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A computer with Windows 10 or 11 or 64-bit Linux (macOS is coming), your music files and any microphone if you want scoring. A DirectX 12 graphics card is optional but makes preparing songs much faster.

No. Cantaê is a karaoke app for the music you already own: it doesn't sell, distribute or offer song packs. We fully respect the rights of artists and songwriters, and we encourage you to get your music from legitimate sources, such as digital stores, CDs you bought or your own recordings.

Common formats like MP3, FLAC, WAV, M4A/AAC and OGG. Cantaê reads the title, artist, album, cover and genre from the file's tags or from the file name, like Artist - Song.mp3.

Never. Your folders are only read. The separated tracks and lyrics are saved in Cantaê's own data folder, which you can place on any disk, and move later without losing what's already prepared.

The AI models (vocal separation, lyrics transcription and pitch detection) are downloaded once and verified. That's about 1.2 GB.

Cantaê separates the voice from the instrumental, finds and syncs the lyrics, and extracts the melody used for scoring. It runs on your computer and you can watch every step in the Preparation queue.

Usually from under a minute to a few minutes per song, depending on your computer. With a graphics card it's much faster, and the next song is separated while the current one finishes.

Open the song's lyrics editor to search again, import an .lrc file or edit it yourself. With the voice already separated, Cantaê realigns your lyrics to the singer automatically. Just a little early or late? On the karaoke screen, LYRICS − / + (or Shift + ← / →) moves them 0.1s at a time, saved for the song.

Every computer takes a moment to play the song and to hear the microphone back. In Settings › Microphone, press Measure with the speakers on: Cantaê plays a few beeps, hears them and takes that delay off your score. With headphones, set it by hand.

Yes. Turn on Keep backing vocals in the instrumental in Settings and Cantaê removes only the lead singer from the next songs you prepare.

No. They scan the QR code and the room opens in the phone's browser. The Android app is optional: it finds the party by itself and can notify you when it's your turn.

Make sure they're on the same Wi-Fi as the computer. The first time you open a session, Windows asks whether Cantaê can accept network connections. Allow it. Some guest networks block devices from seeing each other. No access to the Wi-Fi? Create the session with Guests without Wi-Fi (needs a license): the QR code then works on mobile data.

Three ways: an HDMI cable (Cantaê opens a second screen), the Cantaê TV app for Fire TV and Android TV, or the TV's web browser at the address shown in the session.

Yes. On the TV app or browser, press any remote button and choose Play the sound here. Lyrics and scoring compensate for the delay automatically.

Yes. In the session on the computer, click the crown next to a guest to make them the host. From their phone they start each turn, pause, skip songs and reorder or remove anything in the queue. There's one host per session, and only the computer can choose or remove them.

Any microphone Windows recognizes: USB, headset or webcam. In a session, the singer's phone with the Cantaê app can also be the microphone.

That's Windows' “audio enhancements” treating a steady note as noise. Open the classic Sound Control Panel › Recording › your microphone › Properties and turn off Enable audio enhancements.

Casual is forgiving (any octave, short gaps allowed), Precise tightens pitch and timing, and Perfect only rewards the real thing. Scores from different levels are ranked separately.

No. The microphone is analyzed in real time to measure pitch and is never recorded or stored.

Five: Challenge, Guess, Surprise song, Name that song and Duel. A new session has them all on; choose them in Session games when you create the session or on its page, even mid-party. Only guests on their phones play: the computer just shows them.

Each song a guest sings to the end earns a token, and a Challenge, a Surprise song or a won Duel earns one more. A token pays for a Challenge: sending someone a song to sing. Tokens last for the session and show at the top of the phone.

A guest invites another to a song; once accepted, both sing it at the same time, each scored on their own mic: their phone (with the Android app), the computer's mic or a second one. A sound card with two inputs is two mics: in Settings › Microphone, pick the card's Input 1 for the main mic and Input 2 for the second. Whoever scores more wins.

With the stage free, start it on the computer or from the host's phone. Each round plays a clip of a prepared song's instrumental and the phones pick the title among four. The queue waits for the game to end.

You can prepare up to 5 songs with every feature unlocked. To prepare more, activate a license key.

During the launch, a license costs $14.99, a promotional price for a limited time. After that, it costs $19.99. It's a one-time payment for a license key, not a subscription.

Yes, Cantaê Classic remains available on the Microsoft Store. The new Cantaê is a separate app, with its own license. We'll share the details for existing users soon.