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Needing help to improve my first Utauloid, "Matto Shiro"

ordubis

Momo's Minion
Hey everyone!
So as most of you here have probably tried, I've made my own voice into a Utauloid voice bank for the fun of it. Well now I want to improve it and make it worthy of actual musical use.

I've already recorded tracks for 108 (Japanese) phonemes and I've noticed a few anomalies with it such as "sha" not pronouncing right in a higher tempo UST. So I was wondering if there's anyone who is good with editing, modifying the frequencies, and/or making it work good at multiple pitches.

If anyone would like to work with me on this, I would be more than happy to add you to the credits to it and I can offer any number of ways to contact me regarding the project, if need be.
Also, if its easier, you're welcome to modify the voice bank and just post a link of your revision/derivative; I understand if that would be easier than working back and forth on a project.

Oh yeah, and I'm open to just hearing opinions and constructive criticism for it being my first voice bank.

Thanks and feel free to PM me with any questions! :sing:

Here's the current version of the vb (version 1.1; 27.26M:shades:: http://mediafire.com/?a0v7ijf8o9gowoc

Edit(s):
PeachyPie has helped a lot with the oto.ini which fixed most of the problems with the individual sounds. I went ahead and updated the README and uploaded the new version.
Version 1.2 should compensate for terms like di, ti, du, etc so as to be compatible with more USTs.
Also possible considering an English voice bank later on too..
 

ordubis

Momo's Minion
Thread starter
Okay, after some close listening, I've noticed I will need to record the r~, ch~, and sh~ sounds to make them flow better. I may also have to look into other combined hiragana to make sure there aren't any other problems.

If anyone notices a sound that isn't working good in faster tempos, let me know so I can review the sound. If a sound clip of the problem area could be included, I would greatly appreciate it.
 

ordubis

Momo's Minion
Thread starter
Uploaded version 1.1 of the voice bank.
There are a few things left to do, which PeachyPie was so nice to help with, and then it'll be finished for the Japanese voice bank.
Later I may consider expanding to an English voice bank too.. I'm just not sure whether to make it a separate vb or try and fit it into one.
 

ordubis

Momo's Minion
Thread starter
Completed and uploaded version 1.2!
Added a few sounds, PeachyPie updated the oto, and pre-generated all the FRQ and PMK files to speed up rendering; you won't have to generate them for each first render of a lyric.
As for the English voice bank, it might be a no-go, but we'll continue to work on this one and keep improving it as much as possible!

"Matto Shiro" (マット白), version 1.2:
http://mediafire.com/?1ffjcs722c1jssm
 

ordubis

Momo's Minion
Thread starter
Version 1.3

Added a piece of concept art and modified the oto to slightly increase the quality of the voice bank.

Download: http://mediafire.com/?6ffy9qyu4y6vnqm
 

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