Musicians have existed around us since time immemorial with ample talent and varying assistance. With a steadily changing market scenario and music industry, musicians nowadays have diverse connotations and meanings with someone who writes music and performs it on stage to someone who directs the show in a recording studio. Further, at times of solo performance for a musician, varied assistance is required in terms of musical apparatus, lighting on the stage to set the ambience and also displaying lyrics for better performance. A new computer application called Solo Performer Show Controller 3.6.1 has been developed for assisting solo performers in their musical ventures effectively.

Solo Performer Show Controller opens with a clear and neatly arranged interface with the chief options placed at the left panel and the main screen showing the lyrics for easing the performance. The software is a complete package for its performance enhancing inputs and controlling the show for the solo musician. The program plays background audio, displays lyrics, and controls MIDI effects and light shows further including a USB-connected foot pedal for managing the show in a hands free manner. The user can create play lists of audio to use as a background accompaniment for their performances. The MIDI files may be played as an audio or can be sent to an external MIDI device; the lyrics can be displayed in perfect harmony with the audio playback and DMX512 lighting can be changed automatically while connecting it with the foot controller along with programming of the lighting facility.

Overall, Solo Performer Show Controller 3.6.1 earns rich rankings owing to its varied features and tools enabling the user to control the music show with 諡n and hence deserves a rating score of five points for its impressive functions and features. The application owing to its class leading attributes is like to find many takers and is a must have for performing musicians.