Requirements

Song Spark writes lyrics and makes songs on your PC's graphics card, so the card matters most. Song Spark checks your PC when it first starts and tells you plainly if something is missing.

Windows

• Windows 10, version 22H2 (build 19045) or later, or Windows 11.
• A 64-bit PC (x64).

Graphics card

• An NVIDIA RTX graphics card, from the RTX 20 series to the RTX 50 series.
• 8 GB of graphics memory or more. With 8 GB, close games and other programs that use the graphics card while you make songs.
• NVIDIA driver 525 or newer. If yours is older, Song Spark says so and links to NVIDIA's driver page.

Both the songs and the built-in lyrics writer use this card. A PC without one can't make songs on the PC. Song Spark still opens, and says plainly what's missing.

How to check your graphics card

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager.
2. Choose Performance, then GPU. The card's name is at the top right, and Dedicated GPU memory shows how much memory it has. Look for "NVIDIA GeForce RTX" in the name and 8.0 GB or more.

If you see more than one GPU, check each one: many laptops have a second, built-in graphics chip as well.

Disk space

About 9 GB for Song Spark. Everything it needs comes inside it, so there's nothing else to download.

Plus room for your songs. Each song is saved at full quality: about 23 MB for each minute, so a three-minute song uses about 70 MB.

Internet and online services

Song Spark doesn't need the internet to make songs. The internet is used to install and update Song Spark from the Microsoft Store.

Online services are optional and never needed. If you want one, you can add it in Settings, under Advanced: cloud services, with your own account key. The privacy policy says what it sends.