Walaoke

Walaoke is an easy to use yet feature-rich karaoke player that runs right on your computer. It plays MIDI and KAR files, MP3+CDG, MP3+LRC and MP3+XML karaoke tracks, as well as video karaoke in VOB, MKV, AVI, MPEG and VCD (.DAT) formats, so you can sing along with most karaoke collections you already have. Zipped MP3+G, LRC and XML songs play without being unpacked first.

It displays the lyrics to be sung on top of a video file, your own background video or a live webcam picture, with progressive highlighting like a real karaoke machine. Video can also be shown on an extended monitor or TV. There is plenty of built-in customization, so you can choose the font, text size, lyric outline and shadow. Lyrics can be shown in different colors for male, female and duet parts, with an on-screen indicator for each.

For MIDI songs, Walaoke lets you mute any of the 16 tracks, for example to remove the melody line, and shift the pitch higher or lower to match your voice. Video karaoke files with two audio tracks or separate left and right channels can be switched to the instrumental version. A simple scoring feature is included just for fun and imitates the effects of home karaoke players.

Songs are organized in a song list that you can search as you type, number and print out. Just like on a karaoke machine, guests type a song number to add it to the reserved list. When the reserved list is disabled, the song list works as a regular playlist, so Walaoke can also be used as an ordinary media player for audio and video files.

Walaoke runs on Windows and can be used at home or at a party or small event. The basic version is free, and a registration code was sent to users who donated to the project, while a paid Walaoke Pro edition was also sold. The program is no longer developed and its official website is offline, so no further updates or support can be expected.

Walaoke turns a Windows PC into a karaoke machine with a searchable, numbered song list and a reserved song queue.