# Working with soundtracks

The soundtrack is background music that plays during your karaoke song. It can be an instrumental recording, a real song with vocals removed, or a MIDI song converted into an appropriate format. You can work with soundtracks in MP3 or WAV formats.

To choose the soundtrack, click **Load Primary Soundtrack** on the toolbar or select the **Load Primary Soundtrack** command from the **File** menu. Karaoke Creator can use up to three soundtracks:  

- **Primary**: Complete song.  
- **Vocal-removed**: Song without vocals.  
- **Vocal-only**: Contains only singing.  

Loaded soundtracks can be changed using the **Current Soundtrack** button (![image.png](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-12/scaled-1680-/3qOimage.png)) or the **Current Soundtrack** command from the **Play** menu.

The soundtrack is displayed in the **Soundtrack Panel**. To play the soundtrack, use the toolbar buttons or commands from the **Play** menu. For more details on playing files, see the [**Playback Controls**](#Playback_controls) section.

To replace the soundtrack with a different file, choose the **Load Soundtrack** command again for that soundtrack. All synchronization information will be retained.  

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### Playback Controls <a name="Playback_controls"></a>

To play the soundtrack, use the toolbar buttons or commands from the **Play** menu. During playback, the cursor moves as the playback position changes. Also, if the **Highlight lyrics during playback** option in the **Synchronize** menu is selected, Karaoke Creator highlights words in the lyrics editor.{{@210}}

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**TIP**: If the song is fast-paced and you have trouble synchronizing it, use a lower playback speed. Note that the sound might be slightly distorted.