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Karaoke Builder Studio Changelog

What's new in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.260

Sep 23, 2020
  • Bug fix: Error while saving after sync has been resolved.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.258 (Sep 22, 2020)

  • Sync Screen: If the audio track finishes before you completely sync your lyrics, you are moved back one page, allowing you to complete the sync.
  • Sync Screen: While the audio track is paused you cannot now press the Space Bar to sync a word.
  • Both changes fix bugs which stored invalid (zero) times and caused problems with editing and building a project.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.220 (Sep 15, 2020)

  • Using the mouse wheel over any play/pause button will now change the audio volume. Applies to Main, Edit and Sync screens.
  • MP3 Options: Creation of MP3 files now defaults to Constant bitrate. A new button returns you to that default when pressed. Some third-party software players, and even some modern hardware players, do not correctly handle the timing codes for Variable bitrate MP3 files - the graphics may stutter or become badly out of sync. This is a fault with the third-party player, not with KB Studio, but if you create only Constant bitrate files it will avoid the problem.
  • Export Lyrics: Expanded to a new screen, providing support for LRC lyrics files and SRT subtitles files. Both formats are used widely on mobile devices, tablets, and in YouTube videos. You can quickly create a simple file which, when paired with the audio file (or added to a YouTube video), will display the lyrics when your music plays. This adds the ability to create karaoke tracks for Android and Apple devices.
  • The trial version now allows you to see the first ten lines of a track, before scrambling the other lines with letters from the words 'Karaoke Builder Studio'. This is less restrictive - previous trial versions allowed you to see only a single page of lyrics. Registered users will of course see the full, correct, unchanged lyrics of the song.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.188 (Sep 4, 2020)

  • Edit Screen: Both the left and right mouse buttons can now be used to move words/lines/slideshows. Using the left button, the Sticky Borders setting will be used, as normal. Using the right button this is temporarily switched off, useful to create gaps between words, or when moving several words or lines at once. This is easier than using Alt-click, though that can still be used, as before.
  • Edit Screen: pressing the Esc key while dragging words/lines with the mouse will cancel any changes made.
  • Slideshows: minor changes to layout. Slideshow Size is now alongside the Build button.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.162 (Aug 19, 2020)

  • Bug fix: Font names starting with an @ symbol are now ignored

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.160 (Aug 18, 2020)

  • Major improvements to the Lyrics Wiping tab (Edit screen):
  • Sticky Borders - moving the start/end of a word keeps the adjacent word 'stuck' to it.
  • Play Line - plays the current line only. Edit your timings, play the line while watching the preview, and repeat until you have the perfect sync.
  • Selecting any word displays a box showing the display/remove points for the whole line. If you see a yellow warning, telling you your words are out of bounds, you can now see where those bounds are, making it easier to move your text back inside them.
  • Display/Remove tab: selecting an embedded slideshow lets you click to play it with the Karaoke Builder Player.
  • Both tabs: Search for text in your lyrics. Forwards or backwards search - find the line you need and jump straight to it. Next and previous search. Option to jump to next or previous line.
  • Both tabs: Snap Both button, alongside Snap Start and Snap End.
  • Main screen: Export Lyrics now gives you two options: Save to File and Copy to Clipboard.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.102 (Jul 23, 2020)

  • On the Edit screen, the Preview Window will change from normal size to 2x zoom (and back again) if you double-click it.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.100 (Jul 19, 2020)

  • On the Edit screen, words which are out of bounds are displayed in yellow as a warning. Out of bounds is where the line will start to wipe before it's displayed, or where the line will be removed before wiping is complete. If you see anything in yellow you'll know it has to be corrected.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.098 (Jul 17, 2020)

  • Minor bug fixes and cosmetic changes

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.095 (Jul 17, 2020)

  • Minor cosmetic changes

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.086 (Jul 16, 2020)

  • Special Effects screen shows all effects at 2x zoom
  • Drag and drop of colours for Styles and Slides displays a small square filled with the colour being dragged

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.085 (Jul 15, 2020)

  • Drag and drop of colours for Styles and Slides displays a small square filled with the colour being dragged

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.084 (Jul 15, 2020)

  • Zoom tab on the Main screen lets you view all pages at 2x zoom.
  • Major updates to the Slideshows screen. Bigger, wider, better!
  • Layout changes provide more space - the old tabs have been removed to allow access to all settings simultaneously.
  • Slides are now shown at 2x zoom. Easier to see, easier to edit.
  • Text lines can be dragged around with the mouse. Left-click to move. Right-click to rotate. ESC key cancels changes.
  • Manage your slideshows more easily - the last 10 slideshows are remembered, for easier selection.
  • Prompt to save changes when using Load, Save and Exit.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.082 (Jul 14, 2020)

  • Zoom tab on the Main screen lets you view all pages at 2x zoom.
  • Major updates to the Slideshows screen. Bigger, wider, better!
  • Layout changes provide more space - the old tabs have been removed to allow access to all settings simultaneously.
  • Text lines can be dragged around with the mouse. Left-click to move. Right-click to rotate. ESC key cancels changes.
  • Manage your slideshows more easily - the last 10 slideshows are remembered, for easier selection.
  • Prompt to save changes when using Load, Save and Exit.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.1.068 (Jul 6, 2020)

  • New options on the Main, Build and Tools screens allow you to change the speed and key/pitch of any track you create.
  • Change the audio and listen as you edit your track, altering the speed and key/pitch on the fly. Create your track with these new settings with a click of the Build button.
  • All lyrics are automatically and seamlessly synced to match the new settings.
  • The Tools window now allows you to convert any track (even tracks you didn't make yourself) to a different speed and key/pitch.
  • Slider controls can now be operated with the mouse wheel - move over the slider and rotate the wheel. Hold Shift or Ctrl as you do so for more/less movement.
  • Improvements made to the Build and Tools screen for more effectively adding intro and outro slideshows to any track.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.0.885 (May 30, 2018)

  • Extra options for building videos: Full Video, Video Length, 30-Second Test Video. Allows creation of videos of any length.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 5.0.875 (Apr 27, 2018)

  • New Look:
  • We've given everything in Karaoke Builder Studio a makeover - a fresh new look, where buttons are bigger and more colourful, and all controls are much easier to see and use.
  • What we've tried to avoid is moving things around too much. If you're familiar with the 'old' Karaoke Builder Studio, you should be able to find almost everything where it was before. Some things are new, and there are countless updates and improvements, but nothing is very far from where you remember it.
  • Unicode support:
  • Karaoke Builder Studio now provides full support for all Unicode left-to-right (LTR) scripts, characters, fonts and languages. If the lyrics of your song can be written in a left-to-right script, you can create a karaoke track in Karaoke Builder Studio.
  • Right-to-Left support?:
  • Right-to-left (RTL) scripts are not supported by Karaoke Builder Studio. This includes Arabic and Hebrew, among others. Supporting RTL scripts would require more fundamental technical changes to the software than we are able to provide at present.
  • Windows XP support?:
  • Although Karaoke Builder Studio can be used to create Unicode tracks in Windows XP, you may need to install the required language packs necessary to support some Unicode scripts. From a standard XP setup we were able to create Russian and Greek tracks, but Chinese and Japanese were not installed by default. Windows 7, 8 and 10 have no such limitations - please consider upgrading to a newer version of Windows if you need full Unicode support.
  • Build Options and File Conversion Tools:
  • In Version 5.0 you no longer have to create a track and then convert it to a different format. You can still create CDG and BIN files (as before), but now you can also build your project directly to ZIP (compressed MP3+G) and Video formats. The Build Options screen gives you much more control over the Build process, but you can still keep it simple and build your track without these extra options if you prefer.
  • The File Conversion Tools window has been completely revamped and expanded. Use any input for graphics, with any input for audio, and create any type of output file. Need to merge the graphics from a BIN file with the audio from a ZIP file, and create a Video track? You can, easily. Extract an MP3 audio file from a BIN track? Just as easy.
  • Slideshows can now be added to any track you Build or Convert, allowing you to add your own custom images to any track.
  • Other Changes:
  • Improved Edit Screen, with controls closer to the lines you are editing, for speed and ease of use.
  • Snap controls allow easier fine tuning of your track on the Lyrics Wiping and Display/Remove tabs.
  • Jump option - as you select pages or lines, the audio track jumps around with you, allowing you to edit and listen more easily.
  • Improved Studio Settings for controlling Karaoke Builder Studio's audio device, default page effects, and MP3 settings.
  • Default Template lets you customise how your project looks whenever you create a new one.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.390 (Feb 6, 2018)

  • Zoom screen (used by the main screen and the Slides screen) is now sized proportionally, so that the view on a wide screen is no longer 'stretched'
  • Karaoke Builder Player has changed in the same way.
  • Resolved a (rare) issue with displaying the Edit screen.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.375 (Feb 13, 2017)

  • On the Edit screen, it is now much easier to grab and drag the edge of a word or line - there is now a 6-pixel margin, rather than a 1-pixel margin.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.361 (Sep 6, 2016)

  • Fixed a minor/rare formatting problem.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.360 (Aug 4, 2016)

  • You can now change the device used for audio playback. Go to the Settings tab and click 'Audio Device'. If you have more than one set of speakers, or want to use headphones, etc, select the alternative device here. There is a similar option for Karaoke Builder Player - go to the Player's Options window to change it.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.354 (Apr 1, 2016)

  • BIN files can now be created from any type of audio file. You no longer need to use a 44100Hz, 16-bit stereo track - the conversion to this format will be done automatically

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.350 (Feb 25, 2016)

  • Further updates to the sound system for improved performance.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.346 (Aug 8, 2015)

  • Minor updates to the sound system for improved performance.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.345 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • In the Edit window you can now click an empty part of the window and drag it across the screen to move through the track. Modify the speed of movement with Shift (faster) or Ctrl (slower).

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.300 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Resolution of minor issues with Windows 8.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.282 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Correction of spelling mistakes and minor visual changes.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.280 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Improved options for using the Mouse Wheel in the Edit screen - use Shift+Wheel or Ctrl+Wheel for fine control.
  • Home/End and Page Up/Down keys also added to the Edit screen.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.275 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Bug fix: Slideshow projects now save/restore their 'Slide Show Size' settings correctly.
  • Resolved and improved graphics display, giving wider compatibility with hardware CD+G players.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.273 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Help file updated to reflect the most recent changes to Karaoke Builder Studio.
  • Keyboard arrow keys can now be used to make small adjustments to words/lines on the Edit screen.
  • Resolved a minor issue with numerical 'spinner' buttons.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.210 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Time for a fresh coat of paint! All screens use tidier, cleaner buttons and boxes, plus an easier-to-read font.
  • You can now use the mouse wheel to move through your track in the Edit window.
  • Special Effects - preview animations now work for all 'Scroll' effects.
  • Audio files are displayed as wave-forms in the Edit screen, whatever format they are (wav, mp3, ogg, etc). Older versions only did this for wav files.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.164 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • New sound system, giving vastly improved audio when you sync at low speeds (no more 'zombies in treacle' audio!)
  • Resolved problems for those unable to play certain audio files. KB Studio now works for all audio setups.
  • Version 3.0 of Karaoke Builder Player is now installed with Karaoke Builder Studio.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.156 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Bug Fix: in some cases conversion to AVI did not add audio to the video file.
  • Bug Fix: moving slideshows within a track caused occasional errors

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.145 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • The Tools window is now clearer and easier to use.
  • Bug Fix: In the Edit window, when you want to drag the start/end points with your mouse, the mouse pointer changes to an arrow. This had been removed by accident in an earlier update, but has now been replaced.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.136 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • We have now included a new Interleaving process to the Cue File Builder. This gives access to a much greater number of CD burners. If you were unable to burn CD+G tracks before, you may be able to do so now, without buying a new CD burner.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.132 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Cue File Builder now provides full support for burning with Nero. No need for any other burning software!
  • We didn't like the floating window, so it's back in position. The whole display looks a lot better we think you'll agree.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.120 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • The Preview Window can now be hidden. Those with slower computers will find that this reduces jerky motion in the Edit Screen.
  • The main screen has been changed so that the preview window 'floats' and can be positioned wherever you want. We are doing this so that several new features can be added - more about those features will be revealed at a later date.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.080 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Extended the moving video tutorial to include the use of Ulead MediaStudio Pro.
  • Loading of audio files into the Edit Screen is now faster. .

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.070 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Important upgrade:
  • In the Edit screen you can now drag words across the screen (left button to change the start/end times, right button to move the whole word/line). You can select multiple words/lines and move them simultaneously. This makes the whole editing process much quicker and easier.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.057 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Replaced the audio playback slider, which would sometimes 'stick' (sliding even when the mouse button was released).

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.050 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • Added AVIzlib Compressor, a lossless video compressor. Essential for high quality encoding of AVI Video when you intend to convert it to MPEG (for VCD/SVCD/DVD)
  • Help file contains a guide to creating VCD/SVCD/DVD karaoke discs

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.047 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • CD+G to AVI Video conversion can now add a drop-shadow to the text. This works with all Karaoke Builder Studio tracks and can even make commercial discs look better than the originals.
  • Can now add a photo-quality background and shadow to all CD+G tracks, even those not created with Karaoke Builder Studio.

New in Karaoke Builder Studio 3.0.030 (Dec 18, 2009)

  • New Conversion Tools:
  • Convert CD+G to AVI Video and add a photo-quality background
  • Create a BIN File (combine .cdg and .wav together)
  • Extract from a BIN File (extract .cdg or .wav)