[UTAU] Make UTAUs sing in FLUENT English using only Japanese syllables! [UST making Tutorial]

[chelseadigger]

you kinda sound like a human luka XD

[DementedMunchkin]

Whenever I try to make an utau sing with a v (example: never), it sounds really fuzzy :/. The same thing happened to me with the letter se, but I fixed it by added a quick set the end. Any help? :D Thanks!

[thescheibers6923]

how do you hear them talk? D: i can barely hear mine and im new!!!

[annamaeblythe]

@salman6896 I wonder where I went 0:

[luvVIKII13]

and again i walk aloneeeeeeeee... xD i love this

[luvVIKII13]

at exactly 4:01 it sounds like the cat is saying " oh no" so i chuckled a little whilst watching your vid ^-^

[BarbiesToxic]

"...at the time." "REOOOW!" "Please ignore the cat." D:

[SASORI666SCORPION]

lol Your cat.

[annamaeblythe]

@KangarooSaysMeow Sure I could. But, it's already been pointed out quite a few times what you're wrong about.

[KangarooSaysMeow]

@annamaeblythe Ok, so they've said that Defoko is the first, but that's not explaining why I'm wrong. Get out of my face, and have a nice day. I'm sick of trying to prove a point and have people constantly tell me that I'm wrong with no proof. I don't care that I'm wrong, it's people saying that I'm wrong because I'm wrong, but not being able to prove it. End of conversation.

[annamaeblythe]

@KangarooSaysMeow Your point is completely invalid. I can dig up proof, it's just that your point is so invalid, there's no point to it.

[Kaydorable1]

@annamaeblythe and @KangarooSaysMeow I know a song can't be used as a fact. It wasn't necessarily a FACT. I was just using it. ^^;

[annamaeblythe]

@Kaydorable1 they used an inference from a wikia for proof. Your proof had more stable ground than theirs.

[MikuYue]

i use to have a cat lol yeah ik how annoying they get, sounds cute though :3

[hidansasukerocks27]

UTAU is originally made from the idea Vocaloid rite?

[KangarooSaysMeow]

@hidansasukerocks27 The first Utauloid was Teto, who was an April Fool's joke. They said that she was the newest Vocaloid, but since she was a joke, obviously she wasn't. But they ended up releasing her voice anyway, and I'm pretty sure the program was created somewhere through there so to answer your question, yes, it is inspired by Vocaloid.

[OPH2001]

@KangarooSaysMeow no. defoko [uta utane] was the first.

[KangarooSaysMeow]

@OPH2001 Really? Because I know that she's the default voice on UTAU, but I don't actually think she's the first.

[Kaydorable1]

@KangarooSaysMeow in Teto's song 'Fake Diva' Teto said she got adopted into Utau so that means she wasn't the first. and also, Defoko and Momo looked like they were welcoming her into Utauloid in the same song in a pic. Defoko has a nickname(?) where she is called 'Default child'. so i'm pretty sure Defoko's the first Utauloid. Teto was just the first popular Utauloid.

[KangarooSaysMeow]

And I quote from the UTAU wiki, "They were originally considered Vocaloids as well because of Teto, the pioneer (if not the first UTAUloid), being attempted to pass off as a real Vocaloid." This suggests that she is the first, but obviously doesn't come right out and say it, so I could be wrong. Also, I wouldn't use what songs of PVs say as evidence against this kind of thing, anyone can create a song or PV, not necessarily using facts.

[annamaeblythe]

@KangarooSaysMeow The UTAU wikia is garbage.

[annamaeblythe]

@KangarooSaysMeow wrong.

[KangarooSaysMeow]

@annamaeblythe Ok, so would someone like to explain exactly what I am wrong about? Because I'd sure like to know, and I'm sure every resource I've read would like to fix its mistakes. By the way, in that last comment, I did admit that I could be wrong, because everyone else seems to think so. You could try explaining what you mean, not just bluntly stating that I am, in fact, wrong.

[sergionperez]

r u a boy or a girl?but i can hear the cat

[savegalkissy]

why is my cat in this vid? xD

[hybridkoala]

dude that sounds exactly like my cat....o.o XD

[Yrekkkkk]

Did I hear a cat?

[annamaeblythe]

@Yrekkkkk yes c:

[crazyMtime]

@annamaeblythe how can i make utau program in japanese language

[annamaeblythe]

@crazyMtime UTAU is in Japanese language 

[TheWoodsOfWonderland]

..lol. The cat. THE CAT :P

[nendoroid98]

i have an utau proadgram i dont know how to load the voice bank. Help?

[rollomaughfling]

07:36 Peter Griffin runs in and busts his knee.

[annamaeblythe]

@rollomaughfling I like South Park more.

[rollomaughfling]

@annamaeblythe I do too—just referring to those sequences where someone busts his knee and makes the kind of sound you make when that happens for way too long :)

[Anime9vampiress]

I WILL NEVER IGNORE THE CAT!

[Raenoleah1014]

I wonder why he's offline now... "SSSSSSSSSSSSNSNSSSNSNS"

[Raenoleah1014]

ah, the good old days. windows XP and the original sidebar. ^////^

[annamaeblythe]

@Raenoleah1014 I still use Windows XP :P

[Raenoleah1014]

@annamaeblythe so does my dad... :D (if only he'd let me touch his computer... *cries*)

[Mewgetic44]

How do you change your locale?

[supernerdluvsneru]

how to i make it have sound? when i play what i put (even if its a ust) it doesnt play any sound

[annamaeblythe]

@supernerdluvsneru Change your locale to Japanese. Redownload UTAU. Use Defoko. Use a UST with Hiragana.

[supernerdluvsneru]

@annamaeblythe nevermind i found an easyer way

[annamaeblythe]

@supernerdluvsneru You can't use UTAU if your locale isn't in Japanese.

[supernerdluvsneru]

@annamaeblythe i know

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe You actually can, UTAU actually doesn't work for me when I chnage my locale and use AppLocale. Is it because I didn't do a fresh install with Japanese locale? I installed it without Japanese locale and still don't use Japanese locale. neither Applocale.

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK Change your locale to Japanese. Download UTAU after changing your locale. Install UTAU.

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe I even reinstall and everything. UTAU never works for me when I change my locale or use AppLocale. When I try opening it it just gives me repeative "Subscript Out Of Range" , well I mean by that is when I click ok it just comes up again.

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK I don't know what's going on. But it might be revenge for posting chain letters.

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe I don't post chain letters. UTAU works perfectly without Japanese locale.

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK That's not what I saw when I checked your channel. UTAU is only really working if you can use Defoko. Can you use Defoko?

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe I can't, not until I downloaded her romaji because I don't know how to put hiragana letters or something into UTAU and when I copy and paste it appears as question marks. Where on my channel says I post chain letters? I don't know how to put hiragana symbols into UTAU, that's why I can't use Defoko without downloading her romaji files.

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK To copy and paste hiragana into UTAU, you need to have your keyboard set to Japanese inside and outside of UTAU. Or just download -hiragana USTs.-

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe How do I set my keyboard to Japanese.

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK I figured it out using Google.

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe OMG UTAU NOW WORKS WITH APPLOCALE I AM PROUD OF MYSELF EVEN THOUGH I DID NOTHING!

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK UTAU really won't work without changing your locale to Japanese.

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe How come? It worked for me without changing locale, and can I use AppLocale instead?

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK Try using Defoko. (the default bank) That should prove my point.

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe Do I have to use hiragana symbols? or can I use romaji?

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK You have to use hiragana.

[IDKBAKAIDK]

@annamaeblythe I do use the Japanese keyboard, but I just think it types in random hiragana into it, thats my problem, and right now my laptop isn't working so I'm using my sister's.

[annamaeblythe]

@IDKBAKAIDK When you set your language bar to Japanese, at the very end of the bar, there's a little box that says "kana" click that if it's kind of highlighted and it will go back to good old romaji input (being converted into kana as you type), as opposed to actual "type a letter and a kana appears."

[OPH2001]

@annamaeblythe i didnt change my locale and it works fine

[annamaeblythe]

@OPH2001 No, it doesn't.

[OPH2001]

@annamaeblythe YES, IT DOES. I have the english pack, and i have romaji voice banks. Now, you don't live with me, and you've never seen my computer. Hence, you wouldn't know.

[AnimeKAT123]

Lol ur cat sounds like a little baby crying! :) So cute!!!

[annamaeblythe]

@AnimeKAT123 Did you know that cats actually make their cry mimic a human baby's to get you to pay attention to them and continue to pay attention to them?

[SuperBaka247]

is your cat a girl? xD cuz she might've been in heat. xD!!!!

[annamaeblythe]

@SuperBaka247 She was :P

[DbzWolfgirl]

lol ur cat:meow meow meow meow

[SettimaLegione]

annamaeblythe, why dont you make a voice bank? You have an interesting voice, rich of low frequencies...

[annamaeblythe]

@SettimaLegione :P I do. BLYTHE Anaka. She's been around for about 3 years.

[SettimaLegione]

@SettimaLegione Now I see, for example watch?v=4kuuRPiyFps ...

It sound rather good, as supposed! :)

By the way, It was a diphonetic voice, right?

I heard UTAU can now perform better with tri-phonetic samples...

[Zwergie222]

"I walk a-lonely rot"

I will never know how to use UTAU. NEVER.

[annamaeblythe]

@Zwergie222 If you're commenting on the quality of the tutorial, there are plenty of better (and more recent) tutorials on my channel.

[RodentGirl1115]

this really helped a lot, I have an english patch, so it was kinda hard to understand what you meant by "go here, and here, and here" when all you were pointing to was japanese stuff that I can't reeeeaaddd but I found it, and this really helped me make my utau speak in english and sound smoother all in one! Thanks!

[bisumito]

I can't hear the words you say that they saaayyyy :T

[MsRaichuD]

How do you make them sing ?

[Brokenstar505]

what version of utau is this? does it work on mac? i know i got utau on my mac but its newer

[annamaeblythe]

@Brokenstar505 There is a version of UTAU made for Mac. That is the only version of UTAU that a Mac user should use. This version of UTAU is over a year old, and Mac UTAU came out a few months ago.

[Brokenstar505]

@annamaeblythe -nods- mmm i see...yeah like i can make it sing but i cant change the words or anything. And i dont know japanese that well -is stupid-

[annamaeblythe]

@Brokenstar505 I don't know how to use the Mac version of UTAU ^^;

[Raenoleah1014]

ah, I remember back when the sidebar was... well... a sidebar :3

[thelionheartedgirl1]

Omg I thought the cat was the UTAUloid for a second xD I was like "wts?!!!" xD

[LenLovesBanana]

Where did you get the UST?

[chasetheflareon]

please help me ;A; i downloaded UTAU but whene i opened it it said bad file number and it opens and istead of japaneise its unknown jubberish HELP!

[thelionheartedgirl1]

@chasetheflareon omfg that happened to me too >_< Maybe we both need to install Japanese on our computers? :/

[pacificpower98]

yes u do sound like Anaka xP

[queenstella2]

I thought that was my cat D:

[KumaChan104]

the cat is probably in heat o3o

[kureruAyaka]

what program did you use to capture the screen?

[annamaeblythe]

@kureruAyaka I use Camtasia

[DwessieMMD]

So...is there going to be a Green Day UST, I want it. :3

[KenChanCake]

I have UTAU but I can't get it to work! I tried to play something but an error box popped up in Japanese...

[annamaeblythe]

@KenChanCake Can you screen shot the error, put it on something like tinypic / twitpic and show it to me?

[KenChanCake]

@annamaeblythe What do you mean by "tinypic/twitpic"?

[annamaeblythe]

@KenChanCake A photosharing service. Like Photobucket.

[animeangelgirl100]

@KenChanCake change the voice. Defoko's doesn't work

[KenChanCake]

@animeangelgirl100 Okay....how do I do that?

[animeangelgirl100]

@KenChanCake first you need to download winrawr to open the files, then download another voice ((momo momone is my first choice, she's good for beginers)), click on the transparent rectangle in the corner with japanese kanji in it, then a box will pop up and click on the small little button on it with "...." then open it

sorry I'm terrible at explaining things>< look up on youtube how to change your voice

[KenChanCake]

@animeangelgirl100 Thanks a ton! One last question- where can I download Momo Momone?

[animeangelgirl100]

@KenChanCake google utauwikia and go to the search and look up her name-that'll help

[Debraellen04]

@KenChanCake i dont know how 2 help i usaly help people as much as i can

[11vampire10]

help that poor CAT WATS GOING ON!!!

[pixychic1313]

O.O I saw my name in your black-Screen Text!! What's "Miranda" doing in your text??

[annamaeblythe]

@pixychic1313 That's just my account's name for some weird reason. I should probably rename it eventually... But I'm lazy.

[pixychic1313]

you cat sounds like it's talking XD and ru is actually the proper translation, :) it helps if you record it as a Japanese speaker would. The Japanese "R" is between and L and an R so it's the simplest thing to do XD

[annamaeblythe]

@pixychic1313 Actually, R is between an L and a D. This was when I was stupid at UTAU, though XD

[pixychic1313]

@annamaeblythe i dunno I'm in Japanese Class and I always saw it as an in between of R and L.... but when i was telling my friends how to sing it, I said to use a soft D sound, so that makes sense XD I can't wait to get a computer with windows! It'll make me so happy to make my UTAUloids I've been designing XD

[annamaeblythe]

@pixychic1313 Is your teacher a Japanese person? Do you use Mac? There is a Mac version of UTAU out already.

[pixychic1313]

@annamaeblythe Yes, Yes, and REALLY??? Why is that not advertised everywhere??? (I searched and asked, and no one gave me any hint that there was a Mac version of UTAU anywhere!!!)

[Marluxiaflower1]

That cat is cute :3

[mewshojobeat]

when i type the lyrics and stuff its just quiet. does that only work on the old version?

[annamaeblythe]

@mewshojobeat Are you using romaji or hiragana lyrics? Does the bank you are using have romaji or hiragana files?

[mewshojobeat]

@annamaeblythe im using romanji and it has no sound when i play it

[annamaeblythe]

@mewshojobeat Does the bank you're using use romaji? Did you try using hiragana?

[mewshojobeat]

@annamaeblythe im not sure. i use kasane teto tho

[annamaeblythe]

@mewshojobeat You need to use hiragana with Kasane Teto.

[derkwizzerds101]

@annamaeblythe i used hiragana with her but they appear as a question mark. do you know why my utau has these weird lookin' lines and stuff? :(

[annamaeblythe]

@derkwizzerds101 Your locale isn't set to Japanese. Set your locale to Japanese. To find out how to do that, google "change locale" and then your version of windows. I use XP, so I would google "change locale windows XP" After you change your locale, redownload UTAU and reinstall it.

[MIntrawrz]

I miss that old youtube where the description was on the right. oAo

[beamerange]

is your cat in heat?

[annamaeblythe]

@beamerange I'm pretty sure she was.

[beamerange]

@annamaeblythe lol xD

[lejovocaloid8]

I LOVE YOUR CAT

[MrAlice25]

um, how do you switch what utau your using. u know... like the voice bank?

[annamaeblythe]

@MrAlice25 If you open a UST that doesn't use a bank you have on your computer / a different resampler, a window will pop up. Either find the bank you want in the dropdown option, or click the "..." button next to it and search for the bank. Then when you find the folder, click on one of the WAV files and press OK, then press OK again.

[PrincessAirionna565]

OH MY GOD. THAT THING WITH THE STAR. THE THING THAT SMOOTHS THE VOICE. THAAANK YOOOUUUU SOOO MUCH FOR POINTING THAT OUT!!! I never would've found it if it weren't for you! *hug*

[christamoncrief]

Cat: Hello! Hello! Hello! Hello! xD

[MangaGray14thMan]

Your cat reminds me of my cat... Good times... good times... not... XD Any way... thanks for the tutorial!!!

[YoshiFan2010]

How'd you get your utau to sing? Mine won't sing when I put in notes O_o

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 There are actually several reasons that will happen. First, your operating system NEEDS to be set to Japanese. I know how to set it to Japanese if you're using XP, and I know a video that shows how to do it if you're using Vista. Secondly, you need to make sure that you're using the same characters in the notes that you used in the file names. If you want to use a hiragana UST with a romaji UTAU, you can add aliases.

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe I pretty much have everything esceot for the operating system in japenese...

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 For UTAU to work properly, you have to set your locale to Japanese.

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe I know that, but I don't know how to do it! What's locale (im sorry im so stupid >_>)

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 What's your operating system? Mine is XP. I know a video that explains how to do it for Vista.

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe I have vista

[DejikoHigurashi]

@YoshiFan2010 You can reach the locale settings by going to Control Panel>Clock, Language, and Region>Region and Language>Administrative>Change system locale. For both in Windows Vista and Windows 7, you have to be an administrator to change these settings. Warning for you: your system paths will have yen signs instead of back slashes, and any non-unicode programs will be in Japanese. Windows will not be totally in Japanese if you do this, but be warned that Microsoft IME will be in Japanese.

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe I did that... how do I out in voices? I gut teto and she has all these files and I don't know which one to put in or even how to out it in -_-"

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 ... uh. Alright, to import your bank for the first time, go to (T), then (O) (tool, option, I think.)

Click the second tab on the top of the window that pops up.

Press the button next to the long white blank at the bottom of the window that had popped up and you pressed the second tab in.

Alright, to import your bank for the first time, go to (T), then (O) (tool, option, I think.)

Click the second tab on the top of the window that pops up.

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010

Press the button next to the long white blank at the bottom of the window that had popped up and you pressed the second tab in.

Find the folder your bank is in. Open the folder and click any of the samples. press "open" (may be okay), then press the first button next to the short blank on top of the long blank. Your bank will be imported! (yay)

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 After that, just open a UST file with hiragana characters and press CTRL + A. Then press the triangular play button up next to the lyrics box. She should sing.

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe What UST file??

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 utaulibrary (dot) blogspot (dot) com has quite a few good USTs. Download a YuraHonyaP UST. Unzip it. Click (or double click) on any of the files ending in .ust, and UTAU will open it. Then, you'll be prompted to change the singer. There will be a drop down box on the screen that will pop up. If there's anything red on that screen, you'll have to change it to fix it. The singer, change to Teto. Check the box under the long white blank if it has red font in it.

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe what do I do if the ust's are all RARs? I can't unzip it, do I need another program?

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 I use WinRar. You do need another program to unzip RARs.

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe Oh n ever mind I got it to work now, but it's still not singing... I don't know what else to do now

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe Ok, I loaded the ust, but when I click ok it says "invalid voice setting" i clicked the box but it still says the same thing

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 Are you sure you set your locale to Japanese, then downloaded UTAU again and reinstalled after redownloading while using a Japanese locale?

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe SO I have to redownload utau

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 Yep. Better do that.

[YoshiFan2010]

@annamaeblythe It works now! Thank you so much!!!

[annamaeblythe]

@YoshiFan2010 WOOHOO!

[DarkChiiTheme]

aawwwh.... Ur cat sounds sooo cuuuuteeee <33

[mewmewgold]

heh ur cat sounds like it sayin "Hello?"

[MochaCat123]

OMG BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS IS MY FAV SONG OF GREEN DAYYYY!!!! U AWESOME!

[mrelisamuel]

Can someone help me here!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!?! Can you make a an utauloid sing screamo or growl

[uploader109]

You sound a lot like Nevel Papperman. XD

[WasabixSushii]

@uploader109 x'DD

[DatFangs]

@Kittycatnya12367 If you still need to know, I had the same problem. Instead of importing the midi, click Append and change the type of files showing to All Files and click your midi. That worked for me.

[dragonwind15]

MEOW XD

[Icarley999]

i can hear that cat...... :3

[smkhp13]

I got my UTAU to sing a full song and I have the instrumental for the background....but I'm not sure how to export /lyrics/ from UST to combine the two files to be able to listen to the song on iTunes or to post it on YouTube... help? ;A;

[annamaeblythe]

@smkhp13 (P), then (G). Once the WAV is exported, you can import it and the backing music into REAPER and mix them. OnlySoaa and I both have nice tutorials on how to use REAPER posted on our channels.