r/karaoke Jul 23 '26

Software Authors, Hardware Creators, etc: Understanding the difference between "Being a part of the community" and coming here to hawk your wares.

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"Hawk your wares" means to sell goods or services, often in public, sometimes using loud or persuasive methods. Definition and Usage. To hawk your wares is to sell or attempt to sell something, typically in a public place such as a street or market, often by calling out to attract customers or using persuasive speech.

After we vet a creator (the usual check by virustotal) we give them a choice.

  1. The weekly Creators Update Thread

Every week the automod creates this post at Fridays, 8am PST. This is really meant to be an introduction to the community. This is where you lightly announce your service or product to our community, and with some persistence and luck get involved in the day to day answering questions for the community, giving sound advice, or tech assistance. Essentially building up your "Street Cred" here in the community. Where you can solicit testers, or feedback, make people feel empowered that you're listening to what they want. Becoming one with the community.

  1. The "One Shot" post.

Too often I'm seeing many creators jump straight into a one shot post. As moderators, we log and catalog your "one shot" to the community in the software Wiki. You might get 10 replies at the most, but most of the posts I've seen are not carefully crafted posts with videos, screenshots, and some really compelling reasons why people should use your stuff.

Other times I see posts so poorly worded, or "Free" but it's not "Free" and our community will call you out on it. Vague pricing or just Ai vibe coded shovelware who's juice isn't worth the squeeze. We see this stuff DAILY.

Understand that ONE SHOT means you only get to do that post one time. You only get ONE SHOT at a first impression, and I see so many creators that don't treat the one shot it is. Do you really want to do one weak post, that scrolls off the front page into obscurity? Or you you want to engage, earn trust, and be considered a valuable asset to this community, and make a triumphant post where the community comes out in droves to support you?

Moving forward, this will be the new text we send creators when they reach out to us. Actions matter, conduct matters. People will see if you're here to be a part of us, or to simply use us like a billboard. How you treat this subreddit will be reciprocated back at you. Act accordingly.


r/karaoke 4d ago

Weekly Creators Update Thread

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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.


r/karaoke 4h ago

What would convince you to try Live Band Karaoke?

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I perform in a Live Band Karaoke band. Over the past two years we have built a great community, but we’re always looking to grow it.

Specifically I’d like some advice on what to emphasize in our advertising. What would make you give a show like ours a try? (We have full real-time lyrics and video, a growing song list, a pro-quality venue with full lights and sound, fun costumes and props, the full package. The crowd is very welcoming, and the band is great at supporting the singer, even if they get lost.)

Thanks! I appreciate any insight you can offer.


r/karaoke 1d ago

Is it okay to request a song change with KJ from your original submission?

18 Upvotes

There have been times I've put in an Elvis Presley song, and then some dude ahead of me absolutely kills it doing Presley.

Is it an a-hole move to ask to change my song after I’ve already submitted it?

Sometimes the mood/vibe of the room changes. The song you picked 30–45 minutes ago you know isn’t going to work as well with the new room vibe.

What’s the karaoke etiquette here?


r/karaoke 1d ago

Giving up

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Haha 😆

So like when do u give up on a song?

I've been trying to sing Marian by Sisters of Mercy for abt two years. I mean "trying to sing" as in trying to sing well; in a way that satisfies me. It's only been 3 attempts. 1st time, in preparation for Halloween 2024: shite. 2nd time, a friend who is in to goth music's birthday: shite. 3rd time, hoping to pair it with Boston's More Than A Feeling (where he sings abt his "Marian" walking away): shite. I can't do it. The notes are too basso por mio. I'm convinced it sounds like shit. I've tried raising the song key and it doesn't seem to help much. I want to try it again tonight at +3 but I think I've come to my senses. It ain't worth it. I only get so many opportunities to sing at volume and no one else is enjoying me FAFO. There was this woman who used to be a Tuesday regular who framed her karaoke as practice, and there were moments when it sounded like she was actually improving at Whitney Houston's I will always love u (RIP DOLLY RIP WHITNEY 👑), but nah not really. She'd pick a song and sing it once a week for months, some weeks better than others but by the end when she moved on to something else (both in terms of songs and when she eventually stopped coming altogether) you wouldn't say she'd improved at it. So it's kind of whatever reality u choose at karaoke 🎤🪄✨ but I choose to value my time somewhat objectively, and my ears tell me it sounds like shit and my eyes tell me no one is enjoying it x 3.

FAFO days come around so I'll probably finally keep a list of FAFO songs.


r/karaoke 1d ago

Karaoke Hardware JYX-S55 no longer charging, any fixes?

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Hi everyone! i have this JYX-S55 i love so so much, but recently its stopped charging. it won't turn on and the charging light is always off. I've tried charging it in four different places with four different cords, even the original cord it came with, and it's just not working. my mom thinks it needs the battery replaced, which i've seen online as well, but are there any other possibilities I'm not considered? (it's not damaged by the way! im very careful with my devices) thanks in advance! 💗


r/karaoke 1d ago

Karaoke Hardware Karaoke Rig with PC?

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Hi guys, I was wondering if there was a way to build a rig using a PC so my monitors can be the interface of the like youtube video playing, and then adding good speakers and somehow connecting a Microphone to it?


r/karaoke 2d ago

Is this song ok to sing?

4 Upvotes

Myself and my wife love the song "We are the world" by USA for Africa, it feels a bit weird to sing it, not sure exactly why tbh, patronizing maybe? I have seen it sung before and it went down well, but me and the missus were in the audience so we might have skewed the reaction.


r/karaoke 1d ago

Singers Showcase Does any male or female or anyone on the East coast want to sing the Dusty Springfield part in Pet Shop Boys “what have I done to deserve this”?

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r/karaoke 2d ago

Equipment Budget Setup for parties

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I'm looking for something for very occasional use - as our last planned trip to a karaoke room was quite expensive in total, so this idea came up that it might be more convenient to just purchase something. I'm totally green in terms of what is available, played couple of RockBand / Guitar Hero and some karaoke rooms. That's it.

Current setup:
TV
PC ( or laptop if needed) - integrated soundcard (i have a small usb DAC but i rarely use it)
Denon CEOL N12 with SC-N10 speakers

I think I could use the above to combine something usable for a bit tipsy people - but I would really appreciate on helping me choosing the righ mic's and software for this. I don't expect top quality, just something to have some fun when % kicks in :)

Budget: Up to 150 Euro (amazon europe is ok)

Thank you!


r/karaoke 2d ago

Karaoke Software Song queue manager for Nightingale

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I created a song/singer queue manager for Nightingale. I run the Nightingale docker container. This add-on is a separate container that records the participant's name, retrieves the song list from Nightingale, and allows participants to add themselves to the queue. The VJ sees the list and simply queues the songs and marks the songs as 'done'.

Open source, no fees, totally self-hosted.

https://github.com/jdogrocks/nightingale-song-queue


r/karaoke 2d ago

Dealing with No shows.

8 Upvotes

For all my fellow Kjs, I'm curious how you deal with people who dont show up for songs or show up late. Personally, if I haven't called last call, it's getting moved down once. but if I have, I'm auctioning it off to the crowd, and whoever wants to sing it can.


r/karaoke 2d ago

karaoké en ligne

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Bien le bonjour.

Dernièrement, je me sens l'envie de pousser la chansonnette (la dernière fois remonte à pas mal de temps) et je recherche désespérément un site ou un jeu de karaoké en ligne ou l'on peut chanter avec/contre d'autres gens (pas forcément qu'avec ses amis) et avec un système de score.

Je me souviens d'un site formidable, "karaoke party" je crois? qui réunissait tout ça, mais qui a malheureusement fermé il y a de ça pas mal d'années... je sais que c'est beaucoup demandé mais j'aimerais vraiment pouvoir revivre une expérience pareille.

Aidez-moi s'il vous plait :'(


r/karaoke 2d ago

On android

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I am an idiot and want to make kereoke. How do I make a kereoke. On android.


r/karaoke 2d ago

Can someone help me po

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I have my samsung t420 sound bar and i want to use it to karaoke via microphone using aux cable

now can someone recomend me kung ano po ginawa nyo ma saksakan nyo lang sya ng aux

your asnwer or respond much appreciated


r/karaoke 3d ago

General Discussion How to record karaoke video?

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When I record my video using my smartphone singing karaoke on my JBL 320, the recorded audio is terrible, what am I missing?


r/karaoke 2d ago

?????

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Looking for someone to make a kereoke for "assemble the gallows" by blvckhelicopters


r/karaoke 4d ago

First time using Karafun

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At an outdoor lakeside bar, KJ is using Karafun... Lyrics are a couple of beats behind... Is this normal?


r/karaoke 4d ago

[Software] NeuralSound — turn almost any song into karaoke with vocal removal, synced lyrics in 95+ languages, key/tempo control & 6 stems

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Hi everyone I’m the founder of NeuralSound.

We built NeuralSound around a problem I think a lot of karaoke singers run into:

You find the song you want to sing, but there’s no good karaoke version or the available version has poor vocal removal, inaccurate lyrics, or it’s in the wrong key.

With NeuralSound, you can upload your own audio or video and turn it into a karaoke/practice track.

The main workflow is:

  • remove the lead vocal and keep the instrumental
  • automatically generate time-synced lyrics in 95+ languages
  • change the pitch/key to fit your vocal range
  • slow down or speed up the song without changing the key
  • keep the lyrics, audio and video synchronized
  • customize the lyrics and create a karaoke video
  • export the finished result

The synced lyrics have become one of our favorite parts

NeuralSound currently supports lyric generation in 95+ languages, which makes it useful when the song you want doesn’t already have a good synced-lyrics version available.

We tested NeuralSound’s time-synced lyric transcription and achieved an average word error rate (WER) of below 4% across English, Korean, German, Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Portuguese, Italian, and French. To our knowledge, no current karaoke competitor offers this level of lyric accuracy. We also checked other competing platforms, but none provided comparable accuracy.

Many users have tested NeuralSound across different songs, languages and vocal styles, and have told us that the generated lyrics are more accurate and better timed than those from other tools they have tried.

Obviously one user's experience doesn't mean we'll get every song, language or accent right, but feedback like that has encouraged us to keep investing heavily in the lyrics side too.

For karaoke, our goal isn't just:

remove vocals → give you an MP3

We want the whole workflow in one place:

Song → clean instrumental → synced lyrics → adjust key/tempo → karaoke video

Separation quality is where we’ve invested most heavily

We use a fairly heavy server-side separation model because we chose to prioritize cleaner output and lower vocal bleed rather than making everything lightweight enough to run locally.

We also wanted something more concrete than simply saying “our separation sounds better.”

So in July we ran a public benchmark against Moises and Fadr, using the exact same 5 tracks from MUSDB18-HQ and the same two-stem evaluation process.

Average overall SI-SDR:

NeuralSound — 15.80 dB
Moises — 14.47 dB
Fadr — 12.59 dB

For karaoke specifically, the instrumental result is probably more interesting:

NeuralSound — 18.33 dB instrumental SI-SDR
Moises — 16.94 dB
Fadr — 15.16 dB

NeuralSound also had the highest average score in that test for less bleed/interference and fewer processing artifacts.

We ran the benchmark ourselves, so I want to be transparent about that. It’s also only five songs, so I’m not claiming NeuralSound will beat every separator on every recording.

That’s why we published the actual audio from all three services, the individual track scores, methodology and downloadable data so people can listen and judge for themselves:

https://neuralsound.org/compare/ai-vocal-remover-2026

More control if you need it

NeuralSound can also separate a song into up to 6 stems:

Vocals / Drums / Bass / Guitar / Piano / Other

So you can do more than just remove the singer.

You can isolate the vocal while learning a melody, mute individual instruments, or build a backing track using only the stems you want.

For karaoke specifically, the things we're trying to get right are:

less vocal bleed + clean instrumentals + accurate synced lyrics + 95+ language support + easy key/tempo adjustment

Pricing is something we've also tried to keep reasonable.

On the web, you don't need a recurring subscription. Processing packs currently start at $9.99 for 120 minutes, and you can try the separation tool without a credit card.

NeuralSound is available on:

Web: https://neuralsound.org/

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/neuralsound-vocal-remover-ai/id6756906827

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neuralsound.musicseparation

Karaoke video Maker(beta): https://neuralsound.org/tools/karaoke-video-maker 

One clarification: NeuralSound doesn't provide a catalog of commercial karaoke songs. You bring your own audio/video, and NeuralSound helps turn it into the karaoke/practice version you want.

I’m the founder, so I’ll be around in the comments.

If you try it, I’d especially like to hear how the instrumental quality, vocal bleed, lyrics timing and accuracy hold up on difficult songs different languages, accents, fast vocals, backing vocals, screams, live recordings, heavy reverb, etc.

Those difficult cases are exactly what our team wants to keep improving.


r/karaoke 4d ago

Karaoke Hardware Thrift store find: The Singing Machine

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The Singing Machine, model ISM-395

$8. 2011.

Old school iPhone 30-pin dock connector.

Anyone got any opinions? I don't think it strips out vocals, it's just a sing-along boombox that connects to your TV.


r/karaoke 4d ago

General Discussion Karaoke Stuff

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In a few days, I'm going to attempt to do a karaoke-ish challenge live (at home, not at any particular place, as to not obstruct other ppl) where I do all of Green Day's album, "American Idiot", back to back. Just interested, do you guys think it is feasible, and if so, what tips do you have to pulling it off? It'll with a backing track only and no lyrics in front of me, so that'll be somewhat harder I guess. Just want the opinions of you guys, as this seems like the right sub for it.


r/karaoke 4d ago

General Discussion Fun karaoke story

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I do karaoke in a smaller place so everyone gets to go multiple times as soon as they want to, thought I should say that before starting the story. It was my turn to go up and sing but there were technical difficulties connecting the lyrics to the monitor in time so that had to be dealt with while I waited to go. So I said “no worries, I’ll just sing acapella” except I don’t really know any songs I could do acapella… except for one. I started to quietly sing Since You’ve Been Gone (because of pitch perfect) into the mic, and slowly more people started joining in, ending at the chorus because that’s probably all everyone knew. I just thought it was a fun moment, gotta love karaoke.


r/karaoke 4d ago

A question for the hosts — genuine curiosity, not about software.

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In your country, for a typical 5-hour night in a pub-style venue: how much does a KJ get paid?

I'm in Italy, and here rates are low. I've seen venues pay as little as 50 euros for a whole night.
I'm curious how it compares where you are: is it a flat fee, a cut of the bar, tips, or a mix?

Trying to get a sense of how different the karaoke-hosting world is from country to country.


r/karaoke 4d ago

General Discussion Side Shows

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Years ago, someone brought a replica guitar from one of those band games. I'm a drummer in an actual band, so I picked it up and pretended to play. It turns out I'm weirdly good at this. I have regular singers who ask me to "play" on certain songs, and many a visitor who thought I was actually playing the solos.

So I wondered, what other sort of side amusements have popped up at your karaoke shows?


r/karaoke 4d ago

Party Karaoke Ideas

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Hello and looking for a different twist on a karaoke contest I have as part of an annual Halloween party. In the past, I’d randomly pick 3 people attending the party to be judges and this works but looking for something different this year. I thought about having a machine that measures loudness based on the crowds reaction when it comes time to judge the contestants and also letting each of the crowd have a vote although the latter would take some time to get the results and slow momentum. While typing this I wonder if there is a free app that would allow people to vote individually and their votes could automatically be tabulated. As you can tell, reaching for ideas and any tips would help. Thank you.