[English UTAU Tutorial!] How to Make MIDIs into Songs EASILY! (Sounds like a REAL song!) Part 1

[Funnierthan24]

Ooh ta ooh

[shizunei0akamura]

NUUU YOUR GAT DIED DX

[inyostupid]

can this program import mp3?

[MewYuki23]

@inyostupid No.

[TwilightsSerenity]

@BratzIsCool90

Please tell me when you right "he" your pronouncing it like "HEE"?

[BurningMoonoftheSky]

You know you have to find the vocals... it just says staff-1, staff-2 on mine, help? Please? I'll love you forever :)

[annamaeblythe]

@BurningMoonoftheSky What I would do is open the MIDI in REAPER and find the track with the vocals and export it by itself. Or you can just import all the staffs and see which one is right.

[MrLilanator]

Thank you for making this not boring like some utau tutorials. =]

[MewMewTeshi]

NAOOOOO!!! WHEN WAS YOUR CATS FUNERAL :< :<

[TheZeldafankid555]

Your cat died. So no more Meaow? I am so sorry 4 u! D'=

[annamaeblythe]

@TheZeldafankid555 Don't worry :'D My new cat meows even more.

[anmiegodess]

YOUR A WONDERFUL SINGA :D

[annamaeblythe]

@anmiegodess Thank you :) If you ever have any questions about UTAU, don't hesitate to ask me ^^

[Totalidiocy]

I admit, I'd probably have just given up on UTAU without this vid, since I couldn't import midis /at all/ before and wouldn't know to use type 0 midis. But, since Noteworthy Composer quantizes stuff on import, I had to fix the timing of the final wavs in Reaper...syllable by syllable... I don't know how this works with full midis, but if you're making a UST from scratch and your midi only contains a vocal track, I'd recommend just using Anvil Studio and going to File > Export Midi Format-0 file.

[annamaeblythe]

@Totalidiocy To be honest, I don't like making USTs from preoffered MIDIs. When I make a UST from MIDI, I made the MIDI using REAPER's MIDI function. I think that if you isolate the vocal track from a preoffered MIDI in REAPER, then export that, it wouldn't be too hard. This was made long, long before I even knew what REAPER was.

[Totalidiocy]

...eh? I'm confused right now, sorry. orz Are you saying that it's easier to find the vocal track of a downloaded midi in Reaper than in Noteworthy Composer? (Since I wouldn't know about that, sorry. I've only tried to make original songs, so I haven't downloaded any midis.) My problem wasn't with finding/isolating the vocal track, but rather with NWC screwing up the timing slightly. The only thing I used NWC for was converting from type 1 to type 0 midis.

[annamaeblythe]

@Totalidiocy NWC screws up a lot of things about a MIDI. With REAPER, you import the MIDI, you find the track you want to export (or make it), you open it in the MIDI editor and save it. The only thing that REAPER has messed up for me is the tempo, which I have to change in the UST file... by using notepad. But, that's how I make the vocal track of my original songs. Add virtual instrument that kind of sounds like vocals, compose that track, then export it as MIDI and work with in UTAU.

[sonictheunknown]

If you didn't waste so much time with all your pointless chitchat this could've been a lot shorter and more helpful. I don't care you cant pronounce "UTAU" I just wanna learn about the damn MIDI shit.

[annamaeblythe]

@sonictheunknown ww This was made two years ago when I could only name about five UTAUs. This tutorial isn't as helpful as some other guides on how to make MIDIs and stuff like that. Something I would suggest is getting REAPER and using its MIDI function. People use FruityLoops quite often, but you would have to shell out money for it or risk a nasty virus.

[bunnythezhuzhu]

ooooooooottttttaaaaaoooooo XD

[Crystal19961]

>.<I tottally didnt understand what you talked about Srry but Im kinda umm not smart like this;--;

[annamaeblythe]

@Crystal19961 This tutorial kind of pretty much... doesn't work that well. If you really want to make a UST, I would actually suggest getting REAPER.

[annamaeblythe]

@Crystal19961 A UST from a MIDI, I mean

[UtauloidAishu]

You're cat died!??!?!? High sympathy problems here!!! :(

[annamaeblythe]

@UtauloidAishu Oh, don't worry :) That was a year ago. I have a new kitty named Claudia ^^ She's the cutest kitty ever. :3 I love her very much.

[UtauloidAishu]

@annamaeblythe Phew. Most of my cats I've had have lasted only six months or less... Now I have two gorgeous cats. One I've had for 4 years and one for 1 1/2 years. :3

[annamaeblythe]

@UtauloidAishu Sophia was my first "big pet" to die so soon. I haven't had a single dog that has died in under ten years, and my mom's cat is, like, eight years old. (I've had two hamsters, a rat, and several birds that kicked the bucket XD; But the birds and my rabbit both lived abnormally long lives for birds and rabbits o 3o )

[MistressYume]

You pronounce it OOH-TA-OOH.

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No Yoo.

[Kittycatnya12367]

you pronounced the program name wrong >.> it's pronounced oo-tah-oo

[PharaohYami2]

So your unregistered version on NoteWorthy is the 30 day trail version right?

[Loviis123]

em .. e-eto .. where do I get the other programs that I need D: ? ... o-or y.yeah D:

[zwerty007]

what could've lasted for 3:00 in fact lasted over four times that!!!

[Cyospoolemon]

I'm sorry your cat died. I know you thought she was annoying with her meowing but... still..........

[annamaeblythe]

@Cyospoolemon XD; Claudia, the one who was meowing so much, didn't die. Sophia did. I got Claudia because Sophia died.

[Cyospoolemon]

@annamaeblythe oh sorry, and thats kinda funny.

I have a friend named claudia who talks alot too =P

You have abducted her cat form, give her back XD

[queenXmargritaville]

it pronounced ooo-ta-ooo ^^ pm me if you could, im trying to figure out how all this stuff works, and i cant seem to get it..

[dementedcheesepuff99]

Could someone plz tell me what a midi is?

[00ILuvCookies00]

@dementedcheesepuff99 it's an audio format

[Yasumi293]

i'm sorry, but i couldn't even finish this video because you kept going off topic. also, you didn't really seem to know how to explain what you were doing. this video isn't "clean" or "to the point" either.

it's a good idea to write out a script for instructional videos, or at least practice first. i'm not trying to be mean, but i didn't know what the heck you were doing or talking about :P

[annamaeblythe]

@Yasumi293 Do you think I care? I really don't. I just posted this to show a friend how to render the videos instead of using Hypercam.

[Yasumi293]

@annamaeblythe oh... then nevermind :P if it's for a friend i guess it doesn't matter.

and i honestly wasn't trying to be mean, i was just giving the same advice that people have given me.

[JezzyDesu]

yeah, it's oo-ta-oo. not oo-to.

[FireStarDoink]

You-ta-oo :P

[MadameAsuka]

Oo-tah-oo ... I kept getting it wrong at first aswell ; 3 ; ...

[dementedcheesepuff99]

What's a MIDI???

[clopidy]

OOOO-TOW!!!! its pronuce like that in shugo chara atleast

[RyuushiroNamieNear]

Argh

I can't understand how to make the midi usable! I downloaded 'love is war' midi, and NoteWorthy too, but when I choose save, I can only save as NWC file -__-

What am I doing wrong?

[TwilightAnimeLife]

@RyuushiroNamieNear Thats the same thing that happened to me! T-T

[JezzyDesu]

Yeah, oo-TA-oo

lol..

uuuuuuTAAAAAAAuuuuuu lol, loved that

[Anitamazakrez]

T^T as me!! waaa *crying*

[animezoe]

OOH TAHHH OOOOOOOOOH hahahahaha!!!

[dogloveproductions]

HELP ME PLEASE ! ; u ;

I download a ust/midi. What do I do next to make my own utau sing?

[AuthorKat13]

ew-tay-oo. thats how us tennesse-ans say it. xD

[HoroGirl]

yutoh?

...its utau

[sacalow]

for some reason the only thing I can save it as is a standard nwc file...

help? I don't understand at all what to do now and I'm confused.

[KuroganeLover]

I'm having the same problems. Am I doing something wrong?

[SailorUnicornMoon]

i lol'd at that uuuuuuTAAAAAuuu part XD

[Sai1Nonly]

Love the tutorial. Liked how you always kept talking, keeps me interested.

And I don't mean to sound like a jackass, though I probably am, I lol'd hard when you said your cat died out of no where.

[shippowaffle]

where can i download midi's? D:

[annamaeblythe]

You just have to look for them :) They're all over the place, and there are tons of sites that have pages of nothing but links to midis.

[annamaeblythe]

Is the voice file saved as a WAV? And did you save it in Oremo, Audacity, or the Voice Recorder that came with Windows? If not, it may be the wrong kind of WAV. I've tried converting MP3s to WAVs for UTAU, and it didn't work with the converter I used, so... yeah... You WILL have to rerecord everything if the samples are MP3s.

[OcarinaLink24]

Audacity FTW!!!!

Sorry about your cat....

[annamaeblythe]

It's okay :) She's in a better place now. Andandand... I got a new kitty a few months after she died, and she's even fluffier!! And lacks most of the health problems Sophia had.

[OcarinaLink24]

YEAY OPPTIMISM!!! ^_^

[SailorFaith]

ur utau pronunciation reminds me of Kaito saying "Haaaaageeen daaaaaaz-su"

[annamaeblythe]

I ended up being able to say it better than Kurane Zanda's voicer, though ;D And Amane Kemi. But not Tomero Chii.

[tekoerin]

This may have been asked before... (yeah, my brain never works after even 4 hours of working at that blasted grocery store) But, how do you convert something INTO midi to begin with? I was going to do a song I love from Final Fantasy, but my version of Audacity only exports .wav, .mp3, and something called "Ogg Vorbis"... What the heck is "Ogg Vorbis"?!?

[annamaeblythe]

MIDIs are basically sheet music that your computer reads. There are ways to convert WAVs into MIDIs, but they usually kinda suck. I have amazingmidi to convert wavs into MIDIs, but it doesn't really work. At all. If you have sheet music, you can make a MIDI from that on something like Anvil Studio. (never tried it.) An OGG file is a audio file that (in my experiences) is clearer than an MP3, and only slightly larger. IT's WAAAAY smaller than WAV. Hope I helped ^^

[tekoerin]

Thanks, Anna! ^-^ I was just so confused on what an OGG was... Oh, and meant to say before, but sorry about your cat. I know how it is to lose family pets.

[annamaeblythe]

No problem ^^ And thanks :3 It's all better now, though. I have a new kitty :D Her name's Claudia~

[tekoerin]

Aww! I bet she's a cutie! ^-^

[annamaeblythe]

She is :D She's a ragdoll~ But she's the cutest and fluffiest cat I've ever seen XD

[tekoerin]

^-^ I love Ragdolls! I have 2 of my own, one's an orange tabby who was more or less a "dumpster cat", aka we found him, and the other's a grey and white. I'll try to make a video of them and our dog sometime. they're adorable! Anyway, best of luck with your kitty and everything! ^-^

[annamaeblythe]

Sounds adorable :D Thanks ^^

[tekoerin]

Just add me to your subs and you'll see the video if/when i post it lol

[tekoerin]

Oh, by the way, how did you get the other voices? just curious...

[tekoerin]

Lol oops, yeah, meant to say that in the second tutorial XD

[Espeo7002]

Let me help you with pronouciation -- because it bothered me oh so much....

Hiragana= HI (said like he in english)-RA (like la but with a r, the r is light and kind of sound like a l) GA (like lady gaga) NAH

Kanji = KAH-N (a hard n sound. Kind of like saying No minus the o.... nnnnn) Ji (the i sound like the english letter e as in he, j sounds like the j in jam)

UTAU= This one you got right... but you said wrong alot... U-TAH-U... think of the U and the oo's in ooh aw... oh...) hope this helps

[annamaeblythe]

Looking back at it, the pronounciation really, really bugs me, to XD I think I've got most of the pronounciations down now :D ... But I accidently read "ou" as "oo-UUU" every. single. time. (I have so much fun reading LOKE (rouke) .-. Sooo much fun.) Thanks for trying to help :3

[xanaischemical]

Where do you get your MIDIs?

[annamaeblythe]

Google.

[xanaischemical]

Where on Google? I cant find any with vocals x__x

[annamaeblythe]

You search it and pray that a good MIDI was made. You have better luck with old songs, to be honest.

[xanaischemical]

So for Poker Face by Lady Gaga I search

"Poker Face Lady Gaga MIDI"?

[annamaeblythe]

Basically. If that gets you no results, try "MIDI Poker Face Lady Gaga" But there's already a UST being made for that one :3 Also.. I have a friend who wanted to make some UTAUs sing a song, but they only had the sheet music, so they made a MIDI out of the sheet music.

[xanaischemical]

Okay, well then...

Um...

What's a UST? /idiot

I really have no idea what I'm doing here x__x

[annamaeblythe]

UST is what UTAU uses to make UTAUs sing. You open them in UTAU and it has those blanks up there...

Yeah.

[SakineTeto05]

at first i called it Utah or utow

[annamaeblythe]

XD Amazingly, everyone who says it at my school says it right now...

 They only say it to make fun of me, though ;w;

[ShadowAssasin78]

how do you get the voice banks in the program??

[annamaeblythe]

... I forgot. Okay, so on the same tab as the OTO.ini option, you go to the bottom and there's an option with (O) in it. You mash that and a window pops up with tabs on the top. You mash the second tap and mash the button next to that long white box. You then find the voice bank and pick any sample. Then press Okay or open or whatever, and then you need to press a button above the white box. Watch my latest tutorial. It's somewhere on my channel.

[mirokufan95]

Will it work for Finale notepad?

[annamaeblythe]

It might or it might not. The reason I figure it works is because it changes the midis from channels to staffs that don't have notes on top of eachother. If it splits the midi into staves (those lines with notes on them), it should.

[IceTehHedgehog]

It's actually "Oo-Tow-Oh".

[annamaeblythe]

... Not really. ... But I'll acept Utah as a pronounciation.

[Totalidiocy]

Um, it's ACTUALLY actually "ooh-taw-ooh".

[Totalidiocy]

What, pray tell, is the difference between "taw" and "tah"? Different way of writing the same sound. Taw is simply less ambiguous. Tah could be the "ta" in "tap" or the "ta" in "tall". "Taw" could only be the "ta" in "tall". Yeah, generally, if one is writing the "a" sound as a sound effect in English, we write it as "ah". But that's because people use the word "ah" a lot. "Tah" isn't even a word.

[otamasandoicchi]

for a person with the username 'totalidiocy' you seem rather smart

[Totalidiocy]

Uh, thank you?

[annamaeblythe]

... BUT BUT BUT This isn't an English word. It's Japanese. So it's U Ta U.

[N03LXXXWASXXXH3R3]

help help help

i dont know romanji or kanji and this is so confusing to start it up

i mean

the only thing i can do is sing in romanji (dont ask its confusing) but i cant understand it at all

DX

plz plz plz respond

[annamaeblythe]

Since you have friend lock enabled (-_-;; ) I'm going to post the explaination to your profile.

[N03LXXXWASXXXH3R3]

swwy!!

imma take it off

XD

[YamiyoHayashi]

Question... if you type Japanese words with English letters (A.K.A., Romaji) will the UTAU sing in Japanese or will nothing happen?

Why am I so freaking stupid...?

By the way... poor kitty. (am referring to beginning of vid)

[annamaeblythe]

If the voicebank has been programed to recognize Romaji, then it will sing when romaji is put in. Japanese UTAUs usually don't have that feature, though. Some good romaji recognizing banks are Camila Melodia, Blythe Anaka, and Ensei Ayame.

 Don't worry. I was in your position when I started out :3

[YamiyoHayashi]

Arigato. *bows*

Well I finally got UTAU working properly and I'm messing with Defoko untilI get a microphone. I wrote my own song in NoteWorthy (sounds like CRAP) and imported the MIDI, but the background music doesn't play. And in NoteWorthy, I tried to add the lyrics to the files thingy and they got all bunched up.

Damn, I'm a moron...

So, uhm... help?

[annamaeblythe]

I'd suggest getting another voicebank. Defoko is great, but it's more fun to have a variety of singers XD The UTAU library has TONS of voicebanks posted. Background music isn't supposed to play. Only the track you imported is recognized. Also, as for lyrics in noteworthy... Hiragana doesn't work. It just turns into squiggles. I'd suggest leaving the lyrics for when you get into UTAU. To put backing music, convert the MIDI to WAV and edit them together in Audacity.

[kishigo2]

just to let you know UTAU pronounced OO-ta-OO

[annamaeblythe]

XD I know. I was doing this "UTAU PodCast" with the people who voice Zanda and Chii.. o_O I corrected their pronounciations of UTAU. Which I find weird.. XD

[oppositeopinion]

how do u get the unregistered version of noteworthy??

[annamaeblythe]

I downloaded it a long while back. It's version 1.75. I've heard of someone not being able to save before. It's a real dickens, but I can't tell you what's wrong. Did you try hitting "Save As" and looking for "Type 1 MIDI" in the drop down box? A lot of the time they don't say "Vocals." You have to play them over and over again to find the right one. Don't hold your breath for any VOCALOID MIDIs. Nico people arn't exactly keen on handing over their USTs and such to us.

[oppositeopinion]

I tried but it just has NWC on the dropdown box

[oppositeopinion]

when i try to see if it the vocals or not on every staff it just says staff

[oppositeopinion]

where can u get midi's from??

[annamaeblythe]

I just searched on Google. The best way is to have a song in mind and seach "(song title) (performer) MIDI"

[oppositeopinion]

If u find site with midi's that work could you send me a message please?

[JamaicanShinigami]

How do you add vibrato to notes?

[annamaeblythe]

I'm pretty sure you right click until you find the vibrato box, and then you move the line around XD;; I think Stumph showed how to use Autovibrato in her tutorial. I forgot how to use that XD

[JamaicanShinigami]

Thanks! 8)

I'm currently working on my voicebank right now and realized I made a huge mistake during recording so it might be a while before I start using UTAU right.

[annamaeblythe]

Don't be discouranged :) It took my friend three tries before UTAU even recognized her files. And... XD If you took a look at Anaka's old voicebank, you'd figure I had no real clue what I was doing real soon

[yokume2106]

Google 'Utau' and you should find a japanese page.

[cocopops149]

what do you call a fat chinese guy?

a chunck lol

[MOOX3XP]

ooh-taow... now ohh-toe... BAHAHAH....but thnx for the help! its really... well helpful? XD thnx xtill

[annamaeblythe]

Oh! Sorry D: There is no English version of UTAU that I'm aware of. Heck, I even forgot where /I/ got UTAU. I think your best bets would to contact SingingRobotStalker or Stumph.

[annamaeblythe]

Which English website for what?

[kirikitty22]

How do you find MIDI files?

I can't seem to track them down, or did I miss something?

[annamaeblythe]

If you want something easy like Nirvana, you just have to go to Google and type in "Nirvana (Song title) MIDI" If that doesn't bring up any results, you may need to just give up. Speaking of Nirvana, I actually found a freakin' huge zip of MIDIs of their songs XD It's pretty cool :3

[kirikitty22]

k, thx ^^

[PichiKey]

.....-coughs- hell yes, nirvana

[annamaeblythe]

XD I have made a bunch of UTAUs sing Rape Me... Which was my first UST where I actually put effort into making the lyrics sound somewhat close XD

 But I have thought a lot about making more Nirvana songs... XD I like Nirvana.

[CupcakeTom]

Wait, do you need a MIDI file with just vocals? ._.

[annamaeblythe]

No. You just need a MIDI with a Melody part. Preferably a vocal part, though.

[shahiirosan]

hey, it's pronounced utau not u-ta-u

angry asian here

it is not u-taw anyway..........

my utau next year released. i cant wait for donka fjord to come out

her voice sounds more adult-like this person video

[annamaeblythe]

Yay :D I just did it because I needed something to keep me awake >.>