Well, for Kenji ACT 1's VCV, Teto Lite in romaji. For every bank after that's VCV, Ritsu reclist in romaji. Then I alias the triphones in romaji and hiragana. See, because triphones are commonly hiragana-encoded, many users of UTAU can't use triphonics. So I'm nice and giving everyone a VCV bank that everyone can use. Generates FREQ0003 (.frq) files that can be read by the UTSU voicebank editor. Resampler for UTSU that works on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Updated on Dec 9. Generates VCV/連続音/'triphone' recording lists and OTOs for UTAU.
So, I saw a lot of people asking for help on how to make their own utau, because appearantly a lot dont know lel.
Here i will be going over recording, otoing, designing, name and everything else in detail, along with some tips along the way, that comes when creating an utau, as well as how to get your utau and yourself be liked and respected by the community!
Step One: A name
So before you're going to record your UTAU, they need a name! However, even tho you have all the creative freedom you want, there are some things you should NOT do regarding youe UTAUs name, these things are NOT liked to be seen in the UTAU community:
- the -ne last name. Any random word with -ne (音; sound). Started by Crypton and Hatsune Miku, overtaken by Vipperloids and now a trademark for unoriginality and/or a not so well made utau. While the last name can be anything, if you want something music related, most go for 'Koe' (声, Voice)...or just go with -ne anyways.
- Popular first names. So, you can of course call your Utau whatever you like, however giving them a first name like 'Ritsu', 'Teto', 'Ruko', 'Luka', 'Miku', 'Kaito', etc. Won't do any good. It seems unoriginal to most, so best advice is to just look up some names.
- Use a random word for a last name. This is not a good idea, usually a japanese last name is made up of more words, usually two, e.g. 'Aikawa' (愛川, Love River), made up of 'Ai' (愛, Love) and 'Kawa' (川, River). My suggestion is to just look up some last names.
So, with that cleared, lets come to the naming itself. If its a japanese voicebank, usually a japanese utau is expected as well. There can of course be a mix between japanese last name and english or any other language first name. There also doesn't have to be a last name, and usually, if its an eastern name, the name usually has an eastern rendition as well, be it Kanji, Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul etc. Usually, when there is first and last name, the last name is in Kanji, and the first name in Katakana, sometimes in Hiragana, to easily differentiate from last and first name, very rarely the name is entirely in Kanji. This rather applies when its just a first name, tho those are more often rendered in Kana as well; the kana differs from name, if its an eastern name like 'Rika', you'll probably see it in Hiragana as 'りか', while a western name like 'Selim' would be written in Katakana 'セルム', as there's no isolated 'm' in japanese, and western words are usually converted to Katakana. However, you will mostly encounter names in Katakana, even japanese ones.
Now that you have a name, we come to the most important part: The Voice.
You might be wondering 'Wait a minute Sors, SHOULDN'T BE THE DESIGN THE NEXT STEP?!' Well, no it shouldn't. If you start with the design, your voice HAS to match, so its better by going Voice first > Design later. Now before you go record as high and feminine as possible to sound as much like miku as possible, the only thing I have to say to that is: Stahp. You shouldn't try to imitate a certain voice, but rather use YOUR voice, your UNIQUE voice. You should try giving your UTAU a Voice that stands out. Now for masculine voices, this isn't hard, as there are way more feminine voices out there. However if your voice IS feminine, try standing out by trying a mature voice, instead of a cutesy. There are a thousand of cutesy high pitched female utaus, so most people will label it as generic. Not to say you shouldn't record an utau if your voice is naturally high and rather cutesy, but you should aim at making the voice as unique as possible. The mature was just an example.
The next thing is before recording is to decide what pitch you want to record in. If you have no experience in singing or making an utau whatsoever, I suggest that you should just record in your most comfortable pitch: The one you are talking in! Of course the samples should still be sung, but try to keep your talking pitch.
So I bet you want to record, buuuut we're not there yet! Before you record, keep in mind: what language and what format do you want to record? Well thats actually pretty easy! The best language to start with is japanese. It's simple to record, oto and most of all use in UTAU, as UTAU was build for japanese after all. And the easiest Japanese recording method is 'CV'. CV stands for Consonant Vowel, because thats what the Japanese language is comprised of. A consonant and a vowel! Syllables like 'ka', 'ji', 'se' and stuff, along with 6 vowels (a, i, u, e, o, n) and the y-blends, these are the 'i' syllables combined with the 3 (4 if you use extras) 'y' cvs (ya, yu, yo (ye for extras). However we're not going to record just yet. What makes an overseas japanese UTAU good is the accent. Is there a heavy american accent? People will ignore or even bash your utau and you! What you should is get a native japanese utau like Namine Ritsu, Sukone Tei or Kasane Teto, and listen to their pronounciation of the following letters: k, r, and u. Unlike english, the japanese k is not asphirated. The japanese r and u are something unique to japanese. The japanese r in generall sounds like a mix of a non-english r (like a trilled...without the trilling) and an l, similar to a d. However, the pronounciation differs as well. If you observe Namine Ritsu's recordings, the r's sound more like german ones, while with Gahata Meiji, the r's sound more like l's. So if you either go with the true japanese r, a normal r or a l is fine, as long its no english r. Also, as I have noticed, most japanese voicebanks have ra, ru and ro recorded as l, re and ri however are in almost 95% a true japanese r. The u is something i cannot really describe, its similar to saying 'ooh', but best if you just listen to the samples of a native japanese UTAU, as the mouth is not completely rounded. So have you found your accent? Great! Now to the actual recording:
First of all, you need a program. Any will do, like Audacity. However the most recommended one is Oremo, for which you'll need a japanese locale. But if you are using UTAU right, you already should. Now the next thing is to choose a reclist. If you cannot read hiragana, you can use a romaji reclist, however I strongly suggest to alias it as hiragana, although to that we'll come later. It is very important that you export the sounds as 16-bit .wav files, into the folder that is your UTAU. If its multipitch, then in the pitch's folder.
Otoing
Ah, we've done the recording, but now comes true pain: otoing. The oto.ini is - aside from the recordings themselves - the most important part about your utau, as it tells utau how to play each sound, as to make it as smooth as possible. Otoing is not hard, but rather just long, and tiring. However, in order to oto your voicebank smoothly, let me teach you how to oto! Tho first, you want to make the frequency table. This is needed so UTAU knows at which note the sample was recorded, and if it has to be pitched up or down. Right click a sample, select 'select multi', then press ctrl+a, and initialize frq. Table. If they are correct, they should be an orange-reddish line, thats mostly straight. If there are any weird dips or spikes, you need to fix em. Now onto otoing!
Generally, a CV oto has 4 steps:
- Beginning Vowels
- Crossfade Vowels
- Hard Consonants
- Soft Consonants
The oto is determined by the following parameters:
- Offset: This is the blue, everything included will not be played. This is where your sample starts.
- Consonant: The pink area, everything included will not be stretched. This should cover the whole sound until its frequency becomes stable.
- Preutterance: Determines which part is played at the start of the note. Only differentiates between cv and v.
- Overlap: This determines how much the former note overlaps into the next one. Oto'd differently, depending on sound.
Now how to oto each sound:
- Beginning Vowel:
Offset is at the beginning of the sound, Consonant is at the stable sound, Cutoff before the sound tampers off, and there should be almost no preutterance and/or overlap.
- Crossfading Cowel:
Offset is some milliseconds after the sound beginns, Consonant is at the stable point of the sound, Cutoff before the sound tsmpers off, Overlap is between 50 and 100, Preutterance is half the Overlap (for example if Overlap is 80, Preutterance is 40).
- Soft Consonants: f, h, m, n, r, s, sh, v, w, y, z
Offset, Consonant and Cutoff stay the same as beginning vowel. Preutterance is between consonant and vowel. Overlap is Preutterance/3 (for example if Preutterance is 27, Overlap is 9) For some of the consonants, you need to look at the spectrum form by pressing the S button. Once the spectrum changes, and you see a white line, the vowel starts.
- Hard Consonants: b, ch, d, g, j, k, p, t, ts
Consonant, Offset and Preutterance are the same as Soft Consonants. Cutoff and Overlap are at the soundless point. For hard consonants, the consonant is usually easier to see.
Now we know the thory about otoing! Only thing missing is aliasing. How this is done is pretty easy, as there is a box called 'alias' in the oto screen. If you want a note to have multiple aliases, just duplicate the sample. While you can have your UTAU only be encoded in romaji or hiragana, you need to duplicate and realias the vowels! The beginning vowels are usually aliased with a '-' before, while crossfade vowels stay the same. Now for CV aliasing isn't that important, however for stringed styles like VCV and CVVC, it is necessary.
So with otoing being done, step two, the voice, is done! The next thing is the design:
Now first of all, if you cannot draw, or have no money to comission, do not worry. There are nice people who take requests. Still, the design should be your idea, now here are some don'ts:
- do not copy a vocaloid (aka Miku formula) or another utau
- if you do accidentally, and the vocaloid or utau is not that well known, do not worry too much, but try to be unique
- choose a whise colour scheme. Dont go using neon pink with neon blue all over the place...
But most of all, be unique. Of course the voice matters the most, but people will also judge the design. The design is what will pick their interest. With that being said, try to stand out! Not everyone likes school uniforms and detached sleeves. Maybe try out some casual clothes, treat your UTAU like a person, not like a Singer for that. And if you ever are dissatisfied, you can always redesign your UTAU, it happens all the times. In fact, my own UTAU Matsuo Sora has even 5 Designs, though not all are redesigns, most are just Voicebank specific, which is also a thing you can do! Because frankly, a design should fit with a voice. If your UTAU looks pretty calm in their design, but you just recorded a Powerscale, the design might not necessarily fit. Of course, you can keep the old design if that's what you prefer.
Now if you have a design, you have finally created your UTAU! Now you only have to make one or two demos, and release your UTAU!
However you might be wondering, just how do you get your UTAU to be popular? Now this is what leads to the next step:
Step four: Promotion
Promotion can occur in different forms, however the most used form is making a lot of covers, and then share them on UTAU related forums, such as UTAFORUM or UTAU AMINO. However you should not share your cover more than 3 times, and never twice or more in 2 or 3 days, since that would be spamming. Also make sure to cover the right songs, that show the capabilities your UTAU can achieve. They have a high range? Show them high-notes by covering Palette! They can handle fast and short notes well? Nijigen Dream Fever is your cover to go! They are powerful? Cover a Night Series song! They have a dark and sad-sounding voice? Hitorinbo-Envy! For every voicetype, there is the perfect song! So make sure to make covers, that show why one should download YOUR Voicebank!
However you might me wondering: 'But I want to be well-known and respected in the UTAU community too, not just my UTAU!' Well to that, the work is harder. To make your UTAU sound good, you can just use well-tuned USTs like minome's. However if you want to be well-respected, you have to make your own USTs, or at least, tune them yourself. Also, you should never go for the fame. UTAU is a hobby, shared by thousands of other users and UTAU themselves. Thus, the community tends to look down on people who just care for the fame, not the fun. However you can make yourself stand out, in a good way. Be active on the forums, and show them that you are unique, by just being yourself!
Thank you for reading this tutorial, it took me a lot of time to write this, I hope it will help you!
UTAU Recorder 2.0 – Now this app is available for Windows 10 PC and Laptop. Just follow the step by step to download and install the latest version of UTAU Recorder for PC on below
Download UTAU Recorder for Windows XP/7/8.1/10
App Name: com.recorder.printmov.utaurecorder
Version: 2.0
Publish Date: 2018-04-11
Requirement: Android 4.4+
Vote: 124
How to install UTAU Recorder for Windows 10
First of all, you need to get the Bluestacks Android Emulator. One of the best Android Emulators is BlueStacks. This is the secret method to running the best android app in windows 10 pc.
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Download Bluestacks Android Emulator here. And install it on your PC.
After installing the BlueStacks on your Windows PC. Run the application and then you can find the icon of it on your desktop.
Now in the BlueStacks GUI, head over to the search option and enter for UTAU Recorder.
Bluestacks will be displaying the various similar applications. Just select the right UTAU Recorder app.
Click on the install option.
Or, you can download the installer file from download link that we’ve mention it above
Browse the downloaded .apk file from bluestack file explorer. Then install it
If they have shown any option for permissions, just Agree all the permissions that are shown.
Once the installation is completed, go to the BlueStacks homepage where you can find the installed UTAU Recorder icon.
That’s it. Now you can enjoy your favorite android apps on your Windows PC.
Features and Detail of UTAU Recorder
This application is for recording UTAU voicebanks with your Android devices.
Features: – Record your voicebanks in VCV, CV and Arpasing – Convert your recorded samples to WAV file. (Ready to use with UTAU) – Save your voicebanks in the storage
This is currently the very first version.
More features will be added in the next version.
If you have any problem, please let me know at http://www.printmov.com – Added *custom reclist* feature where you can load your own reclist file. – Fixes bugs in older Android devices.
Please share your experience running UTAU Recorder into your Windows 10 PC, Laptop or MAC with us. Don’t forget to share this article to help another fans.