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**Vocal synthesis**: What UTAU and VOCALOID does; the act of creating a musical instrument from a real voice. By taking samples of a real voice and programming them a certain way, we can “make a computer program sing.” | **Vocal synthesis**: What UTAU and VOCALOID does; the act of creating a musical instrument from a real voice. By taking samples of a real voice and programming them a certain way, we can “make a computer program sing.” | ||
- | **voicebank:** The folder of .WAV or .aaif files containing the recordings of the UTAUloid. Usually paired with an avatar/character of some kind. Often shortened to just “Bank.” | + | **Voicebank:** The folder of .WAV or .aaif files containing the recordings of the UTAUloid. Usually paired with an avatar/character of some kind. Often shortened to just “Bank.” |
**.WAV:** The file format recognized within the UTAU program and used for Recording an UTAUloid. UTAU won’t read a voicebank full of .mp3 files. | **.WAV:** The file format recognized within the UTAU program and used for Recording an UTAUloid. UTAU won’t read a voicebank full of .mp3 files. | ||
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Ex. “This is my UTAUloid, I voiced her myself!” | Ex. “This is my UTAUloid, I voiced her myself!” | ||
- | **Vipperloid(s):** A Series of Popular Japanese UTAUloids originating from vip@2ch. | + | **Vipperloid(s):** A series of popular Japanese UTAU originating from vip@2ch. |
**.UST:** Utau Sequence Text Files. The file format that the UTAU program uses. Similar in style to sheet music or a MIDI file. | **.UST:** Utau Sequence Text Files. The file format that the UTAU program uses. Similar in style to sheet music or a MIDI file. | ||
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Tuning:** The practice of manually changing the pitchbends of a note to make the voicebank singing the song sing in a more pleasing way. | Tuning:** The practice of manually changing the pitchbends of a note to make the voicebank singing the song sing in a more pleasing way. | ||
- | **Constant Velocity:** A tool that changes the speed at which the Consonants of samples are played. Useful for when a bank is singing very fast or making a bank “slur” their singing. | + | **Consonant Velocity:** A tool that changes the speed at which the Consonants of samples are played. Useful for when a bank is singing very fast or making a bank “slur” their singing. |
**Resampler:** The engine used to read the WAV files in the voicebank folder to then be played in. | **Resampler:** The engine used to read the WAV files in the voicebank folder to then be played in. |