Where can I distribute Voicebanks? I need help with some of them too.

[ZaneChihuahua]

So, I released a voicebank and I want to start distributing it to as many places as I can. Preferably, places that contain a voicebank database that people frequently go to. For example, the UTAU Wiki and the UTA Forum Showcase. Do you happen to know any places like that? I'm aware of "http://utaudb.sakura.ne.jp" from the official UTAU website. However, I can't register my voicebank to the website because I keep on getting an error that says, "Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/utaudb/www/function.php:276) in /home/utaudb/www/function.php on line 169" I also know there is some kind of Voicebank Encyclopedia on NicoNico here: "https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/UTAU音声ライブラリ一覧" However, it looks like you need to be a premium member or something to make a page on there.

 

[Kiyoteru]

There are two UTAU wikis.
Old wiki, previously abandoned but undergoing remodelling and cleanup: https://utau.fandom.com/wiki/UTAU_wiki
New wiki, independent from Fandom/Wikia and under the same admins as utaforum: http://utau.wikidot.com/

You should also make sure to post your release song on various platforms (such as youtube and soundcloud) and promote it across social media (such as Twitter). It's also good to have your own personal UTAU website in order to compile all voicebank releases, character info, terms of use, etc.

 

[ZaneChihuahua]

Sweet! I already did some of that. Those forums will come in handy. Do you know any Japanese wikis or do they do something different to distribute voicebanks.

 

[Kiyoteru]

I'm not deeply involved in the Japanese-speaking community, so I'm not familiar with where voicebanks are commonly listed.

I understand wanting to spread your voicebank as far and wide as possible, but it's better to focus on a target audience, especially if there are language barriers. If you're not confident with your Japanese skills, you may not be able to talk with people using your voicebanks, answer people who need help, or take their feedback into account for future work. Are you also planning to get deeply involved in the Chinese UTAU community? Korean UTAU community? Thai UTAU community? If you need to reach every single international corner, let's start finding connections who can help translate all of your readmes and terms of use and release videos. But if you want to focus on building a network of friends in the English-speaking community who can closely support you, that's also a great idea.

 

[ZaneChihuahua]

I totally understand. I'm just thinking ahead of now since I can't pay for people to translate my End User License Agreement just yet. It's stupid long and full of American law and copyright stuff. For now, I'm just focusing on English and Japanese communities since those are the people that use UTAU the most. And I'm not gonna lie, I did the whole "sticking with communities" thing when I was making transcriptions and arrangements of video game songs, but I didn't get any traction from it all and it just got thrown into the void of nothingness. I don't what that to happen again. That's why I want to diversify my audience as much as I can. And as for talking to other people in different languages, that's what google translate is for. I know it's not perfect, but it's better than nothing.