Alter/Ego is a brand-new, free singing synthesis program brought to you by the creators of Chipspeech. Like Chipspeech, it's a plugin you can use right in your DAW of choice. Unlike Chipspeech, the voices it hosts are completely modern - Daisy being the first.
Daisy, voiced by Vocaloid producer Crusher-P, can be used in both Alter/Ego and Chipspeech.
Music & Lyrics: Pianobench (RorunaK) Vocal editing: Giraffey & Crusher-P Art : Crusher-P Video: Giraffey Alter/Ego & Chipspeech: Plogue Arte et Technologie, Inc
- A message from Giraffey -
I had a lot of fun editing the vocals and making the video for this song. It's such a well made song, Piano really outdid himself! Thanks for letting me help, my favorite bench, and I can't wait for Daisy's release!
- A message from Piano -
I was honored to be able to beta test Daisy! A/E and Chipspeech are ridiculously fun for me to use, and I hope everyone will love using Daisy as much as I do when she releases. Thank you so much to everyone at Plogue for giving us such a wonderful opportunity, and a world of hugs to my favorite giraffe for making such an amazing video!
【Alter/Ego Demo】 Little Ripper Boy 【Daisy】RorunaK2015-09-02 | - What is Alter/Ego? -
Alter/Ego is a brand-new, free singing synthesis program brought to you by the creators of Chipspeech. Like Chipspeech, it's a plugin you can use right in your DAW of choice. Unlike Chipspeech, the voices it hosts are completely modern - Daisy being the first.
Daisy, voiced by Vocaloid producer Crusher-P, can be used in both Alter/Ego and Chipspeech.
Music & Lyrics: Pianobench (RorunaK) Vocal editing: Giraffey & Crusher-P Art : Crusher-P Video: Giraffey Alter/Ego & Chipspeech: Plogue Arte et Technologie, Inc
- A message from Giraffey -
I had a lot of fun editing the vocals and making the video for this song. It's such a well made song, Piano really outdid himself! Thanks for letting me help, my favorite bench, and I can't wait for Daisy's release!
- A message from Piano -
I was honored to be able to beta test Daisy! A/E and Chipspeech are ridiculously fun for me to use, and I hope everyone will love using Daisy as much as I do when she releases. Thank you so much to everyone at Plogue for giving us such a wonderful opportunity, and a world of hugs to my favorite giraffe for making such an amazing video!
The title is yoinked from a Japanese horror movie (Guinea Pig: Android of Notre Dame), the plot of which has absolutely nothing to do with this song. I just thought the phrase was neat. Rather, the song is heavily inspired by a DIFFERENT set of of J-horror movies. Those being Futsu Saizu no Kaijin (as shown in the music video), and its much more well-known remake, Tetsuo: The Iron Man. I've been rediscovering my love of cybergoth and industrial sounds lately, and I'm excited to branch out and have fun experimenting with my music again. c:
SC upload: soundcloud.com/pianobench/alterego-original-android-of-notre-dame-bones【Vocaloid Original】Ganelon - Avanna【+VSQx】RorunaK2019-01-22 | And thither came Count Ganelon, the traitor and the thief. Forthwith he 'gan a-talking in his wicked treachery. "God's blessing be upon thee," unto the King said he. - Verse LV, 'The Song of Roland, translated into English verse by Leonard Bacon.'
...I'm baaaack.【Vocaloid Original】Fools Mate - Avanna【+VSQx】RorunaK2017-01-10 | A thousand years isn't long enough to forget all the mistakes you've made, but it's just long enough to forget the faces of those you've loved.
After being missing in action for just over a year due to life hitting me like a sack of bricks, I finally return with a new song! Well, "new." This song is OLD. I started writing it in 2015, and the music project for it was created at the beginning of January last year. The instrumental was finished in early 2016, but I just never finished the vocals. I didn't think it deserved to rot away on my hard drive forever, so I finished up the VSQx and mixed it over the last few days. Anyway, this is just the first song of the year. I have dozens of songs I'm planning to finish, so expect more soon!
In chess, the Fool's Mate is a strategy to get yourself checkmated in just two moves. I learned that this was a thing when I did it in a game against my teacher. (I'm very, very bad at chess.)
Thanks to all of you wonderful Canadians for not only giving us amazing music products, but being kind, thoughtful, and all-around awesome people. Chipspeech and Alter/Ego made my year a whole lot better. Have a song with VOSIM to celebrate.
This song was originally supposed to be sung by Otto, and have lyrics. But, on a whim I tried using VOSIM as a synth, and it just worked SO much better.
If you are willing to take it, the world will be yours.
Turn on CC for English subtitles!
This song has actually been uploaded on Soundcloud for ages, so I decided it was time to upload it here. Not much to say about this song - it's about desert sky pirates. "Nama Demissum" is a type of purple desert flower, but in this case, it's also the name of Hey and Hakupo's airship.
I hope you enjoy - feedback is always appreciated!
Pretty much everything I want to say is in the video - I really appreciate every single person who's supported me or been friendly to me in the last year. You all are amazing - here's to a great 2015, what do you say? c;
The song is from the protagonist's point of view. Clowderverse fans might notice that there are a few tiny canon inconsistencies in the lyrics - I was trying to avoid spoilers. c;
The lovely art in this video is done by Rinshuu (first picture) and Underdog 777 (second picture). Thank you guys SO MUCH for volunteering your fabulous art, they're adorable and they couldn't fit the song more perfectly.
I'm uploading it on my own channel for consistency's sake. c:
I'm sorry for the absolutely horrible Spanish in the lyrics - I don't speak the language at all, so my skills are no better than Google Translate. Thus, I put the *intended* English lyrics in the video, instead of the actual Spanish ones. XD
Another UTAU song in Latin and English. This song utilizes Ppoiyo's Power, Heart, and Edge banks. I hope everyone enjoys it - feedback is always appreciated!
Credits! Original song: kikuo VSQx:GMF159 Art: si_ku English lyrics: Adagio (with a few modifications from me for smoothness/correcting improper english/etc - you should be able to hear them fine)【UTAU Release】Rotten Heresy and Chocolate - Ivis【腐れ外道とチョコレゐト】RorunaK2014-06-16 | Download Ivis's voicebank: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ffzux2cdc6fcasr/Ivis.zip
EDIT: Although I didn't put it in her readme file, I STRONGLY recommend using her with tn_fnds or EFB-GT, or mode4 if for some reason you can't use those.
Introducing my new UTAU! She has a deliberately soft and cutesy voice (that was PAINFUL to record), and is a CV bank.
Thank you so much to Machine for drawing her concept art!
(also this song was hell to mix sobs)
Credits! Original song: Pinocchio UST: nmasao1 (tuning and harmony USTs by me) Ivis art: Machine【UTAU Original】Opheli/a - Ruko Yokune ♂ Kire【+UST】 (【UTAUオリジナル】オフィーリ/ア - 欲音ルコ♂キレ)RorunaK2014-06-13 | This took a lot of effort out of me, and I really hope it paid off! Ruko's new bank is just so amazing, I had to give him his own song.
The lyrics are in both English and Latin, but the UST is made for Ruko, so it's meant to be used by Japanese banks.
*Typo - "tenabaris" at 3:45 should be "tenebaris."
(Translation of the latin parts, if you're interested: docs.google.com/document/d/1GLdOAMCDxnz31CZtytyaVjcerYRR5mr09qT4Ye7ekd0/edit?usp=sharing )【Vocaloid Original】Good Night and Sweet Dreams - Avanna 【+VSQx】RorunaK2014-06-04 | I wanted to do a sort of lullaby for a long time, and Avanna seemed like a good choice for this song once I had it written. Luckily, Giraffe was as always willing to help me by tuning a Vocaloid I don't own. ; D
I know the song is very simple, but I like to think there's beauty in simplicity, and I let the lyrics do the talking in this song.
Giraffe made an amazing Japanese cover of this song with Maika, go check it out! youtube.com/watch?v=hXapGDXC0fI【UTAU Original】Mary Annette - Rylan Mercier【+UST】RorunaK2014-06-04 | My newest song is sung by the lovely UTAU Rylan Mercier (who belongs to the equally lovely Machine, and whose VB you can download here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/57jeewzeesa58ik/Rylan+Mercier.zip ), featuring a deafening cameo by Elky's Whisper append. I had a lot of fun making this!
[Hint: If you don't understand the title, say it out loud.]
Song: Me Art: TheSentientMachine (AKA ClearlyMachine with his new username) Special thanks to Giraffe-Kun for helping a lot with the tuning on the UST!!!【Tonio】Rain【Vocaloid Cover + VSQx】RorunaK2014-05-18 | So I realize that I haven't posted any of my work with Tonio on youtube yet! I've had him for a while, but this is technically my first finished cover with him. (Some wips can be heard on my soundcloud page.)
Anyway, this song is from Once On This Island, which is an amazing musical that everyone should go see, kay?
Credits! Original song: Stephen Flaherty VSQx: Me【UTAU Original】Broken Music Box - Hitokoe Heiri【+UST】RorunaK2014-04-15 | This song was actually posted on soundcloud almost a year ago, but I hadn't uploaded it to youtube yet. Fixing that now!
Hito is a great UTAU and she was perfect for this melody. The lyrics are in the same nonsense language that Pretty Little Dead Things is.
Kanare ta no teate teate Nuike yoha kashite kashite Marabe ta kono ku no Ashiki karanai mashite
Nemuri na hasa kaga te kaga te Roki ato ne dashite dashite Sureni wa na menarai Ita mene kashita seki na
(Teke rasena rinako masa kana Ki ta reti karashita No utaharo nai yo toki ru Ma sekashi a na tano Kiku retami nakara)
Nemure na no teate teate Mikai na kara nami de nami de Nagare ta o kitai na Ato kia namite koto ni ha
Nagare ta o kitai na Ato kia namite koto na【IA Type C】 If You Arent Here 【ここに君がいないなら】RorunaK2014-02-05 | Yeah, I dl'ed her trial and hopped on the IA covers bandwagon like everybody else. I do like her voice, but I don't think I'll be buying her new VB when it comes out...it's a lil difficult to tune, and isn't really one I'd like to use for lots of songs. I did, however, think this song fit her quite nicely.
Sorry about the missing harmonies - apparently I accidentally deleted the entire harmony part while tuning (GOOD JOB, ME), and by the time I noticed they were missing, the song was almost entirely mixed and I didn't wanna go back and tune them and add them in. Sorry. XD
Credits! Original song: Peperon-P VSQx: Kanon746 Adorabu lil IA: SentientMachine
(also yes, you do hear a vy2)【UTAU】white lily - Marie Kagekine (+UST)RorunaK2014-01-29 | When I first heard this song, the high range made me think - what would it sound like with a more operatic voice? So I thought Marie would be perfect for it. (I used her 3VCV VB.)
(The harmonies probably aren't 100% accurate - they were hard for me to hear, so I went with what sounded good, oops.)
Credits! Original song: Azura (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py4cM3gbF3w) UST: Me Art: ninci【UTAU】Alice (Chinese Version) - Dong Fang Zhi Zi 【東方梔子】RorunaK2014-01-28 | Not much to say about this cover. I absolutely adore how Zhizi sounded with this song, so I made this.
However, I did take this opportunity to tweak/improve her oto, since it's...not the best. I hope the difference is audible between this and my last cover with her.
Credits! Original song: Furukawa-P UST: http://fangmei.yu-nagi.com【UTAU】Shinkai Summit - Ruko Yokune ♂ 【心壊サミット】RorunaK2014-01-26 | Ruko's male voice is one of my favorite utau banks of all time, so I thought it was high time I gave him his own cover.
I worked a lot on this UST - tuning, adding harmonies, adding little extras here and there...I hope it paid off!
Credits! Original song: DECO*27 UST: umbrellaguns (tuning, extras, and harmonies by me) Art: I think deco himself?【UTAU+UST】See you Tomorrow (Kaai Yuki) - Betsuon Pinku Dark 【またあした】RorunaK2014-01-02 | My last two gift USTs are coming pretty far after christmas, and for that I am sorry. XD
This song has really endeared itself to me - a happy, relaxing Yuki original that's catchy and just overall really pleasant to listen to. I thought Pinku's soft bank would be perfect for it.
Credits! Original song: 想太 UST: Me【UTAU】Hikaru Monotachi (Music Box Version) - LYRIC (+UST) 【ヒカルものたち】RorunaK2013-12-27 | *Please read the info below the UST download for information about how to get the instrumental!*
My second gift UST! I gotta say, if there's one song in the world a Vocaloid or UTAU should sing, it's definitely this. Seriously, watch the original video - it's a very interesting, and actually somewhat sad, look at the loss of the "humanity" of idol singers. Have we completely blurred the line between a human singer and a synthesized voice with a dancing MMD model?
This version of the song is lovely, and fits Lyric's soft voice perfectly IMO.
Now, this is the first UST of mine where the offvocal must actually be purchased. (It's only a dollar, don't worry.) There was no official instrumental I could obtain, nor any fanmade ones, so I used Vega Orgel's music box version. You can download it on iTunes or Amazon: itunes.apple.com/us/album/music-box-collection-9226/id582200477
Credits! Original song: Mayu Watanabe (well, sung by her. If anyone knows who writes her songs please tell me!) UST: Me【UTAU】ゲラゲラと笑うな - Hitokoe Heiri (+UST)RorunaK2013-12-25 | This is the first in a series of "gift USTs" I'll be uploading in celebration of the holidays over the next few days. I chose songs based on what I felt suited the UTAU's voice, so I hope everyone likes theirs!
This is a relatively new song, but the moment I heard it I thought "Hito NEEDS to sing this."
I couldn't find romaji lyrics anywhere, so some of the lyrics might not be 100% accurate. They're as close as I could get to how the original sounded, though!
(I had to upload it there bc mediafire was being stupid and wouldn't let me upload it. To download, click "File", and then "Download", towards the bottom.)
Original song: 石風呂 UST: Me
EDIT: One thing I did forget to mention about the UST! At parts where it's like "eeh", IA said "yeah" in the original song - I changed the lyric because Hito didn't have a "ye" syllable that I could find, and then forgot to change it back. It's not a big deal but feel free to change it to "ye"!【UTAU】WAVE - 音声 マシンRorunaK2013-12-23 | I had the duty of oto'ing Machine's main UTAU, who has now finally moved out of beta and into his final bank! Consider this a demo.
This is actually only one of two banks for him that'll be released - his "sharp" bank, a more powerful and clear voice, will be released soon. Watch Machine's channel for the release of both banks!
I made this cover as soon as I finished the oto. I think I went kinda overboard with the effects, heh...I really wanted to emphasize the robotic aspect.
Credits! Original song: niki UST: sm18960297 (extras and harmonies by me) Art: niki, silhoutte by SentientMachine【MEIKO V3/Power】 Rage On! 【VOCALOIDカバー】RorunaK2013-12-21 | Haha wow can you tell I've never used a vocaloid other than VY2 in my life and I have no idea what I'm doing? 'Cause I haven't and I don't.
From my experimenting with the trial version of Meiko's power bank, she has some strengths, but a LOT of weaknesses. She has a super limited range (this song fell pretty much within it), and her upper octaves are a bit "whoa there friend you might need to slow down." She's also extremely nasally, and very muffled in the lower range.
BUT, she has a lot of potential! Sorry I'm not good enough to bring it out yet. XD
Credits! Original song: OLDCODEX Instrumental: Kamio Dakara VSQx: Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEho-XEfn4)【UTAU】Tokio Funka - Matsudappoiyo 【トキヲ・ファンカ】RorunaK2013-12-18 | I actually had most of the parts of this done a while ago, but recently sometime around 2 in the morning I picked them up and mixed them (which was the hard part), as well as tuned a lot of the melody part.
A lot of Steel's pitchbends made Ppoiyo sound ridiculously drunk (ODOREYA EVERYBODY *hic*), so I redid my own pitchbends in several places. It gives a different feel to the singing at the chorus, but hopefully it's not too out of place!
I wanted to try and add fun extra stuffs at the dubstep parts, but I'm nowhere near good enough at mixing to do that yet oops.
Credits! Original song: takamatt UST: SteelEmissary (bless u for taking on this really complicated song) Art: Tomio Kajiro【Vocaloid Original】Myopia (Pianoside) - VY2V3 (ft.Gakupo Native)RorunaK2013-11-27 | Myopia (Machineside): youtube.com/watch?v=2VLKfl_YPCs
Hoo boy where do I even start with this song. This is a collab between my precious husband (I mean friend oops) Machine and me. He did most of the work though.
I had the idea of writing a song based on a character from a story Machine wrote - specifically, a vocaloid-universe fanfic that portrayed VY2 has a very interesting and tragic character. I wrote the music, but I realized I couldn't think of lyrics - Machine went 500 miles ahead of the call of duty, and not only wrote these lovely lyrics from the character's perspective, but ALSO undertook the incredibly difficult task of making VY2 and Gakupo sing in English, tuning and everything. AND THEN made this fabulous art sobs.
The instrumental in this "pianoside" version of the song was actually recorded in the top floor of a museum, hence the occasional bg noise. (My friends actually hung signs up about "quiet pls recording in progress" - I still had to do lots of takes). "Machineside" is the same song, but the instrumental is arranged by Machine.
I apologize for the occasional offtime-ness of the instrumental - I'm not really accustomed to playing to a click track.
"Keyboard Apparatus" is the official name for the newly-formed songwriting duo of Machine and I. c;
Download the on and off vocals of both versions of the song, along with lyrics and piano/vocal sheet music here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/5mznfwaz8rz23pv/Myopia.zip【UTAU】Joker - ChatterRorunaK2013-11-12 | OK so Chatter is awesome, and this was one song I thought would really fit him. You creepy little Canadian, you.
Thank you so much to Machine for offering to mix this, and making this WONDERFUL picture.
Credits! Original song: Futomomo-P UST: sango312 Mixing: SentientMachine FABULOUS AND AMAZING ART: SentientMachine
Chatter's debut video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naw_-8XlqfM【Roruna】Hurting For A Very Hurtful Pain 【English Cover】RorunaK2013-11-09 | Singing first thing in the morning is a very bad idea and I should not do it.
I finally had a short window of quiet time to record this, but I didn't have enough time to record harmonies or get a good take of the last half of the song. Sorry bout that...
Yeah, I know my voice is terrible. I just wanted to challenge myself with a fast song.
Temp's english lyrics are AMAZING and I loved singing them, even if I can't rap to save my life.
Oh my god this song and this game. Let me just...if you've never played Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon - do it. Go out and play it right now. It is honestly one of the most beautiful and emotional pieces of art I've ever had the joy of experiencing.
The game is sad as all hell, though that's what makes it great. (To put it in perspective: I pretty much never cry at games. I'm not even finished with it yet, and I've already cried at Fragile Dreams THREE times.) A large part of the "beautiful sadness" factor is its music - probably the most lovely game soundtrack in existence. I'll be making a cover of the ending theme for this later, which is even MORE pretty and sad.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I really like Fragile Dreams you guys. And you guys should all go play it. Like now.
Thank you very very much to Giraffe for giving me the beta version of his bby, this bank is amazing!
The UST looks kinda wonky timing-wise because I was timing it to fit this instrumental, and as a pianist I know how hard it is to get everything nicely lined up, even if you're playing to a click track. So it may look odd, but it's what works.
Credits! Original song: Oh god, I'm not sure. There are multiple composers listed for the game's OST. It's sung by Aoi Teshima though. Instrumental: Alexander Hubertz (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXUEpO0C0O8) UST: Me
(go play this game you guys)【VY2V3】Clarity (Japanese Version) - Thank you for 100+ subscribers!RorunaK2013-10-24 | It's been almost a year since I started using UTAU, and a couple months since I started using Vocaloid. In that year, I've learned a lot. I've gotten infinitely better at playing music by ear since I started making USTs. Translating songs has given me new motivation to keep learning the languages I love. The community has inspired me to make a lot more original music, and while I'm still a beginner, I've already become a much better composer because of it.
More than that, I've met some amazing people in this fandom. Not only the friends I've made (especially that one person who now holds a special place in my heart - you know who you are o w o), but the amazing musicians, artists, and utau/vocaloid users I've talked with.
You guys are all amazing.
As for the song choice: The entire vocaloid fandom seemingly conspired to get me addicted to this song. Screw you guys.
But seriously, I love the way VY2 sounded on this song. As usual I couldn't resist adding my own harmonies here and there. I was originally going to do a much...larger project, but my life suddenly got extremely hectic and that wasn't really viable by the time I'd reached 113 subscribers and didn't have it done. XD I will make it later though!
Yeh I don't even know. A lot of my UTAU/Vocaloid stuff right now is taking a lot out of me, so I wanted to do something stupid that didn't require much effort. Sue me.
I feel it's prudent to mention that I finally reached 70 million cookies per second while mixing this.
*whispers* moist cookies【VY2V3】Servant of Evil (Choir Version) - A Cappella VersionRorunaK2013-09-13 | I got a request to upload a version of this arrangement without the offvocal, which I think is a good idea, because you can actually hear all the harmonies clearly, and how much of a difference they make.
Credits are all in the original video of this I uploaded. :)【VY2V3】Sicut Cervus Desiderat (Palestrina)RorunaK2013-09-02 | Here, have VY2 singing one of my favorite songs in very derpy Latin.
I went with classical Latin pronunciation instead of ecclesiastical, just because I prefer it.
Credits! Original song: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina VSQx: Me, based in a MIDI by Lewis Jones【UTAU】Bacterial Contamination - DEMONLOID 【細菌汚染】RorunaK2013-09-01 | This is the highest-quality cover I've ever made, everyone else can go home now.
Okay, so I should prooobably explain what's going on here. What you're hearing is actually the results of the first time I ever tried to make an UTAU VB, right after I got into the fandom and realized I could make my own VB. Yeah, I fucked it up THAT bad.
First of all - the voice is not heavily edited in any way. Though I did add some reverb on the main vocals and some autotune on the harmony (because WHY NOT), this is literally what she sounds like in UTAU. So, how did my first attempt at an utau end up sounding like this?
1.Microphone. I recorded this on the lowest-quality mic you could possibly imagine, with background noise out the wazoo. That's the reason for her hissing/distortion - the voice samples were 10% my voice, 90% air and hissing. 2.Not understanding how "noise removal" worked. I was a complete noob to everything, and I'd heard that using audacity's noise removal on your voice samples helped give you "high quality samples". Lolololol. I just used it on every sample directly, which probably also contributed to the demonic sound and glitching. 3.Not staying on one pitch while recording. I didn't record with a tone playing in my headphones like I did for Dio, and as a result, as I got through the reclist, my voice steadily got higher. I started out on "a" at B3, and by the time I was at "zu" I was at F4. Yeah, that bad. 4.Not understanding how to oto. This should be p obvious by listening to it, but Demonloid (as I've fondly taken to calling her) never had an oto.
Now, compare THIS to Dione. Same voice. See how much difference a little experience and knowledge can make?
Credits! Original song: mathru UST: kyaami Art: deino
*Casually makes VSQ for a song the day after it comes out*
Hmmm, Engrish and talkloiding - my two greatest weaknesses. But this song was so DARN CUTE I wanted to make a VSQ the moment I heard it. As soon as I saw the offvocal was uploaded I went to work.
But yeah, I like the way the actual melody parts turned out but the meowing and laughing are terrible, sorry bout that. I tried pitchbending them but it ended up sounding either creepy or badly autotuned. So...*shrugs*
Hey guys check out the quality art in this video, amazing right.
~meow meow bitches~【Sinsy】Uni 【うに】RorunaK2013-08-20 | Sinsy is my precious bby and no one can convince me otherwise.
Sorry, she had a glitch at the beginning (and very last line) of the song, and I couldn't figure out how to fix it, but I did fix up some of the other errors she had in the middle of the song, though I couldn't get rid of all of them. Sinsy's just really picky with what she decides to work correctly on.
I also experimented a bit with the mixing at the "kaAaAaA" parts. I hope they weren't obnoxious?
I really, really love Forbidden Siren. (Or Siren, as it's known here.) If you haven't played any of the games - go. Do it now. Two of them are on PSN, and you can find super cheap copies of the first one on Amazon. Seriously, go play them, I'll wait.
This lovely song comes from the second game. I was planning on making a cover of Hoshingoeika from Siren 1, but I can't find the lyrics for it, and like I've mentioned, I'm horrible at transcribing things by ear.
This UST is actually reeeally old, I had it mostly finished a couple months ago. The only problem was that no instrumental of this song exists, and I was having trouble recreating the original. But today I decided to pick up the UST and fine-tune it, and due to the atonal, free-flowing nature of the original song, I thought it would work to just use an ambient background as an instrumental. (I just arranged/edited the sound effects.)
Obviously the UST isn't exact - it's intended to be an interpretation of the song, rather than a straight cover. It's hard to capture the creepy vibe a human voice gave this song.
In other news, Lyric is still perfect.【UTAU】Hakumei - Ohnawa MukadeRorunaK2013-08-18 | I felt guilty that the first song I used this guy for was "the sex one", so here's a cover of a song I felt really fit his voice (and is one of my favorite Vocaloid songs of all time).
IMPORTANT NOTE: I noticed after I uploaded this that there's a slight lyric mistake on the very first line - the first note should be "na", not "ta". Sorry about that.
This fucking song, man. This fucking song. Die Schatten Werden Länger, aka Yami ga Hirogaru, aka The Shadows Grow Longer, is one of my absolute favorite songs of all time. It's from the musical Elisabeth, which everyone should watch if you haven't already. I wish I could express how weirdly homoerotic this song is, but you really have to watch a performance of it to see for yourself.
Anyway, so I finally got around to making a UST for this! Ppoiyo is singing Death/Der Tod/Touto's part, while Ron is singing Rudolf's part. Ron is really hard to mix ffff. Please ignore the fact that the background singers are singing in German on the last chorus - there was no version of the instrumental without them. Actually they were also singing on the second chorus in the original, but I edited them out.
This is the first UST I've made where I really went full out on pitchbends and vibrato, and also my first real VCV UST. I really like working with Ppoiyo's lower range (this is his EDGE bank, obviously).
Credits! Original song: Michael Kunze/Sylvester Levay UST: Me
I got feedback that the first cover was too high, but I didn't wanna delete the first version, so now here's two versions of Sinsy singing about how she can't get a date!
Oh boy, let me tell you about me and the Swimming Anime. I only started watching it as a joke. I was like "Hah, all these people on Tumblr fangirling over those swimmer dudes, I'll watch the first episode, probably have a good laugh about how ridiculous it is." I DID NOT EXPECT IT TO BE SO GOOD. It's really entertaining, absolutely hilarious, I adore the soundtrack, and the animation is beautiful. (Especially the water. Pretty sparkly animated water.) So, I accidentally fell headfirst into the Free! fandom. Whoops.
But it seemed like everyone was paying so much attention to the ending theme, while I preferred the opening. When I saw that there was a UST for Splash Free, I thought, why not make one for Rage On? So...I did.
I cranked this out in around four hours, so it's not perfect. I was having a lot of trouble timing everything perfectly in the VSQ, and it's still not exact, but it's the closest I got.
Do not tell me about VY2's Engrish I know exactly how bad it is sobs. ALSO, I had to use "ko" instead of "go" at the end, because it seems like VY2's lowest "go" note has a major glitch in it. It's "go" in the VSQx. (...I just realized the irony of a problem between "go" and "ko" in a cover of a song from this specific show...that is a beautiful coincidence.)
Unfortunately I forgot to save a copy of the VSQx without all my tuning on it, so you'll have to reset the parameters manually, sorry.
I have had a LOT of problems with Sinsy. I'm pretty sure I've gotten every error message possible with her. They were going to have to come up with new errors to give me. But this song was apparently the magic charm, since she worked perfectly to sing it. *Shrugs*
Credits! Original song: 卓球少年 VSQ: n4d1494 (converted to musicXML by me) Art: Yumeno Haruka【VY2V3】Under the Darkness (Choir Version)RorunaK2013-08-05 | Y'know, there are times in your life that you question the decisions you've made. One of those times is when you realize you've been working for almost a month to make an epic choir arrangement of the theme song from a gay porn game.
This song was a nightmare to mix, so please forgive the lack of polish on the mixing.
Also, that breathing you hear at the bridge? VY2's actual breaths.
I feel like I have more to say but it's 2 AM and I can't think straight bye
Credits! Original song: C.G. Mix UST: SkyIsland21 (heavily modified by me into the VSQx/harmonies)【KYOxVY2V3】Drown and Lost (+VSQx) 【溺惑】RorunaK2013-07-31 | "Let us scramble in each other's warmth 'till we get tired of it..."
This was a collab with the fabulous SentientSimulacrum, and it was a lot of fun! They're awesome and you should go subscribe to them right now: http://youtube.com/user/SentientSimulacrum
No subs for two reasons: 1.I didn't want to put anything to cover up the pretty picture, and 2.HOO BOY THOSE ARE SOME EMBARASSINGLY SEXUAL LYRICS. You can find them here if you're curious: http://vocaloidsong.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-43.html
There are a couple of tiny lyric mistakes here in the first verse because I was using another cover as a reference for lyrics (because I'm bad at hearing lyrics myself and I didn't find the romaji lyrics until just now wow I'm a dumb butt), but I fixed those in the VSQx below.
Credits! Original song: Re:nG (http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13131464) Original singers: Gakupo & Hiyama Kiyoteru Lyrics: yuki VSQx, VY2 tuning: Me Kyo tuning, mix, fabulous art: SentientSimulacrum【VY2V3】Paradichlorobenzene (Choir Version) 【パラジクロロベンゼン】RorunaK2013-07-26 | 9 tracks, fifty milllion notes, and a dozen hand cramps later, I've finished this thing!
Forgive the lack of fine-tuning on his sometimes awkward pronunciation - by the time I had finished the harmonies I was just, "I am so done with this song. So. Done."
Would anyone be interested in the harmonies VSQx? They were actually very simple to make for this song, since it's so repetitive and rather simple. The hard part was just moving so many notes up and down.
Credits! Original song: Owata VSQx: xXMachiiXx Art: Agatha
Luka = Ohnawa Mukade Miku = Keine Ron Gumi = Matsudappoiyo (Retake EDGE) Rin = Namine Ritsu (KIRE) IA = Yokune Ruko ♂ "ah"s = Galvan Ize (I'M SORRY STEEL, but out of context Galvan's "sigh" sounded super sexual so I just had to use him)
These are actually the only male VCV voicebanks I have besides Denki, Caeles, and Shinji. This was my first time using Ron, Mukade, Ruko (male or female) and Poiyo's edge retake, so sorry if they're not that impressive.
This was really hard to mix, oh my gods. (Especially 'cause I got uncomfortable listening to Galvan's moaning...) Sorry if the voice volumes get a bit wonky towards the end.
Credits! Original song: umetora UST: haruhihigurashii Art: Masamichie【UTAUxMASHUP】 +REVERSE + 9 Song MashupRorunaK2013-07-22 | I was listening to +REVERSE while singing I=Fantasy in my head, and I realized that the songs fit perfectly together...then that idea kinda spun off into "Bandwagon Song Mashup" - taking a bunch of really commonly-covered songs and singing them to the instrumental of +REVERSE. I'll be honest, I liked how it turned out.
Also, this is the "Girls Edition" of the mashup. At the request of people on Soundcloud, I'll also be making a Boys Edition. (BEFORE ANYONE YELLS AT ME ABOUT HAVING RITSU IN HERE, YES, I KNOW HE'S NOT A GIRL. I was using his vocals as a placeholder and by the time I realized I hadn't taken them out I had already finished the song. I didn't wanna go back and redo things just to take him out.)
Song credits, in order (all USTs were modified by me to fit the music, of course).
1.I=Fantasy Singer: Sekka Yufu Original song: "hitman" bang UST: angstyteenmuffin
I was originally gonna try and make a bunch of harmonies for this and be super ambitious and stuff but then the first few tries didn't work out and I just gave up. I'm sorry. (I'm also sorry that sometimes Ciel sounds like he's choking or dying or something, I have no idea what I'm doing with VCV or multipitch.)
Also, this would be a good a time as any to mention that I am working on WAY too many UTAU/Vocaloid projects at once. I have a horrible habit where I start far too many things at one time, and then keep starting new things when I haven't finished the old. Normally it's not a problem, but currently I have so many WIPs that it is actually stressing me out. (Which is kind of sad.) So, just understand that over the next couple of days I'll be trying to GET COVERS OUT OF THE WAY. I'm sorry if I'm working on something for you and you're waiting for me to finish - the next few things I upload probably won't be what you want to see. I just want to get these old WIPs finished and put up, so I can focus on making those things I owe you wonderful.
But hey, it means I'll be uploading more! So...try not to hate me?
Credits! Original song: wowaka Arrangement: Ultimatemariolover UST: SkyIsland21 (edited by me to fit the remix and whatnot) Art: Akiakane