Wiki Wednesday #279 - Demi-Chan

I'm glad I'm getting this taken care of because I feel like I'm getting silly.

Wiki Wednesday #279 - Demi-Chan

Demi-Chan is a fourteen year old demi-girl.

Who Is Demi-Chan?

Art from Bank 

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Forgotten Friday #279 - torisakana's フロト / Froto

 part of me thinks that maybe his name was meant to be Float originally.

Forgotten Friday #279 - torisakana's フロト / Froto

Froto is a boy who breathes water. He keeps a dome of water on his head, but he can sometimes breathe through his lungs... I think.

Who Is Froto?

Art from bank

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Wiki Wednesday #278 - E.WVox Lorisse / ロリーセ

 I'm having fun with the random article button!

Wiki Wednesday #278 - E.WVox Lorisse / ロリーセ

Lorisse is the deeply traumatized ghost of a boy. He is constantly being harassed. 

Who Is Lorisse?

Art from site

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Forgotten Friday #278 - Torisakana's ガラス / Glass

 woooo

Forgotten Friday #278 - Torisakana's ガラス / Glass

I was going to cover a different utau, but axfc as a jerk. Glass is a girl who wears a mask. The mask has a microphone!

Who is Glass?

Art from bank

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Wiki Wednesday #277 - Kitkat-paints Alice

 is this article a good idea?

Wiki Wednesday #277 - Kitkat-paints Alice

Kitkat cannot be found. They deleted everything and left no traces... Except for their MediaFire files.

Alice is a 20 year old woman and that's all I know.

Who is Alice?

Art from bank

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Hey, where are Franz and Minha?

 So, I felt like I should address this.

I have Dissociative Identity Disorder. Franz and Minha were never alters. I called them Tulpas, though that phrasing can be seen as problematic.

I had no access to those characters because for a good while, I've been in a relatively stable place. I thought that the personality that had access to those characters only came out during times of high stress.

Well, apparently not! I am that personality again despite life being good. However, I am doing everything I can to not access them. 

Forgotten Friday #277 - JJ.千種 / JJ Chigusa

Wheeee

Forgotten Friday #277 - JJ.千種 / JJ Chigusa

This utau feels like she should be familiar, but I knew nothing about her. She is thirty-four years old and... She's a song librarian for moles? 

Who Is Chigusa JJ?

Art from site

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Wiki Wednesday #276 - Mio Ji Liem

 another motorcycle!

Wiki Wednesday #276 - Mio Ji Liem

The creator of this utau has very cool stories for these utaus. There is a lot of cool stuff that I don't think I'd convey well. Mio J Liem is half motorbike and half human. She is a girl.

Who is Liem Mio Ji?

Art by Raivin Holmes

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Forgotten Friday #276 - 八草アネ / Yakusa Ane

 all of the utaus in this group were recorded by the same guy. Except this one! This was his sister. (also Yuemon was likely also a friend)

Forgotten Friday #276 - 八草アネ / Yakusa Ane

It is a lot of fun to have your family members record an utau for you! I think Ane likes sushi, hates natto (slimy soybeans), and has never lost a fight.

Who is Ane Yakusa?

Art from bank

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Wiki Wednesday #275 - Jupita Zi Wan

 whoooo

Wiki Wednesday #275 - Jupita Zi Wan

Jupita is a half human, half machine person who is just trying to make it in this world. He was created by recording a Jupiter Z motorcycle.

Who is Zi Wan Jupita?

Art by Raivin Holmes

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Forgotten Friday #275 - 八草コウ / Yakusa Ko

 it's cool that the main utau of this group has so many appends, but there are still fun other characters.

Forgotten Friday #275 - 八草コウ / Yakusa Ko

His name probably should be Yakusa Kou, but it was Romanized as Ko on the distribution page. He does not like sweet and sour white fish according to Co-Pilot. He does like Japanese style quick pickles if I can trust bing search. He is 17 years old.

Who is Kou Yakusa?

Art from Site.

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Wiki Wednesday #274 - Akayume Toushi / 赤夢トウシ

 I'm pressing the random article button.

Wiki Wednesday #274 - Akayume Toushi / 赤夢トウシ

Toushi has a very interesting life that involves being a former assassin. He likes ramen!

Who is Toushi Akayume?

Art from site

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Forgotten Friday #274 - 八草ウラ / Yakusa Ura

Is there no way to gender yourself through writing in English? Ura's description is "ORE's falsetto voice", so you know she was recorded by a masc identifying person.

Forgotten Friday #274 - 八草ウラ / Yakusa Ura

Her name is a pun! I know 裏 because of Ura Omete Lovers. 裏声 means falsetto... So she's a falsetto bank named Ura. She is sixteen.  She is quiet and calm.

Who Is Ura Yakusa?

Art from site

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Wiki Wednesday #273 - SALVADOR Auto Recovery

 wheee

Wiki Wednesday #273 - SALVADOR Auto Recovery

Salvador was an idol, but he was decommissioned. He decided to create a new image as a mechanic!

Who is Salvador?

Art from bank

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The Easiest Way to Make Realistic UST Files Using Praat!

 I should have explained this sooner!

The Easiest Way to Make Realistic UST Files Using Praat!

I am incapable of understanding pitch. I can hear it and replicate it with my voice, but I can't understand it. This may sound like I'm just not trying hard enough until I explain that it's part of the same learning disorder that leaves me unable to mentally do basic multiplication or division. I'm like a computer with no math library!

So... How do I make usts? I started by using the Melodia plugin for Sonic Visualizer and REAPER. It was wonderful to be able to do that, but it was painfully slow and finicky.

Eventually, I stumbled upon Hataori-P's work with Praat. And from then on, I could not be stopped! Here's an example!

Before the read more break, I will explain that this requires source audio. I've been creating more and more usts for this blog using my voice, but the vast majority of what I do involves vocals isolated from songs using AI. The script I use is specifically for realism and uses CVVC style aliases. The original script was for CV and VCV.

This method requires a CVVC style bank with diphonic aliases. This will not work with systems like VCCV as this script can only create combinations of two different phonemes, not anything like CCV.

Forgotten Friday #273 - 八草ラク / Yakusa Raku

 The set up of this website feels strange.

Forgotten Friday #273 - 八草ラク / Yakusa Raku

Sometimes, it is frogs. He does not care. He loves eating chickens and he hates watermelons.

Who is Raku Yakusa?

Art from site

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Wiki Wednesday #272 - Toka Aki / 兎歌アキ

 My poor tablet got so bogged down, I had to quit Edge and restart, so I'm switching gears.

Wiki Wednesday #272 - Toka Aki / 兎歌アキ

Aki is a 19 year old enby who uses he / they pronouns. He has a cute pet rabbit!

Who is Aki Toka?

Art from site

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Forgotten Friday #272 - 鹿羽ミヤビ / Shikabane Miyabi

 there was a Japanese musician that went by Miyavi. He starred in a movie that was about soccer or something?

Forgotten Friday #272 - 鹿羽ミヤビ / Shikabane Miyabi

This guy is in his 20s and likes nori.

Who Is Miyabi Shikabane?

Art from bank

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Wiki Wednesday #271 - "01 DREAM" YUME

 ouch, my chest hurts and I don't know why.

Wiki Wednesday #271 - "01 DREAM" YUME

I don't understand why 01 Dream is listed as a WIP UTAU. She's more complete than a lot of utaus who aren't considered WIP.

She is an android that was meant to be destroyed. However, she was saved. She went on to become a pop star with her fellow robots.

Who is 01 DREAM YUME?

Art by asheisbored_

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Forgotten Friday #271 - ゆうえもん / Yuemon

 last week was a bit of a bust!

Forgotten Friday #271 - ゆうえもん / Yuemon

His weapon is a fish sausage. If you try to feed him mushrooms, he will hit you with a fish sausage.

Who Is Yuemon?

Art from bank

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Wiki Wednesday #270 - YoshiFan2010's Cami / キャミ

 I've been working on lists lately. What fun!

Wiki Wednesday #270 - YoshiFan2010's Cami / キャミ

Cami is from the WIP UTAU section of the Wiki. Is it iffy to cover a WIP UTAU? The page was last updated in 2018. It is unlikely that Cami will stop being a WIP.

Cami has no set age other than being a teenager. She loves sushi and orange soda, but she hates spicy food and math.

Who Is Cami?

Art from Bank

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Forgotten Friday #270 - スランキ / Suranki

 I'm just going to cover all of the utaus from one site in a row.

Forgotten Friday #270 - スランキ / Suranki

I wanted to find a bunch of utaus with just like one cv bank. Instead I found one with... Forty-two??!

Suranki is a 38 year old man. He is a priest who likes watermelons. He also can't swim. There's more, but this is going to be a wild ride.

Who Is Suranki?

Art from site

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Wiki Wednesday #269 - Denpa Tsugiha / 継接デンパ

 brain still not very good

Wiki Wednesday #269 - Denpa Tsugiha / 継接デンパ

Denpa was born in the year 2000, but her age is listed as 20. She loves cute things and chocolate but dislikes bossy people and cramped spaces.

Who is Tsugiha Denpa?

Art from wiki

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Forgotten Friday #269 - 雀都 / Zakuto

 I keep trying to convince people to record Diffsinger banks for me!

Forgotten Friday #269 - 雀都 / Zakuto

Zakuto is a nineteen year old boy. I think that's it for his entire character.

Who Is Zakuto?

Art from site

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Wiki Wednesday #268 - Iyun Cera / イユンセラ

 my brain isn't Working very well right now.

Wiki Wednesday #268 - Iyun Cera / イユンセラ

Iyun is a sixteen year old woman who has the middle name of "Qor". That's all the information.

The voice provider has scrubbed Iyun from their channel and her demo video is unlisted.

Who Is Cera Iyun?

Art from Bank 

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Forgotten Friday #268 - 焔音レイ / Homurane Ray

This UTAU was not discontinued!

Forgotten Friday #268 - 焔音レイ / Homurane Ray

I was worried when I saw that the site was down. It was pretty recently archived. This issue is known to Ray's creator and the distribution Dropbox link has been shared on Twitter!

Ray is a Twenty-one year old woman who loves MEIKO and can't drink alcohol.

And here's a quick public service announcement. If you had an old Google account and haven't looked at in years, it might already be deleted. Your drive, your emails... There are only two ways to keep your account safe. The first is to tell Google to not delete your account after inactivity. The other is to upload at least one YouTube video. That YouTube thing wasn't part of Google's plan, but they kind of realized that there are beloved and important videos on accounts that will never be accessed again. This blog is on a Google service and I use Google drive to host the audio for this blog... So no worries. My YouTube channel will keep this blog up even if I stop being here!

By The way, Ray is not forgotten. Everyone knows her and loves her. But the fact that the site is gone makes it worth signal boosting the alternate way to get her besides the way back machine.

Who is Ray Homurane?

Art from site

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Wiki Wednesday #267 - Yori Tsukino / 月乃縁り

 inertia.

Wiki Wednesday #267 - Yori Tsukino / 月乃縁り

Yori is an eleven year old boy with colorblindness. He wants to try fried butter.

Who is Tsukino Yori?

Art from Meszo Moon UTAU site

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Forgotten Friday #267 - 愛琉歌カヌレ / Airuga Kanure

 sometimes you just have to say "I don't need to read this in Japanese to know it isn't the automatic translation making it make no sense."

Forgotten Friday #267 - 愛琉歌カヌレ / Airuga Kanure

Kanure is a genderless Frankenstein's monster made from the parts of the Airuga twins and random women. At least I think so according to the automatic translation.

Who is Kanure Airuga?

Art from bowlroll distribution 

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Wiki Wednesday #256 - Numo Hibiki / 響ぬも

Yay! With this, I am all out of stories for wiki Wednesday and need to write more! It's 9/15/23 at time of writing, so this was written very far ahead.

Wiki Wednesday #256 - Numo Hibiki / 響ぬも

This is NakotoAme's first ever utau! She is a tween who likes mango. 

Who is Hibiki Numo?

Art from Bank

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Forgotten Friday #266 - 愛琉歌レグ / Airuga Regu

 another Airuga bank I didn't cover!

Forgotten Friday #266 - 愛琉歌レグ / Airuga Regu

Regu is a twenty-two year old pirate captain who is the twin brother of Wenu from last week. He cannot navigate on land and talks to animals. (at least, that's what Bing translate says.)

Who is Regu Airuga?

Art from Bowlroll distribution

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Wiki Wednesday #255 - Chitose Tsukino / 月乃千​歳

 just one more after this one to reach my goal!

Wiki Wednesday #255 - Chitose Tsukino / 月乃千​歳

Chitose is a fifteen year old boy who has cat fangs. He dislikes vegetables and likes picking things up to put in his pockets.

Who is Tsukino Chitose?

Art from Wiki

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Forgotten Friday #265 - 愛琉歌ウェヌ / Airuga Wenu

 I thought I had covered all of the Airuga banks, but that was Wiki Wednesday probably? And Wenu was released in 2013.

Forgotten Friday #265 - 愛琉歌ウェヌ / Airuga Wenu

The font used once you translate the text on his profile is really hard to read right now. I'm not wearing my glasses because I'm too lazy to get out of bed, though.

I think he's a twenty-two year old cook on a pirate ship who loves knives. 

Who Is Wenu Airuga?

Art from bowlroll distribution 

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Wiki Wednesday #254 - WHOOΠΔ's Kaoru / 薫

 I like this method of choosing what bank to cover.

Wiki Wednesday #254 - WHOOΠΔ's Kaoru / 薫

Kaoru is apparently a very old man from a far away solar system.

Who Is Kaoru?

Art from wiki

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Forgotten Friday #264 - 黒月穂香 / Kuroduki Honoka

 I don't want to make assumptions, but dang. This utau is sad.

Forgotten Friday #264 - 黒月穂香 / Kuroduki Honoka

So, from the bit I've heard, being disabled in Japan is a nightmare. Honoka is a 21 year old NEET who doesn't shower in the creator's remarks and I have no idea what in the heck it means in the main description.

I think this is a case of "this wouldn't make sense in English either" moments.

Who Is Honoka Kuroduki?

Art from site

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Wiki Wednesday #253 - Akia Amachi

 so close to my goal!

Wiki Wednesday #253 - Akia Amachi

Akia is a "make your friends and family record an utau" utau managed by zimtroeschen. It is so much fun to share your hobby, but it can be frustrating when the result isn't as good as you hoped because it's tricky recording anything with people who don't know what's going on.

She is a sixteen introvert that is very easily injured and loves to play single player video games.

Who Is Amachi Akia?

Art from Wiki

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Forgotten Friday #263 - 水音ロゥ / Mizunone Row

 I thought this utau would be a girl because of the Kagamine gimmick with Lugh from last week, who was a boy. But he is a man.

Forgotten Friday #263 - 水音ロゥ / Mizunone Row

Row is a twenty year old man who is incapable of anger. 

Who Is Row Mizunone?

Art from site

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Wiki Wednesday #252 - Lazy Dog's SAIKO / SAIコ

 Happy New Year!

Wiki Wednesday #252 - Lazy Dog's SAIKO /  SAIコ

Seiko is an eleven year old boy who hates being called a girl. He likes sharks and his back story takes a very sudden turn towards a sad things.

Who is SAIKO?

Art from Wiki

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