# Siglos Karaoke Professional
# 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.
# Main window controls
# Getting karaoke songs
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# 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
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| Volume Down + CTRL
| Key Down
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| Volume Up + SHIFT
| Tempo Up
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| Volume Down + SHIFT
| Tempo Down
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| Next Track + CTRL
| Fast Forward
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| Prev Track + CTRL
| Rewind
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**Professional mode:**
| Next Track or
F5
| Start song / Go to next song
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| Prev Track of
Ctrl+F5
| Restart playing song
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| F6
| Add Singer
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| F7
| Song Database
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| F8
| Import Songs
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| Volume Up + SHIFT
or
{
| Tempo down
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| Volume Dn + SHIFT
or
}
| Tempo up
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| *In song list*
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| DEL
| Remove song
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| Enter
| Move song to next
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| *In singer list*
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| DEL
| Remove singer
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| Enter
| Move singer to next
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| Space
| Add songs to singer
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| Ctrl+D
| Disable singer
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# Supported file types
Siglos Karaoke Professional currently supports following types of files:
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# Troubleshooting
[I play CD+Gs and see no lyrics](#IDH_Troubleshooting_TroubleshootDBFB6899)
[I play CD+G discs and graphics are damaged](#IDH_Troubleshooting_Troubleshoot529ADA84)
[I cannot record my voice](#IDH_Troubleshooting_Troubleshoot149F8A89)
[My second monitor does not work with Siglos Karaoke Professional](#IDH_Troubleshooting_Troubleshoot061888F9)
[Siglos icons are too small/too large](#IDH_Troubleshooting_IconsTooSmall)
[YouTube playback does not work](#IDH_Troubleshooting_YouTubeDoesNotWork)
If there are some other problems please contact technical support at [support@powerkaraoke.com](mailto: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](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/books/siglos-karaoke-professional/page/recording-yfu "Recording") 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**
[](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-11/image.png)
2. Choose **Compatibility** tab and click **Change high DPI settings**
[](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-11/8cvimage.png)
3\. Try setting to this options. If it does not work, change **High DPI scaling override** to **Application**
[](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-11/rtGimage.png)
#### **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.
# Unlocking and evaluation
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# 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:
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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](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/books/siglos-karaoke-professional/page/recording-yfu "Recording").
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](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/link/44#bkmrk-audio-processor), that allows to mix your recorded singing with the music, producing the file you may email your friends or write to CD.
# 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 ([](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/sK5embedded-image-unmfjzoy.png)) (this allows to play files from the hard disc)
· click Load CD button ([](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/YVxembedded-image-j2vqq5bh.png)) (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:
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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.
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##### CHANGING KEY AND TEMPO
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##### USING MULTIPLEX CD+G DISCS
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##### FULL SCREEN MODE
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##### BACKGROUND IMAGE
Siglos Karaoke Professional displays images behind the karaoke lyrics. To change the images or use solid background click **Settings** button ([](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/QmSimage.png)) and select **Display**. {{@177}}
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##### MIDI KARAOKE
You may change the way that MIDI karaoke songs are played. To do this click **Settings** button ([](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-08/QmSimage.png)) and select **Display**.
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# 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*
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#### *Sing away!*
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#### *Listen to yourself*
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##### AUDIO PROCESSOR
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# Using playlists
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# 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.
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*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*](http://www.powerkaraoke.com/src/prod_powercdgburner.php)* to convert your discs into digital format.*
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##### *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.
[](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/image.png)
The next step is to add the singer to the rotation.
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##### *Playing songs*
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# 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:
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To add songs to the database you need to run the [song import process](#IDH_Importing_songs). Once the songs are successfully imported you may use them in your karaoke shows. You may also [browse, modify, and remove songs](#IDH_Managing_the_database) in the database. It is also possible to[export the list of the songs](#IDH_Export_song_list) 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.
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##### IMPORTING SONGS
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##### 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 ***Ma****de In ****He****aven*, ***He****ll's ****Ma****id*, ***Ma****y****he****m*, and *Last Day of ****Ma****y *by *The ****He****ap*) 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](#IDH_Importing_songs).
**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](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/books/siglos-karaoke-professional/page/remote-access "Remote access"). 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](#IDH_Create_A_Songbook).
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##### 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**](#IDH_Managing_the_database).
**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.
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| XML
| Structured XML file
This file format can be used in a custom application or in XML-aware software.
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The output file contains all songs from the database. The data written include unique song identifier, artist name, title, disc ID, and file name.
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##### 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.
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##### 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**](#IDH_Managing_the_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.
# Adding singers
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.
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*Note: you may skip selecting the singer step -- if you do this singer field will be blank*
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##### *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 ***Ma****de In ****He****aven*, ***He****ll's ****Ma****id*, and ***Ma****y****he****m*.) 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.
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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.
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##### ROTATION PRESETS
Siglos Karaoke Professional allows to store predefined rotation and load them without the necessity to add singers and songs one by one. This can be very useful if you run your show in a place that has regular singers singing their favorite songs.
To enter rotation preset management click **Presets** button in Rotation dialog box.
The list on the left contains available rotation presets.
To add current preset to this list select **Add current** button and enter the name of the preset.
To load the saved preset select it on the **Saved rotations** list (**Preview** window will show the rotation) and then click **Load** button. Current rotation will be removed and saved preset will be loaded in its place.
If you would like to remove one of the items from the list select the item to remove and click **Delete** button.
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##### INSTANT SOUNDS
Instant Sounds window allows you to assign frequently used sounds (like cheers, applause, or introductions) to the panel of 10 keys.
Buttons with digits allow to play back sounds that are assigned to them. If the button does not have sound assigned, clicking it will open dialog box that allows to assign a sound file and define the name for the sound. You may change sound association by clicking the button with CTRL key pressed down.
If you need more that 10 sounds you may create additional sound bank by clicking **+** button. Each bank contains ten sounds and the number of banks is unlimited.
**Vol** slider controls the volume of the sound.
Siglos Karaoke Professional comes with 10 predefined sound effects.
# Fill-in playlist
Fill in list is automatically activated when no song from the main playlist is being played. When switching to and from the fill in playlist, the music is faded in and out.
Fill in list is saved between sessions, and the first song from the list is played when starting a new session. You may change this behavior by unchecking **Initiate fill-in playback on program start** option in **KJ Settings**.
If you would like to have the music played when nobody is singing, use the fill-in playlist. To open it click **Fill-In Playlist** button on the playlist window.
[](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-01/image.png)
To add songs to the fill in list select **Add file(s)** button and then select the files you would like to add. **Add directory** allows to add files from the multiple folders. You may also drag and drop files and folders to the fill-in list.
You may open and save the playlist using **Load** and **Save** buttons.
**Import** button allows you to load YouTube playlists or external playlists in M3U format.
Additional options are:
- **Randomize**: list will play in random order
- **Loop:** will play continously
- **Audio only**: if playlist item is a video, it will be treated as audio (you may play YouTube Music playlist this way)
# Remote access
Siglos Professional allows you to set up your show for remote access. Customers can browse the list of songs and add requests using their own devices (phones, tablets, laptops) or you may provide a pre-set device for them. This eliminates the need for printed songbooks, makes searching for songs much faster and you, as a KJ, do not have to deal with paper request slips.
Remote request mode also enables customers to create their accounts, so they can check the songs they have sung in the past, add them to the rotation, and manage their rotation without bothering the KJ.
Remote access can be run in two connection modes (they are not exclusive, both can be used at the same time):
| **Internet server**
| **Local network**
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[Running remote requests in Internet server mode](#IDH_Internet_server_Quick_start47B6FA64)
[Running remote requests in Local network mode](#IDH_RQQuick_start)
[Remote queue](#IDH_Remote_queue)
[Settings](#IDH_Settings2)
[Matching singers](#IDH_Matching_singersF89BB6CB)
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##### INTERNET SERVER: QUICK START
**1.** Before you start using remote queue in Siglos you need to open an account at [connectkaraoke.com](https://connectkaraoke.com). It is a website that serves as an intermediary between Siglos running on your laptop and your customers. You will need to provide the email address and a unique name for your show. To provide you with this service we need to charge a monthly fee for it.
On your account page at Connect Karaoke you will find an API key that you will need to connect Siglos to the server. You can also choose if customers need to enter code before accessing your show (you may change the code each nigth so only people attending know it and you will not get bogus requests by jokers).
**2.** To enable the remote interface in Siglos open [**Remote Queue**](#IDH_Remote_queue) window using **Remote Queue **button in Rotation window (),open **Settings** and go to **Internet **card. Enter the API key in the appropriate field. *connectkaraoke.com* should be selected as **web server to use**. Click **Test connection **button to see if everything works.
**3.** Now you have two ways to provide customers with access to your show. You may:
A. Give customers your **show name** and (optional) **access code** and ask them to enter connectkaraoke.com on their devices
B. Use **Direct URL** to have customers enter directly to your show. You may either put the link on your website or you can use QR code generated in Siglos.for the customers to scan on their phones for fast access. Sample QR code looks like this:
**4.** When customers go to the address provided by you, they will be presented with the starting page. You can control how this page looks in [Remote Queue Settings](#IDH_Settings2).
The login icon in top right corner is displayed only if cookies are enabled.
**5.** Customers have your song book at their fingertips. They can browse, search, and add requests by touching the songs on the list.
Please note that in **Browse by artist** mode multiple songs by the same artist are combined.
**6.** When a user selects the song, Siglos displays a form that allows to add the request.
The user is required to choose a secret numeric code that is used as password and prevents other users from adding (and removing) songs on her/his behalf.
When adding song it is possible to request a key change. Remarks field allows to provide the KJ with more information if needed.
**7.** Requests added by the users are placed in the Remote Queue (unless **Auto Add** is enabled, see more info [here](#IDH_Remote_queue))
Double-clicking on the request adds it to the rotation. You may also choose to open the song and singer in **Add Singer** using button or a right-click menu item. You may display singer information using **Edit Singer** button. It allows to match singer from the request to one in your database (see more in [Matching singers](#IDH_Matching_singersF89BB6CB)).
Now you are ready to run your show. Please see below topics for more detailed information on how to adjust remote request functionality to your needs.
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##### LOCAL NETWORK: QUICK START
Before you start using remote queue in Siglos you need to have client devices (customer phones or your kiosk device) connected to the same network as the computer that is running Siglos. You may provide a WiFi router to do this and provide your customers with a password to connect to the router.
**1.** To enable the remote interface in Siglos open [**Remote Queue**](#IDH_Remote_queue) window using **Remote Queue **button in Rotation window (),open **Settings**, go to **Local network** card and make sure that **Enable local network server** option is checked there.
**2.** If your computer has more than one network interface, select the one used for customers' router in **Local server network**. Also make a note of a port used by the server (it is 6803 by default). Below you will find the link to provide to the customers. You may generate a QR code for the customers to scan on their phones for fast access. Sample QR code looks like this:
**3.** When customers go to the address provided by you, they will be presented with the starting page. You can control how this page looks in [Remote Queue Settings](#IDH_Settings2).
The login icon in top right corner is displayed only if cookies are enabled.
**4.** Customers have your song book at their fingertips. They can browse, search, and add requests by touching the songs on the list.
Please note that in **Browse by artist** mode multiple songs by the same artist are combined.
**5.** When a user selects the song, Siglos displays a form that allows to add the request.
The user is required to choose a secret numeric code that is used as password and prevents other users from adding (and removing) songs on her/his behalf.
When adding song it is possible to request a key change. Remarks field allows to provide the KJ with more information if needed.
**6.** Requests added by the users are placed in the Remote Queue (unless **Auto Add** is enabled, see more info [here](#IDH_Remote_queue))
Double-clicking on the request adds it to the rotation. You may also choose to open the song and singer in **Add Singer** using button or a right-click menu item. You may display singer information using **Edit Singer** button. It allows to match singer from the request to one in your database (see more in [Matching singers](#IDH_Matching_singersF89BB6CB)).
Now you are ready to run your show. Please see below topics for more detailed information on how to adjust remote request functionality to your needs.
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##### REMOTE QUEUE
Remote queue is the control center for most of the remote access functions. When a singer makes a request on their phone, this is where KJ sees the request. It also provides options to control remote access.
The list contains requests done by the singers from the remote devices (unless **Auto add** is enabled, see below). It displays the name of the singer, the song he/she has chosen and some additional information. The window is resizeable and you can arrange the order of the columns to your liking by dragging and dropping the headers.
Dark blue color mean matched singer. Light blue is a request that had 'This is my first request tonight' option selected when adding a song.
Clicking on the requests selects it and enables you to perform additional actions. You may:
**Add** the song to the rotation. This puts the song straight into the rotation.
**Open in Add Singer** before adding to the rotation
**Edit Singer** in **Singer** window (only for singers already in the history)
Use **Request details **to open full information about the request and allows to match the singer to one from the history
**Remove** the request from the list
**Remove All** requests
**Add All** requests
The area on the bottom allows you to control the remote request engine.
**Auto add** does not list requests in **Remote Queue** window, but places them directly into the rotation. You may define exceptions in [**Remote Queue Settings / General**](#IDH_Settings2) section
**Freeze** disables the possibility to add requests, but keeps the server running (users can browse the songs).
**Go offline** blocks the access to the server (both local and internet).
More advanced options (for example choosing to automatically add requests only from registered singers) can be accessed in [**Settings**](#IDH_Settings2).
The sphere button displays the current state of the internet server connection (red means error, green - OK, grey - disabled).
The cube button displays the current state of the song list cache (red means loading, yellow - first level done, green - ready).
**History** opens requests from the past.
**Settings** opens the [Settings window](#IDH_Settings2) that allows to adjust remote access functionality.
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##### SETTINGS
| **Local Network**
| **Local server port** defines TCP port used by web interface. This port must be open in firewall
**Local server network** allows to select the network interface used by Siglos. This allows to use one interface to connect your laptop to the internet (don't select it here) and use the second one for local server (this should be selected here).
**Client URL** is an address that customers should enter in their mobile phone browser to open the remote interface. If you are using this in a kiosk setup, or if you are providing your devices for the customers, you may choose to use the interface with cookies always disabled (this ensures that user's data is not stored in the browser)
Siglos can generate **QR code** that contains the client URL. You may display it and users can scan it with their phones.
**Use query cache** is a setting that affects the speed of browsing of the songs. If cache is disables, Siglos prepares a fresh list of songs based on user criteria every time request is made. With cache enables queries that are single letters or pair of letters are prepared and kept in memory, so they are presented to the user much faster. Cache is build after the program starts and for approx. 100K songs it takes 5 minutes before it is ready on a regular computer.
As it takes a while to create the cache Siglos can save cache to disc once it is created and preload it on the next run. It will rebuild the cache, but queries will run fast from the start. You can disable this functionality using **Store query cache from the last run and load before generating** option.
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| **Internet**
| **Enable internet server** turns the connection on and off
**Web server to use** allows to choose the server if more than one is available
**API key** is obtained from your Connect Karaoke account page and allows Siglos to identify itself on the server
**Test connection** button will check, if everything is correct
**Your show name** is the name you define on your Connect Karaoke account and which will be used by users to enter your show
**Direct URL **allows direct access to your show, but customers still have to enter your show's code if enabled
**Direct URL (no code)** skips code input and provides direct link
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| **General**
| **Allow cookies** enables user names and password storage on client machines. You can override this using one of the links generated on **Network** page.
**Max number of requests** limits how many requests can be in the queue. If the limit is reached, users cannot add songs.
**Max number of requests per singer** limits the number of requests singer can place. When a song is sung, singer can place next request.
When **Auto add **is enabled in [Remote Queue](#IDH_Remote_queue) window requests are automatically processed and songs are added to the rotation. You may disable this feature with the following conditions:
**Pause when remarks entered** : if singer enters anything in **Remarks** section
**Pause when singer not matched** : if singer is not matched agains any singer from the database
**Pause when song has duplicates** : if more than one version of the song exists
**Keychange steps allowed** defines the number of semitones to modify the song that user can request
If you disable **Require secret code** option, user will not have to enter the code when making requests, but this will also cause adding new singer with each request. This works best for automatic kiosks. You may also choose if singers are required to provide unique names.
**Enable 'This is my first request tonight' field** shows appropriate checkbox under the singer's name when adding a song. Requests with this option selected will be displayed in light blue on the list of requests. You may also choose to force new singers to provide unique name, so you do not have four Toms in the rotation.
**Require initial after space in singer name** will force singers to add extra letter after name, so you do not have only single names in the rotation. This would work well with any of the name checking options.
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| **Display**
| **Page color** and **Text color** are the colors used in remote interface
**Song list presentation** section allows to fine-tune the page. Options are:
**Show on-screen keyboard** : with this enabled Siglos will add keyboard buttons to the search screen (use if remote device you are using does not provide an on-screen keyboard)
**Show disc IDs** : names of discs will be displayed to the user
**Merge duplicates (same song and artist name)** : the same song from different discs will be listed only once
**Hide incomplete (blank artist or song)** : songs missing some information will be hidden from the user
**Detect commas in artist names (Beatles, The -> The Beatles)** : artist names will be displayed in more readable form
If you choose to include the most popular songs, here you can define the **Number of most popular songs to display** and number of days to go back and make the statistics.
If you choose to display the singer's queue, you may define the maximum number of songs and allow only the first song for each singer to display (this is overriden if the user is logged in).
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| **Title page**
| This window allows to define the first page that the users see. You can select which buttons will be available, you can rename them and you can modify the initial message displayed (it can be either a text or a image).
You may also choose a separate image that can be displayed in the background of the title page.
**Collections** allow you to assign custom buttons to song subsets, for example duets or love songs. You can define collections in [Song Database window](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/link/48#bkmrk-managing-the-databas).
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##### MATCHING SINGERS
As a KJ you probably have a lot of regular singers in your database. You may configure remote queue so your regulars are matched to their database entries.
Users in the database are identified by name and venue (so you can have the same users on different venues). But remote access allows several users of the same name -- they identify themselves using secret code. You may create initial password for your regulars. Do do this go to open singer properties (either from **Add Singer / Edit Singers / Properties** or by using **Edit singer properties** button in **Rotation** window) and you will find two fields that apply to remote request users:
**Remote singer name** is the name that user enters when logging in or adding songs. **Remote queue PIN** is his/her secret code.
It is also possible to match singers to existing entries in the database directly from **Remote queue** window. You need to select the singer on the list of waiting requests and click **Edit singer**. Then find the singer in the database and finish with **Select**.
# Exporting Data
Sometimes you may want to export your data from Siglos Karaoke Professional database. There are several areas that allow you to do this.
- Export songs
- Export singer and song history
- Export singers
Export songs
To export songs from the database, go to Song Database and click the Export button. You will be presented with the Export Song Database window.
Songs can be exported to CSV and XML files. You may choose to export all songs in the database, those currently displayed in the Song Database list, or songs selected on the list.
Export singer and song history
To export history of the singers and songs, go to Add Singer and click the Export History button.
The Export History window gives you control over what data will be exported. You may filter the entries to export using the following search modes:
- All searches for text in both Singer and Song fields
- Singer Name searches in singers
- Song Name and Artist Name searches in songs
You may choose to list only one performance by a song/singer combination.
Songs can be exported to CSV and XML files. Using Fields, you may choose which fields will be exported.
Export Singers
To export singers, go to Add Singer, click Edit singers and choose Export from there. Only the singers currently displayed in the Singers window will be exported. They will be exported in the same order as they are displayed.
Singers can be exported to CSV, XML, and JSON files. You may choose which fields to include in the exported file.
# YouTube song database
We have prepared a set of the most popular karaoke songs that are available on YouTube and can be included in searches and in the remote queue feature. You can choose between 10,000, 30,000, and 50,000 songs. We do not guarantee that all of them are still available, and we are not affiliated with YouTube or any of the channels that have published the songs.
Using YouTube for public performances may conflict with YouTube’s Terms of Service, and additional licenses may be required in some cases.
An internet connection and ***an active license (with an active support period)*** are required for this feature to work.
To enable the YouTube song database, go to **Settings** / **KJ** and click the **YouTube song database...** button.
[](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-12/image.png)
You may disable the song database at any time.
Songs from the YouTube database have file names in the format **pk:123456.pk**, so you can easily find them by the ***PK*** extension.
When the database is enabled, Siglos will update it once a week.
# Settings
# Display
Display settings controls the way karaoke lyrics are displayed.
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**Quality **defines number of frames per setting for the karaoke display. If you are working on a slower machine try decreasing this value to get better performance.
If **Use secondary monitor** is selected and your computer is equipped with two monitors, full screen mode will use the second monitor. You may choose which monitor should be used in the full screen mode. You may also define custom position that will be used for full screen playback
For lyrics window you may define **Padding** and create black frame around the actual content. This allows to position the lyrics screen perfectly on external display. Padding can also be defined for [Singer screen clones](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/books/siglos-karaoke-professional/page/singer-screen-clones "Singer screen clones")
**Keep 4:3 aspect ratio** ensures that karaoke display always has 4:3 ratio. If you are using wide screen monitor, or a monitor in portrait mode, this will add black bars to the sides so the karaoke display has the same proportions as regular TV screen.
**Start in Full Screen mode** causes Siglos Karaoke Player to start in full screen mode.
**Video Renderer** is a technical setting which you may try to change if you are unable to play video files.
**Lyrics advanced** allow to display CD+G lyrics ahead of the music. The value is in milliseconds, so setting it to 500 will cause the lyrics to appear half a second earlier. Negative value will cause the lyrics to be delayed.
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***International character support***
If Siglos Karaoke Player incorrectly displays MIDI files containing international characters (eg. Chinese), please make sure that you select appropriate script and font face that contains international characters.
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# CD
CD settings allows to set various options that control the way CD+G discs are played.
**CD-ROM device** allows you to select which of the drives equipped in your machine should be used for CD+G discs.
**Automatically load CD on startup** will save you clicking **Load CD** button if you play CD+G discs.
Siglos Karaoke Player/Recorder can use online FreeDB database to look up track names for CD+G discs. You may disable this feature by unchecking **Use FreeDB to search for track names on the Internet.** You may also select different FreeDB server and define a HTTP proxy server if you are behind a corporate firewall.
# General
These options control general behaviour of Siglos Karaoke Player.
By default after one song finishes the next starts automatically. **Pause between the songs** disables this feature.
**Remember last playlist** will keep track of the files on the playlist between sessions.
If **Check for updates** is enabled, then Siglos Karaoke Player will prompt to check if new version is available.
If **Automatically play the playlist after loading** is switched on, then playlist will automatically start to play after it is loaded.
You may associate Siglos Karaoke Player with various karaoke file extensions so it is opened automatically when you double-click such file. You may choose which extensions should be associated with Siglos using extension list.
*NOTE: Using Siglos as default ZIP file application is not recommended, as it will interfere with software like WinZip.*
# Skins
Siglos Karaoke Player allows you to change the appearance of the main window -- you can choose from several skins of various sizes.
# KJ
**Use professional KJ mode** allows to switch between show hosting mode and basic player mode.
**Edit singer announcement screen** allows to adjust the look of the singer announcement screen. [Singer Announcement Screen](#IDH_Singer_Announcement_Screen) dialog box will appear.
**Singer announcement duration in automatic mode** defines the amount of time that the announcement screen is displayed before the song starts to play in automatic mode.
Siglos Karaoke Professional can show the scrolling message at the top or at the bottom of the karaoke screen. You may define the font, colors, location (top or bottop) and the speed of the scrolling message in **Scrolling message** section. You may also choose to display additional message after the usual singer reminder. **Number of singers to show** allows to define how many next singers will be displayed in the scrolling message (up to ten). **Use old style** will show the message on top of the currently played song, not on the separate black strip.
When **Countdowns** are enabled Siglos displays a timer that shows how much time next singer has before their performance starts, by default it changes color from green through yellow to red when time is up.
**Preview screen update speed** allows you to change the refresh rate of Preview window (the lower the value, the more frequently the window is repainted). Please note that preview window refresh uses additional CPU time.
**Show remaining song time instead of current position** will cause the time counter on the main player window to show the time left to the end of the song rather than current song position.
**Skip silence at beginning/end of the song** enables silence detection and allows Siglos Karaoke Professional to skip silent parts of the song (usually used for displaying CD+G company logo and song title). It works for MP3+G and ZIP files only, unless you check **Skip silence for all types of files**.
**Detect and speed up instrumentals longer than \[ \]** makes Siglos Karaoke Professional scan CD+G files for places where nothing changes on screen and skip those parts. This will eliminate long guitar solos for instance. Two modes are available - one will fade out at the beginning of the skipped part and fade in at the end, while the other will speed up the song at the detected part.
**Rotation / Playlist font** section allows you to change the font and the size of the text in Playlist / Rotation lists. You may also define colors used for active and disabled items.
**'Add Singer' list font modifier** allows you to increase (or to decrease if desired) the size of the font used in lists of **Add Singer/Song** dialog box.
If you are adding a new singer of the name that already exists in the singer database, Siglos Karaoke Professional will ask you to choose one of the options. You may define the default action to be taken using **If adding singer of the same name **section (see [Adding Singers](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/books/siglos-karaoke-professional/page/adding-singers "Adding singers") for more information)
**Time display in Rotation list** allows you to choose which time-related columns should be displayed in rotation list. **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
If [fill-in playlist](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/books/siglos-karaoke-professional/page/fill-in-playlist "Fill-in playlist") contains songs, Siglos Karaoke Professional will play the first song when it opens if** Initiate fill-in playback on program start** is enabled.
**Detect commas in artist names** may be used to fix artist names in sortable format (with artist name or The part after comma). So **Adams, Brian** will be displayed as **Brian Adams**, and **Beatles, The** will be **The Beatles**. This affects only singer announcement screen and scrolling message, database listing will not be changed.
**Include track number in 'Add Singer' song** search allows to search for the tracks by their number on the original disc. The same goes for **Include Song ID ...** and **Include file path ...** .
**Number of characters to start interactive search** specifies how many characters need to be typed in the general search box before the results are updates (setting this to 1 may cause slow operation if you are running slower machine and your database is large).
**Exit the program without prompting** disables confirmation message on program exit.
**Advance to next song on fill-in playlist every time fill-in is activated** caused the playlist to skip to the next song every time playlist is active. This may be useful if you have many short breaks and do not want the audience to listen to the same song over and over.
**Reset key to zero for songs not sung by the singer (by default latest key change for singer is used)** allows to change the way key changer is set for new songs. By default Siglos Karaoke Professional remembers the key change for each singer and applies this for the new songs added for the singer. This may be undesired and with this option checked key will be reset to zero for all new songs. If you set the key for the song, it will be remembered and reset the next time singer sings the song.
With **Create backup database copies every 7 days** option enabled Siglos Karaoke Professional will create a copy of a database file once a week and store it in compressed file in case something happened to the working database.
**Database file location** makes it possible to change the database file used by Siglos Karaoke Professional. This may be useful if you move the database between computers or for some reason need to use more than one database.
**Crossfade time when using Restart button** defines the speed of silencing the music when **Restart** is clicked.
**Force FFDShow filter usage** tells Siglos to use FFDShow filter before trying other video codecs.
**Use Standard renderer as fallback** makes sure that if the selected renderer is not available, standard will be used instead of reporting an error.
When **Use old drag-and-drop behaviour** is enabled, dropped songs will be added to the playlist (regardless of the mode) instead of opening as a file in Add Singer window.
**Display scrolling message when not playing karaoke **ensures that the message is visible even when no song is playing (and singer announcement is displayed).
If **Show announcement screen even if no singer is in queue** is enabled, then singer announcement stays visible on screen and is not replaced by predefined empty screen.
**Lock rotation windows when Add Singer is open** does not allow any operations in main program window until you close Add Singer.
**On new session start fill-in from the next song **ensures that Siglos will not resume fill-in playback, but will jump to the new song on the fill-in list.
**Overlay fill-in videos and visualizations with singer annoncements** displays singer announcements on top of visualization or video played from fill-in list.
**Wait n seconds before allowing 'Go To Next' **is a safeguard so you do not click Go To Next button accidentally after starting the playback.
When you enable **Always skip empty singers if 'Wait for songs' is selected**, Siglos will skip empty singers until all singers have sung their songs. Then it will wait for new songs.
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##### SINGER ANNOUNCEMENT SCREEN
This dialog allows to define how singer announcement screen will look like.
**Background mode** defines the background of the screen. There are three background modes:
· ***Image***: you may use an image as a background. Click **\[...\]** button to load the image (JPG, PNG, and BMP formats are supported). Images will be stretched to full screen.
· ***Solid color:*** background will be filled with the selected solid color
· ***Gradient:*** background will be filled with smoothly changing color, you may define the top and bottom colors.
**Items** list contains separate parts of the signer announcement screen.
**Heading** is the information text displayed at the top
**Singer **is the name of the coming singer
**Performing **is the Performing word after the singer name, it is not displayed if singer name is empty
**Song **and **Artist **are the song title and the artist name of the coming song
To change one of the items select it on the **Items** list -- a rectangle defining its area will be displayed in the preview area. You may modify the position of the item by dragging it with the mouse.
**Font**, **Text color**, **Alignment**, and **Text effects **define text attributes for the selected item. Changes are immediately visible in the preview area.
**Text to display** is the label text for pre-defined items (*Heading* and *Performing*). *Heading* is a good place to promote your show.
# Advanced Features
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# Singer screen clones
If your system supports multiple displays, you may create a singer screen clone to display in every one of them. You may use cheap USB-C->HDMI dongles to easily connect your laptop computer to several screens and display lyrics on every one of them directly from Siglos.
Screen clones are available from **Screen clone** button ([](https://docs.powerkaraoke.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/uPEimage.png)) in **Rotation** window.
When you click 'Screen clone' button on **Rotation** window, you will see **Add new window clone** command. It will create a new window that clones the content if the singer screen.
You may drag it around with mouse, when you double-click it, it will be maximized on the current monitor.
When you move a mouse cursor to the clone window, **\[x\]** and **\[i\]** buttons will be displayed in top right corner. **\[i\]** button allows to turn scrolling message on and off for that clone and to define its individual padding.
If clone windows become obscured, you may bring them to the front by clicking playback control window.
*Important notice:* Singer screen needs to be visible (on top of all other windows) for cloning to work. 
