Advice on recording a Russian Utau?

RaccoonButler

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I'm considering recording a Russian bank, however I'm having trouble finding clear cut pronunciation resources and reclists.

If anyone has advice or could point me to a good resource, or an already existing russian utau I can look at for example, that would me much appreciated

Thank you :,>
 
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I don't know of any Russian banks, reclists, etc. (I'm completely clueless on the language) but I suppose I can try to make a reclist for you (no definitive promise, though)? As for pronunciation,

Cyrillic (Russian alphabet name) - X-Sampa - romanization

А/а - a - a
Б/б (beh) - b - b
В/в (veh) - v - v
Г/г (geh) - g - g
Д/д (deh) - d - d
Е/е (yeh) - je - ye
Ё/ё (yo) - jo - yo
Ж/ж (zhe) - Z - zh (like the 's' in treasure)
З/з (ze) - z - z
И/и (ee) - i - i
Й/й (y) - j - y (like the y in toy)
К\к (ka) - k - k
Л/л (el) - l - l
М\м (em) - m - m
Н/н (n) - n - n
О/о (oh) - o - o (note: this is situational - o pronunciation if it's the stressed syllable, a if it's unstressed)
П/п (pe) - p - p
Р/р (er) - r - r (english r)
С/с (s) - s - s
Т/т (te) - t' - t (aspirated t)
У/у (oo) - u - u
Ф/ф (ef) - f - f (english f)
Х/х (kha) - k' - kh (aspirated k)
Ц/ц (ts) - ts - ts (like the 'zz' in pizza)
Ч/ч (ch) - ts - ch
Ш/ш (sh) - S - sh
Щ/щ (sh ch) - S ts - sh ch
Ъ/ъ (jer) - no sound - no sound; changes pronunciation and extends 'j' sound
Ы/ы (i) - 1 - 1 (the i in his)
Ь/ь - no sound - no sound; changes consonants to be palatalized (softened)
Э/э (eh) - e - e
Ю/ю (you) - ju - yu
Я/я (ya) - ja - ya

resources:
- http://www.russianlanguageschool.com/alphabet/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_script

I would suggest listening to actual Russian speakers/singers rather than synth voices. You'll get a more accurate ear for the language than through a voice that may or may not be native or may be LQ (and thus muffled/unclear).
 
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RaccoonButler

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I don't know of any Russian banks, reclists, etc. (I'm completely clueless on the language) but I suppose I can try to make a reclist for you (no definitive promise, though)? As for pronunciation,

Cyrillic (Russian alphabet name) - X-Sampa - romanization

А/а - a - a
Б/б (beh) - b - b
В/в (veh) - v - v
Г/г (geh) - g - g
Д/д (deh) - d - d
Е/е (yeh) - je - ye
Ё/ё (yo) - jo - yo
Ж/ж (zhe) - Z - zh (like the 's' in treasure)
З/з (ze) - z - z
И/и (ee) - i - i
Й/й (y) - j - y (like the y in toy)
К\к (ka) - k - k
Л/л (el) - l - l
М\м (em) - m - m
Н/н (n) - n - n
О/о (oh) - o - o (note: this is situational - o pronunciation if it's the stressed syllable, a if it's unstressed)
П/п (pe) - p - p
Р/р (er) - r - r (english r)
С/с (s) - s - s
Т/т (te) - t' - t (aspirated t)
У/у (oo) - u - u
Ф/ф (ef) - f - f (english f)
Х/х (kha) - k' - kh (aspirated k)
Ц/ц (ts) - ts - ts (like the 'zz' in pizza)
Ч/ч (ch) - ts - ch
Ш/ш (sh) - S - sh
Щ/щ (sh ch) - S ts - sh ch
Ъ/ъ (jer) - no sound - no sound; changes pronunciation and extends 'j' sound
Ы/ы (i) - 1 - 1 (the i in his)
Ь/ь - no sound - no sound; changes consonants to be palatalized (softened)
Э/э (eh) - e - e
Ю/ю (you) - ju - yu
Я/я (ya) - ja - ya

resources:
- http://www.russianlanguageschool.com/alphabet/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrillic_script

I would suggest listening to actual Russian speakers/singers rather than synth voices. You'll get a more accurate ear for the language than through a voice that may or may not be native or may be LQ (and thus muffled/unclear).


Ah, thank you! and that would be helpful, though you don't have to, I'm sure I'll be able to find one somewhere.
 

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