First Steps

Download UltraStar Play

Download the latest release from here.

See the wiki for detailed installation instructions.

See our FAQ page for additional questions and answers.

Add player profiles

• Go to Settings > Player Profiles
• Change the name of the players to your liking.
• Disable players profiles that are not needed today.
  • Disabled player profiles will not be available during song select.

Add mic profiles

• Go to Settings > Recording
• Choose the Recording Device of your liking and configure it
  • If the recording device is not listed, please make sure that (a) the device is working in other apps and (b) UltraStar Play has the needed access rights.
  • Use Noise Suppression if the device is mistaken ambient noise for singing
  • Use Amplification until the device accepts input from you in normal voice volume
  • Use Delay until the timing of the note recording matches your singing.
    • Delay in UltraStar Play is typically between 100ms and 300 ms.
    • Hint: a too big delay typically feels better than a too small delay.
    • Hint: Hold Shift key to increase the stepping amount
• Disable microphones that you do not want to use for singing.
  • Disabled devices will not be available during song select.

For details see here

For information how to use your smartphone as recording device see here.

Add songs

Download default song archive:

• Go to Settings > Songs
  • Add an entry to download
  • Enter the archvie URL (default: https://42.usplay.net/ultrastar-songs-cc.tar)
  • Click the start button and wait for the download to finish.

Or add an existing song folder:

• Go to Settings > Songs
  • Add entries to your existing song folders.
  • Restart UltraStar Play

For more information, visit the wiki page on how to find, add, and create songs.

Sing a song

• Go to Start to enter the song select
• Choose a song of your liking
• Tick the player profile who will sing the song
  • An available and unassigned recording device will be assigned to this player automatically
• Click the song cover, or hit enter to enter the singing game
• Have fun ;)