Vilm Lyrics Aligner

Introduction

• Uses the lyrics you already have and lines up subtitle timing to your live vocal video or audio.
• It transcribes the audio internally as a reference, then places your own lyrics at the right spot in the song. Your text and line order stay exactly as you entered them.
• Vocals are separated from the mix before alignment, so timing stays accurate even with a full live backing track.
• Works with lyrics that mix Korean and English.
• Process a full file or just the section you need.
• Developed and tested on Windows and Apple Silicon Mac. Results may vary depending on your environment.
• Humming, ad-libs, and other loose sections may need a quick manual check. The goal isn't a flawless result with zero edits, it's cutting down the manual timing work you'd otherwise do.
• First install needs an internet connection and a few gigabytes of storage. It runs in its own isolated environment and won't affect other programs.
• Vilm is not responsible for any issues caused by improper use of the software.

Developer Note

Hi, I'm Hyunwoo Park from Vilm.

There are already some great auto-captioning tools out there. But they don't always hold up in music videos, where an artist's phrasing and delivery vary so much. I kept running into cases where the words and phrases a musician actually intended weren't being transcribed correctly, and that's what led me to build this.

We all already have the original lyrics. Just paste them in as they are. There may be small inaccuracies here and there, and any remaining touch-ups are easy to adjust to your own taste.

This tool is open source. You can find the code on GitHub.

For questions, reach out by email or the Contact page. Thank you.

With hope that my fellow musicians out there keep making music they love...