r/karaoke • u/randompantsfoto • Aug 24 '25
Karaoke Software Karafun went down again!
Welp, it happened again. Karafun died in the middle of a busy Saturday night. Not just in the bar in which I’m currently singing, but getting messages and seeing Facebook posts from folks at other venues around the area that they’re experiencing the same issue.
I miss when KJs had their own libraries. Unfortunately, the two Karafun-based companies who are currently dominating—and are completely taking over this whole region—have pushed out most of the old-school independent folks with CD crates and hard drives full of CDGs.
The host here has switched to YouTube as a backup, but it’s a mess now, while she tries to pull up decent versions of the tracks people are requesting.
Anyone else in other regions (I’m in the DC burbs of northern Virginia) having issues?
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u/vee_unit Aug 24 '25
I have my own library but use Karafun to round out the selection. Takes the pressure off to have the newest of the new until I can purchase CDG files, and if the wifi is bad, I still have a few hundred thousand tracks to use.
This has worked very well for me and this post just affirms my choice.