Karakan MIDI karaoke editor
(version 9.5)

Karakan is a free and easy to use editor for creating MIDI karaoke files. It runs under Microsoft Windows. You can enter the lyrics of a song as text in Song Text Format. From the lyrics and a given MIDI file (.mid), Karakan makes a karaoke file (.kar). You can test the karaoke file using Karakan's internal playing facilities, or using an external karaoke player, which can be started from Karakan.

Karakan's features include:

• • Easy entering of song lyrics as text (in Song Text Format).

  • Automatic hyphenation of the song text for several languages.

  • Playing facilities: playing from the beginning of the karaoke file or from the current line in the song text.

  • Creating karaoke files either as Soft Karaoke file (for use with a karaoke player) or as MIDI file with lyrics (for use with keyboards).

  • Creating and playing part-songs (songs that contain multiple vocal parts), with up to four vocal parts.

  • Support for including and displaying chords (in Yamaha's XF format).

  • Support for Unicode characters in karaoke files (for creating karaoke files in languages like Chinese or Japanese).

  • Support for right-to-left karaoke.

What's new in version 9?

• • Easier creation of MIDI files with lyrics. These files can now be created without having to use the "export" option.

  • New format for time codes, melody track switch codes, and vocal part codes. The new format uses square brackets, which is the same as for inserting chords.

  • Support for dark mode (from version 9.5). 

Karakan is freeware. It may be used and distributed under the terms of this license agreement.

• • Karakan version 9.5

    • MIDI karaoke editor.

  • KPlay version 6.2

    • Karaoke player that can play karaoke files with Unicode characters, right-to-left text, and multiple vocal parts (part-songs; up to four vocal parts).

If you don't have a karaoke player yet, try one of the following karaoke players:

• folksKJ (this karaoke player also supports Unicode karaoke files created with Karakan). The author of this player has created a video tutorial on YouTube.

• vanBasco's Karaoke Player (this karaoke player does not support Unicode karaoke files created with Karakan).