Karaoke in Your Own Voice: Hear the Song Before You Sing It

Karaoke shows you whether you can hit the notes. Tera Studio shows you what your voice sounds like when the notes are hit. Record about a minute of your singing, upload the original song (with its vocal, not the karaoke backing track), and you hear the whole song sung in your voice. Use it to choose songs that suit you, to learn a song by ear, or just to hear yourself nail the big one.

How it differs from karaoke apps

Most karaoke apps record you singing over a backing track, then add reverb and maybe pitch correction. You still have to sing every note, and the result is your voice at your skill level.

Tera Studio works the other way around. It takes a finished recording of a great singer, keeps their melody, timing and phrasing, and changes only whose voice it is. You never sing the song. Your recording only teaches it what you sound like.

So the two do different jobs. A karaoke app is for performing. An own-voice version is for hearing your voice on a song, deciding whether it suits you, and having a target to practice toward.

Step 1 — Find songs that fit your voice

The most common karaoke mistake is choosing a song you love that sits far outside your range. Before you pick:

• Find your range with the free vocal range test. Sing your lowest and highest comfortable notes; nothing is uploaded.
• Check how in tune you are with the free singing test, which plays five notes and scores you out of 100.
• Move the song with the free key changer. Many karaoke systems also have a key button; now you know which way to press it.

Songs with a range close to yours also convert better in Tera Studio. A deep voice on a very high song can sound strained, because the notes are kept exactly where the original singer put them.

Step 2 — Record your voice

• Sing anything you know for about 1 minute; 2 minutes of varied singing gives a more convincing voice.
• Quiet room, no backing music, phone a hand's width from your mouth.
• Use your normal singing voice. Don't do an impression of the artist; that teaches the app the impression.

Your voice is saved, so you only do this once.

Step 3 — Make the song in your voice

Upload the original recording (an audio file up to 20 minutes) and choose the whole song or the part you want, up to 5 minutes. Songs with one clear lead singer work best; duets and group songs blur. The first song takes about 20 minutes because your voice is learned first; the next ones are faster.

Then listen. Does the song suit your voice? Are there parts where it sounds strained? That's useful information before you sing it in front of people.

Step 4 — Practice against yourself

This is where an own-voice version earns its keep:

1. Listen to your version until you know how each line should sound in your voice.
2. Sing along with it on headphones, quietly at first.
3. Record yourself singing it for real, and compare the two. Where do you go flat? Where do you rush?
4. Repeat the hard lines. The gap usually shrinks faster than people expect, because you're copying your own voice instead of a star's.

It won't train your voice for you. But hearing what you could sound like is a strong reason to practice.

KTV, videoke and noraebang

Karaoke looks different everywhere. In Singapore it's a private KTV room with friends; in the Philippines it's videoke at a family party, with the machine scoring every song; in Korea it's a noraebang booth; in Japan, a karaoke box. The idea is the same everywhere: you sing over a backing track and hope for the best.

An own-voice version fits all of them the same way: hear the song in your voice first, then sing it live. For Tagalog and OPM songs, see videoke in your own voice.

Karaoke night ideas

• The reveal. Play your own-voice version for friends before you sing it live, then let them judge the difference.
• The shortlist. Make your-voice versions of three songs you're considering, and sing the one that suits you best.
• Party starter. A song-card video of your version as the invite to karaoke night.

Current price and limits

Every new account can make and hear 2 whole songs free, once per account, each up to 4 minutes, with no card. Downloads need a paid plan. Starter is $8.99 a month for 30 finished minutes (about 7 songs) and Creator is $19.99 a month for 90 minutes, or $89.99 and $189.99 paid yearly. Both include WAV and song-card video downloads, one guided correction per song and free re-downloads. Minutes refresh monthly without rollover. Prices show in your currency where available; pricing and Stripe checkout confirm the total before you pay. See the refund policy.

Frequently asked questions

Can I upload a karaoke backing track? No. A backing track has no singer to replace. Upload the original version with the vocal; Tera Studio separates the voice from the music and puts the music back under your voice.

Will it fix my own off-key recording? No. It doesn't autotune what you sing. It takes the notes from the original singer. If you upload your own off-key take as the song, the result keeps your off-key notes.

Do I need a good voice for this? No. Your recording only teaches the app what you sound like. See can't sing? hear yourself sing any song.

Can I use it on stage instead of singing? That's lip-syncing, and most karaoke nights would rather hear you. Use it to prepare, then sing.

Does it work for songs in other languages? Yes. The words come from the original recording, so K-pop, Latin, French or Hindi songs work if the singer is clear.

Hear your karaoke song in your voice. Your first 2 songs are free to make and hear.