In my experience, UTAU is much easier to use than Vocaloid so not only is it easier on your head but on your wallet too! There are many free voicebanks you can download and use to an extent. UTAU is self-developed whereas VOCALOID uses vocal phonetics for a wider range of possibilities. The engines serve the same purpose but they work differently. The said synthesizers have been said to be quite similar as the results have shown similarities. Not to mention, you cannot run an UTAU voicebank on a VOCALOID engine and vice versa. Voice providers are chosen by various means depending on the studio.
VOCALOIDS are made by studios that are licensed by YAMAHA to make their own. VOCALOIDS have paid voicebanks as well but you might have to go through a more difficult process to make your own. A smoother one with more realistic results? A VCV (vowel consonant vowel) would be what you’re looking for. A simple one for beginners? A CV (consonant vowel) voicebank would be good. It’s a fairly simple process depending on what kind of voicebank you are planning to achieve. Other than VOCALOID being a paid voice synth engine and UTAU being a free one, another significant difference is that voicebanks can be made by anyone. Some UTAUloids have been said to have surpassed the quality of certain VOCALOIDS. The more well-known UTAU are Kasane Teto, Namine Ritsu and Yokune Ruko, which were initially meant to be ‘prank’ VOCALOIDS or ‘BOUCALOIDS’.Īs UTAU progressed, better and better UTAUloids appeared and few of the many, popular and realistic UTAUloids are Gahata Meiji, Matsudappoiyo (Retired), Anna Nyui and Yamine Renri. UTAU has an engine for both Windows and MAC but it’s been said that the MAC version, UTAU Synth, updates more frequently than the Windows version. UTAU is not to be assumed as the ‘weaker’ synthesizer as it is free unlike VOCALOID. An example being VY1V4 which was released by YAMAHA earlier this year. Through the years it has greatly improved, being able to make a voicebank sound almost human if tuned correctly with its new growl feature. Vocaloid 1 was released in Janubut it got really popular after its second release due to Hatsune Miku’s voicebank which was released by Crypton Future Media on August 31, 2007. Vocaloid 4 being the latest release of course. The synthesizer was released by YAMAHA and currently has four different engines, Vocaloid 1, Vocaloid 2, Vocaloid 3 and Vocaloid 4. VOCALOID is the more popular between UTAU and itself.
However before we head into that, let’s go through the background of each of these singing voice synthesizers. The results may sound similar but there are many factors that make these synthesizers different. Now, both Miku and Teto are used by two different singing voice synthesizers, namely VOCALOID for Miku and UTAU for Teto.
Since you’re here, I assume you have heard of Hatsune Miku, and possibly Kasane Teto too.
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