My Singing Monsters Karaoke How to Import Custom Songs

Custom songs are the reason My Singing Monsters Karaoke can last longer than an afternoon. Big Blue Bubble advertised compatibility with fan-created song chart databases on the Steam page. That is real. Steam Workshop is not. You gather files yourself, point the game at them, and hope the note range matches a toy that is similar to, but not identical with, other pitch-slider games.

This guide is the prose. Tick boxes on the chart import checklist. If you have not finished an official track, start with How to Play so you can tell a bad chart from a bad first attempt.

What BBB promised versus what players found

The store bullet is simple: load custom songs from fan databases, and try a custom controller for extra chaos. Launch-week Steam reviews added the messy part. Several players said the practical path was grabbing packs built for Trombone Champ-style loaders. Others said notes sit outside Karaoke’s range, so the ribbon cannot be hit. One review mentioned a popup that used TootTally’s logo without permission; after contact, that branding was removed. Import still works. The ecosystem is awkward.

We will not host packs, scrape databases, or tell you to replace game binaries. We will tell you how to think about a folder so you can debug a silence.

A sane import loop

Keep the official installer untouched. Create a dedicated folder for charts, not Desktop chaos. Unzip one song at a time. Typical pitch-chart packs pair an audio file with a chart file in the same directory. If a README mentions a different game’s loader, read it anyway: the file names tell you whether you have audio plus timing data or only a meme screenshot.

Launch Karaoke, find the import or custom song entry in the menus, and select the folder the game expects. If nothing appears, you pointed at a parent zip, not the inner song directory. If the song appears but audio is missing, the chart and the ogg or equivalent are not neighbors. If audio plays but the ribbon jumps into a wall, you likely have a range mismatch. That last case is the one Steam reviews described. It is not you missing every note on purpose.

After a successful import, play the chart with a Monster whose vowels you already like from the launch roster. A clipped chart plus a voice you hate is two problems at once.

Ethics and courtesy, without a sermon

Chart authors spent nights on files aimed at another paid game. Karaoke being free does not make those files public domain. If a database asks you not to mirror packs into a different client, respect that. If a chart is marked for a specific loader, expect breakage. This wiki’s review covers the community argument; this page covers the technical one.

Do not paste TootTally branding onto your own guides. BBB already had to walk that back. Point at folders, not at stolen logos.

When imports are the wrong fix

If you only wanted more official MSM music, read song picks first. Reviewers missed Workshop Island and Shadow Islet and thought Cold Island used an older mix. That is a setlist complaint, not an import bug. If you wanted more singers, that is Rare Pack or Day One Pack, not a zip file.

If the game crashes on import, check known issues and system requirements. If the input cannot follow a legal chart, fix controls before you download a harder pack.

Related pages worth keeping open

Tools Hub for the checklist. Guides Hub for the rest of the classroom. Updates Hub if a Steam news post ever adds Workshop. Links Hub for the store page if DLC and the base game desync.

Importing is optional. The bundled island tracks are enough to understand the joke. Custom songs are how the joke becomes a habit. Treat every pack as experimental until it survives one full play.

If a file works in another pitch game and fails here, believe both results. Different range, different client, same zip. That sentence will save you more time than any secret menu.