PowerKaraoke

PowerKaraoke is a sophisticated and intuitive application designed to offer an efficient method of creating and managing CD+G songs, which can be used by both novices and karaoke lovers. It supports files with formats like MP3, WAV and MIDI.

Modern and clean layout

It's wrapped in a well-organized and comprehensive interface that might take a while to master for those who are using the tool for the first time. The left side of the window shows the soundtrack panel, which displays a waveform of the current track, the top displays the lyrics preview, and the bottom contains the edit panel, where you can alter the text. On the right part, the app shows the most frequently used commands for faster access to all the provided options.

Create and handle new and CD+Graphics songs

It's recommended to start by running the wizard in order to get familiarized with some of the functions, or you can go straight ahead and add an existing file like MIDI or CD+G (CDG, BIN). The wizard lets you decide what you would like to do easily, offering options such as creating a new karaoke track, starting one from scratch, or importing an item from the computer.
For the first choice, you have to pick the audio file that you want to use, along with keeping or removing the vocal background. The next step is to fetch the lyrics from the Internet and paste them from the clipboard, write them manually based on the played preview, or import from a TXT and KAR file.
During the synchronization process, words are highlighted one by one, and in order to match the song, you have to press the space bar when the word is spoken. It is not as simple as it seems and takes some time to learn.

Customize the background and synchronize tracks

Another useful function is choosing a specific personalization type for the title, credits and lyrics, and adding a style like balloons, beach, country, Elvis or rock, with different foreground and border colors and font types, styles and alignment options.
PowerKaraoke lets you synchronize the entire song from cursor and line position, adjust the word and highlight lyrics during playback. Plus, you can play, resume, stop, rewind and forward the audio file anytime.
It's possible to change the text properties, display images, count down time, or clear the screen anywhere in the song from the event menu. All the files are saved in PK2 and PKD formats.

Conclusion

Taking everything into account, PowerKaraoke is a reliable and fun tool that comes in handy when you want to create a karaoke song with lyrics that can be sung together with friends and personalized with photos, styles and highlights.