Song Editor ​

Creating a song folder ​

To create a new song, you start by creating a new folder insideletras/songs. This folder can be named whatever you want, on the image it's named "sample song".

Inside your song folder you must put the song in MP3 format.

Adding a background ​

If you want to add a background image you can either use a PNG or JPG file. This file is recommended to be 1280x720 resolution and it must be called background.

If you want to add a background video it must be a WEBM file with no sound and it must be named video.

New song ​

Let's say we want to create a lyricmap for Flashback of 秋赤音.

After creating the folder and putting the song, background image and video inside. We should click/press EDIT from the Title screen.

This is what we should see. We select it and we will go to the next screen.

Properties ​

This is the first screen you will see once you enter edit mode.

• Song name: The actual name of the song.
• Artist: The original artist of the song.
• Preview time: Which part of the song will play on the selection screen.
• Map author: Name of whoever created the lyricmap.
• Version name: This could be anything, but you should use words like: easy, hard, insane, etc.
• Version color: Choose the most suitable color for your version name.

On the bottom left corner, you can see the name of the file you're editing. In this case it's "lyricmap.json". This is useful when you're editing different difficulties.

When you're finish click Save on the bottom right corner.

Example of how it should look like:

Lyric insertion ​

Click on the Input and click the Insert lyrics button. You should paste the lyrics on the pop-up window.

You can edit them if needed. Click the Insert button to insert the lyrics.
This is how it should look like:

If you see a line turning red, it means it contains non-typeable characters such as? ! @ , . ' - /etc. The only characters you can put in these boxes are letters from A to Z.

Subtitles ​

You should insert the subtitles before timing the lyrics. Since they are most likely to be in the same order and have the same amount of lines. When you create or remove lines, they will be removed in both Input and Subtitle tab.

Insert them using the Insert subtitles button just like before.

Timing ​

Press the play button on the top to listen to the song. The timestamp on the right will start running. You should use the buttons Set start and Set end on each line to set up the timings. You can also use F9 and F10 keys respectively.

The -/+ buttons on the right remove the current line or inserts one new line below.

After you synchronize the lyrics it should look something like this:

Try to break the lines apart according to how the song goes.

Keep an eye on the CPM on the right of each line. If It's too high you can try splitting the lines differently or using the special characters.

Remember to make sure the subtitles are aligned with the lyrics.

Relative and Absolute ​

The last update brought the possibility of changing absolute for relative timing.

In absolute timing you have to enter the timing according to the song time stamp. In relative mode you can just add the amount of time to the last line.

The end time will add the time to the start time. While the start time will add the time to the last line's start time.

There is a lock button on the right side of the set end button.

If the lock is closed the end time will be set automatically while you're timing the song pressing "set start" or F9.

The end time will be exactly the start time of the next line.

Position ​

This is the easier part. Just drag the lines horizontally with the mouse. The whole idea is to make them readable.

You can adjust their position pixel by pixel by using the LEFT/RIGHT arrows while cliking a line.

Click the Hotkeys button to display all the shortcuts you can use.

Click the gear button on the top right to change background opacity or line speed.

Play testing ​

On the same position screen, you can play test the song just by typing as if you were playing.

Difficulties ​

To create a new difficulty for the same song, go to the song folder and duplicate the lyricmap.json file. Name it differently like lyricmap[insane].json. Go to the edit song selection, search for your song and select the other version.

The versions may look the same, since they are duplicates. Make sure to check the filename on the bottom of the Properties tab so you know which file are you editing.

Remember to change the name version and color to make them distinct.

Fast lyrics ​

If you think the song is too fast, or the lines you created have too much CPM. You can try using the special characters[and].

After entering the special characters, you will only need to type what's inside the brackets.

Examples of how it works:

Never do this:

• This [is a line of lyrics]

Doing this will imply that the word This cannot ever be typed.