Hi everyone. While creating CDLCs, I've been mostly using Ultrastar Creator for timing the lyrics and then importing it into EOF, but I have some problems with that program: primarily the fact that if you make any mistake you need to restart the process all over. Usually it's not that big of a deal but on more complex songs and languages it can be very discouraging to have to redo the process many times...

Are there better alternatives for this process, or is this the best one available? Thanks in advance!

ultra star if you just press the back arrow it moves the song back 3 seconds and removes the last word so you can click it again.  

I prefer to use Ultrastar to tap out a rough synch for the vocals then fine tune in EOF after importing. All be eliminates the need to ever restart in Ultrastar unless there is a significant mistake.

If inclined, vocals can be added to the chart directly in EOF without ever needing to use other software. Some prefer to to it this way and avoid Ultrastar altogether.

If you have highly repeatative lyrics, way easier to write it once, sync a line in eof and then copy paste that line where you need it,  using ctrl r or ctrl shift r to snap to grid line your selection of lyrics,  but otherwise ultrastar  to rough it, and then actually line it up in eof is always better, 

If you get it close enough in ultrastar and the lyrics are say,  eight notes, or triplets,  you can set your grid to that pattern,  ctrl a to select all,  and then ctrl r/ ctrl shift r  to snap them all to grid to save some time /  you should still manually check the sync.

 

I'm currently working on creating the vocals part for some songs and I'm using the following 2 tools.

1.  https://ajchili.github.io/rs-cdlc-lyric-syncer/ This tool is to create vocals from scratch. 
2. https://usdb.animux.de/index.php you can search on this DB, it requires a free register. I download the txt file and upload directly to EOF and then manually modify what is needed.

The second method is working so far so good for me.

Let me know if you need more information.