KANTO SYNCRO
THE POWERFUL SOFTWARE TO SYNCHRONIZE LYRICS WITH SONG
KANTO SYNCRO is the new app for Windows & MAC designed for those who want to create MP3 karaoke or Video karaoke files (.MP4 or .AVI format), by synchronizing lyrics with the original song (mp3, kar or mid format).
Kanto Syncro creates high quality karaoke files for playback on your favorite karaoke player, such as Kanto Karaoke Player (recommended player), QuickTime, QMidi, Winlive, Karaoke 5, etc…
Download now the free trial version of Kanto Syncro
If you have a version of MAC OS X < 10.10 please download from here
Demo Limitations: it saves the first 60 sec of the synchronized files. Buy Full Version Now
Here are the main features of Kanto Syncro for Windows:
Synchronize text and lyrics with MP3, MID or KAR audio files
Ability to choose between three output formats: MP3 AUDIO, MP4 VIDEO or AVI VIDEO
“Preview” feature to see the result before saving the file
Possibility to slow down or speed (in real-time) the song to optimize the synchronization
User-friendly interface and easily to use
It creates high quality mp3 files also starting from midi files (thanks to embedded soundfonts)
It allows you to customize lyrics font/color and background image (for video karaoke)
“Syncro Delay” feature to adjust the lyrics synchronization over the song
How to use Kanto Syncro to synchronize lyrics with MP3, MID o KAR:
Step 1. Download and Install Kanto Syncro
Run Kanto Syncro and you’ll see this:
Click on FREE TRIAL to go on with the trial version. The trial version allows you to synchronize the first 60 sec of the song.
Step 2. Import Audio Track and Lyrics File
After clicking on FREE TRIAL button, you will see this new window:
Click in the center of the screen to load the audio file (mp3, mid or kar) that you want to synchronize with lyrics. Or you can click on the button at the bottom right “Go to the main screen“.
In both cases you’ll see the main screen of the software:
If you have not set the audio file before, you can do it from this main screen by clicking on the top left BROWSE SONG. Once imported the audio track you’ll see its waveform below.
To load the lyrics you have two possibilities:
1. Click at the top right of “Load from Text File” to load lyrics from a txt file or
2. Copy and paste the lyrics directly into the editor by clicking on “Copy & Paste”
After importing the lyrics you’ll see the words in the program. Now everything is ready to go on with the synchronization!
Step 3. Synchronize Lyrics with the Song
To start the synchronization click on START SYNCRO button on the left.
The program will play the song and you have to click on SET button to synchronize each word with the song. Kanto Syncro will highlight in yellow the word when you click on SET (as you can see from the image below):
SET Shortcut Key= F1 (instead of clicking SET with the mouse, you can conveniently use the F1 keyboard key)
In addition to the SET button, this software offer other featurs to apply during and after synchronization. Here are the details:
> INSTRUMENTAL: You can press this button when there is a break (instrumental) in the song and it lets you to bring up the karaoke text “Instrumental” as long as it starts again with the vocals. This button has effect on the output video only.
> UNDO: clicking on UNDO you can undo the last click, and so correct the mistake committed
> RESTORE TO INITIAL: This button is activated when you click STOP SYNCRO and allows you to repeat again the synchronization
> PREVIEW: it allows you to preview the synchronized karaoke file
> Tempo: Above is the TEMPO indicator that allows you to slow down or speed up the song during synchronization.
Step 4. Export the synchronized song with lyrics
After synchronization you can proceed exporting you karaoke files by clicking the FINISH & SAVE button.
You’ll see this window:
You will be able to choose from:
- MP3 format with synchronized lytics and playable with Kanto Karaoke Player software
- MP4 Video format
- AVI Video format :high video/audio quality (with stereo effects) but higher size
Click on the desided format to export and save the song with lyrics.
NB: If you are using the “unregistered” version, the program will save only the first 60 seconds of the synchronized lyrics. To remove this limit you need to purchase the program.
That’s all! As you can see you need just a few simple clicks to create your own custom karaoke songs!
KANTO SYNCRO – OPTIONS
If you want to customize even more your karaoke songs, go to OPTIONS menu.
Here you’ll be able to change:
VIDEO SETTINGS
Video quality (resolution), video FPS, video encoder.
Audio Encoder and Biterate.
FONT SETTINGS
You can choose the font and its size.
You can also choose the font color of inactive lines / active lines / progress words
AUDIO / SYNCRO SETTINGS
You can change the soundfont (.sf2) file used to convert midi to mp3 format.
Option to remove track 4 from midi files.
Lyric output type ID3V1 (used in some karaoke machines) or ID3V2 (best option for PC karaoke players)
Lyric Lines: you can choose between 2,3,4 lines
Option to set the syncro by row/line in output video
GENERAL SETTINGS
You can set the language, skin, background image, output folder and syncro delay parameter.