# Karaoke Editor **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 13, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-editor/391996 "2007-02-13T07:34:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-editor/391996/1 "2007-02-13T07:34:49Z")
What’s a good (preferably free) program to make karaoke songs on the computer? I have my church’s hymns on karaoke already, but in English. I want to change the displayed text to the Korean lyrics. {On Edit} I suppose I should mention the karaoke program I’m currently using. It’s _vanBasco’s Karoke Player_. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-editor/391996/2 "2007-02-13T18:06:32Z")
I have one but it’s on the PC at home - it works pretty good. If someone hasn’t posted a better alternative when I get home for lunch I’ll post here. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-editor/391996/3 "2007-02-14T00:54:08Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] What’s a good (preferably free) program to make karaoke songs on the computer? I have my church’s hymns on karaoke already, but in English. I want to change the displayed text to the Korean lyrics. {On Edit} I suppose I should mention the karaoke program I’m currently using. It’s _vanBasco’s Karoke Player_. [/QUOTE] Try the link in their FAQ [http://www.vanbasco.com/faq.html#4](http://www.vanbasco.com/faq.html#4) ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-editor/391996/4 "2007-02-14T03:10:02Z")
Sorry. I just checked - the program I use doesn’t support Korean, or any other Asian language, characters. :smack: Sorry. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-editor/391996/5 "2007-02-14T06:40:25Z")
**Manny** , Thanks. This isn’t your fault; however, the progarm in that link are not only a major hassle to download, but also are little better than puke in stew. I’m stunned that a fine program like vanBasco’s links to them. **tashabot** , Thanks for looking. What’s the program, anyway? Maybe they’ve gotten around to putting a foreign language pack up. I’m off to search for a better editor! ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-editor/391996/6 "2007-02-14T23:59:32Z")
[QUOTE=Monty] **Manny** , Thanks. This isn’t your fault; however, the progarm in that link are not only a major hassle to download, but also are little better than puke in stew. I’m stunned that a fine program like vanBasco’s links to them. Monty Part of the problem is vabVasco’s program is midi karaoke which to a karaoke connoisseur is not true karaoke. I have a collection of karaoke creation software but they are only to make cd+g and mp3+g files ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karaoke-editor/391996/7 "2007-02-15T05:16:52Z")
I found some freeware called KaraFun and sent a request to the publisher for some information. All I want to do is to copy the songs and then change the Englis lyrics to the Korean lyrics (perfectly acceptable as the only ones I have the Korean lyrics are those with copyright owned by the LDS church which says “home and church use” which is what I’ll be doing). The very last thing I want to do–and won’t do–is put some Korean computing software on my own computer. They’re notorious even here in Korea for having a stunning amount of adware.