07 July 2011

How to Use UTAU [Insert Voicebanks]

you need to have:

1.UTAU program. You can download it here (better to put it on English. Read first, Tutorial How to put UTAU in English).

2.Some voice banks. If you don't have your own yet, you can choose and download here.

3. Make sure your UTAU program has seveal tools called wavtool.exe and resampler.exe. Don't worry, usually, they are already in one package with UTAU. Just make sure they saved in the same folder.

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Tutorial:
1. Open your UTAU progam.

2. First, go to the menubar, Tools > Option.

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3. Click, Bank Regist > Select.

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4. Choose your UTAUloids voice bank from your computer file. You can download it as I've said before. There are some files: a.wav, e. wav, i.wav, etc.. You can choose whichever. Click > Open.

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5. Select the voice bank, don't forget to click 'ADD' to Add your file before clicking OK button (Look at the picture). Not just one, you can add several voicebanks, like this pic:

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6. You can't make the utau sing before you choose wich voicebank that you've inserted. Look at menubar, click Project > Project Property.

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7. Choose your voicebank. Then OK.

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8. If the top left box has filled with the utau's picture, now you can make your utau sing. But not all Voicebanks has a picture. To check her/his sound, right click wherever on the board, then click 'Sound List'.

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9. Click whichever file and hear the sounds like, 'a', 'bi', 'ou', etc. And make sure you've turn on your speaker, lol. Good luck!

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06 July 2011

KAGAMINE RIN / LEN - Vocaloid Character



Kagamine Rin
Age : 14 years
Height : 152 cm
Weight : 43 kg
Favorite Genre : Electro-pop, rock, pop
Favorite Tempo Range : 85~175BPM
Best Vocal Range : F3~C5
Character Item: Roadroller and mikan (japan orange)

Kagamine Len
Age : 14 years
Height : 156 cm
Weight : 47 kg
Favorite Genre : Pop, dance, rock
Favorite Tempo Range : 70~160BPM
Best Vocal Range : D3~C5
Character Item: Roadroller and banana

The Kagamine twins are well known for their very clear and precise vocals, which make them able to sing a variety of genres easily, including rock and electronic pop. Just with a few tweaks here and there they could sing almost any other genres as well - the ability to switch between a more masculine or feminine voice also allows for an even larger range of possible vocals than before.

The virtual singers Rin Kagamine and Len Kagamine are both voiced by Asami Shimoda, giving them a wonderful, youthful voice.


About Asami Shimoda:
Asami Shimoda is a Japanese female voice actress and the voice provider for the Vocaloid2 Kagamine Rin and Len. She was born in 1986 in Tottori, Japan. She developed her gift as a voice actress in her high school days and received a scholarship for a voice actress school. Her professional career started in 2005, providing her voice for the computer game The Idol M@ster. This product spread her fame in the industry and her adoption by Crypton following Saki Fujita was taken with no wonder.

(c) Mikunopolis
(c) Vocaloid Wiki

Other:
Vocaloid Characters Profile - Hatsune Miku
Vocaloid Characters Profile - Megurine Luka
Vocaloid Characters Profile - Meiko
Vocaloid Characters Profile - Kaito

05 July 2011

Demos of Kaito Append

Append - The future of Kaito


The Future of Kaito Crypton announced on twitter that they are developing a new production of Kaito named “Kaito Append”. Recording of Naoto Fuuga’s voice started on December 9, 2010. Several voicebanks of different expressions like the Appends have been produced for the product. There are four appends empirically under development; temporarily “Mellow”, “Sweet”, “Solid” and “Power”.

However, they have since reconsidered this due to the fan outcry. On February 17th, 2011, Crypton released a temporary silhouette of Kaito’s Append. They said that it has not been decided whether he will have a transparent muffler or not.

There is a Piapro demo song contest for Len's Power Append. The prize is a package present of information on KAITO Append dates and when it is commercialized.

Crypton also finished recording Kaito's vocals after work was previously suspended for an interval. Crypton were in discussion with Fuuga, Kaito's provider on the image and vocal outputs. A classic Kaito Vocaloid style recording had also completed recording, one which will sound close to the vocal tone of the original voicebank that users were familiar with.

(C) Vocaloid Wiki

I found the Demos of Kaito Append in youtube. Go listen for him! It's a great voice http://www.emocutez.com

04 July 2011

Ultimate Miku World is now on iTunes! (Jun 30)

11/06/30 00:54 No.320

TinierMe is proud to announce "Ultimate Miku World", a duet by Hatsune Miku and Stephanie Yanez, is now available on iTunes!



The song "Ultimate Miku World" made popular by the special TinierMe event, Digital Dream Concert, featured in April 2011, can be purchased on iTunes now! Thanks to our special partnership with Crypton Future Media, you can listen to your favorite Hatsune Miku and Stephanie Yanez's duet on your music player!

Turn the Digital Dream Concert into your very own reality! Download a piece of J-Pop history featuring the famous Japanese Virtual Idol, Hatsune Miku, and American J-Pop Singer, Stephanie Yanez!



About Stephanie Yanez:
Stephanie Yanez is an American J-Pop star who tours all over the world. She is an official sponsor of TinierMe and is known to be the Anime Expo's AX Idol. Stephanie Yanez's TV credits include the documentary, "Crazy Sexy Tokyo", where she was featured as a reporter. Stephanie has collaborated with world-famous companies such as GCrest America, Crypton Future Media, Aniplex USA, I'VE SOUND, Geneon USA, Victor Entertainment, and Broccoli. She has shared live stage performances with Kotoko, Yousei Teikoku and Nikka Costa. Her most recent collaboration was with Hatsune Miku, on the exclusive song and music video, "Ultimate Miku World" for TinierMe.

About Hatsune Miku:
Hatsune Miku is a Japanese Virtual Pop Idol created by a sampled voice data! Software developed by Crypton Future Media, using Yamaha's vocaloid voice synthesis technology, Hatsune Miku became a virtual pop idol in the summer of 2007. By entering lyrics and melody via a computer graphic interface, "vocal bytes", a singing voice is created. Hatsune Miku's successful music career has developed into games, CDs, DVDs, paperback, and live computer-graphic-driven concerts.

Copyright: TinierMe

★★★

iTunes



Ultimate Miku World - Single
Artist: Hatsune Miku and Stephanie Yanez
Time: 4.20
Price: $0.99
Total: 1 Song


Customer Reviews

"Interesting" ★★★★★
by Joker Alice
"An interesting duet between Hatsune Miku and Stephanie Yanez. I've always liked these kinds of duets. Nice song. Worth getting."

"Stephanie is awesome!" ★★★★★
by Keirabug
"I love everything Stephanie Yanez puts out and I enjoy Miku Hatsune so to have a duet of them is just amazing. Absolutely worth it."

Source: iTunes