#utau help

Most UTAUs should already work with Openutau given the phonemizers and ability to choose encoding on install...on second thought I'm not sure if CV works in there so try a vcv or another supported language. I know Magpie was optimized for Openutau and uses the voice color feature but I don't know of any specific place to find voicebanks made like that.

Both test have identical tuning but the first one I didn’t vocal shift the second I tried to achieve the effect of it.

I changed the g flag lower or higher depending on how stressed the note was. 

Unstressed notes: higher. 

Stressed notes: lower. 

By “stressed I mean more emphasis, not length. A long note with too much g flag would sound weird

I feel like it could be better but the subtle difference dose changed the tone the singing.

Hello everyone! I’ve wanted more resource/tutorial posts on here for a while, and this is one of the most common problems I see among new UTAU users! Unfortunately, there are dozens of reasons why UTAU might not be making sound on your device. Note that everything I’m saying applies to UTAU for PC and not necessarily UTAU-Synth for Mac. I don’t own a Mac, so I don’t have much advice there. Here is a basic checklist/set of tips to get UTAU to work.

Installing UTAU

If you’re on Windows, installing UTAU in the Documents folder (or somewhere else) is better than installing it in Program Files. Installing it in Program Files is known to cause issues like lacking sound.

Setting your locale to Japanese

There isn’t really any way around it-on non-Japanese systems, not having Japanese locale installed will cause issues with using UTAU. That goes double for downloading any fan created voicebanks. Here is a basic tutorial for changing locale on Windows. 

Many people don’t want to change locale because they think it will change the language of everything on their computer. That isn’t true! Changing locale and changing interface language are two different things. What locale actually does in the context of UTAU is give your computer the ability to understand Japanese text. It doesn’t have the ability by default on most non-Japanese computers. Unless you’re using UTAU purely for other languages like English, French, etc, changing locale is a top priority and a large reason why it might not be making sound.

Installing and selecting voicebanks

“Installing” UTAU voicebanks incorrectly is another big reason for there not being sound. Voicebanks should be one folder deep inside the “Voice” directory/folder in order to be selected-not in a subfolder.

For multipitch voicebanks, make sure to select the main folder and not one of the subfolders.

Here is a properly installed UTAU voicebank. The icon is in the top left, and the name of the voicebank is in the Project Property menu. Clicking the three dots button next to the white bar that says “voice/(vb name)” will let you manually select a folder to use, but it takes less time to just place the voicebank in the directory.

Pre-made USTs

Pre-made USTs are a common source of sound not working right. Make sure the UST and the voicebank are in the same format. If the UST is in romaji, convert it to hiragana. If a UST is CV, convert it to VCV format and it should work. Iroiro is a plugin that can do both of those things. Some timing issues might still be present, but it will at least make sound.

Converting USTs takes more time by hand, but here are some Japanese voicebank types and how they usually look. Remember that other languages follow different rules!

CV

VCV

CVVC

Resamplers

Resamplers are what gets UTAU from a bunch of recorded samples to a synthesized result. Some UTAUs don’t work with certain resamplers. Going to Project(in the top bar)->Project Property->Clicking “Initialize tools” should reset the resampler to its default state. If you still don’t get any sound coming from UTAU after this, the problem is probably something else.

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