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Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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My wife is a huge karaoke fan. I'm especially interested in the pitch scoring since we usually play the karaoke games on older consoles for that exact feature. Nobody really makes games like that anymore without a subscription (and most of these good modern karaoke platforms are exclusive to east asia anyways). If this works well this could make for some really fun social events, looking forward to trying this.

I don’t want to take away from OPs project (which seems really nice) but have you tried Ultrastar Deluxe ( https://usdx.eu/ ) in combination with USDB ( https://usdb.animux.de/ )?

There’s also a program for automatically downloading the songs: https://github.com/bohning/usdb_syncer

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hey! you can use + / - buttons on the keyboard to change the level of guidance according to your preference, generally there is a controls legend in the top right corner https://nightingale.cafe/docs/controls

Yeah, I did that. I think the problem is when there are multiple singers harmonizing it only removes one.

indeed! the stem separation model is not ideal. you can try to change the stem separation model in the settings and reanalyze the song (make sure to click the trash button and then analyze, refresh button does not refresh the stems, only the transcript/alignment)

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Really nice project, I'm looking forward to trying it!

Would it be possible to process songs on one device, and then use the result in another, or even multiple? Or would it be possible to run as separate server / client?

I ask mainly because the device I connect to my TV is definitely not the most powerful one, so it would be nice if I can preprocess the songs elsewhere.

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I've been working on a karaoke app called Nightingale. You point it at your music folder and it turns your songs into karaoke - separates vocals from instrumentals, generates word-level synced lyrics, and lets you sing with highlighted lyrics and pitch scoring. Works with video files too. Everything runs locally on your machine, nothing gets uploaded. No accounts, no subscriptions, no telemetry. It ships as a single…

Amazing work! I am thrilled someone was motivated to approach this problem and develop a creative solution like this. There are very limited options for Karaoke, especially in the FOSS space. Most Karaoke apps are super limited and that's driven many Karaoke enjoyers I know to YouTube in search of the songs they want to sing. This solution would give them the power to do even more songs, even better than what's out there now!

Questions for you:

1. What CUDA capability level is necessary for Nvidia GPU accelleration to work?

3. Are there any plans to support iGPU/NPU accelleration on AMD and Intel? Asking because those chips are most common in the mini computers sold at low cost these days.

My family members who love Karaoke and will be happy to try this. Looking forward to it!

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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My wife is a huge karaoke fan. I'm especially interested in the pitch scoring since we usually play the karaoke games on older consoles for that exact feature. Nobody really makes games like that anymore without a subscription (and most of these good modern karaoke platforms are exclusive to east asia anyways). If this works well this could make for some really fun social events, looking forward to trying this.

What would you consider the best "Singstar-like" alternative atm?

Re: Nightingale – open-source karaoke app that works with any song on your computer

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Very nice!

I've worked on a small toy project with a similar purpose in the past [1], though it's not nearly as polished as yours, and I've made some questionable decisions here and there.

I have questions about pitch tracking. It seems you do track the pitch for scoring, and there's a line at the top of the screen that seems related but that I can't figure out. For my use case, an important feature of karaoke apps is displaying how "high" the next note should be sung, or at least some hints. Is it something your app can do and I just haven't figured it out? Or would it be a feature request?

[1] https://github.com/eckter/karaoke_helper

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Looks amazing. I've been using Karafun [1], a paid service, but this seems promising. [1] https://www.karafun.com/

Karafun is a paid service? I've seen their karaoke songs on Youtube for over a decade, I thought that was their business model.

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I've been working on a karaoke app called Nightingale. You point it at your music folder and it turns your songs into karaoke - separates vocals from instrumentals, generates word-level synced lyrics, and lets you sing with highlighted lyrics and pitch scoring. Works with video files too. Everything runs locally on your machine, nothing gets uploaded. No accounts, no subscriptions, no telemetry. It ships as a single…

Struggled somewhat with Tjamuku Ngurra by the Tjintu Desert Band, absolutely nailed Mariah Carey's Ken Lee .

( https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ken-lee )
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