From the day in which, it seems to me, in the Philippines the karaoke machine was invented and patented in 1980, 30 years have passed and Karaoke has become a worldwide phenomenon, used, as a game, by everyone, alone or in a group, by people of all ages and walks of life. Karaoke is nothing more than the visualization of the text of a piece of music, synchronized with the music, so it is possible to sing the words that flow on the screen as if they were subtitles in a film.
In more advanced Karaoke, the words are highlighted on the video as they are to be sung.
Since there are many who love to sing and sing out of tune freely at home or at parties with friends, let's see here how you can transform a computer mp3 into a karaoke file, or how to add text to a song so that it appears, synchronized, during playback of music.
The program to use is called Karaoke Lyrics Editor is 100% free, in Italian and very simple to use, aimed only at the task of synchronizing an mp3 song with a text .
The end result is, in fact, a Karaoke on the computer.
It may be objected that, in real Karaoke, the sung voice is not heard but, as seen, removing the sung from an mp3 music is not absolutely simple even if possible.
The installation of Karaoke Lyrics Editor is linear and without special options.
Once the program has started, to create a Karaoke piece, you must integrate the song with the lyrics of the song by pressing the " Open Mp3 " button.
From this window, by clicking on the low " Open Txt " key, you must paste the text of the chosen song previously copied and then save by pressing the " Save " key.
To find lyrics and lyrics of the songs you can use some websites already listed on another page or go to Google and search, for example, "Albachiara testo".
Now you have to work on synchronizing the text so that it goes on time with the audio playback of the music.
While the mp3 is being played, simply press " play " with each sung verse.
After finishing the synchronization, you must press Save mp3 .
Karaoke should now be ready and you can open the same mp3 file to follow the words of the song and sing.
To have a better graphic effect, you can put the window full screen with the written text as big as real karaoke.
The computer thus becomes a Karaoke machine where you can add new songs and organize the playlist .
A better program to create karaoke on the PC using the normal MP3 files of the songs saved on the PC is eLive Lyrics Editor, similar to the program mentioned above, but with nicer graphics and simple features to synchronize the lyrics of the songs with the progress of the music.
This program is completely free, in Italian and explained with clear instructions and in Italian on the download page by its author.
If you prefer a simpler solution, you can simply listen to a song with the text below flowing like in Karaoke using a plugin for Windows MEdia Player.
Finally, I remember, mandatory for fans, the page with the best programs to sing at Karaoke on the computer or via the internet and the websites with Youtube videos for Karaoke .
