Kire/Powerscale: A Voicebank type where, as the voice reaches higher pitches, the recordings become more powerful. Allows for a much greater vocal range with a more natural sound. Multipitch: A style of Voicebank that uses multiple single voicebanks, all recorded at different pitches, into one larger Voicebank.
After being configured in UTAU, it works just the same as a standard CV voicebank. Samples are recorded all at once, rather than one at a time, within the same file. Rentan: A recording style specific to CV Voicebanks. Widely supported by the community and praised for its clarity, though it does create an Americanized accent in a lot of Voicebanks. VCCV: Developed by Cz, one may refer to this as the new standard for English UTAU Voicebanks. This recording style can offer more flexibility than VCV, depending on the Voicebank. Easier to record than VCV, but trickier to properly configure. A good option for those wanting to branch into VCV.ĬVVC: A CV Voicebank with “VC” samples to improve clarity and smoothness. Lite VCV: A simplified/compact version of a VCV Voicebank with more smoothness than CV. While it is more labor intensive to create compared to a CV bank, it’s the most popular form of Voicebank for its smooth end result. VCV: “Vowel Consonant Vowel”, blends together the ending vowel of a sample with the consonant-vowel pair of the next. The smallest and simplest style of Voicebank, this is a great choice for beginners to get acquainted with the recording process.
If you download a Voicebank that has FRQ files in it, don’t delete them! The creator may have edited them manually to fix errors and glitches in the Voicebank.ĬV: “Consonant Vowel” recording format. This engine reads a Voicebank’s WAV files when the user plays a track in UTAU or when they render it for external use.įRQ: Files generated by the resampler to properly read the Voicebank’s WAV samples. MIDIs can be used in the creation of UST files. MIDI: (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) Often used in music production, it is a standard file format for communicating information between musical instruments. While UTAU possesses an interface for configuring OTOs, setParam offers a more intuitive interface and allows the user a much more detailed look at their recordings. SetParam: Another program created specifically for use with UTAU, specifically OTO configuration. Features a metronome and BGM function to keep recordings on time and on the tune. This program is a fan favorite for recording since it will automatically name a user’s voice samples as well as add aliases to the file name. OREMO: A free-to-use program created specifically for recording Voicebanks. Often used to mix songs and is rather user-friendly.
Reaper: A popular DAW that offers a free trial period. It is typically used to record and splice voicebank samples. It’s most used by these communities to mix songs/covers.Īudacity: A free-to-use DAW. A small fun fact: new Vocaloid fans often mistake Teto as an official Vocaloid voicebank! Check out their voicebanks in action below.įl Studio: A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) used within the UTAU and Vocaloid communities for many years. Defoko being the built-in voice for the UTAU shareware, while Teto is the ‘face’ of UTAU. Certainly, the most notable faces of the program are Defoko and Kasane Teto. UTAUloids have been on the rise since the shareware’s release in 2008.
Moreover, each Voicebank is unique, with its own strengths, weaknesses, voice type, range, and terms of use. A look at the UTAU GUI UTAUloids Rise To Fame into the software, add lyrics, and tune the vocal to create a semi-realistic singer, more commonly referred to as a voicebank. Additionally, users can input notes/midis/etc. UTAU, like Vocaloid, presents the user with a piano roll. wav files the user provides to create a singing voice, which will synthesize by introducing song lyrics and melody. Furthermore, UTAU is an independent application that is free for anyone to download and use (there is also a shareware version with special features available, but the free version on its own is already perfectly solid).
This program is similar to Vocaloid, a professional vocal synthesis software that would inspire UTAU’s creation. UTAU is a Japanese singing synthesizer application created by Ameya/Ayame.