2. Basic Recording Overview
While these tutorials focus primarily on otoing, I'm sure many of you are here because you want to make your own banks. If this is not the case, feel free to skip to the next tutorial.
It is highly, highly, highly recommended that you use a program called OREMO to record. OREMO has many features that allow you to monitor the pitch, tempo, and quality of your recordings. It also exports and names files automatically which will save you a lot of headache. I recommend CZ's tutorial for instructions on installing and setting up OREMO - this tutorial will work for any type of bank.
In general, it's important to pay attention to the pitch, tone, and tempo of your recordings. Inconsistencies will lower your UTAU's quality significantly. It's also important to make sure there's about a second of silence before and after you sing. This will not only make it easier to clean and oto your samples, but also ensures that your consonants and natural endings don't get clipped out of the recordings.
If you're recording CV, or another list with only on syllable per recording, it's important to hold the note for a decent amount of time to improve clarity on longer notes. For multi-syllabic lists like VCV or CVVC, it's important to record fluidly at a consistent tempo. DO NOT pause or hesitate between syllables, just let them flow together naturally. OREMO allows you to record with background music or a tempo guide in order to help with this, and different types of background music for OREMO are easy to find with a cursory google search.
Full recording tutorial here.
It is highly, highly, highly recommended that you use a program called OREMO to record. OREMO has many features that allow you to monitor the pitch, tempo, and quality of your recordings. It also exports and names files automatically which will save you a lot of headache. I recommend CZ's tutorial for instructions on installing and setting up OREMO - this tutorial will work for any type of bank.
In general, it's important to pay attention to the pitch, tone, and tempo of your recordings. Inconsistencies will lower your UTAU's quality significantly. It's also important to make sure there's about a second of silence before and after you sing. This will not only make it easier to clean and oto your samples, but also ensures that your consonants and natural endings don't get clipped out of the recordings.
If you're recording CV, or another list with only on syllable per recording, it's important to hold the note for a decent amount of time to improve clarity on longer notes. For multi-syllabic lists like VCV or CVVC, it's important to record fluidly at a consistent tempo. DO NOT pause or hesitate between syllables, just let them flow together naturally. OREMO allows you to record with background music or a tempo guide in order to help with this, and different types of background music for OREMO are easy to find with a cursory google search.
Full recording tutorial here.