openutau cover of -ERROR by niki with J-Deer by @pocket-deer-tunes
this one was interesting; i've only used CVVC vbs so far, and this one is CV, so i needed some new techniques to try and blend sounds more naturally. i think i did an okay job!
didn't notice some weird spots until i already had it ~95% done in the DAW, so i have decided to just leave them in there instead of redoing the splits--i think doing more of these rather than doing really super perfectly tuned ones is probably better in the long run.
THIS IS HANDS DOWN THE ABSOLUTE BEST COVER I HAVE EVER MADE HOLY FU—
@miodiodavinci DID YOU KNOW?? DID YOU KNOW?? THAT YOUR SON CAN RAP?? YOUR SON SALVADOR CAN FUCKING RAP AND IT SOUNDS SO GOOD??
In spite of all the "Salvador is a wet cat"-type posts lately, I come bearing the spoils of war: Salvador being cool as all hell.
Also, spoilers for the Gimme×Gimme USTX that I've been working on! Because all of the Gimme×Gimme workfiles have disappeared off of the internet so I literally made my own with help from my friend _quacc.
A specialized Teto Voice bank has been released for OpenUTAU! According to the website, it has all her old japanese banks bundled into one download and settings to work with OpenUTAU's voice colors system. Some of the samples also have removed background noise.
Honestly I know so many people who like. Know about Vocaloid, maybe other synths too, enjoy it, but feel distanced from it because they can't really put their hands in it. That was me for many years.
If you like some vocal synth voices, if you think it'd be fun for a vocal synth voice to say this and sing that, remember that there are many ways to use vocal synths for free.
You could make your own covers, or you could just. Make them say the one funny sentence and go "hehee"
UTAU is a free program that allows for anyone to create their own vocal synth, and for anyone to use these vocal synths, (or UTAUs) granted they have the download link. There are a few famous UTAUs like Kasane Teto or Namine Ritsu, but you could also fall in love with a lesser known UTAU created by some rando! In case you don't enjoy using UTAU, the program, there are front-ends for it such as OpenUtau that are easier to use with some more functions. There are UTAUs in many different languages.
Synthesizer V Basic is the free version of Synthesizer V. It's completely useable on its own, with some limitations such as having only three tracks at a time (which is completely manageable) and not being able to use paid voicebanks to their full potential (which won't impact you if you only use the free voicebanks). As of right now, being that I'm missing just a few Standard Lites, I have 22 Lite (aka free) voicebanks, + 3 Free Limited Trial voicebanks on SynthV. This includes some voicebanks you may be familiar with, such as Kasane Teto SV, Eleanor Forte, Eleanor Forte AI, SOLARIA, Haruno Sora...
Synthesizer V Editor (also known as R1) is an old version of Synthesizer V with a free trial that you can use forever. It has a few free voicebanks, iirc being Yamine Renri, GENBU and Eleanor Forte. If you like GENBU, you might be interested in testing his R1 voicebank, since his Lite on SynthV Basic has some imperfections. (sob)
DeepVocal is another free program similar to UTAU. It has its own voicebanks and its own appearance. It's not currently being developed but you can continue to download and use all its free voicebanks!
NEUTRINO is a lesser known AI program which is, at the moment, completely free. It's a little tricky to use, and is not compatible with... well, my PC for example, but if you listen to it and like its voices, it's worth looking into - it may work for you!
VoiSona is another current program that can be downloaded for free with a free voicebank, being Chis-A! If you like Chis-A... she's free!
I'm less familiar with ACE Studio because I don't. personally like it. but it comes with a free trial - another option to look into!
I think you can also get you a free trial for VOCALOID6 with its native voicebanks. If you're into text-to-speech programs, VOICEVOX is an option if you know Japanese! (It supports some recognisable voicebank such as GENBU-as-just-a-guy, Namine Ritsu, Shikoku Metan who is also on UTAU and NEUTRINO... etc.)
Thanks to her new SynthV voicebank, there's even talk of Gumi Megpoid having a Lite (aka free) voicebank in the future. If you want to get into vocal synth, if you just want to test it out, you can do it right now for free. I'm sure I forgot some examples. People often talk about their paid voicebanks collections, about buying the newest release, but you can do so much for free. Like just get Chis-A. What's stopping you? Some SynthV Lite voicebanks are really high quality, like Kyomachi Seika AI, to me, is barely distinguishable from her full version. Sorry to keep rambling, but I think the "wow! you can make a neocities website for free??!" site needs to know you can also make a vocal synth cover for free. You can make your own songs featuring a vocal synth for free (not commercially) too.