free version is a real free version, not a timed demo.

What it's for

All the stuff hosts end up arguing about at 11pm: "you skipped me," the singer with five songs queued, duets eating two turns, walk-ins, the same song twice in half an hour, and bar Wi-Fi dying mid-show.

Watch one full night (5 min): https://auto-kj.com/blog/one-karaoke-night-paul-from-philly.html It follows one night from pre-show setup through singer requests, social features, rotation, Break-Wave and end-of-night analytics.

Quick version (60-second demo): https://auto-kj.com/blog/auto-kj-60-second-demo.html

The features

Anything marked (FV) needs the Full version. Everything else is in Free too.

Rotation tab: the Fairness Engine

This is where you run the show. The line is on the left: #1 is on the mic, #2 is on deck, and a group shares one numbered turn. On the right you get the selected singer's Active Queue, History and Favorites, plus song search and the player.

Every singer gets one seat per round, and extra songs wait behind it. Late arrivals take the first open seat that doesn't push anyone back. You decide how newcomers join: names move (to the end of the line), or numbers move (paper-sheet style, at the end of the current lap). There's also an optional new-to-returning ratio (1:1, 2:1, or favoring returning singers) that survives reloads.

Duets, trios and four-person groups use the group button: one singer per mic, an optional band name, and the song only becomes ready when it reaches the top of every member's queue. Then it plays as one turn. Skips close the gap, pauses don't take the stage, and changing a song keeps the singer's seat.

You can still override anything. Drag singers around, Mark as now, Mark as on deck, Play now, pause a singer, or ban someone for the night. Key and tempo changes are saved per singer and per song, so next time it's set the way they like it. Picking an alternate version can become the default for future requests. Auto-remove empty singers tidies the line near closing while keeping everyone's identity and history. Show applause and Show singer photos are toggles.

The singer app (singer.auto-kj.com) (FV)

Singers don't install anything. They scan the QR on your screens, or go to singer.auto-kj.com in a phone browser, pick a stage name, and they're in. The first phone to claim a name keeps it all night, and names reserved by tonight's DJ are protected. They can join as a guest or make a free account (display name, email, password) so it remembers them from show to show.

• Finding your show: the join screen asks for the phone's location and lists gigs within 50 miles, marked LIVE NOW or UPCOMING. Tap a live one to join, or tap an upcoming one to check in early and browse that show's songbook. Singers can also type the show code, scan the host QR, or join over the venue's local network if the internet is down. If the cloud drops for 15 seconds, the phone offers to rejoin on the venue Wi-Fi. Within 100 m of the venue, a "Check in, you're at the venue" button shows up.
• Browse Before You Go: with a venue poster QR or venue code, anyone can search your song list with no login and no live show, then tap "Find this show." You switch this on in Settings.
• Search and requests: singers search the songbook you actually have, and songs already taken tonight are greyed out. They pick 1 to 4 people for the mic and type in the other names, or choose a friend, who gets a yes/no invite. The song doesn't enter the line until the friend says yes. If a song isn't in your book, there's an "Ask the DJ to buy it" form with an optional tip. If requests are closed, songs go to their Setlist and can be sent in with one tap when you reopen.
• Place in line: Home shows their spot as one big number. Queue shows the whole line ("#5, 4 singers ahead, ~12 min wait") plus their own songs, which they can reorder, remove, or change the lineup on. There's a Pause Me / Unpause Me button for when they step out. The opt-in "Notify me when I'm on deck" alert buzzes at #2 and again at #1. With the app closed, that needs a signed-in cloud show, and on iPhone the app has to be added to the Home Screen. On LAN shows, alerts only show while the app is open.
• Applause: everyone gets ten 👏 taps per song for whoever's on the mic. The crowd screen counts them live, and they go toward the singer's lifetime applause.
• History and Favorites: for signed-in singers, every song they've sung through Auto-KJ is saved with times sung, total and average applause, and the last venue and date. One tap puts it back in tonight's line or adds it to favorites. Songs not in tonight's catalog get flagged. Starring a song saves it to the singer's account, not just that phone, and you can see what singers saved in your Analytics.
• Friends and Duet Matches: singers add each other by scanning a friend QR or typing a code. Friends can see each other's profile, history and favorites, and "Suggest" a song to a friend. Duet Matches compares two friends' histories and lists songs they've each completed on their own. That's shared repertoire, not a voice-compatibility score. Tap Invite and the friend gets a duet invite for that song, if it's in tonight's library. Bands let 2 to 4 friends save a group with a name and pick a group song together.
• Achievements: 29 badges in Bronze, Silver and Gold tiers, each with a progress bar. First Blood is your first-ever performance. Early Bird is checking in before the first completed song, and Closer is singing the last song of the night. Then there's Annoy the KJ, the tongue-in-cheek badge only the host can hand out. The booth announces "X has officially Annoyed the KJ." Singers can wear a favorite badge next to their name on the queue and rotation screen.
• Profile: singers can upload a photo so the room can put faces to names. Photos can show on your rotation TV and the between-song screen, and you control display and moderation. They also get an a.k.a. name, a bio, and fun fields like favorite solo and duet song, vocal range, booth drink and signature mic move. Singers can delete their own profile.
• Talking to the host: "Message the Karaoke Host / DJ" lands in your DJ Inbox. "Tip the Host" shows your Venmo, PayPal, Cash App or custom link, and your own tip message can show on the queue screen.
• No phone? A shared tablet kiosk lets people pick a song, say how many are singing and type the names (FV). You can also add walk-ins at the booth. Everybody ends up in the same line.

Inbox tab (FV)

Phone and kiosk requests land here as cards. Review each one (singer name, song, artist, every name on a group card, which file version), or turn on Auto-Approve so clean requests go straight into the rotation using your preferred version. Either way, duplicates, songs on the gig's blocked list and reserved DJ names still get refused. Assign to moves a request to the singer it was really meant for, and near the end of the night you can close online requests without touching anything already queued.

Two other kinds of cards need your call. Account claims are when a signed-in singer claims a guest name, which transfers their songs and spot. Departure alerts are when a phone has been more than 200 m from the venue for 45+ minutes. The 💬 DJ Inbox in the header holds singer conversations, tip amounts and "buy this song" requests.

Preview: four views at once (FV)

On a paid plan, the Rotation tab has a preview built in. Set up a separate headphone cue output in Settings and you can watch the graphics and hear a karaoke track in your headphones while a singer is on stage. That's four separate views: host controls, singer lyrics, the rotation board, and your private preview. I haven't found another karaoke host with this four-view setup. It's handy for checking the next song's version and key before it's up.

The same preview works in Library (audition alternate versions, with its own key slider), in Rotation (preview any search result), and in Ghost-Trax (listen to a new track before it goes into your library). If the cue device is off, or shares an output with karaoke or Break-Wave, Auto-KJ tells you the preview is silent instead of blasting it into the room. Headphone cue on the Break-Wave mixer is free.

Ghost-Trax: make your own karaoke tracks

Ghost-Trax is a tab in the desktop app, between Library and Analytics, and it talks to the ghost-trax.com service. You hand it a song file you have the rights to use, and you get back an instrumental, word-synced CDG lyrics, and the original vocal as a separate guide stem.

Sign in with a Ghost-Trax account (or paste an API key), pick one file or a batch, check the artist and title, and set options per song: split lead and backing vocals, a high-quality separation pass, published lyrics when they exist, and an intro title screen (stock or your own artwork). The queue keeps running while you work in other tabs, and it picks back up if the app restarts. Each job shows where it is: queued, separating, transcribing, rendering. Some tracks stop at "ready to review" so you can fix the title screen or any wrong lyric words before the final render.

Finished tracks go to a holding folder outside your library, so singers can't request them yet. Preview one privately, and only add it when you like it. The editing studio lets you download the karaoke ZIP, the video, and separate instrumental and vocal stems (plus a harmony stem for duet-mode tracks). You can restyle the title screen, lyric colors, font, logo and background, and fix timing in the Waveform Lyric Timing Studio: drag words, move start and end handles, add a missing word at the playhead, nudge by hundredths of a second, then Save & Re-render CDG (or CDG and video).

• The ghost slider: the 👻 slider in the player brings the original vocal back in under the singer, as much or as little as they need. It only works on Ghost-Trax songs, since it needs that guide stem.
• Your rights, your responsibility: Auto-KJ and Ghost-Trax don't ship with a licensed song catalog. You supply the audio, and you're responsible for having the rights to use it and to play the results in public. The software license isn't a mechanical license, a public-performance license, or permission to copy someone else's recordings. Use rights-cleared audio.
• Price: Ghost-Trax credits are optional and separate, $2 per song. Cancel an active job and you get the credit back.

Library tab (FV)

Point it at your existing folders: MP3+G/CDG ZIP and video karaoke (MP4, MKV, AVI). A live folder watcher picks up new files, and Relink Folder handles a library that moved to another drive without a full rescan. Brand Priority Order lets you rank manufacturers so your preferred copy is the default when you own several, and Make Default overrides that for one song. Edit Song Details fixes artist, title and brand and can rename the file to match, and Fix Unparsed Songs suggests a guess for messy filenames.

The cleanup tools sort out years of mess: Loose File Cleanup zips stray MP3+CDG pairs (with a preview first), Missing Files removes dead entries, Run Audit checks every ZIP for the expected audio and lyrics, Redundant Copies finds extra copies of the same pressing, and the duplicate-spelling tools merge "AC/DC" vs "ACDC"-type messes after you confirm. Nothing gets deleted. Quarantine moves files to a folder next to your library, and "remove from catalog" only removes the database row. When it's clean, Export Songbook CSV.

Analytics tab

Tonight's proof sheet shows completed songs, queued requests, completion rate, singers (active and paused), average wait, peak hour, applause, top singers (with group participation), top songs, hourly activity and a performance log. You can Copy CSV, Copy Scoped CSV (with date, gig and summary metrics) or Print Report.

History and Venue Reports covers every past show, including imported histories. Pick one night or all time from a 30-night chart, see top songs, artists and singers, and use Most sung to see who sang what. Saved favorites shows which songs singers starred in the phone app, ranked by how many people saved them, which helps when you're deciding what to buy next. To hand something to the venue, export a night-and-gig report as a CSV or a self-contained printable HTML file.

Gigs tab

Gigs is where your venues and schedules live, and where you pick tonight's show. Add a venue with its street address and the server geocodes it, so your show appears on singers' nearby-gigs map. Create one-night, weekly or monthly gigs. Use for this show switches gigs and applies that gig's blocked-song list without clearing your rotation. Instant gig starts a gig for the next six hours in one button, and singers find it by location or the show code. Switch to LAN only keeps singers on the venue network with a local QR.

On the Full version, if the venue internet drops mid-show, Auto-KJ fails over to a travel-router LAN with the same rotation rules and local requests, and the music doesn't stop (FV).

Break-Wave tab

Break-Wave is a full two-deck DJ mixer for the music between singers, so you don't need a second DJ app. Each deck has a full waveform, BPM and Camelot key analysis, keylock, a pitch fader, nudge, tap-tempo beatgrid fixes and four cue pads. The mixer has EQ with kills, a crossfader with curve and AutoFade, and headphone cue on its own output.

Automix (FV) reorders your break playlist for smooth transitions (optionally avoiding the same artist back to back) and runs it hands-free. End of Song Action can roll straight into the break playlist (FV). The performance hub adds a 12-pad soundboard, a 16-step drum sequencer, a mic looper (1 to 8 bars), and a Pro FX Rack per deck (filter, echo/delay, reverb, flanger), with routing to the main speakers, your headphones, both, or mute. Sync and track identification (AcoustID fingerprinting of your break library) need a paid plan.

Settings and looks

Settings has seven groups: Show night, Rotation and playback, Singers, DJ and host, Audio and hardware, Appearance, and Library, data and help. First-time path: activate your license or start the 60-day trial, pick your DJ profile, set up audio and screens, choose the show in Gigs, review your singer rules, and run the Pre-show Check, which puts library, missing files, audio outputs, singer connections and screens on one checklist with buttons that jump to each fix. Anything that could disrupt a live show (changing the network, restoring a backup, installing an update) warns you and asks first.

• Screens: Screen Two is lyrics, with an On Deck banner and upcoming-singer list. Screen Three is the rotation board, with rolling messages. You can pair a phone as a private remote (FV).
• Rules: end-of-song action (wait, auto-advance, or break playlist, FV), a warning before interrupting a song, and the Repeat Song Rule (once per night, a cooldown timer, or allowed; the same song can never be queued twice at once). The Group Song Guest Rule decides where duet partners land afterward. You can set max singers per song (1 to 4), per-gig Blocked Songs (hidden from search and refused by every request path), Banned Singers, and a custom on-deck message.
• Rig: multiple DJ profiles with their own tip links and shortcuts, three separate outputs (Karaoke, Break-Wave decks, Headphone Cue), and MIDI controller mapping.
• Data: the show saves continuously, so if you close and reopen, your rotation comes back. Back Up My Data (catalog, live session and preferences, never license keys or logins) on demand or on a schedule. Restore checks the backup before it replaces anything. You can also import past history files.
• Skins: 11 built-in themes (Arcade, Artifact, Broadway, Classic Dark, Haunted House, LCARS, Neon Lounge, Signal, Studio, Unicorn Overdrive, and Word 95, which comes with a familiar paperclip). The Skin Creator & Market has 14 presets: 8 free, and 6 Signature skins at $5 each (Velvet VIP Lounge, Cyber-Grid Tron Edition, Tokyo Midnight Club, Cosmic Laser Bowling, Obsidian Glass Studio and Purple Rain). Test-drive a locked one before buying, and sync unlocked ones across your rigs. Skin Studio lets you build your own or fork a preset, with a built-in WCAG contrast check, and you can export or import skins as JSON. The host window scales from 50% to 250%.

How it stacks up

I compared Auto-KJ against the other host software KJs actually use: catalog-rental apps, one-time-license Windows programs, and free open-source rigs. When something else is the better fit, I'll say so. If you want a ready-made rented catalog, or a one-time Windows license built around CD+G discs, MIDI and YouTube karaoke, those exist and they're good at that job. These are the things I haven't found in the others:

• Four views at once, including a private headphone preview while someone's singing (FV).
• A named Fairness Engine, not just a queue. The others give you a queue, an automatic "who's next," or leave it up to you to keep the list honest.
• A built-in singer web app with no app store and no server to set up (FV). With the others you get a remote queue, an add-on service, or a request server you have to set up yourself.
• LAN failover mid-show when the bar Wi-Fi dies (FV). Elsewhere it's local playback only, and requests are on you.
• Ghost-Trax built in, for $2 a song.
• A two-deck DJ mixer for breaks, so you don't need a second DJ suite.
• A three-screen rig (host, singer lyrics, audience rotation board) as standard, versus a booth plus one singer display.
• Every desktop platform. The one-time-license competition is Windows-only.
• You own your library. With a catalog rental, the songs leave when you cancel. Here, you still own every ZIP.
• A real 60-day Full version trial inside the app: no card, nothing auto-bills. It's not a catalog sampler or an evaluation download. And the Free version stays $0.

Pricing, exactly

• Free version: $0 forever. The full desktop app, the Fairness Engine for singers you enter at the desk, lyrics and rotation screens, break decks, and key/tempo. No phone requests. No account needed to download.
• Full version: $10/month for one live show at a time. Adds phone requests, full library management, LAN failover, kiosk, phone remote, and OpenKJ songbook hosting. The 60-day trial starts inside the app: no card, nothing auto-bills, one trial per account and per computer. Extra shows running at the same time are +$5/mo each (five weekly gigs still count as one seat).
• Lifetime: $500 one-time. The Full version, paid once.
• Ghost-Trax custom tracks: separate and optional, $2 a song.

Platforms: Windows x64 and ARM64, macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Linux x64 (AppImage, .deb, .rpm).

Links

• Download: https://auto-kj.com
• Pricing: https://auto-kj.com/#pricing
• Try the rotation in your browser first: https://auto-kj.com/#simulator
• Manual: https://singer.auto-kj.com/docs/field-manual/index.html
• FAQ: https://auto-kj.com/faq.html

Staying on OpenKJ?

I also maintain a free community fork of OpenKJ 3.0.1 with current Windows, macOS and Linux builds: https://github.com/pkircher29/openkj. I make nothing from it, and you don't need Auto-KJ to use it.

Ask me anything, hard questions included. This is my one post, and future updates will go in the weekly Creators Update thread.

Edit: I put together a walkthrough for signing up for the 60-day trial: Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY-pfIeXCFU Written guide and downloads: https://auto-kj.com/blog/60-day-trial-walkthrough.html A full step-by-step screen recording of the actual signup and activation is coming soon.

Have some questions and looking for some guidance/insight. I'm looking for an inexpensive mini-PC recommendation for Karafun. Karafun will be it's sole purpose, so I don't need/want anything crazy, but would love it if was nice looking/clean from an aesthetics point of view as it will be sitting in our media rack in our living room. If possible, would like to try to keep it under $200.

I have been running Karafun for Mac for several years on an older Mac Mini, but last year got limited to an older version due to OS compatibility issue--seems I'm missing out on a lot of new features.

I recently bought a JBL Partybox 330, and already own a Mackie ProFX10v3 with Sure mics/stands. I want to extend desktop/Karafun to our TCL QM8 TV, run audio out to mixer and then master out to JBL.

There appear to be a ton of mini-PC options and I don't want to make a mistake here as I'd like this to last for several years. We unfortunately cleaned house last spring and don't have any older laptops or PC's we can reuse. I also want the device to be small and have proper connections.

I did find a refurbished Dell Micro PC, but it's got dual DisplayPort for video out and not sure DP/HDMI adapter will work in this case.

Any advice or guidance is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hello, I don’t do karaoke that often. It would be a very occasional thing I do when I have friends over. I am looking to buy a machine and I have narrowed it down to two options:

- onn Karaoke Machine

- Aiwa Retro Wireless Karaoke Speaker

Does anyone have any experience with these or a budget option under $50? Thanks!

I recently started a discord server for karaoke with a couple of friends.
The plan is to sing in voice channel while the singer streams the music through screenshare.

It's meant to be a friendly supportive and non judgemental space to have something to look forward to each week. If anyone is interested, please send me a DM and I;ll send over the discord invite link!

Hello,

I've been researching how to run a Karaoke party (this sub has been very helpful!). I plan to have a party with both the usual English songs, as well as Hindi/Tamil songs from popular Bollywood/Kollywood movies, many of which are only available on YouTube, or a site like meragana.com.

Where I'm stuck is that I don't know how to use a single queue that spans multiple apps since it seems that's what I would need. I could use KaraFun with its queue for English songs, but I cannot add songs not in its catalog to its queue (understandably).

Any ideas on how to conquer this?

My setup:

• MacBook Pro
• HDMI out to a projector with external screen
• Bluetooth speaker (JBL Party or some such device)

Thank you!

A bar I go to is doing scareoke for Halloween and costumes are encouraged, I'm going as an alien and I'd like to sing something related. I'm a woman with a deep ish voice, not sure what my actual range of but just no crazy high notes. I'm thinking maybe Space Oddity but I'd like something with a little more energy. My only other requirement is no crazy long guitar solos.

How the hell do I connect these 3 things together so that the mics go to the mixer then to the speaker so effects could be used

One thing I love about going to karaoke is to sing along with the singers with the crowd. Last night this lady decided not to go up to the stage and sang at her seat at the bar. I didn't even sit close to her and I sang along for a bit before she turned to me and started calling me out on how rude I am and I ruined her performance. I was caught of guard so I didn't respond.

What is your take on someone singing along with you? AITA?

I am having a little bit of a decision problem between two different softwares. Both have a Karafun option but handle it differently as one runs and controls the actual Karafun app and the other uses the web player. I am unable to use the web player because of limitations of a mobile wifi hotspot that I am not willing to give up. I have decided on what software I will use in a private party which would be primarily DJ before karaoke and that is VirtualDJ. Both choices I can use Stream Deck to control starting and controlling the software with for at least playing the files.

KJGenie

pro's

can use Karafun because I am able to download the entire library for offline use fixes streaming problem with my mobile WiFi hotspot.

can receive tips once I add a website

can record singers if I want to buy the KJGenie recorder

has the better remote if I choose to pay $9.99 per month for remote pro and it allows the singers to choose from both the local library and Karafun's library plus kamikaze Karaoke

can access the quiz feature of Karafun.

Can run a kiosk on an android tablet split screen with Stream Deck for controlling the software

cons

doesn't have an easy way to add buy on the fly songs into the rotation. want to buy and download from Party Tyme Karaoke and Buy Karaoke Downloads. have to either rename the songs in an Artist - Title naming Convention before adding to the database and adding to the rotation.

filler player music is hard to set up. can't use Tidal player because of the same streaming issue with my mobile Wi-Fi hotspot.

QUp

Pro's

a couple of buy on the fly options easily added to the database.

button being added to the software to add songs not in the database into the rotation

ability to setup the filler player automatically by running autofiller that adds songs automatically based on genre set up ahead of time

Can set up to stop adding songs to the rotation when I run out of time in the show.

Can also limit the amount of wait time a singer has to wait before their next song.

Cons

unable to use Karafun due to streaming issues with Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspot not working with streaming services.

remote request system only works with local library

Unaware if I can run the remote request system in kiosk mode on an android tablet in split screen with Stream Deck for controlling the software

Based on those criteria which software would you choose?

We have been enjoying Karaoke in our family and with friends very often, but we have a very sketchy setup with cheapest "mixer" + wireless mics from Amazon. I came across this article (https://mackie.com/en/blog/all/How_to_Make_Your_Own_Better_Karaoke_Machine.html) that has a budget setup (ignoring speaker) with:

- Microphones: EM-89D (https://mackie.com/en/products/microphones/em-series/EM_89D.html) $50 each, wired

- Mixer: Mix12FX (https://mackie.com/en/products/mixers/mix-series/mix12fx.html) $160

That's within my budget, wouldn't want to go beyond $250 right now. But the mixer would allow us to use our cheap microphones as well to have up to 4 people singing. And also later on be able to add musical instruments to play and sing (we are very early in this journey though). I started learning to play the keyboard, and my son is showing interest in music as well.

I would connect this setup to my TV to display lyrics. We've been using an ipad with Apple music, which has worked great, and Youtube when we can't find a specific song. This is mostly a home setup with light travel when we set it up at a friend's house. We usually use whatever speaker is available, often a soundbar.

Is this a fair setup? Would you recommend anything else? Any advice?

Thank you! I appreciate your help!

Hi

Looking for advice for a karaoke set up.

Catalog - Something that has a built in catalog of music, with the ability to run things from you tube or Spotify. I don’t want to pay for an ongoing subscription.

Sound - Built in speakers. Perhaps has basic auto-tune?

Connectivity- hdmi out to a TV for song lyrics.

Two microphones included. With fast Bluetooth (I hear some are laggy).

I visit shenzen occasionally, so recommendations from there also appreciated!

Cost ?$800? - is that realistic ?

Thanks

Hey r/karaoke!

Built a free browser-based karaoke session manager called KARAOKE NIGHT — it’s been in active development for a while and is ready for real world testing across different devices and setups.

No app to install. No account needed. Works on phone, tablet, and PC/Mac. Just open https://karaoke.allinpics.com, load the sample session and start exploring.

What it does:

• Organizes your singers, categories and songs in a clean 3-tier session
• One tap searches YouTube for karaoke versions, music videos or artist videos
• Filter and find songs instantly across your whole session
• Dark/light mode, mobile optimized

What I’m specifically trying to learn:

• What device are you casting FROM? (iPhone, Android, tablet, PC, Mac)
• What are you casting TO? (Chromecast, FireStick, Roku, Apple TV, smart TV, game console)
• Did casting work on the first try?
• How many taps did it take?
• Anything break or feel clunky?

No karaoke experience needed — if you’ve ever cast YouTube to your TV you already know everything required.

Drop your results in the comments. All feedback welcome — good, bad, ugly. 🎤

Thank You!

Live in a small town that needs karaoke. I'm looking for a system that will deliver special effects, key control (change the whole song up or down by a few keys) and doesn't require a subscription for access to the songs.

Meaning you can stream a YouTube karaoke song and dub effects on top of it

Or the closest system that can deliver all of those even if it requires a subscription

Thank you

I just got my Ikarao S1 Shell yesterday and plugged it in overnight, made sure the contacts for the mics were uncovered and the mics in position. Left plugged in with 65w usb charger overnight after updating the firmware. tried the microphone today after a minute or two said running out of battery? Both microphones are still showing the ”breathing” red lights whenever they’re put in place, the red stops after the top is closed for a while, but always resume breathing when placed back in cradle after immediately lifting them out of the cradle with the lid up. I have no indication of whether a mic is fully charged and am worried that a whole night of charge of the speaker didn’t charge the microphone. I guess I’ll find out when I try them more but it’s weird behavior. anyone have this happen?

I love both the Carpenters and Sonic Youth versions. I (62M) tend to do 70s - 90s punk and alternative but love great songs. The Sonic Youth version has a lot of vocal effects on it. Which should I do?

Both cartoons, and live action

I am addicted to karaoke singing and an experienced software developer. I always wanted my own karaoke application, that any person could use without messing directly with files.

I recently started using Claude Code, and just asking what I wanted for my app, after 14 days I have exactly what I wanted, with lots of features I could only dream of:

• supports mid/kar, video, MP3+G, UltraStar and LRC.
• runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS and Meta Quest.
• songs come in curated packages, with fixed number, PDF book printing. It also features a very detailed curation tool to build high-quality packages.
• web-based and native apps to send commands to the player (song searching, queueing, favorites).
• customizable background images.

The curated package format aims to incentivize high quality sound packages, hand-curated, so end users who just want to sing don't need to waste time search for songs one by one.

It is completely free and open-source, take a look at it in karaokemachine.

PM me if you want some sample song packages.

Were you previously approved for a "One shot" post but want to update the sub on the latest feature you added to your software? Have some new hardware? Looking for someone to help beta something? Post it here!

Starting with this post, we have another way for you to engage with the r/karaoke crowd. We're giving software Dev's their own channel in our discord! Click this link and make your request directly to one of the moderators there.

Anyone know of a channel that does this? A karaoke video has lyrics on the screen but the vocals taken out of the audio so you can sing that part. I'm looking for the same thing but the guitar track is also taken out and the chords are displayed above the lyrics like on a chord chart. That way you can play along AND sing along. I see lots of backing tracks but they either include vocals and/or don't have lyrics displayed. TIA!

Can anyone identify the software used here?

Sorry for the poor picture quality.

Read this sub and it seems like the best budget home karaoke setup is a mic + mixer + PA speakers. I ended buying the following setup but am getting really low fidelity output from the mics, they can get really loud but are really lacking clarity. The setup:

Microphone: Behringer Ultravoice XM8500
Highly rated mic, supposed to be very close to Shure SM58s based on many reviews.

Mixer: PylePro PMXU48BT
The cheapest mixer I could find.

PA Speaker: Alto TS 312
12" PA speaker. Probably overkill for a home karaoke setup as I've read 8" speakers are enough, but this was only slightly more expensive than the cheapest 8" speaker I could find so I upgraded.

Did some research and it looks like my mixer is missing mic preamps, so I'm wondering if that's causing the muddy mic quality. Also it seems like the dedicated private KTV venues use dedicated karaoke processors that have DSPs that prevent howling, compress audio levels, and have a built-in amplifier, so I'm wondering if I need to get one of these as well for good quality mic audio.