Ghost of John AdamsOct 21, 2024
Dan Fixes Coin-Ops

Fedi, my kid saw a karaoke machine and said 🐁 "Dad Can I Have" and I, being Northern, went 🦝 "HOW MUCH? We've got a bloody computer and a 5.1 system and we can get some bloody microphones, how hard could it be"

Well, Fedi, dear Fedi, please tell me from your own personal experience about open source rhythm game and karaoke software, ideally the kind that tracks your pitch and gives you a score a la Rock Band et al. I know about Project Outfox but I also know there's lots more in this space and also I'm not entirely sure about hardware connectivity, do I want USB microphones or is 3.5mm going into the computer alright? If I get a couple wireless mics for like a hundred bucks will it do the do, do I need hardware to get rid of feedback or is the software whizbang enough to sort it, can I do this using motherboard sound or do I have to get a sound card (and plug my joystick into it yay)

Caveats: it's a Windows box right now but may become a Linux box soon, Maloney Clause (I'm asking actual people because I want your firsthand experience of stuff you've actually used yourself, google this for me or ask an ai and you'll get blocked), and if it involves clicking on a domain name that ends in .moe then it'd better be DAMN good

Oct 19, 2024 at 2:50pmWeb
Show threadgadgetoidOct 19, 2024

@ifixcoinops not singing but if you’re building a rig you should definitely include Clone Hero. Lots of … somewhat less than legitimate … sources of tracks from all the classic games 🤣 though YMMV with controls 😭

Judging by how well Singstar (PlayStation) worked with garbage tier microphones I’d be surprised if you need to get fancy.

Need Paul on here, he’s big into his karaoke!

Show threadIshambardOct 19, 2024

@ifixcoinops

Oh god.
I thank you so much for sharing stuff relating to project Outfox, but I am also worried about what I might do with this information.

Would love to get some Japanese Karaoke set up at home 😂

Show threadwizardry variants loriOct 19, 2024
@ifixcoinops I'd also love to know about DIY karaoke stuff with gamey scoring.
Show threadMike SheldonOct 19, 2024
@ifixcoinops I used to have a lot of fun with Performous: http://performous.org/

It uses the UltraStar format, so there's loads of community versions of songs you just need to add an mp3 to. Plus there's a starter pack of fun Jonathan Coulton songs to get you going

I only ever used it on Linux, but I think it works on Windows too
Performous - The All-in-One Music Game

Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Oct 19, 2024
@ifixcoinops i once tried to find software for japanese karaoke (because i miss that, specifically) but i turned up absolutely nothing
Show threadOblomovOct 19, 2024
@eniko @ifixcoinops how is Japanese karaoke different? Or do you mean the song selection
Show threadEniko (moved ➡ gamedev.place)Oct 19, 2024
@oblomov @ifixcoinops yes, the song collection
Show threadphi1997Oct 19, 2024
@eniko
I remember seeing some on the Japanese Switch eShop
@ifixcoinops
Show threadDrexerOct 19, 2024

@ifixcoinops goddamn it why did you have to ask this right when I went out from home for the week.

I did quite a few years ago something karaoke adjacent with a group of friends and I remember using a software joining it with 3.5mm microphones as well as some recovered from a singstar like playstation, etc...

I think I still have some files on that on my desktop but I can't acess it until next week...

Show threadSky LeiteOct 19, 2024
@ifixcoinops Have you considered just emulating Rock Band 3 Deluxe using RPCS3? It’s what I do and it works great with any microphone.
Show threadyelling jackalOct 19, 2024
@ifixcoinops for future reference I am also interested

I cannot use it for present time because karaoke in an apartment is a very bad idea 
Show threadDavidOct 19, 2024

@ifixcoinops

I have a long term goal to update open source rhythm game software with performance quality metrics for controller or microphone input. So far I have a prototyping dataset for the tones of a conga drum and an untested single layer perceptron network for classification.

Ideally this would run in the browser

A simpler version would just have the controls for selecting songs and leveling a microphone with the recording

Show threadKyyrypyyOct 19, 2024

@ifixcoinops
If you're looking for a SingStar-like game, UltraStar Deluxe seems to have been updated 4 years ago. I remember having brief fun with that years ago.

As for just karaoke (no game), a videoplayer, and (directional) mic connected straight to the speaker, would be the cheapest level of requirements. Perhaps a DVD -drive, as there might be quite underutilized collection of karaoke available at your local library.

Show threadqwazixOct 19, 2024
@ifixcoinops if you plug a mic to a desktop computer and get horrible quality try plugging it in the mobo directly instead of out front. Cheap case wires are not adequately shielded and passing through gpu's and hdd's makes for a good deal of noise.
Show threadeyajpngOct 20, 2024
@ifixcoinops i can’t help with gameified karaoke but did you know there’s a fuckload of free karaoke on youtube? like literally if you can get a mic set up, everyone can add to the TV playlist from their phone and blammo, you have karaoke.
Show threadÖlbaumOct 21, 2024
@ifixcoinops Awesome timing, I was just going to look into this stuff. Thanks.
Show threadCarstenOct 29, 2024

@ifixcoinops

I run it off steam deck but it works fine on a windows machine too, so should be good for some flavours of Linux at least.

https://melodymania.org/en

It's not open source, but I think the dev has an open source version too, this one's just to pay the bills I think.

I've hooked it up to 4 old singstar microphones, cheap as and they work fine.

Get songs from ultrastar-es.org/

It's a lot of fun once you have it up and running.

If you're feeling ambitious you can also use this tool to help you create your own songs:

https://github.com/rakuri255/UltraSinger