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| '''UltraStar''' is a ] ] clone, licensed under the ]. | |||
| ==Programming== | |||
| UltraStar is an open-source karaoke program which is based off and looks similar to Singstar for PS2. UltraStar allows you to add your own songs in the forms of mp3s along with a text file (see below). | |||
| UltraStar was programmed in ]/] for all 32-bit windows operating systems. | |||
| ==Interface== | |||
| Ultrastar looks exactly the same as the original ] as it is a ]. | |||
| ==Songs== | |||
| The game comes preloaded with a short sample from Jamelia - Superstar but it does not contain a video, only a white background is displayed. Packaged with the game is an editor to put songs in allowing for videos as well. | |||
| ==How it works== | |||
| Just like ] you are scored on your ability to sing to the right note.<br/><br/> | |||
| It gets its notes and lyrics from a text file. | |||
| At the top of a text file you have tags that come together to look like this: | |||
| #TITLE:Superstar | |||
| #ARTIST:Jamelia | |||
| #MP3:Jamelia - Superstar.mp3 | |||
| #COVER:Jamerlia - Superstar .jpg | |||
| #BPM:110 | |||
| #GAP:30 | |||
| ==Tags to use in Text File== | |||
| <blockquote> | |||
| '''#TITLE''' - The Title of the Song.<br/> | |||
| '''#ARTIST''' - The Artist that performs the Song.<br/> | |||
| '''#MP3''' - The filename of the MP3 (The Background Track).<br/> | |||
| '''#GAP''' - The Gap before the lyrics begin (1000 = 1 Second).<br/> | |||
| '''#BPM''' - Beats Per Minute. The tempo of the song. Use comma for more accuracy. Eg. 102,4<br/> | |||
| '''#CREATOR''' - The Name of the person who created the Text File for UltraStar.<br/> | |||
| '''#EDITION''' - The edition the Song Belongs to.<br/> | |||
| '''#COVER''' - The filename of the Cover Art ]<br/> | |||
| '''#BACKGROUND''' - The filename of the Background Image ]<br/> | |||
| '''#VIDEO''' - The filename of the Video File ]<br/> | |||
| '''#NOTESGAP''' - Unknown<br/> | |||
| '''#RESOLUTION''' - Unknown<br/> | |||
| '''#START''' - The time cut from the beginning of the song. This is used to skip long intros or beginning silence.<br/> | |||
| '''#VIDEOGAP''' - The time cut from the start of the video file in seconds.<br/> | |||
| ''':''' - A note then follows by note start, note length and tone then lyric(usually in the format of ": 2 4 56 la")<br/> | |||
| '''*''' - A golden note, as above for formatting ("* 2 4 56 la")<br/> | |||
| '''F''' - A freestyle note, as above for formatting ("F 2 4 56 la")<br/> | |||
| '''-''' - A Line Break (format of - position eg. "- 45" would come after the last syllabul of a line of lyrics that was at position 42 and was 3 or 2 in length.) | |||
| </blockquote> | |||
| ==External links== | |||
| * homepage | |||
| * another homepage | |||
| * on SourceForge | |||
| * - brief Tutorial | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
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