diff --git a/Output/Themes/Ambient/Screens/ScreenOptionsSound.xml b/Output/Themes/Ambient/Screens/ScreenOptionsSound.xml
index 9b7e88c6..a42fd2b5 100644
--- a/Output/Themes/Ambient/Screens/ScreenOptionsSound.xml
+++ b/Output/Themes/Ambient/Screens/ScreenOptionsSound.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,20 @@
       <Style>Bold</Style>
       <Font>Outline</Font>
       <Text>TR_SCREENOSOUND_GAMEMUSICVOLUME</Text>
+    </Text>
+	<Text Name="Text7">
+      <X>75</X>
+      <Y>407</Y>
+      <Z>0</Z>
+      <H>27</H>
+      <MaxW>0</MaxW>
+      <Color Name="StaticColor" />
+      <SelColor Name="TextSelColor" />
+      <Align>Left</Align>
+      <ResizeAlign>Center</ResizeAlign>
+      <Style>Bold</Style>
+      <Font>Outline</Font>
+      <Text>TR_SCREENOSOUND_KARAOKEEFFECT</Text>
     </Text>
   </Texts>
   <Buttons>
@@ -361,6 +375,48 @@
       <TextFont>Outline</TextFont>
       <TextStyle>Bold</TextStyle>
       <NumVisible>3</NumVisible>
+    </SelectSlide>
+	<SelectSlide Name="SelectSlideKaraokeEffect">
+      <Skin/>
+      <SkinArrowLeft>SelectSlideArrowLeft</SkinArrowLeft>
+      <SkinArrowRight>SelectSlideArrowRight</SkinArrowRight>
+      <SkinSelected>SelectSlide</SkinSelected>
+      <SkinArrowLeftSelected>SelectSlideArrowLeft</SkinArrowLeftSelected>
+      <SkinArrowRightSelected>SelectSlideArrowRight</SkinArrowRightSelected>
+      <Rect>
+        <X>500</X>
+        <Y>400</Y>
+        <W>700</W>
+        <H>50</H>
+        <Z>0</Z>
+      </Rect>
+      <RectArrowLeft>
+        <X>505</X>
+        <Y>405</Y>
+        <W>40</W>
+        <H>40</H>
+        <Z>0</Z>
+      </RectArrowLeft>
+      <RectArrowRight>
+        <X>1170</X>
+        <Y>405</Y>
+        <W>40</W>
+        <H>40</H>
+        <Z>0</Z>
+      </RectArrowRight>
+      <Color Name="SelectSlideColor" />
+      <SelColor Name="SelectSlideSelColor" />
+      <ArrowColor Name="ArrowColor" />
+      <ArrowSelColor Name="ArrowSelColor" />
+      <TextColor Name="TextColor" />
+      <TextSelColor Name="TextSelColor" />
+      <TextH>27</TextH>
+      <TextRelativeX>50</TextRelativeX>
+      <TextRelativeY>0</TextRelativeY>
+      <TextMaxW>500</TextMaxW>
+      <TextFont>Outline</TextFont>
+      <TextStyle>Bold</TextStyle>
+      <NumVisible>2</NumVisible>
     </SelectSlide>
   </SelectSlides>
   <SingNotes />
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Base/CConfig.cs b/Vocaluxe/Base/CConfig.cs
index 85d7d409..f0460820 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Base/CConfig.cs
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Base/CConfig.cs
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Base
             [DefaultValue(EOffOn.TR_CONFIG_ON)] public EOffOn BackgroundMusicUseStart;
             [XmlRanged(0, 100), DefaultValue(50)] public int PreviewMusicVolume;
             [XmlRanged(0, 100), DefaultValue(80)] public int GameMusicVolume;
+            [DefaultValue(EOffOn.TR_CONFIG_OFF)] public EOffOn KaraokeEffect;
+            [XmlRanged(0, 1), DefaultValue(1.0f)] public float KaraokeEffectLevel;
             // ReSharper restore MemberHidesStaticFromOuterClass
         }
 
@@ -452,6 +454,10 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Base
                     return "Preview Volume from 0 to 100";
                 case "GameMusicVolume":
                     return "Game Volume from 0 to 100";
+                case "KaraokeEffect":
+                    return "Apply a karaoke effect to song playback (EPlaybackLib.GstreamerSharp only)";
+                case "KaraokeEffectLevel":
+                    return "The level of the karaoke effect [0-1] (EPlaybackLib.GstreamerSharp only)";
                 case "Language":
                     return "Game-Language";
                 case "SongFolder":
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Lib/Sound/Playback/GstreamerSharp/CGstreamerSharpAudioStream.cs b/Vocaluxe/Lib/Sound/Playback/GstreamerSharp/CGstreamerSharpAudioStream.cs
index 5f4e1f40..97a432b0 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Lib/Sound/Playback/GstreamerSharp/CGstreamerSharpAudioStream.cs
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Lib/Sound/Playback/GstreamerSharp/CGstreamerSharpAudioStream.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ using System;
 using GLib;
 using Gst;
 using Vocaluxe.Base;
+using VocaluxeLib;
 
 namespace Vocaluxe.Lib.Sound.Playback.GstreamerSharp
 {
@@ -123,9 +124,29 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Lib.Sound.Playback.GstreamerSharp
             }
 
             var audioSinkBin = new Bin("Audiosink");
-            audioSinkBin.Add(convert);
-            audioSinkBin.Add(audiosink);
-            convert.Link(audiosink);
+            Element audiokaraoke = null;
+            if (CConfig.Config.Sound.KaraokeEffect == EOffOn.TR_CONFIG_ON)
+            {
+                audiokaraoke = ElementFactory.Make("audiokaraoke", "karaoke");
+                audioSinkBin.Add(audiokaraoke);
+                audioSinkBin.Add(convert); 
+                audioSinkBin.Add(audiosink); 
+                
+                audiokaraoke.Link(audiosink);
+                audiokaraoke["level"] = CConfig.Config.Sound.KaraokeEffectLevel;
+                audiokaraoke["mono-level"] = CConfig.Config.Sound.KaraokeEffectLevel;
+               
+                convert.Link(audiokaraoke);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                audioSinkBin.Add(convert);
+                audioSinkBin.Add(audiosink);
+                convert.Link(audiosink);
+            }
+
+            
+            
             Pad pad = convert.GetStaticPad("sink");
             GhostPad ghostpad = new GhostPad("sink", pad);
 
@@ -135,6 +156,10 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Lib.Sound.Playback.GstreamerSharp
                 convert.Dispose();
                 audiosink.Dispose();
                 audioSinkBin.Dispose();
+                if (audiokaraoke != null)
+                {
+                    audiokaraoke.Dispose();
+                }
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -145,6 +170,10 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Lib.Sound.Playback.GstreamerSharp
                 audiosink.Dispose();
                 audioSinkBin.Dispose();
                 ghostpad.Dispose();
+                if (audiokaraoke != null)
+                {
+                    audiokaraoke.Dispose();
+                }
                 return false;
             }
             if (!audioSinkBin.AddPad(ghostpad))
@@ -154,6 +183,10 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Lib.Sound.Playback.GstreamerSharp
                 audiosink.Dispose();
                 audioSinkBin.Dispose();
                 ghostpad.Dispose();
+                if (audiokaraoke != null)
+                {
+                    audiokaraoke.Dispose();
+                }
                 return false;
             }
 
@@ -165,6 +198,10 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Lib.Sound.Playback.GstreamerSharp
                 audiosink.Dispose();
                 audioSinkBin.Dispose();
                 ghostpad.Dispose();
+                if (audiokaraoke != null)
+                {
+                    audiokaraoke.Dispose();
+                }
                 return false;
             }
             _Element["audio-sink"] = audioSinkBin;
diff --git a/Vocaluxe/Screens/CScreenOptionsSound.cs b/Vocaluxe/Screens/CScreenOptionsSound.cs
index b3deb818..6d3c1fde 100644
--- a/Vocaluxe/Screens/CScreenOptionsSound.cs
+++ b/Vocaluxe/Screens/CScreenOptionsSound.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Screens
         private const string _SelectSlideBackgroundMusicSource = "SelectSlideBackgroundMusicSource";
         private const string _SelectSlidePreviewMusicVolume = "SelectSlidePreviewMusicVolume";
         private const string _SelectSlideGameMusicVolume = "SelectSlideGameMusicVolume";
+        private const string _SelectSlideKaraokeEffect = "SelectSlideKaraokeEffect";
 
         private const string _ButtonExit = "ButtonExit";
 
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Screens
 
             _ThemeButtons = new string[] {_ButtonExit};
             _ThemeSelectSlides = new string[]
-                {_SelectSlideBackgroundMusic, _SelectSlideBackgroundMusicVolume, _SelectSlideBackgroundMusicSource, _SelectSlidePreviewMusicVolume, _SelectSlideGameMusicVolume};
+                {_SelectSlideBackgroundMusic, _SelectSlideBackgroundMusicVolume, _SelectSlideBackgroundMusicSource, _SelectSlidePreviewMusicVolume, _SelectSlideGameMusicVolume, _SelectSlideKaraokeEffect};
         }
 
         public override void LoadTheme(string xmlPath)
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Screens
             _SelectSlides[_SelectSlideGameMusicVolume].AddValues(new string[]
                 {"0", "5", "10", "15", "20", "25", "30", "35", "40", "45", "50", "55", "60", "65", "70", "75", "80", "85", "90", "95", "100"});
             _SelectSlides[_SelectSlideGameMusicVolume].Selection = CConfig.GameMusicVolume / 5;
+            if (CConfig.Config.Sound.PlayBackLib == EPlaybackLib.GstreamerSharp)
+            {
+                _SelectSlides[_SelectSlideKaraokeEffect].SetValues<EOffOn>((int)CConfig.Config.Sound.KaraokeEffect);
+                _SelectSlides[_SelectSlideBackgroundMusicSource].Selection = (int)CConfig.Config.Sound.KaraokeEffect;
+            }
         }
 
         public override bool HandleInput(SKeyEvent keyEvent)
@@ -147,6 +153,10 @@ namespace Vocaluxe.Screens
             CConfig.Config.Sound.BackgroundMusic = (EBackgroundMusicOffOn)_SelectSlides[_SelectSlideBackgroundMusic].Selection;
             CConfig.Config.Sound.BackgroundMusicSource = (EBackgroundMusicSource)_SelectSlides[_SelectSlideBackgroundMusicSource].Selection;
             CConfig.BackgroundMusicVolume = _SelectSlides[_SelectSlideBackgroundMusicVolume].Selection * 5;
+            if (CConfig.Config.Sound.PlayBackLib == EPlaybackLib.GstreamerSharp)
+            {
+                CConfig.Config.Sound.KaraokeEffect = (EOffOn)_SelectSlides[_SelectSlideKaraokeEffect].Selection;
+            }
             CConfig.SaveConfig();
 
             CBackgroundMusic.SetMusicSource(CConfig.Config.Sound.BackgroundMusicSource);