How working KJs run better shows

Plain-English guides written by the people who build Karatrack and still host karaoke every week. No theory — the setups, rules and fixes we use on real show nights, written so a first-time host can follow them and an old hand can skim them.

Buying guide

How to choose professional karaoke software

The four kinds of karaoke software, a checklist for evaluating hosting programs, and the questions to ask before you pay.

9 min readLast reviewed 4 tháng 11, 2026

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Hosting skills

How to run a fair karaoke singer rotation

Where late arrivals go, two songs per turn, duets, regulars, no-shows, and how to fix a mistake without losing the room.

8 min readLast reviewed 4 tháng 11, 2026

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Setup

How to set up karaoke software with a second monitor

Windows display settings, the audio trap, sleep settings, cables, and the pre-show test — so the singer screen is never blank.

7 min readLast reviewed 4 tháng 11, 2026

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Case study

How we run Karaoke Houston on Karatrack+AI

Our own venue runs karaoke six nights a week on Karatrack+AI, with four more weekly shows on mobile rigs. What a real-venue test bed means for you.

5 min readLast reviewed 4 tháng 11, 2026

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