iviachupichuWeina doesn't disappoint. As usual, this was tuned by manually breaking up notes for pitch bends then running auto pitch. I hardly made adjustments to the tuning this time but I did have to fix a lot of the pronunciation (this is why I dislike doing English songs xD).
Proper use of AI Retakes on Timbre makes a huge difference so I'll have to add that to the end of my tuning process for any non-lazy cover. The last trick here was using Saki's auto pitch and turning HDVM Timbre expressiveness up for the ending to make it sound more ephemeral.
I originally had her Powerful vocal mode pumped up higher to really belt out the chorus but it made her voice sound too different from the verses, thus making her reflection someone she didn't know. =(
【Weina】 Reflection (from Mulan) / Lea Salonga 【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-11-16 | Weina doesn't disappoint. As usual, this was tuned by manually breaking up notes for pitch bends then running auto pitch. I hardly made adjustments to the tuning this time but I did have to fix a lot of the pronunciation (this is why I dislike doing English songs xD).
Proper use of AI Retakes on Timbre makes a huge difference so I'll have to add that to the end of my tuning process for any non-lazy cover. The last trick here was using Saki's auto pitch and turning HDVM Timbre expressiveness up for the ending to make it sound more ephemeral.
I originally had her Powerful vocal mode pumped up higher to really belt out the chorus but it made her voice sound too different from the verses, thus making her reflection someone she didn't know. =(
My workflow has changed a bit with the new version but it's actually more intuitive now. I used a combination of auto pitch from different banks, mostly Feng Yi (verses) and Cong Zheng (chorus) with some Weina and Stardust, combined with AI Retakes and some manual drawing. All notes are set to "Sing" pitch mode at the start. Swap to the voice bank whose auto pitch you want to use, do AI Retakes to taste, set the pitch mode to "Manual" to lock the pitch curves, swap back to the correct voice bank, then make manual adjustments as needed. You can do this on a note-by-note basis and easily go backwards by setting the note back to "Sing" then resetting the pitch (or just undo, usually). The only tricky part is mentally isolating the voice from the pitch when using AI Retakes with a different voice bank. You can technically lock the notes and switch back each time but that would take way too long. I didn't use Timbre Retakes for this cover because I couldn't hear any differences in the beta version I used.
As usual, mixed audio is edited over footage from the editor.
I think Chifuyu hit her sweet spot on chorus after the bridge around 3:49. I especially like how she sounds there, particularly on "fuite", but she's a bit too soft for my tastes outside of this and the verses.
As usual, transcription, tuning, and mixing are done by me. Off vocal is an ancient copy from my high school days instead of demucs this time. Mixed audio is edited over a recording of the editor.
Bonus: Placing a "cl" (glottal stop) phoneme very low to the left of your note can produce a vocal fry for some banks like SOLARIA and Weina.
This is a really simple trick that can add lots of personality into your tuning. If you already have breaths between notes then you can jump straight into this. Note that, in many cases, it's easier to use Depth Left/Right instead. I won't generally go out of my way to add a breath/silence for this unless I want a particularly strong (usually upward) inflection.
I only noticed after recording and editing that the audio is panned slightly left, sorry! While transcribing songs, I usually pan my transcription to one side and the original vocals to other so that they're easier to distinguish. Let's just call this a little bonus tip instead of a mistake. xD【Mai】 Tsukiakari no Michishirube / Stereopony 【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-11-14 | Mai is REALLY good and she's free!
This was mainly tuned with Mai's auto pitch, filling in with Weina auto pitch where Mai went too hard (mostly the verse / prechorus). Plenty of manual pitch bends and adjustments as usual, and I also used AI Retakes for Timbre this time. Left the audio unmixed since this was more of a test than anything else.
Most of the tuning was done with the auto pitch method shown in my recent quick tip video. I used Karin's auto pitch as a baseline then replaced parts that needed more power with Mai's auto pitch, adjusting the intensity with Expressiveness and my pitch scaling script. There was still a bit of manual adjustment to refine things, of course. → youtube.com/watch?v=CPGKXkYw1GE
The other little trick here is using breaths to control the ending inflection of notes. You can also do this via Depth Right or drawing pitch curves but it's much easier to drag a breath (or "sil", silence) note up/down instead. You'll see this used throughout the cover to bend upwards. If the breath leads into another note then I might split it up and drag the second part down to control the start of the next note as well.
Mixing: EQ, Compression, Reverb, Delay (the mixed audio was edited over the recording of the Synth V editor)Synthesizer V Quick Tip - Auto Pitch with Different Voice Banksiviachupichu2022-11-12 | Song: Tsukiakari no Michishirube / Stereopony
This method is an alternative to Instant Mode. Auto Pitch is tuned differently for each voice bank, so this becomes more flexible the more voice banks you have. You'll need Pro in order to make full use of this, but it'll still work to some degree with Basic + Lite banks.
You'll probably want to keep Pitch Correction unchecked, as this is (non-intuitively) the default behavior.
Auto Pitch Cheat Sheet Dreamtonics: Mai (powerful/rock), Weina (powerful/soul), Qing Su (melodic w/ a little power), Feng Yi (melodic), Saki (tender/emotional) TOKYO6: Chifuyu (soft), Rikka (clear), Karin (balanced)
Auto pitch for the voice banks above are all pretty decent but my top picks (as of 1.8b) would be Mai, Weina, Feng Yi, and Rikka. Mai and Weina have a lot of punch but might over-sing. Feng Yi is beautiful for filling in melodic parts, or you can use Rikka for a crisper rendition. Saki produces "fragile"-sounding tuning which is nice for emotional sections. Qing Su is similar to Feng Yi with a bit more power. Karin is similar to Rikka with a bit sharper notes. Chifuyu produces pretty much what you'd expect from a whisper voice.
I haven't really had positive experiences with Stardust/Seika auto pitch yet so I can't say much about those.
Synth V Guides: youtube.com/watch?v=wSW6FiyzhxI&list=PLAP46kYZwJ3J3Cj5k6Qj91D0Z3CiiZ3Ks【Qing Su】Tian Hei Hei / Stefanie Sun【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-06-08 | I love the melody of this song. I've been trying to put a more personal spin on my covers lately so I changed up the second chorus a little. Went extra light on the mixing this time around since the "unplugged" sounding vocals sounded better on my speakers.
(the mixed audio was edited over the recording of the Synth V editor I made a few edits to the tuning but my computer refuses to record this smoothly again so I used the older recording...)【Koharu Rikka AI】 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / QUEENDOM 【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-06-01 | This is simultaneously the easiest and hardest song I've covered. 99% of my time was spent on the rap...
(the mixed audio was edited over the recording of the Synth V editor)【Saki AI】 Sweet Home / Mimori Suzuko 【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-05-30 | It was a complete coincidence that I was working on a cover of my favorite Mimorin song when she announced her first child will be born in August. This is a sweet song about family and always having a home to return to. Congratulations and all the best wishes to Mimorin, Okada, and their new child!
(the mixed audio was edited over the recording of the Synth V editor)【Kyomachi Seika AI Lite】 Moshimo Unmei no Hito ga Iru no Nara / Nishino Kana 【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-05-26 | Kyomachi Seika's voice might be my favorite of the Japanese character voice banks for Synth V. Haven't gotten around to buying her yet but she definitely feels versatile enough to use for a variety of genres.
(the mixed audio was edited over the recording of the Synth V editor)【Saki AI & Qing Su】 Daydream Believer / The Monkees【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-04-27 | Accidentally gave Saki a slight twang while trying to differentiate her from Qing Su but I just rolled with it. Doubled down on Qing Su's soft and sweet tone by bending upward instead of downward. SOLARIA Lite and Koharu Rikka AI cameo since I didn't want to keep repeating the chorus. xD
Similar to the previous cover, I combined rising Tension and the Power vocal mode to ramp up the vocals through the song. The three choruses actually have identical tuning and the only difference is the voice settings. I stuck close to the original vocals since this is my first time using Qing Su and I'm still getting familiar with her.
This cover uses the new "Instant Mode" added in Synth V 1.6 which applies auto pitch to every note. Auto pitch can get pretty sloppy so this isn't a very precise method, but it can definitely save a lot of time.
I have a short video on the workflow used here: youtube.com/watch?v=wSW6FiyzhxI (instant mode is equivalent to selecting every note and applying normal auto pitch)
I think Instant Mode is great for getting semi-realistic tuning quickly, especially when paired with bends on the notes themselves. However, it does have a tendency to go full stupid so you'll want to manually fine tune afterwards for more polished results.
Addendum: Certain voice banks like Weina will automatically insert very nice pitch bends with their Auto Pitch, so you may want to try running Auto Pitch before (and after) doing manual bends to see which sounds better.
I like to think of realistic pitch tuning as adding imperfections and personality into your robotic singer. You want to see more ups and downs in your pitch curves, even (especially?) on repeated notes.
1) add breaths! humans breathe. this varies by song, as breaths are edited out in some genres 2) split notes and bend upward into notes + roll into other notes. try to stay in the same key. humans don't hit notes perfectly every time 3) auto pitch (or manually draw pitch curves if you prefer) 4) reset/adjust pitch wherever auto pitch messes up
I suggest playing with all the sliders in the voice settings and getting the voice sounding as nice as possible before doing your pitch tuning. Pitch bends are largely intuition + trial and error. Just keep splitting notes in different places and bend up/down until you like how it sounds.
A fairly reliable workflow for auto pitch is: auto pitch → auto pitch (customized) on bad notes → reset pitch + adjust pitch properties on bad notes → manually draw pitch curves on bad notes
You'll rarely *need* to draw pitch curves if you're bending notes and fine-tuning your settings beforehand.【Saki AI】[Re] termination / RONDO【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-01-15 | Official MV: youtube.com/watch?v=YvMs0lCKYIs
Figured Saki would be a nice fit for RONDO songs even if she won't be nearly as expressive as Rihonyan. I made heavier use of pitch bends and tone shifting this time around. Also did more proper mixing on the vocals (EQ, compression, reverb, delay) for the first time so hopefully it fits in with the music a bit better.
Transcription, tuning, and mixing by me. Instrumental created from the MV version using demucs. SVP: drive.google.com/file/d/1KnBuitgs3jH3Q4zfzb5qtxvK6B_NCcdb/view?usp=sharing【Koharu Rikka AI】Yes! BanG_Dream! / Happy Around! (PoppinParty Cover)【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-01-12 | This was the only way I could cover hapiara and popipa at the same time.
Main Vocals: Koharu Rikka AI + Koharu Rikka AI (English cross-lingual) Backup Vocals: Saki AI + Saki AI (English cross-lingual)
Transcription and tuning by me. Instrumental created from the game version using demucs.
SVP: drive.google.com/file/d/1m6JVVJ60fk7f5w3ZBWKUpH9dik5UZnUZ/view?usp=sharing【Koharu Rikka AI Lite】Panoramarium (Game Ver.) / Happy Around!【Synth V Cover】iviachupichu2022-01-06 | Picked up Synth V a couple days ago and it's great! I can't compare with other vocal synthesizers since this is my first one but Synth V is super responsive and easy to use.
Main Vocals = Koharu Rikka AI Lite Harmony = Saki AI Lite
Instrumental was created using spleeter on the D4DJ Groovy Mix version of the song. Song transcription and tuning were done by me. Lyrics were transcribed by this user: twitter.com/s5k___hpar/status/1417830377041719299
Nishio Yuka and Shindo Amane in their first competitive HiBiKi StYle! Oyunesu a portmanteau of their nicknames, and OyuneStYle refers to their HiBiKi StYle videos!
Huge thanks to @Ghostavich, blub, Diy, iv, and @EiEn Subs for their assistance! Please feel free to give feedback/corrections in the comments! =)
Nishio Yuka and Shindo Amane play giant Jenga, and whoever knocks it over is in for a shock! Oyunesu a portmanteau of their nicknames, and OyuneStYle refers to their HiBiKi StYle videos!
Huge thanks to @Ghostavich, Diy, and blub for their assistance! Please feel free to give feedback/corrections in the comments! =)
[Introduction] Nice to meet you! I will be working under HiBiKi from this point on! My name is Nishio Yuka!
I'd like to become an entertaining box of surprises for everyone! Thank you!!
Twitter Bio: [HiBiKi-affiliated] Rookie seiyuu. I love plays, singing, game centers, and horse racing! Calmly and energetically brimming with curiosity. I'm currently DJing. I can play the violin. My motto is "for now YES". (Former Name:HARUCA)
About Oyu (Nishio Yuuka): https://iviachupichu.home.blog/nishio-yuka
#D4DJ #HapiAra #Morfonica #HiBiKi #HiBiKiStYle #NishioYuuka #NishioYuka #Oyu #西尾夕香 #おゆ[Eng Sub] Kudoharus Confessioniviachupichu2019-05-19 | A silly little skit posted on Twitter by Kudoharu! The tweets are translated below. Seiyuu: Aiba Aina (Left), Kudou Haruka (Right)
Kudou Haruka: This weekend is the Poppin’Party×SILENT SIREN Band Battle Live "NO GIRL NO CRY"!!
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[Eng Sub] (Nishio Yuka) Oyus Guide to Avoiding Event FOMOiviachupichu2019-05-17 | These are words to live by. Remember, there's only one 1st Live! (and only one 2nd Live, and only one 3rd Live...)
Thanks to Ghostavich for quality checking!
About Oyu (Nishio Yuka): https://iviachupichu.home.blog/nishio-yuka/
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[Eng Sub] Yukki and Chunchuniviachupichu2019-03-17 | A random video promoting Nakashima Yuki's upcoming photobook!
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[Eng Sub] Tono Hikaru Late Birthday Tweet ft. Tsumugi Risaiviachupichu2019-03-15 | Tono Hikaru ft. Tsumugi Risa (CHU²): This birthday happiness tweet isn't on time at all! It's late but I want everyone to hear this so I wonder if it's fine to tweet it [now](´๑•_•๑)
Anyway, I met this girl at work on my birthday! Thanks for suddenly singing to me! It was the same last year too...lol
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[2019.02.22] RAISE A SUILEN - EXPOSE Burn out!!! from 7th Live (Genesis)iviachupichu2019-02-22 | For this song, Tsumu asked if we all have smartphones and then TOLD US TO TAKE THEM OUT. She said to get our cameras ready, because we are allowed to record and post just only song on social media!
Poor quality because I wasn't looking at the screen except to make sure I wasn't recording the ceiling or such.
#RAS #バンドリ #ガルパ #バンドリ7th #バンドリ7thライブ #チームRAS #チームバンドリ #RAS武道館[Eng Sub] Aimis Room with Roseliaiviachupichu2019-01-23 | *At 0:26 Aimi says "It's Tayan", which is the nickname Aimi and KDHR use for each other. It comes from "-chan" being cutely changed into "-tyan", which then turned into "tayan". Thank you to Valis Kanzen for this correction, and blubsubs for the explanation! =)
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[Eng Sub] Keiou Eru (CV.Kurachi Reo) Sorenori Keiba TV Clip [2019.01.12]iviachupichu2019-01-13 | Keiou Eru, voiced by Kurachi Reo, appears in the latest "Sorenari Keiba TV"! She is a mascot spawned from the horse-racing fansite, Keibado Online. I subbed a short segment! There were too many horse-racing terms! 😱
For those who understand Japanese, Reo also hosts a web radio show for this site! Be sure to tune in for it. ^^
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[Eng Sub] Aiai Meets Blue (feat. Yukki/Kudoharu)iviachupichu2019-01-11 | Aiba Aina: Isn't this way too cute...?😳❤️ I thought it was Blue!! Was I wrong?🤔 #JurassicPark #UniversalStudios #TsubuAi
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[Eng Sub] Aiai, Yukki, and Kudoharu Enrolled in Hogwarts!iviachupichu2019-01-10 | Kudou Haruka: We enrolled in Hogwarts!
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[Eng Sub] Aiba Aina 160k Twitter Followers Videoiviachupichu2019-01-10 | Aiba Aina (Yukina): To all my followers ♡ Thank you for your constant support 😌💕 #TsubuAi
Bandori Seiyuu Content Masterlist: tinyurl.com/bandoriseiyuu[Eng Sub] Nishimoto Rimi playing the euphonium!iviachupichu2019-01-10 | Rimirin's hustle is amazing. She shoots/edits her own YouTube videos, plus she tweeted commentary for over 24hrs straight during Bandori TV! Thanks to blub for quality checking!
Please do check out the original video. ^^ ~ youtube.com/watch?v=vFp8k-EbeUY Her chaotic (family home) room showcase! 1:54 - Arranging her plushie army 4:11 - Closet showcase 5:05 - Euphonium, 1st time since middle school 6:26 - Cosplay showcase 7:22 - Self-Made Cardcaptor Sakura cosplay