Axfc is a jerk. Here's my post on how to get downloads from there to work.

Multi-pitch CVVC banks do not work properly with the shareware A for automatic button!! Any articles where I complain about CVVC banks being broken is my own fault for not figuring it out sooner!!

Friday, April 4, 2025

Forgotten Friday #327 - 要音ユウミ / Kanamene Yuumi

Sometimes I forget that I'm able to read katakana. I'll read it correctly and then say "but I'm bad at katakana so I'm probably wrong." I check and I was right all along.

Forgotten Friday #327 - 要音ユウミ / Kanamene Yuumi

Yuumi is a seventeen year old who loves beef jerky and hates vegetables. I have no idea what their gender is.

Who is Yuumi Kanamene?

Art from Bank 

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Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #317 - KANI_FF64EE

I wonder how fast I can get through all of these!

Wiki Wednesday #317 - KANI_FF64EE

In the future, there was an ill-tempered help bot AI. She made into a idol was sent back in time to defeat a certain teal haired hero... If only she hadn't been two decades late!

Who Is KANI_FF64EE?

Art from site

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Friday, March 28, 2025

Forgotten Friday #326 - 菜野歌ハルノ / Nanoka Haruno

 really tired!

Forgotten Friday #326 - 菜野歌ハルノ / Nanoka Haruno

I think Haruno is a ten year old idol girl but I actually don't know how great Bing Translation is.

Who Is Haruno Nanoka?

Art from official site
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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #316 - Nagisa Maeno / 前野なぎさ

 it helps me to think of how much I have left to do in months instead of numbers!

Wiki Wednesday #316 - Nagisa Maeno / 前野なぎさ

Nagisa is an eighteen year old demigirl who uses she or they for pronouns. They are full of hope and optimism!

Who Is Maeno Nagisa?

Art from wiki
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Friday, March 21, 2025

Forgotten Friday #325 - 稚葉ツムギ / Wakaba Tsumugi

 nyoom

Forgotten Friday #325 - 稚葉ツムギ / Wakaba Tsumugi

Yeah, this UTAU is probably problematic. Not necessarily for the content; just for the tone.

Who is Tsumugi Wakaba?

Art from official site

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Wednesday, March 19, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #315 - ZOTTALOID TAMA / 玉

 you gotta remember, sometimes people just straight up lie in recipes you find online.

Wiki Wednesday #315 - ZOTTALOID TAMA / 玉

TAMA is a genderless 17 year old who is based on an egg. His creators use he/him pronouns for him. He has a giant fish plushie and a little yellow duck.

Who Is TAMA?

Art from wiki
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Friday, March 14, 2025

Forgotten Friday #324 - 指音弾 / Sashine Hajiki

Oh look! Happy pi day!

Forgotten Friday #324 - 指音弾 / Sashine Hajiki

Hajiki is a kind man who loves sushi and is great at magic tricks. He has no voice, so he likes to write things down and gesture to communicate with people.

Who is Hajiki Sashine?

Art from bank
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #314 - Umi Kurage / 水母ウミ

 my memory is so bad right now!

Wiki Wednesday #314 - Umi Kurage / 水母ウミ

Umi is a kind fourteen year old who is the reincarnation of a famous pop star.

Who is Kurage Umi?

Art from site
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Friday, March 7, 2025

Forgotten Friday #323 - Itsuhoshi_P's ぴよ吉 / Piyokichi

 I actually might just start writing more stories for Forgotten Friday before I even finish processing all of these.

Forgotten Friday #323 - Itsuhoshi_P's ぴよ吉 / Piyokichi

If I understand correctly, Piyokichi is a quail. 

Who is Piyokichi?

Photo from bank 

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Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #313 - VoiceFace's UFO-Chii / UFO-地異

 I'm so tired all of the sudden.

Wiki Wednesday #313 - VoiceFace's UFO-Chii / UFO-地異

Ufo-chii is a comedian from another solar system. They get upset when none of their jokes land. Earth people just can't get the jokes!

Who Is UFO-Chii?

Art from site
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Friday, February 28, 2025

Forgotten Friday #322 - 黒歌ガク / Kurouta Gaku

 my first day processing these 2025 forgotten Friday articles and I've knocked out two months! If I keep this pace, I could be done by Christmas.

Forgotten Friday #322 - 黒歌ガク / Kurouta Gaku

Gaku is a sixteen year old girl who loves gaming. Her website is up and all of her links work!

Who is Gaku Kurouta?

Art from Bank 

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

Trying To Make a Diffsinger G2P Phonemizer Plugin

So, hey guys! I'll just be real with you... I haven't actually gotten this to work all the way to the end. But it was really painful to try and get this all to work so... I'll share my current knowledge with you.

Diffsinger does not need a traditional phonemizer. The timing is all taken care of by the duration model. Technically with a good enough dsdict, you'll be happy with just using the default DIFFS phonemizer. Heck, you can just type phoneme hints and be happy.

But by creating a phonemizer, you are able to make it so that people can type in any word (or nonsense) and get results... Whereas using a dsdict method means that if a word isn't in the dsdict, it just doesn't know what the heck is going on.

There are three ways to make your phonemizer usable as far as I know. The first is by handing it over to the people in charge of OpenUtau for them to put into the newest release. You really wanna make sure it's good before you do that! The second is by recompiling OpenUtau after creating the phonemizer. This would be great for testing, but very annoying to share. The final method is releasing it as a plugin. I feel a little bad I'm writing this before I actually complete the project, but I just keep running into problems that I'm not equipped to handle given I just woke up. 

So, if you're interested in learning how to do this, keep reading!

As a precaution - Anaconda and Visual Studio are pretty hefty. If you have a computer with little hard drive space, you may want to sit this one out because it takes up a lot of space. That's why I've been doing this all on my laptop and not my tablet.

I am a Colab girl. I love Google Colab. However, I was unable to get the Colab that had been provided to work at all... Though shout out to the person behind it because I wouldn't have been able to figure out the correct requirements without it.

Credits:

OpenUtau (and g2p code): Stakira

Google Colab (that I used to figure out the correct requirements): LotteV

Repo to create phonemizer plugin: Tyler (spicytigermeat)

Update 2025/03/05 -

I made it work!!!

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #312 - VoiceFace's KIGAI / 危害

 Photosensitivity warning! KIGAI's download page has a flickering background. The contrast is low enough that it doesn't look too dangerous, but I felt motion sickness when it popped up and I didn't expect it.

Wiki Wednesday #312 - VoiceFace's KIGAI / 危害

KIGAI is a dangerous broken Android. He is made of scrap parts.

Who is KIGAI?

Art from site
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Friday, February 21, 2025

Forgotten Friday #321 - ズキュンズキュン / Zukyunzukyun

 this name makes my dyslexia hurt.

Forgotten Friday #321 - ズキュンズキュン / Zukyunzukyun

So, this one. One of the links in the snapshot of the video description looked like a 404 error. But the link shortener linked to a redirect from a site that no longer exists. The full link that I wanted was in the URL of the error page.

Zukyunzukyun is the galaxy's number one female idol I think?

Who us Zukyun Zukyun?

Art from Bank

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #311 - VoiceFace's Cloter

 ouch, my stomach hurts.

Wiki Wednesday #311 - VoiceFace's Cloter

Cloter is a 43 year old man with anxiety.

Who Is Cloter?

Art from site

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Friday, February 14, 2025

Forgotten Friday #320 - 樽井もちゅ / Tarui Mochu

 happy valentine's day!

Forgotten Friday #320 - 樽井もちゅ / Tarui Mochu

Mochi is a thirteen year old girl who loves sleeping. What in the heck is even going on with the Japanese internet? The amount of link rot I'm running into here is insane. I had to have a super lucky break to find this bank. I open the readme and it gives me a URL for a website. Super cool!! Maybe Mochu had more banks!

Link rot.

Who is Mochu Tarui?

Art from Bank 

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Help Wanted! Looking for people to record for Diffsinger!

Hey there! 

I love Diffsinger. I love labeling. I love testing hypotheses.

For a lot of vocal synth users, there's an easy solution! Just record your own voice!

Someone who was probably trying to troll commented this on one of my videos: 


Of course I was happy to be told I sound like a woman! I had it made up in my mind that my high range sounded like SpongeBob SquarePants. I don't like Lois's voice, but, you know, girl. (Note: I am a cis woman. When I was younger I basically spoke just like Chris-Chan. I overcorrected really, really hard.)

I'm working on two data sets using my voice because I have the recordings and why not? 

But what I would really like is to find someone to record for me! 

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #310 - VoiceFace's Astrid / アストリッド

 I had a rule when I started that I wouldn't just cover all of the utaus in a family in a row because that might get boring. I have fully ignored that rule by now!

Wiki Wednesday #310 - VoiceFace's Astrid / アストリッド

Astrid is a shape-shifting alien who just is enamored by Earth. She generally appears to be around nineteen years old.

Who is Astrid?

Art from site
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Friday, February 7, 2025

Forgotten Friday #319 - 茨音石榴 / Zakuro Ibarane

 it's not fair to compare these and the utaus I used for the 2025 Wiki Wednesday articles. I was basically searching the wikidot using the term "+cv -vcv" to show me utaus that didn't even have a VCV bank to save time! I can't search the visual archive like that though...

Forgotten Friday #319 - 茨音石榴 / Zakuro Ibarane

Yeah... I am not great at researching when I'm like this. I could look harder maybe. But I don't even know Ibarane's gender.

Who is Ibarane Zakuro?

Art from Bank 

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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #309 - VoiceFace's Fuyuki / フユキ

It's best to think of how much I have left to do in terms of months!

Wiki Wednesday #309 - VoiceFace's Fuyuki / フユキ

Fuyuki is a horror themed utau. She has based on the shattered dreams of children. Some of her artwork may be triggering to those who have an aversion to blood.

Who is Fuyuki?

Art from site
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Friday, January 31, 2025

Forgotten Friday #318 - 惑音イド / Madone Ido

 I haven't used the way back machine to recover utaus in a while! It feels really cool to be able to pull it off. 

Forgotten Friday #318 - 惑音イド / Madone Ido

Madone Ido is apparently some kind of female robot who was created very recently in universe. I think I was actually the 123rd person to download her!

Who is Ido Madone?

Art from Bank 
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Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #308 - VoiceFace's Nemo / ニモ

 progress!

Wiki Wednesday #308 - VoiceFace's Nemo / ニモ

Nemo is genderfluid and has no age. No one knows if they are even human.

Who is Nemo?

Art from official site
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Friday, January 24, 2025

Forgotten Friday #317 - 白音つくね / Shino Tsukune

Making progress!

Forgotten Friday #317 - 白音つくね / Shino Tsukune

Tsukune might be a man.

Who is Tsukune Shino?

Art from official site

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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #307 - sukibidi toire / 好き-びでぃ トイレ

 yep.

Wiki Wednesday #307 - sukibidi toire / 好き-びでぃ トイレ

Skibidi Toilet... But girl.

Who is Toire Sukibidi?

Art from wiki

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Friday, January 17, 2025

Forgotten Friday #316 - yixue222's ゑゐ華 / Eika

 whooo

Forgotten Friday #316 - yixue222's ゑゐ華 / Eika

Eika is a woman who is old enough to drink. Her name makes my autocorrect freak out.

Who is Eika?

Art from Bank 

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #306 - Yori Igarashi / 五十嵐ヨリ

 whoo! Progress!

Wiki Wednesday #306 - Yori Igarashi / 五十嵐ヨリ

Yori is a shy twenty year old trans man who has a secret online life where he is a famous singer.

Who is Igarashi Yori?

Art from wiki


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Friday, January 10, 2025

Forgotten Friday #315 - くまの仔ちゃん / Kuma no Kochan

 going slower than Wiki Wednesday went...

Forgotten Friday #315 - くまの仔ちゃん / Kuma no Kochan

I swore, I had covered this UTAU before. The design felt really familiar. But I searched my blog and there was not even a Kuma in sight! I even searched my clips for blog folder for Kuma. Nothing!

Kuma is a female pink bear. I ran her readme through Google translate and thought there must have been a mistranslation. Why would she eat tissues?? The next line said that she likes to eat things that aren't food. Oh, okay! That makes sense.

Who is Kumano Kochan?

Art from Bank 

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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #305 - Suzu iFone / iFo音スズ

 it's tempting to only Cover one bank utaus forever, but that would be silly.

Wiki Wednesday #305 - Suzu iFone / iFo音スズ

Suzu is a twenty one year old man who may not actually be human.

Who is iFone Suzu?

Art from wiki

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Sunday, January 5, 2025

Art Tutorial - Easy Painterly Anime Skin

 I got into art again.


Something that really annoyed me was that I just couldn't figure out how artists got the skin to look the way that they do. 

I don't have all of the answers! But I do have a workflow that can get you some pretty nice results!

Credit to Fungzau on YouTube for making the videos that taught me this.

Friday, January 3, 2025

Forgotten Friday #314 - 閖音ロウ / Yurine Rou

 happy new year!

Forgotten Friday #314 - 閖音ロウ / Yurine Rou

So hi! I love the Visual Archive with a passion. I want to set it up so that Forgotten Friday is from the visual archive and wiki Wednesday is from the Wikis.

It's a bit of a struggle because that leaves me dependent on the Internet Archive... The service that is constantly under attack and pretty slow. It's a struggle, but I have my mind set.

Another Bit of housekeeping. I had a feeling that people are sick of my tester USTs. I just use the same ones over and over and over... Wiki Wednesday has been scheduled out until 2026, so those use my previous batch of testers. I made like 20 unique tester USTs that I'll try to use for this! I might dip into my old USTs from like... The year 2020, but I'll avoid using the stuff I wore out for the 2025 Wiki Wednesday articles. 

Rou is a stubborn woman who seems to be really bad with money.

Who Is Rou Yurine?

Art from Bank
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Wiki Wednesday #304 - Kira Amai / 甘いキラ

 happy new year!

Wiki Wednesday #304 - Kira Amai / 甘いキラ

Huh! I had thought the Yandere trend had died out. Kira (get it? Killer?) is a male eighteen year old yandere. 

Who is Amai Kira?

Art from wiki

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