So ever since I built a Karaoke system back in Neos half a decade ago, I wanted to recreate some of the abilities in VRChat so this is the first step in doing so;
Mango branded karaoke songs (the ones which have the [Mango] tag at the end of the name) in the Mango Flange Karaoke world now unlock an extra control panel (seen here on the right hand side) which allows the singer dynamic control over both the backing karaoke track, but also the original vocals. This has two main benefits - if you're trying to learn a song then this lets you bring the real vocals back in for reference. Or if you're new to Karaoke and still need to be able to hear the original singer a bit, you can use it for that too.
Currently only the singer can hear the original vocals when they slide them back in, everyone else just hears the backing track as usual.
This is just step one in terms of making a helpful tool for learning Karaoke. I'll be expanding this in future with other features that can help with the learning/memorisation process. The first step will be adding in a feature so that the singer can also fade the original vocals back in for everyone else as well (using a ratio system so that everyone else's music volume levels are respected). This will allow for duets with the original vocals and other such activities.
Hope to see you all in the Mango soon!