Siglos Karaoke Professional

Introduction

Main window controls
Getting karaoke songs
Keyboard shortcuts
Supported file types
Troubleshooting
Unlocking and evaluation

Basic mode

Quick start (basic mode)
Playing
Recording
Using playlists

Professional mode

Quick start
Song database
Adding singers
Playback management
Fill-in playlist
Remote access
Exporting Data
YouTube song database

Settings

Display
Recording
CD
General
Skins
KJ

Advanced Features

Overlays
Singer screen clones

Introduction

Thank you for choosing Siglos Karaoke Professional.

Siglos Karaoke Professional is a karaoke show manager that allows you to keep song database, and helps to run karaoke shows by the means managing singers, songs, and rotation.

Siglos Karaoke Professional is also an advanced karaoke player that can play karaoke songs in various formats (including CD+G and MIDI Karaoke) and record your voice while you sing along.

The program has two modes of operation -- professional and basic. Professional mode should be used when running a show, while basic mode is for everyday use. To switch the mode go to Settings dialog box, select KJ section, and change Use professional KJ mode option.

Introduction

Main window controls

Introduction

Getting karaoke songs

Internet is full of MIDI karaoke files and Siglos Karaoke Player provides a simple tool to help you find them.

To start MIDI karaoke web search select Search for karaoke on the Internet command from Tools menu.

To start the search you need to provide artist name and the title of the song. Note that the song title does not have to be complete -- you may enter just first couple of words.

Search engine combo allows you to change the place that you will use to search for files. You may try changing search engine if you are not getting the results you need.

Clicking on OK button will open the search in your web browser. Once you find the file save it to your hard disc and open it later using Load file button.

Disclaimer: Doblon does not provide MIDI karaoke files. They are provided by various websites that are not affiliated with us.

Introduction

Keyboard shortcuts

The easiest way to control the playback is to use multimedia buttons on your keyboard. In addition to basic functions extra functionality is provided with CTRL and SHIFT keys:

Volume Up + CTRL	Key Up
Volume Down + CTRL	Key Down
Volume Up + SHIFT	Tempo Up
Volume Down + SHIFT	Tempo Down
Next Track + CTRL	Fast Forward
Prev Track + CTRL	Rewind

Professional mode:

Next Track or F5	Start song / Go to next song
Prev Track of Ctrl+F5	Restart playing song
F6	Add Singer
F7	Song Database
F8	Import Songs
Volume Up + SHIFT or {	Tempo down
Volume Dn + SHIFT or }	Tempo up

In song list
DEL	Remove song
Enter	Move song to next

In singer list
DEL	Remove singer
Enter	Move singer to next
Space	Add songs to singer
Ctrl+D	Disable singer

Introduction

Supported file types

Siglos Karaoke Professional currently supports following types of files:

File extension	Description
.cdg	Also known as MP3+G. CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files. CDG file contains lyrics, while MP3 file contains audio of the song. To open a pair of MP3/CDG files you need to open CDG file only
.bin	BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD+G song
.zip	Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG/MP3 files
.cda	CD+G disc tracks
.kar, .mid	MIDI Karaoke
.avi	AVI video files
.mpg	MPG video files
.kma	MTU's Hoster files
.wmv	Windows Media Video files
.mp4, .mpeg, .mov, .webm, .mkv	Video tracks

Introduction

Troubleshooting

I play CD+Gs and see no lyrics

I play CD+G discs and graphics are damaged

I cannot record my voice

My second monitor does not work with Siglos Karaoke Professional

Siglos icons are too small/too large

YouTube playback does not work

If there are some other problems please contact technical support at support@powerkaraoke.com.

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I play CD+Gs and see no lyrics

Your CD-ROM may not be able to read CD+G data. If you have more than one CD-ROMs in your computer, please try the other device.

I play CD+G discs and graphics are damaged

Your CD+G disc may be scratched -- it downgrades the video quality. Some CD-ROM drives are better at reading damaged discs, so if you have more than one installed in your computer, please try the other one.

I cannot record my voice

Check if your microphone is connected properly. Use Recording settings to set up recording levels.

My second monitor does not work with Siglos Karaoke Professional

Always plug your TV monitor in and turn it on before turning your computer on. If not, your dual display card will come up in single-display mode.
With multiple monitors, one will be your Primary display (for you to operate by) and the other your Secondary display (for singers).

Siglos icons are too small/too large

Try changing DPI compatibility settings. To do this:

1. Right click Siglos icon and choose Properties

2. Choose Compatibility tab and click Change high DPI settings

3. Try setting to this options. If it does not work, change High DPI scaling override to Application

YouTube playback does not work

As Siglos is not an official YouTube player and uses yt-dlp software for this feature, it may happen that YouTube servers block access. This can occur if you download too many files or use YouTube playback too much. As a solution, you may connect your YouTube account to Siglos. To do this, open Settings in the Play From YouTube window and choose the browser you are using in the Use cookies from browser field. Unfortunately, Chrome does not fully support this, so if you still encounter errors after selecting Chrome, try installing Firefox and logging in to YouTube with it. You do not need to make it your default browser. Then choose Firefox in the Use cookies from browser field.

If this still does not help, it means your IP was banned from automatic access to YouTube. You may try changing your IP if possible (sometimes disconnecting your router/modem does that) or connecting via VPN. Usually, the ban is removed after a few days.

Introduction

Unlocking and evaluation

How do I unlock Siglos Karaoke Player

To unlock Siglos Karaoke Player you need to purchase the unlock code from Power Karaoke website. The unlock code will be delivered via email. Once you have it select Unlock from Help menu.

You will have to provide your name, email address used to purchase the unlock code, and the unlock code itself. If the unlock code is accepted all limitations will be removed and you will see your name in the About dialog box.

What are the limitation of the trial version

Trial version of Siglos Karaoke Player has the following limitations:

· Only two minutes of the song will be played

· Only one minute of your singing will be recorded

· You will see the purchase prompt from time to time

Basic mode

Quick start (basic mode)

Selecting a file to play

Click Load File () button. As standard Open File dialog box will appear allowing you to open karaoke files. The following karaoke formats are supported:

File extension	Description
.cdg	Also known as MP3+G. CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files. CDG file contains lyrics, while MP3 file contains audio of the song. To open a pair of MP3/CDG files you need to open CDG file only
.bin	BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD+G song
.zip	Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG/MP3 files
.cda	CD+G disc tracks
.kar, .mid	MIDI Karaoke
.avi	AVI video files
.mpg	MPG video files
.kma	MTU's Hoster files
.wmv	Windows Media Video files
.mp4, .mpeg, .mov, .webm, .mkv	Video tracks

If you wish to play a CD+G disc, click Load CD () button (if you have more than one CD drive installed on your computer you may need to select the active drive using Settings () button under CD settings.

Once a file is loaded its name will be displayed over the position bar and the file will also be added to the playlist.

If you do not have any karaoke files you may use Search for karaoke on the internet command from Tools menu to find karaoke music.

Playing

To start the playback click Play () button. Playback is controlled using standard buttons -- you may pause the playback anytime you like. If you would like to view the song on the full screen, click Full Screen () button. To exit the full screen mode press ESC.

To control the volume of the song use Volume slider (). There are two additional sliders that may be used during the playback. You may change the key of the song using Key change slider () up to 12 semitones (NOTE: key changer is not available for MIDI karaoke). Multiplex slider () allows to control the level of the vocal on multiplex CD+Gs.

Recording

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to record your voice as you sing along to the karaoke song. Your computer has to be equipped with a microphone. To learn more how to set up your microphone to use it with Siglos Karaoke Professional see Recording settings.

To start recording click Record () button. Your singing will be recorded to the file on your hard disc. To listen to it simply play back the karaoke file, but make sure that Recorded vocal on/off () button is enabled (it is enabled by default).

Once recording is finished you will be prompted to start Siglos Audio Processor, that allows to mix your recorded singing with the music, producing the file you may email your friends or write to CD.

Basic mode

Playing

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to play CD+G karaoke discs and files from the hard disc.

To start the playback of the song:

· click Load File button () (this allows to play files from the hard disc)

· click Load CD button () (this will play CD+G disc)

· double-click the song on the playlist

· drag-and-drop the file on Siglos Karaoke Professional window

Siglos Karaoke Professional supports the following file formats:

File extension	Description
.cdg	Also known as MP3+G. CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files. CDG file contains lyrics, while MP3 file contains audio of the song. To open a pair of MP3/CDG files you need to open CDG file only
.bin	BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD+G song
.zip	Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG/MP3 files
.cda	CD+G disc tracks
.kar, .mid	MIDI Karaoke
.avi	AVI video files
.mpg	MPG video files
.kma	MTU's Hoster files
.wmv	Windows Media Video files
.mp4, .mpeg, .mov, .webm, .mkv	Video tracks

Once the file is loaded its name and playing time will display in the status bar.

You may now use transport buttons to control the playback.

Button	Command	Shortcut	Description
	Play	P	Start the playback
	Pause	S	Pauses the playback (and recording, if active)
	Stop	A	Stops the playback
	Previous song	<	Plays the previous song from the playlist or CD+G disc
	Rewind		Moves 10 second backwards (NOTE: does not work with CD+G discs)
	Fast forward		Moves 10 second forward (NOTE: does not work with CD+G discs)
	Next song	>	Plays the next song from the playlist or CD+G disc

CHANGING KEY AND TEMPO

Siglos Karaoke Player allows you to adjust the song you are playing to better suit your voice by changing the key of the song. To do this use key changer slider.

Key changer section allows to change the pitch tone of the song up to twelve semitones either up or down. The current key change is displayed next to the key changer slider.

You may also change the tempo of the song (from two times slower to two times faster). It is done with tempo changer slider.

NOTE: Please note that pitch shifting may slightly reduce the quality of the music. It gives better results for instrumental parts and worse for human voice.

NOTE: Key changer does not work for MIDI karaoke.

USING MULTIPLEX CD+G DISCS

Siglos Karaoke Player allows you to play multiplex CD+G discs. Multiplex is a special type of CD+G karaoke disc -- there are two tracks for each song on the disc, one track in karaoke format and the other track with the lead vocals so you can learn the song.

Siglos Karaoke Player allows to turn on and off the lead vocals during playback using Multiplex slider.

This gives you the opportunity to turn off the lead vocals as needed.

FULL SCREEN MODE

Full screen () button (or F key on the keyboard) allows you to display the karaoke window on full extent of your monitor. To leave the full screen mode press F key again (or press ESC).

If you click left mouse button in the Full Screen mode the Siglos Karaoke Player window will appear on top of the display. You may hide it by clicking Full Screen again.

If you have two monitors attached to your computer you may display the karaoke lyrics in the other monitor while continuing to use the Siglos Karaoke Player window on the main monitor (this is particularly useful if you have TV or large display connected to your computer). Siglos Karaoke Player will automatically detect second monitor, but if it does not go to Settings and select Use secondary monitor under Display settings. If this still does not work please see Troubleshooting.

BACKGROUND IMAGE

Siglos Karaoke Professional displays images behind the karaoke lyrics. To change the images or use solid background click Settings button () and select Display.

Siglos Karaoke Player has five background modes:

· Solid color background (choose a color for MIDI karaoke, for CD+G the background color from the file will be used)

· Gradient background (smooth transition from the color at the top to the color at the bottom)

· Image slideshow (you may define images to be used in the slideshow, select the display time of the single image, and choose to display the images in the random order)

Keep aspect ratio option will ensure that images will not be stretched out of proportions (ie. portrait images will have black strips added to their sides so they look proportionally)

· Video (moving video will be played in loop)

· Camera (if you have camera installed in your system its input will be used as a background)

· Music visualizations are animated backgrounds that react to the beat. Siglos Karaoke Player supports Sonique and Windows Media Player plugins. Sonique plugins need to be placed in %APPDATA%/Doblon/Siglos Karaoke Player /Visualizations folder. Windows Media Player plugins are detected automatically.
You may adjust the intensity of the animation using the slider.

You may also choose an image or video to be displayed instead of default black background on the playback screen. This may be your logo or some other information. To do this select image to display using [...] button in Inactive background section.

MIDI KARAOKE

You may change the way that MIDI karaoke songs are played. To do this click Settings button () and select Display.

You may change the font used for MIDI karaoke lyrics, change the number of lines on the screen, and define the lyrics location (top, bottom, or middle of the screen).

Basic mode

Recording

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to record your voice as you sing along. Before you begin recording we suggest that you review your recording settings.

Recording settings

Before you start please make sure that you have microphone connected to your computer. The microphone input is usually pink on your soundcard panel at the back of your computer. If you have more than one soundcard in your computer please choose the one you wish to use in Windows' Control Panel/Sound and audio devices/Audio as a default recording input.

To adjust recording settings choose Settings () button and then choose Recording.

You will see the name of the active recording device (soundcard) and the active input. You may need to change the input to the microphone. Now test the recording level -- say something to the microphone and Recording preview should display the green bar. You may use Input level slider to adjust the level of the recording -- if it is too low you will not hear it and if it is too high it will distort. You may also control the recording level using Recording level slider () of the main Siglos Karaoke Player window.

If you cannot hear what you are saying to the microphone you may need to enable microphone output on your soundcard. To do this click Open mixer button and standard Windows' mixer will appear. Now make sure that Microphone input is not muted (if you cannot see it choose Options/Properties and check the enable to microphone input).

File settings section allows you to select the format that Siglos Karaoke Player will use to save your voice. MP3 is selected as default. You may also define where the file with your voice will be stored -- but default Siglos Karaoke Player creates My Karaoke subfolder under My Documents.

Sing away!

Now you are ready to sing. Click Record () button and sing the song. Recording stops when the song finishes or when you click Stop button.

Note: Pause button does not work while recording.

Listen to yourself

If you play a karaoke song that you have singed along to and recorded your voice, you will hear yourself singing, providing Recorded vocal on/off button () is enabled.

You may control the level of the recorded singing using Recorded vocal level slider.

Please note that setting the recorded level to high may cause distortion.

AUDIO PROCESSOR

Siglos Audio Processor allows you to mix your voice with the music and create an MP3 file you may share with your friends.

Siglos Audio Processor may be run automatically after recording is finished, or you may choose to start it anytime using Siglos Audio Processor command from Record menu. It requires two input files: music (usually your backing track), and vocal (your recorded singing). Music may be BIN, WAV, or MP3 file, and vocal may be MP3 or WAV.

Note: Siglos Audio Processor will not work with MIDI karaoke (MID and KAR), and with tracks from CD+G disc. If you would like to process songs from CD+G discs you need to save them to your hard disc first.

For both music and vocal you may adjust mix level -- the higher it is the louder will it sound in the result file. Please note that choosing to high mixing levels may result in audio distortion.

Key change is used if key changer was enabled when you recorded your singing.

Time offset allows to compensate for sound card recording latency -- if your singing is out of sync with the music you may use this slider to fix it.

Reverb adds a reverb to your voice. You may switch it off or modify its intensity.

Siglos Audio Processor may save the result to MP3 file (you may adjust compression parameters using Settings button) or to WAV file. The name and location of the output file may be changed in Output section.

Preview section allows to listen to the processing results before processing the entire file.

To hear what the processed song would sound like click Play result button. The playback will start -- Current position slider represents the playback position. You may move it by dragging the slider's thumb. To hear the original song click Play original button -- you may switch between result and original song.

You may modify the settings during playback -- you will hear the change nearly immediately.

If Play in loop is selected, the playback will start over after it has reached the end. You may use Loop start and Loop end sliders to define the part of the song you would like to listen to.

Basic mode

Using playlists

Siglos Karaoke Player/Recorder gives you a simple way of managing the songs but the means of the playlists. Playlist window is displayed below the main Siglos Karaoke Player/Recorder window (its position and size may be changed).

Playlist is automatically filled when you select Load CD button. Siglos Karaoke Player/Recorder will try to connect to online FreeDB database to retrieve song names, and will display them in the playlist if successful.

Currently played song is printed in red. You may play a different item from the playlist by double-clicking it. To add a file to the playlist use Add files button or drop files on the playlist. To add the content of entire directory use Add directory command from File menu. You may select Recurse to include subdirectories. You may also drop a folder onto playlist window -- its content (without subfolders) will be added.

To change the order of the file drag it and drop to the desired position.

Playlists can be saved are reloaded. Their file extension is CDP.

If you have a large playlist you may want to search for songs. To do this click Search button or press F3.

Professional mode

Quick start

Importing songs

The first thing you need to do before you use Siglos Karaoke Professional to run your karaoke show is creating a database of songs. The database contains the list of songs on your hard disc, allowing finding the songs you need in a lightning fast manner. It also allows Siglos Karaoke Professional to keep track of the songs sung by singers.

To create the song database you need to have the songs saved on your hard disc. If you do not have songs on the hard disc, but rather on CD+G discs, we recommend Power CD+G Burner to convert your discs into digital format.

To start the import process select Manage database button on the playlist window, and then choose Import songs. You may also choose Import songs command from File menu.

First you need to select the root of your song collection (use Change button to do this). Then select file types you would like to import (see Supported file types for the list of supported formats). Include subfolders allows to scan all folders starting from the root folder. Switch it off if you want to scan a single folder only.

Siglos Karaoke Professional scans MP3 files it finds for ID3 tags containing song title and artist name (it also reads ID3 tags of MP3 files inside ZIP files, but it may significantly slow down the performance and is not recommended). If ID3 tag is not found, a parsing rule is applied to the file name. You may select a predefined rule or create a custom one. It is possible to use one of the four data fields (Artist, Title, DiscID, and Track). Choosing Ignore will cause the parser to ignore this part of the file name.

Import rule example

If your song collection is named as this example:

SC7541_02 - Gary Lewis & The Playboys - This Diamond Ring.cdg

you need to select the following rule:

DiscID_Track - Artist - Title

The first separator should be '_' (underline), and following separators should be set to ' - ' (minus with spaces before and after).

Once you are done setting the import rule, select OK. Siglos Karaoke Professional will scan your disc (it may take a while for large collection of songs) and will report its findings in Song Import Results dialog box.

Song Import Result dialog box contains all files Siglos Karaoke Professional has found, divided into three groups. First list contains files that either contained ID3 tags, or matched the parsing rule, and were successfully imported into the database. The second list contains the files that matched the file extension, but did not have ID3 tags, nor their names matched the parsing rule. The third list contains files already in the database.

You may manually edit songs that were not matched -- to do this select the song you would like to edit, and then click Edit button. To add edited songs do the database click Add Selected button. Once you are done editing select OK. You will return to Song Database dialog box, which allows you to view and edit all songs currently in the database. Once you are done click OK.

Adding singers and playing songs

The main part of the Siglos Karaoke Professional is the playlist window. By default it works in rotation mode -- it allows to manage the list of singers and songs, add new singers to the rotation, and start the playback of the song.

The next step is to add the singer to the rotation.

To add the singer to the playlist select Add Singer button on the playlist window or choose Add singer/song command from File menu. Add Singer dialog box will be displayed.

Choosing the singer

First you need to select the singer. If you would like to use the singer that already is in the rotation, select it from the drop-down list. If you are adding a new singer, type the name into Singer's name.

If you enter the name of the new singer that already is listed in the database, Siglos Karaoke Professional will display warning and will prompt you to choose one of the possible actions:

· Add hidden description in parentheses will create a new singer name by adding hidden number to the name (the number will be visible to you only, your audience will not see it)

· Use different name allows you to select the different name for the singer

· Add new singer of the same name will add a new singer with the same name as the one in the database

· Use the last singer of the same name from the database will invoke the last singer of the same name from the database

It is also possible to add to the name extra description in parentheses (eg. John (Smith)). The part of the name in parentheses will not be visible to the audience, it is for your use only. You may also add extra notes about the singer in Notes field.

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows you to tag the singers by venue name. To this check Add hidden venue name option and type the name of the venue into the edit box. With this option enabled Siglos Karaoke Professional will add hidden {V:Name} field to the singer name. You may later choose to display only singers from the same venue (to do this check Show from current venue only option in History Options).

If the singer requires non-standard song key, select it in the Key list. It is possible to change the key 12 tones lower or higher, but using values larger than 5 may cause sound quality degradation.

You may also modify the tempo of the song -- the range is from -100% (it is twice as slow) to +100% (twice as fast).

If you have added singers in the past, the list next to Singer's name will contain singers and songs they sung -- to quickly select the singer double-click appropriate item on the list (or single-click it and then select From History button). Selecting a singer from the history will fill Song list with the list of the songs sung by the singer in the past. Both song list and history list can be expanded and searched, using the search button next to them.

Once you have chosen the singer, it is time to choose the song.

Note: you may skip selecting the singer step -- if you do this singer field will be blank

Selecting song

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to search the song database using multiple field matching. You may use the global filter, that matches text in artist name, song title, and disc ID, or search each of the fields separately. Each of the search field have multi-matching capability, meaning that you may enter several match phrases. For example, entering ma he in Title field will display all songs that contain 'ho' and 'ca' strings in their titles (so the list of results may include Made In Heaven, Hell's Maid, and Mayhem.) As you can see the searches are not case-dependent, and the order of the match does not matter.

Search phrases need to be at least 2 characters long (for large databases displaying all matches for single character might be too slow), but if you would like to apply single-character match or even display all of the songs in the database, select Apply Filter button.

Once you entered the search criteria the Song list will be populated. To choose the song simply select it from the list.

The list right to the search criteria contains the songs from the history, displayed in order from the newest to the oldest. To choose the song from the history double-click it or select it on the list and then click From History button. Both song list and history list can be expanded and searched, using the search button next to them.

To display singers from the current session only, or to limit the number of items in the history lists, use History Options button.

All lists are sortable -- to sort the list by the column, click its header. Appropriate sort mark will appear.

Adding tracks from CD+G discs

It is also possible to add tracks from the CD+G disc or a file from the hard disc that is not registered in the database. To do this select Add CD Track or Add File option -- Siglos Karaoke Professional will display the dialog box allowing to choose the track number or file location, and to enter the song title and artist name.

Display scrolling reminder during previous song will cause the program to display a banner at the bottom at the screen reminding the singer that he/she will be singing the next song. The message that will be displayed is customizable ({Singer}, {Artist}, and {Song} will be replaced with the appropriate text).

Rotation management

Siglos Karaoke Professional automatically manages the rotation of the singers, however you may select the position in the rotation where then new singer will be placed. By default new singers are placed at the end of the rotation, but you may change this behaviour by adding them to the beginning, after the singer that is currently on stage, or you may specify the exact place to add the singer.

Once you are done with all the settings, select Add and Close button. You will return to the rotation window, and the singer and song you have selected will be added.

Playing songs

Song playback is controlled from the rotation/playlist window.

The rotation/playlist window can operate in two modes: rotation and playlist. Rotation allows to manage the singer rotation, and playlist shows the list of songs and singer in order how they will be played. We recommend using rotation mode for hosting karaoke shows.

What is the rotation?

To run the show in fair way you need to make sure that one person does not sing more often than the other. To do this Siglos Karaoke Professional places the singer in the queue, and first play one song for each singer before allowing the second round. The order of the singers is displayed in the list on the left of the rotation window.

In rotation mode the window displays two lists -- singers on the left, and songs on the right. When you click on the singer, the list on the right contains all songs added for the selected singer. The number in brackets displays the number of songs for the singer.

Next column contains estimated time the singer will be on stage. Last displays the last time the singer was on stage. In column contains the time singer or song was added.

TIP: You may choose which time-related columns should be displayed in Settings dialog box.

By default Siglos Karaoke Professional waits for the operator to start the song (songs and singers are added by clicking Add Singer button). When the song is ready to be played, the button at the lower left will say Start and will display and exclamation mark.

List controls

Both singer list and song list have control buttons next to them. First five buttons () allow to change the position of the selected item (they are for respectively moving the item to the top, moving it upwards, removing from the list, moving down, and moving to the bottom of the list).

Move to next button allows to advance the singer or the song in the rotation -- it will position the singer or the song for the next performance.

Disable button temporary disables the singer or song. It will not be removed from the rotation, but will be skipped until the singer or song is enabled again. Disabled items are marked as gray on the list.

Add Song button opens Add singer dialog box with the current singer selected -- it allows to quickly add songs for the selected singer.

Remove empty singers button removes from the list all the singers that have no songs assigned (they have [0] next to their names).

Usually you would want to display announcement for your audition -- this is controlled with Show announcements option. When it is enabled, Siglos Karaoke Professional will display an information screen with singer's name and the song details.

The look of the announcement screen (background and text styles) can be changed in KJ section of Settings dialog box.

When you are ready to play the song, click Start. The song will start, and the button text will change to Go to next. Also Restart button will become available. Once the song finishes or you click Go to next button, the next song will be loaded and Start button will appear again (you may also press F5 key for this).

Proceed automatically option will cause the program to enter the automatic mode. It will not wait for you to click Start, but will display the singer announcement for the period of time defined in KJ section of Settings dialog box, and then will automatically play the song.

Show scrolling message is a global control for the message displayed at the bottom of the screen announcing the next singer.

If you click Go To Next button, Siglos Karaoke Professional will finish the song and will move to the next singer/song, waiting for the operator to click Start button. If 'Go to Next' starts the song option is selected, the song will start immediately, without waiting for Start.

Wait for songs is a control that allows to manage singers that have run out of songs. If the singer that is about to sing has no songs in the queue, Siglos Karaoke Professional will pause and will allow you to choose what to do.

You may choose to skip the singer but keep him/her in the queue, you may remove the singer from the queue, or you may add the song for the singer and allow the singer to sing straight away.
Choosing Don't show this window again option will always skip the singer. You may change it back to displaying the options to choose from in Settings / KJ Adv. / Always skip empty singers if 'Wait for songs' is selected.

Manage song database gives access to song database management, and Settings button opens KJ Settings dialog box.

Show windows section allows to show and hide additional program windows.

Fill in playlist is an additional playlist with music tracks that are played in between karaoke songs

Item details displays and allows to edit currently selected playlist item (you need to select Apply button to accept the changes)

Preview window displays a copy of the singer's screen (it is useful if you cannot see the screen)

Audio Panel contains all audio-related controls (volume, tempo, key and lyrics adjustment)

Instant Sounds window allows to program keys to play frequently used sound effects or other music files

Rotation presets allow to save active rotation for later use and load predefined selection, while User Presets button allows to save and load a set of songs for the current singer (you can use this for regular customers).

Quick Songs and Quick Singers allow fast access to songs and singers without the need to open Add Singer window

Remote Queue () is the command center of the remote access to your show, allowing to browse song list and add requests from remote devices as phones or tablets. This also allows to set up a kiosk mode. See more info in Remote Access section.

Professional mode

Song database

Siglos Karaoke Professional stores the list of the songs in your collection inside a database. The database contains the information about the songs, it does not contains actual song files, which need to be stored on the hard disc of your computer.

Siglos Karaoke Professional supports following file formats:

File extension	Description
.cdg	Also known as MP3+G. CDG files are usually paired with MP3 files. CDG file contains lyrics, while MP3 file contains audio of the song. To open a pair of MP3/CDG files you need to open CDG file only
.bin	BIN files contain both lyrics and audio of CD+G song
.zip	Karaoke ZIP files contain pairs of CDG/MP3 files
.cda	CD+G disc tracks
.kar, .mid	MIDI Karaoke
.avi	AVI video files
.mpg	MPG video files
.kma	MTU's Hoster files
.wmv	Windows Media Video files
.mp4, .mpeg, .mov, .webm, .mkv	Video tracks

To add songs to the database you need to run the song import process. Once the songs are successfully imported you may use them in your karaoke shows. You may also browse, modify, and remove songs in the database. It is also possible toexport the list of the songs in the database to print the song book.

The database is kept in siglos.db file located in My Karaoke subfolder of your Documents folder. It is a good idea to back this file up from time to time, as if it is deleted or corrupted you will loose your song collection.

IMPORTING SONGS

To start the import process select Manage database button on the playlist window, and then choose Import songs. You may also choose Import songs command from File menu.

MANAGING THE DATABASE

To open the song database manager select Manage song database button on the playlist window, or choose Song database command from File menu. Song database dialog box will appear.

Song database dialog box allows you to find any song in the database. The text entered in Search filter is matched against artist name, song title, and disc ID. It has multi-matching capability, meaning that you may enter several match phrases. For example, entering ma he will display all songs that contain 'ho' and 'ca' strings (so the list of results may include Made In Heaven, Hell's Maid, Mayhem, and Last Day of May by The Heap) As you can see the searches are not case-dependent, and the order of the match does not matter.

To view all the songs in the database click Show All button (it may take a while to display large databases).

Remove button allows you to remove the song that is currently selected in the list of songs. You may select and remove more than one song (press CTRL key when selecting to select multiple songs, or press SHIFT key to select a range of songs).

Edit button displays and allows to modify the properties of the selected songs. It displays Song Properties dialog box.

You may change any of the fields. Once you are done select OK.

Import Songs button allows to import songs into the database.

Export button allows to save the list of the songs in the database into the text or data file that can be used to create a song book.

Delete All removes all songs from the database.

Collections allow to define subsets of your song collection to use in Remote Queue. You may add currently displayed songs as a new collection, and then add or remove songs from the collection to fine-tune it.

Tools button gives you access to additional functions:

Validate songs checks if all the files registered in the database exist. If they do not exist you will be presented with three options:

· remove the song from the database (use this option if the songs have been deleted from the hard drive)

· keep the songs (use this option if you plan to replace the songs, ie. if you will reconnect the external drive)

· look for the songs on a different drives (this option is useful if you have the songs on the external drive and the drive letter has changed)

Re-import processes XML file created by Export function.

Generate PDF with the list of songs allows to create a songbook in PDF format.

EXPORT SONG LIST

Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to export the list of the songs from the song database. Such list can be used to create a song book. To export the list of the songs select Export button in Song database dialog box.

Output file specifies the file song list will be written to.

Output format allows to specify the format of the file. Siglos Karaoke Professional can create following files:

CSV	Comma-separated values You may use this file in any spreadsheet application (Excel from Microsoft Office, or free Calc from OpenOffice) to process this file and create custom song book. You should also be able to import it into song book software.
XML	Structured XML file This file format can be used in a custom application or in XML-aware software.

The output file contains all songs from the database. The data written include unique song identifier, artist name, title, disc ID, and file name.

RE-IMPORT SONGS

If you would like to do some changes to the information in the database using external tools, you may export songs to XML format and then re-import them. This would work for batch renaming -- for example if you would like to change all occurrences of ELVIS to Elvis.

XML file need to have the same structure as the one that Siglos exports.

CREATE A SONGBOOK

Siglos allows you to create a list of your songs in PDF format that you may use to print a songbook or place on your website for your customers to download. To do this select Generate PDF with the list of songs command from Tools menu of Songs Database window.

You may choose various options of the song list (which columns to include, how to name them, what songs to include and what order to use, and whether to display the page numbers). You can also define the text that appears on the first page of the PDF file. If you want to create something very fancy there you may use custom HTML box to do this.

Professional mode

Adding singers