I know I ask way too many questions, but...

[Izzy]

I'm just trying to learn as much as I can :P

I have two questions. One:

I've noticed that in VCV banks, people often pronounce their R's like an L. I've been taught that the letter L is excluded from the Japanese alphabet, and it would otherwise be pronounced as an R. And Japanese R's to me sound like lightly-trapped D's.

I'm aware that regardless of how they pronounce their R's in VCV, they're still R's. I'm just wondering if it truly is acceptable to do R's that way... I have nothing against the banks recorded this way, I just want to know so that I might know what to do with my R's when I someday create a VCV bank too.

...I also see this done with CV banks at times.

Secondly.

I know that questions about Power appends and things are a bit premature at my skill level, but this has been killing me uwu

I see lots of Power/Kire/rage/etc banks out there, and they sound really cool! Thing I'm wondering is, when listening to the WAV files in those banks, the voicers are yelling or almost even screaming into the mic to get that Power sound in it. Which is great and all, but what I'm wondering is how in the world are they able to record those really loud notes without the sound being so over powering that it makes a blaring noise or something? With me, if I do a CV note even a bit too loudly, it makes the track whistle and blare, so how the voicers of those powerful banks can contain the squealing without muting the power in their voice is beyond me.

These aren't really pressing questions. I'm really just curious, so forgive me for asking tedious questions uwu

 

[kamonohashi]

I'm just trying to learn as much as I can :P

I have two questions. One:

I've noticed that in VCV banks, people often pronounce their R's like an L. I've been taught that the letter L is excluded from the Japanese alphabet, and it would otherwise be pronounced as an R. And Japanese R's to me sound like lightly-trapped D's.

I'm aware that regardless of how they pronounce their R's in VCV, they're still R's. I'm just wondering if it truly is acceptable to do R's that way... I have nothing against the banks recorded this way, I just want to know so that I might know what to do with my R's when I someday create a VCV bank too.

...I also see this done with CV banks at times.

Secondly.

I know that questions about Power appends and things are a bit premature at my skill level, but this has been killing me uwu

I see lots of Power/Kire/rage/etc banks out there, and they sound really cool! Thing I'm wondering is, when listening to the WAV files in those banks, the voicers are yelling or almost even screaming into the mic to get that Power sound in it. Which is great and all, but what I'm wondering is how in the world are they able to record those really loud notes without the sound being so over powering that it makes a blaring noise or something? With me, if I do a CV note even a bit too loudly, it makes the track whistle and blare, so how the voicers of those powerful banks can contain the squealing without muting the power in their voice is beyond me.

These aren't really pressing questions. I'm really just curious, so forgive me for asking tedious questions uwu

You do NOT use English "r" sounds, but if you can't do the Japanese "r" sound, you CAN do an "l" sound instead.

 

[Izzy]

You do NOT use English "r" sounds, but if you can't do the Japanese "r" sound, you CAN do an "l" sound instead.

Thank you! I was aware that you cannot use English r for Japanese banks, but the l sound was stumping me uwu

 

[kamonohashi]

Ah, okie xD

 

[Nanika]

The kind of mic you use can affect how the samples end up. Like, when you start getting louder with a headset mic, it won't turn out very well. I hope that's what you're talking about. If it is, and if you have a headset mic, then I recommend getting mic that can sit on your desk. If that's not what you're talking about, then I have no clue.

 

[Terindie]

Hi!

For your first question, on the ら (r/l) sound, the English /l/ is okay if you can't quite manage the tap yet, but it definitely sounds foreign. You know how the tap sounds strange when used in English words (and where the "I rearn Engrish" stereotype comes from)? It's kinda like that in Japanese. Sometimes they use l's for singing inflection, but not often.

For the second, I imagine you're talking about mic gain. Gain is the factor that directly affects microphone input. Loud noises such as kire recording can distort signals the mic, so it's best to turn down the gain when recording loud things. You don't want it to clip; aka, hit the barriers of the mic's capabilities in which it starts sounding really fuzzy and distorted.

 

[Izzy]

Hi!

For your first question, on the ら (r/l) sound, the English /l/ is okay if you can't quite manage the tap yet, but it definitely sounds foreign. You know how the tap sounds strange when used in English words (and where the "I rearn Engrish" stereotype comes from)? It's kinda like that in Japanese. Sometimes they use l's for singing inflection, but not often.

For the second, I imagine you're talking about mic gain. Gain is the factor that directly affects microphone input. Loud noises such as kire recording can distort signals the mic, so it's best to turn down the gain when recording loud things. You don't want it to clip; aka, hit the barriers of the mic's capabilities in which it starts sounding really fuzzy and distorted.

Aah, I see now... thank you! I've 'clipped' on multiple occasions and it sounds terrible uwu Now I know! xD Hearing those loud Kire banks with perfect audio samples always stumped me.