Browser Quick Start

Note

These quick start pages each show one specific way to create a karaoke from start to finish. If you need more context or other software options, use the links on the nav bar (or hamburger menu if you have a small screen).

Getting Started

Go to The Tüül. We will be creating the whole video using this site, which has both a desktop and mobile interface.

Upload Song

  1. Click the Song File tab at the left and upload the original song, in as high quality as possible.

  2. The Tüül will try to auto-detect the artist and title. If they are wrong, correct them. This info is displayed at the start of the track in the output video.

    Screenshot of The Tüül interface, showing Song File tab

  3. The Tüül will process the file in the background while you work on the other steps.

Format Lyrics

Now we need lyrics in a good format for karaoke.

Find accurate lyrics

If there’s official lyrics on the band’s Bandcamp or YouTube video description, great, use those. If there’s a devoted fan community site (e.g. Weird Al Wiki or TMBW), also a great resource. Failing that, Genius usually does ok.

Listen to the song while reading through the lyrics and make sure things match up. Sometimes a line needs to be doubled, or an ad-lib needs to be added. The more accurate it is, the easier it will be to sync, and the less editing will be needed after.

Organize into pages

Only so many lines of text can be shown on a screen at a time so it helps to split in logical places. Usually lyrics sites will at least split between verses and chorus, but if e.g. a verse is 8 lines, you may want to split that into two blocks of 4. Some lines may be very long and need split as well.

Add syllable marks

This is technically optional, but it really does help make the sync look more accurate, especially for sustained words. Add a slash (“/”) between syllables to have them operate as separate units during syncing.

It may be helpful to use the Magic Slashes feature on The Tüül: Paste your lyrics into the lyrics tab then start adding slashes as normal. If it sees a word repeated later in the lyrics, it will automatically add slashes to the same place in that instance of the word.

Screenshot of The Tüül interface, showing Lyrics tab

Finally, click the Add Underscores button in the UI so syncing will operate word by word instead of a line at a time.

Syncing Track

  1. Switch to the Song Timing tab and hit Play to start syncing.

    Screenshot of The Tüül interface, showing Song Timing tab

  2. Tap space bar on your keyboard as each syllable starts and enter at the end of a word when there is a long gap between words.

  3. At the very end of the lyrics, hit Enter to finalize the sync.

Video Output

  1. Go to the Submit tab and you can preview the sync. It will still play the unseparated audio.

    Screenshot of The Tüül interface, showing Submit tab

  2. If you are satisfied, hit the Create Video button and it will finish processing (may take a few minutes) and provide you with a zip file containing the mp4 file as well as some additional files you can disregard for now.

  3. Extract the mp4 file from the zip.

Upload to YouTube

  1. Create a channel. You can use an existing Google account, but it’s better if you create a new one.

  2. Go to the Upload page.

  3. Drop in your video file.

  4. Edit the title and description and wait for it to upload and process.

Follow-up steps