Ultrastar deluxe, interesting program for karaoke

If you were not selected to enter the Academy of American Idol you will always have the consolation of being able to use your old friend Linux to get you the desire without leaving home.

UltraStar Deluxe is a clone of the classic UltraStar has followed a parallel development to the implementation of which it arose. Major developments affecting its interface, renovated and elegant, and game modes.

The game goes the song along with the video (or a static image if available) and the target is hit trying to sing the correct tones. No need to have a special microphone to this, any model can serve as Ultrastar Deluxe is that does the analysis of your voice.

On the screen you see a series of bars, each corresponding to a syllable of the song, which will be positioned depending on the note that you must achieve. If you do, be illuminated completely. During the song will be some special notes that will win you extra points.



Up to six players can compete in UltraStar Deluxe, although you'll need a microphone for all of them and a computer with sufficient hardware. Party game mode is the same you can find on SingStar. The goal is to win in the different tests proposed in the program: sorrow, sings in the dark, until 5000, keeping in touch, and so on.

Installing on Ubuntu
I opened a terminal and wrote:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tobydox/ultrastardx

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ultrastar-deluxe ultrastar-deluxe-songs

How to add songs?
The easiest way is to install the package ultrastar-deluxe-songs (which is included in the above command).

However, it's worth noting that UltraStar has a strong fan community. On the UltraStar Spain, is available wide range of songs, including covers and video clips, and then register for free, they can be downloaded.

Each song consists of a folder containing at least one text file (with the lyrics, tones and beats) and an audio file. May also contain a cover image of the album and the video without audio of the song.

Once downloaded the songs copy it to ~/.ultrastar/songs. If not exist, create the folder /.ultrastar/songs in your personal folder and try again.

To allow others to make use of songs, copy it to /usr/share/ultrastar/songs. To do this will require administrator permissions.