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Running duet and backing-vocal lyrics in FL Studio

How do I show the right lines to each singer in a FL Studio duet session?

Keep one prompter per part. Load a separate instance on each vocal track in FL Studio with only that singer's lines — or label the parts inside one sheet — and point each window at the screen that singer can see. Both parts stay aligned because both read from the same FL Studio timeline.

Duets and stacked backing vocals break down when everyone is reading one shared sheet. The lead is looking for their line, the harmony singer is counting bars, and somebody always comes in on the wrong phrase.

Because the prompter is just a plugin, you can run more than one instance in a FL Studio session. Give each part its own sheet, its own font size and its own window. Nobody has to filter out lines that are not theirs.

For layered backing vocals, a single sheet with clear part labels is often enough — the singer only needs to see which stack they are on and when it starts.

Step by step

  1. 1Create one vocal track per part in FL Studio.
  2. 2Load a prompter instance on each track and paste only that part's lines.
  3. 3Set the same start marker reference so both parts follow the same timeline.
  4. 4Send each window to the screen its singer can actually see.
  5. 5Save the FL Studio project so the layout returns next session.

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Related questions

Can I run two prompter windows at once?

Yes. Each plugin instance has its own window, its own lyrics and its own settings, and all of them follow the FL Studio transport together.

What about a big group vocal?

Use one large window on a TV with the shared part in a big font. Group takes rarely need per-singer sheets — they need one sheet everyone can read from across the room.