How Do You Determine the Age for Your UTAU?

PrinceofHades

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Hello!
While developing my UTAU, I often find that I can't determine age based on the voice. (Then again, my voice is very androgynous, which adds a whole other layer of confusion. OTL)
I try to do it based on how old the voice sounds, although that's been a bit difficult. ^^;
How do you, the people of UtaForum, determine the age of your UTAU, when applicable?
 

dezzydream

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It's always the age of my character. Noke is 13, while Hana and Wikter are 15. That was determined during development of each voicebank.
 
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Animé Fan

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Lots of things help me decide an UTAU's age, namely voice (and voice type), personality, appearances, interests, etc.
 
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The only UTAU I have is TYPE, and I always wanted him to be older than me. I'm 20, soon to be 21, and TYPE is 22.

I know characters technically don't age, but this would put TYPE ahead of me, which is what I want. It's less awkward for me to like an UTAU when they're 18+, though idk if that makes sense to anyone else, since y'all are so small.
 
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PrinceofHades

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The only UTAU I have is TYPE, and I always wanted him to be older than me. I'm 20, soon to be 21, and TYPE is 22.

I know characters technically don't age, but this would put TYPE ahead of me, which is what I want. It's less awkward for me to like an UTAU when they're 18+, though idk if that makes sense to anyone else, since y'all are so small.

I completely understand that. It makes me feel weird that all of my UTAU sound so young when I'm 19. (They sound in the 12-15 range. OTL)
 
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I completely understand that. It makes me feel weird that all of my UTAU sound so young when I'm 19. (They sound in the 12-15 range. OTL)
I personally enjoy "young" male voices - basically any male voice that doesn't sound super deep. I love androgyny and think voicebanks with that kind of design or voice are the greatest.

But some people think my UTAU sounds like a chick, which is not what I hoped, ahahahhh.....
 
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PrinceofHades

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I personally enjoy "young" male voices - basically any male voice that doesn't sound super deep. I love androgyny and think voicebanks with that kind of design or voice are the greatest.

But some people think my UTAU sounds like a chick, which is not what I hoped, ahahahhh.....

I agree. While deep voices can be nice, I like tenors better. My friend's UTAU, Karasune Luc, is an excellent male UTAU that is not exceptionally deep. My main UTAU has no gender because he/they are based on my "default" voice. Which is apparently "Is this a boy? Or a woman? Or neither? I can't tell." So I tried to reflect that with their design as best I could. OTL

That sucks. OTL It feels like the community likes female voices better than any other, so if it sounds anything like a female, they (the community) will assume that's what it is.
 
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I agree. While deep voices can be nice, I like tenors better. My friend's UTAU, Karasune Luc, is an excellent male UTAU that is not exceptionally deep. My main UTAU has no gender because he/they are based on my "default" voice. Which is apparently "Is this a boy? Or a woman? Or neither? I can't tell." So I tried to reflect that with their design as best I could. OTL

That sucks. OTL It feels like the community likes female voices better than any other, so if it sounds anything like a female, they (the community) will assume that's what it is.
MMMMMM YES I LOVE IT WHEN I CAN'T TELL WHAT GENDER (IF THERE'S A GENDER) A VOICE BELONGS TO, I LOVE THAT SOO MUCH
I'm interested in these UTAU now!

breaks my heart a little
we should hang, u seem rad
my discord is partial#0801
 

PrinceofHades

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MMMMMM YES I LOVE IT WHEN I CAN'T TELL WHAT GENDER (IF THERE'S A GENDER) A VOICE BELONGS TO, I LOVE THAT SOO MUCH
I'm interested in these UTAU now!

breaks my heart a little
we should hang, u seem rad
my discord is partial#0801

I know! We seem to be getting off topic, but I agree!

I'm so sorry.
You're right, you seem pretty rad too
I can't remember what my discord is rn, but I'll add you