Kanto Player

If you intend to turn a party into a karaoke night, a specialized karaoke player will prove to be much more useful than a traditional media player. One of these applications is Kanto Player. Its main advantage over other similar applications is the fact that it supports mostly any karaoke file format. What's more, Kanto Player is much easier to use than other karaoke players.

The software is free to try, but with a few limitations. Its setup file is small and its core components can be installed in just a few seconds. There is no need to install any prerequisite tools and you don't need powerful hardware for this software. It is compatible with all popular Windows versions and its hardware requirements are modest.

The user interface has an efficient layout. Playlists can be created and populated with songs on separate panes, on the right side of the interface, where you can also build up a songs queue. You can import and play songs in almost any format, including popular ones, like .mp3 or mp4, as well as karaoke files, such as .kar or others. If you play a karaoke file, its lyrics will show up in the central region of the interface, but it is also possible to display them on a separate window, which can be useful if you wish to show the lyrics on a different monitor or with a projector.

Besides playing karaoke files, Kanto Player allows you to record yourself with a microphone. All you have to do is hit the record button, which can be found among the basic playback and volume controls. Another useful feature is the software's built-in MIDI-to-MP3 converter. It is sufficient to select an input file and a destination folder to start converting, but you can also set the program to preserve lyrics, if they are included in the source files.