Forgotten Friday #43 - Gumbi500's Trem

So, fun fact about my accent. I actually can't hear the difference between "pen" and "pin" unless I really listen really hard. For that reason, I read this name as "Trim". What it really means is a shortening of "tremolo".... I think?

Forgotten Friday #43 - Gumbi500's Trem

I feel kind of bad, because I remember being friends with Trem's voice provider. But, I only knew her as Trem. I couldn't even remember her name. Well, I found out why! She's credited as Trempush Jones in the documentation of Trem's bank. She is Trem!

Now, this is going to be difficult. Trem is an English UTAU from before CVVC was common. Meaning? 単独音. There are a few VC samples spread around, and some CCV... But there's no OTO. It's a mess and any modern user would just turn around and cry if they were told to use this bank. And I almost did! But, Trem deserves respect for breaking ground before CZ. (Also, I like her voice.)

Because this will be such a mess, I am only going to use her most recent bank, found here. 

Who is Trem?

Official Icon Packaged With Bank

Wiki Wednesday #32 - Mal-Cat's Bat

See what I said about scheduling? This isn't too far removed from the first in this series that people would have forgotten, but it isn't close enough to make people bored of these UTAUs. Fun fact, however. I had forgotten to download this UTAU somehow, meaning I had to do exactly what I said I wouldn't do... Download another UTAU. 

Wiki Wednesday #32 - Mal-Cat's Bat

If Mal-Cat wasn't kind enough to organize everything so nicely on their dA, these UTAUs would be a nightmare to write about. They aren't packaged with icons, readmes, or character text files. Just the samples, the OTO, and the FRQ. I really, really dislike using images that aren't packaged with the bank, but I literally have to take images from elsewhere if I want to make this article.

What I feel morally right doing when I don't have an image from the bank itself is using one from the UTAU Visual Archive or the UTAU Wiki. But, those don't exist either! Only their dA. So, I'm sorry Mal-cat, but I gotta get the images from somewhere.

Who is Bat?

Official Art by Mal-Cat

Forgotten Friday #42 - 恋歌ラン / Renga Ran

I'm actually going to start testing something new with this blog post. As opposed to using Clyp, I'll try using Google Drive and relying on IFRAME. The reasoning is rather simple. On Clyp, I have ((322 * 60) / 15) more uploads of 15 second clips. (1,288, if you're like me and need a calculator.) However, on Google Drive, space is determined by the size of the file and not the length. If I lower the quality to 128kbps MP3, then one gigabyte of space (out of 15 free GB that I'm not even using) will get me about 3,333 uploads for the blog. Using Google Drive's preview feature will be more work, so don't be shocked if I give up! (Note, ((3,333 / 3) / 104) is ten years of this blog with an average of 3 clips per article, but if I have nothing better to put in my Drive, I could spend all of the data on this. That's over one hundred years! Without paying money, ((1,288 / 3) / 104) is four years on Clyp and that's it.)

Forgotten Friday #42 - 恋歌ラン / Renga Ran

This UTAU was a handful to get! The CV was easy, it was just on someone's getuploader dedicated to this UTAU. The VCV, though? Everyone linked to the voice provider's OneDrive... Which was deleted. Whoops.

But it was only due to the amazing UTAU Visual Archive that I was able to find the ACT 3 VCV!!!!

If you don't know me well, I love VCV. VCV is one of my favorite things. Now that I'm working more with English UTAUs, I thought I had fallen out of love with the whole VCV thing. But the second I saw the FRQs with seven mora VCV? Squee! I even checked the OTO to make sure it wasn't CVVC. It's VCV!! I'm in love!

Now, I say this before even listening to the bank. So, I may hate it. But finding a VCV that no one probably even knew existed makes me really happy!

Who is Ran Renga?

Official Icon Packaged with Bank

Wiki Wednesday #31 - Ajiata's Psyche / プシューケー

I actually giggled, covered my mouth, and said "oh... cutie..." when I saw the katakana Ajiata had given for Psyche's name. It actually is the accepted pronunciation according to Jisho, but as an American where it is pronounced サイク or サイキ depending on the context, it was just a silly little thing that made me giggle.

Wiki Wednesday #31 - Ajiata's Psyche /  プシューケー

I wouldn't have been able to write about this UTAU if I had kept with the whole "save the collectives for investigations" thing. I've double booked UTAUs for Forgotten Friday and Wiki Wednesday before, but I've just been kind of hesitant to do that. This UTAU only has one other UTAU linked to her, so I just thought... I'm doing it. I'm going to write two separate articles. 

Of course, I won't do them back to back because of a promise I made (mostly to myself, and partially for my five dedicated readers) that I wouldn't just spam one series week after week. I get it is a little silly, but maintaining this blog to begin with is really silly. 

Now, let me say, this bank's voice provider is apparently Milkychan. But that makes no sense! A Polish user with 300 subscribers gets a German singer with over 100,000 subscribers to record a bank? And Ajiata hasn't even posted a video with Psyche?! Psyche has no YouTube videos, no Wiki page... The only place she exists is on her download page on Ajiata's website. 

Is this an illegal UTAU?! (Spoiler, it's totally legal. I should probably stop writing these sections in such a hyperbolic manner.) Well, we're here...

Who is Psyche?

Official Icon Packaged with Bank

Forgotten Friday #41 - 凱歌ニケ / Gaika Nike

I "officially" list the year I quit UTAU as 2013. I did produce a tiny bit of content in 2014, but not enough to genuinely be "an UTAU user" in any serious capacity. Regardless of my weekly UTAU related content on my YouTube channel and this blog, I still don't consider myself an UTAU user. I probably should, but I don't really feel like a part of the fandom anymore. But, all of that was just to determine "when I quit the fandom" and why I still feel like I'm still done quit.

Forgotten Friday #41 - 凱歌ニケ / Gaika Nike

What is better than finding an UTAU you used to like but had forgotten about? Finding out that an UTAU that you had like but had forgotten about had a two pitch VCV released after you quit! 

Nike's creator is named 渦彦. I was not able to Nancy Drew their gender, so they are they. Nike is also they as Nike is non-binary. In this article, I will pretend that Nike just popped into existence without the help of any humans so that they only applies to one subject at this time.

Who is Nike Gaika?

Nike's Previous Design,
Packaged with Banks Released before 2015

Wiki Wednesday #30 - 滝口っぽいど / Takiguchippoido

I didn't want to include this UTAU because I find the design... just not aesthetic. But listening to the demo made me say, gosh darn it, I have to write about this guy!

Wiki Wednesday #30 - 滝口っぽいど / Takiguchippoido

Hi! I can't stand UAR files! I never install voices into UTAU. Literally. Never. Years ago, I would load UTAUs in my UTAU folder (not in Program Files) into the dropdown for easy access, but I didn't put them in Program Files.

Here's a tip, though. They open just fine in 7-Zip. I can't stand 7-Zip either, but I prefer that to taking a voyage to my Program Files. I'm deleting this UTAU after I use it, and even if I wasn't, putting the bank in a place that requires admin privileges to modify means that every change to the OTO gets eaten!! I won't tell you not to make UARs. The icon is really pretty! But if you're like me, just download 7-Zip. Ignore the install file and drag the voicebank into your voicebank folder.

Anyway, on to the article!

Who is Takiguchippoido?

Official Art Packaged with Bank

Forgotten Friday #40 - 和歌ザト / Waka Zato

So, you shouldn't really reprimand children who do stuff like this. It's better to be catfishing with UTAUs than getting into trouble and throwing cherry bombs down toilets. I mean, is it ideal? No. But is it better than some of the alternatives? Yes.

Forgotten Friday #40 - 和歌ザト / Waka Zato

LegendMaker was at it again. I was in such a rush to download everything back when I was first making my spreadsheet that I didn't notice the design. But while I was pulling up the Nicopedia article to get started on this article, I saw the design. And I knew, dang it. Another LegendMaker UTAU. I'm am so confused until I remember that this bank was recorded in March of 2009. The OTO was literally stolen from another bank. (Note: that doesn't work for CV banks, and that's why we don't do that anymore.)

Basically, I won't get into why this entire bank is just kind of screwy from a whole backstory angle. That gets too personal, so let's just move on. 

Who is Waka Zato? 

Official Art Packaged with Bank