# Singers: Is There Such A Thing As An Electronic "Voice Trainer"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-electronic-voice-trainer/601416 "2011-10-31T19:30:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-electronic-voice-trainer/601416/1 "2011-10-31T19:30:56Z")
What I mean is something along the lines of a guitar tuner, which lets you know that when you bring a particular string into “key” it lets you know by a strobe or a green light… This “something” would let you load a cd karaoke style and as you sing along, those same kind of lights would let you know that you’re in key with your voice. A few years ago, I took singing lessons, but let myself get rusty by not practicing, and I was thinking this was something I could do at home, since I can’t drive myself to my coach anymore. I guess I could have her come here, but haven’t checked into the cost of this yet. Thanks! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-electronic-voice-trainer/601416/2 "2011-10-31T19:37:42Z")
Don’t most Karaoke games “test” you based on how in-tune you are? So I would assume that an Karaoke program, game, part of a game like RockBand, etc, would have that measure for pitchiness…but that’s a WAG on my part. I would be afraid to test my voice on one of those things. To me, pitch is a vicinity 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-electronic-voice-trainer/601416/3 "2011-10-31T19:41:00Z")
Or something to use on a tarmac, **Wordman**? 🙂 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-electronic-voice-trainer/601416/4 "2011-10-31T19:47:48Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Or something to use on a tarmac, **Wordman**? 🙂 > > Thanks > > Q Exactly. When it comes to singing, my best pitch is a slider. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-electronic-voice-trainer/601416/5 "2011-10-31T19:59:08Z")
Ha! When I played Little League, I specialized in the knuckle ball as a pitcher. When I _caught_ knucklers, I used this huge mitt called a “butterfly mitt”. 🙂 Anyone remember those? 🙂 Mainly used to stop the ball! Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-is-there-such-a-thing-as-an-electronic-voice-trainer/601416/6 "2011-10-31T22:05:51Z")
[Ultrastar](http://ultrastardx.sourceforge.net/) is a free PC karaoke game. The trick is finding the songs you want to sing to practice against. Google for _UltraStar songs_ to find txt files (you have to supply the appropriate mp3) Si