Sync lyrics to the music

Use fast line timing, beat markers, snapping, nudging and timing checks to line words up with the song.

Sync lyrics to the music

You can start with estimated timing and then refine the project as precisely as you need.

Fast line-by-line timing

Use the M shortcut while the song plays to mark lyric lines quickly in sequence.

This is useful when you already know the lyrics and want a fast manual timing pass.

Edit clips on the timeline

Drag lyric clips to move them. Use trim handles to change their start or end, and nudge the playhead when you need small corrections.

Fine timeline snapping can work at 10 ms resolution.

Use beat markers

Offline beat analysis adds beat markers to the timeline.

Enable beat snapping when a line should land directly on a beat. You can also capture a tempo manually with tap tempo and quantise selected timing toward the beat grid.

Refine individual words

Word-level timing drives karaoke effects and detailed word motion.

The app can estimate deterministic word timing from the line timing, then let you refine the result.

Check the whole song

Timing QA can flag missing timings, gaps, overlaps and unusual durations.

Bulk shift, split, merge and fill-end tools help fix larger sections without editing every line individually.

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Can lyrics snap to the beat?+

Yes. CueLyrics can detect beats offline and show beat markers on the timeline. You can snap lyric timing to those beats, use tap tempo, or quantise timing when you want a more musical alignment.

Can I animate lyrics word by word?+

Yes. Word-level timing can drive karaoke styles including Word Fill, Pop, Glow, Underline, Highlight, Bounce, Cascade and Burst.

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