This attracted the attention of other developers that were willing to help. The first release is known as X-Mas mod, due to a release date around Christmas time. Instead Whiteshark started to add some features on his own with the help of Mota. Whiteshark initially offered to collaborate with Corvus5, but this offer was declined. UltraStar Deluxe was started as a modification of UltraStar. Windows (Stable), Linux (Stable), Mac OS X (Stable)

There are also ports available in C++ for other operating-systems such as Linux, BSD and other UNIX platforms.ī1indy, b_krueger, brunzelchen, canni0, eddie-0815, hawkear, jaybinks, k-m_schindler, mogguh, mota23, s_alexander, tobigun, whiteshark0, basisbit, RattleSN4K3, rhaamo, brianch The original UltraStar is programmed in Kylix/ Delphi and made for Microsoft Windows operating-system. New version of the game introduces Song Shop, where users after free registration can download free songs and buy points. Very old versions were available under GNU General Public License and most game forks were initially based on the old code. UltraStar is released under Freeware License. UltraStar comes preloaded with a short sample from Nine Inch Nails hit 'Discipline' from The Slip album. Optionally a cover image, a backdrop image and a video may be added to each song. To add a song to UltraStar, a file with notes and lyrics is required, together with an audio file.

UltraStar allows several people to play simultaneously by connecting several microphones possibly to several sound cards. On top of the correct notes UltraStar displays the pitch recorded from the players. UltraStar displays lyrics as well as the correct notes similar to a piano roll. UltraStar lets one or several players score points by singing along to a song or music video and match the pitch of the original song. UltraStar is a clone of SingStar, a music video game by Polish developer Patryk 'Covus5' Cebula. Reinforced songs management function, supports to search media library and create playlists.Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X ( Intel-based only).MTV is not subject to the format, they can be DivX, XviD, FLV, Avi, WMV, etc.In addition, different from the usual karaoke softwares, Ultrastar Deluxe has the following unique features:

The music score for songs can be generated from the built-in editor. Ultrastar Deluxe compares your waveform with the original song well while you are singing, and then give you a score. It allows up to six players to sing along to a song or music video, and let players score points according to the pitch of voice and the rhythm of singing. Ultrastar Deluxe is a free and open-source karaoke entertainment application for PC users, its inspiration comes from the SingStar music video game provided by SONY PlayStation console.

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