Remix Yume To Hazakura feat. UTAU Arachne -RECLUSE+SCORPION-
0Question: Do you people know the feeling of randomly stumbling over a voicebank and it makes simply :click: in your head?
-》Well, that's what at least happened to me, when I joined the UTAU-reddit and was greeted by a Demo Reel of Arachne (the English version named -Tarantula- ).
Immediately curious, I researched the UTAUloid and learned there were two Japanese versions as well. And guess what happened... ^.^"
Yeah, you can say I fell head over heels for the gentle JPN voicebank Arachne -Recluse- (and found -Scorpion- of course quite fascinating [despite not liking a few odd tunes the demonstrations of this one had]). An adult, feminine voice such as these .OTOs' got is exactly my cup of tea.
Also, I simply ADORE Arachne as a drawn character. So cute and pink-purple-blueish is hitting a nerve of mine. /x3c
-》Hence, dear creator of Arachne, please forgive me for being unable to decide, which official outfit of to pick for her when it was time to make my remixe's cover-art. I love both -Scorpion- and -Recluse- designs, thus I combined them in the end. (BUT I got a good excuse for mixing the outfits, I promise.)
Don't know if listeners can hear the subtle difference, but even though the mainvoice here IS Arachne's gentler .OTO, in fact the stronger version backs it all the time up a ka plays nonstop along.
(Originally I wanted to switch them here and there out in Magix Music Maker, but then stayed with both .WAVs being on as they gave a pretty nice sound together once -Scorpion- was put a tad quieter.)
Uhm, by the way, I have zero idea, why some sung tunes at the early part of my arrangement are swallowed - or which part of the software (UTAUs installation of the .OTO or the UST-import) are to blame.
-》I'm not used to tinkering with UTAU, hence really didn't feel like analyzing the error after the program took ages to export both .WAV-files. I was just glad to finally have my songstress ready to finish the remix.
Speaking of which, the idea to merely tinker an own Vocaloid-cover of "Yume To Hazakura" had been for a longer while in my head. But after finding Arachne ( and eventually making UTAU function correctly :coughcough: ), I found it more appropriate to make a full remix.
P.S.1. I swear I hate GIMP at times. The stupid software had sometime around the evening / right in the coloring-process of my Arachne-fanart randomly decided to forget my progress of Sunday, thus I had to work twice on some purple / pink sections. x'{ The background for the remix-cover itself also gave me a nice chunk of headache until it was finished. ( PLEASE do not ask me, how much time I invested in the character-drawing. It's embarrassing to count the hours; not only because I'm in general as slow as a slug. Q.Q )
P.S.2. Now go and support Arachne's creator! (Who is indeed called General Nuisance.)
Details:
-Remix based on:
-Synthesia Piano Midi by Megumiku: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyuxj0o-0VM
-Piano Tutorial PDF by Piano Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhhniNR1WLw
-Download of my .mid-Edit: https://www.mediafire.com/file/i1jpekq0cf09pk5/Yume+To+Hazakura+Midi+Edit+by+MelodyCrystel.MID/file
-UTAU Voicebank: Arachne -RECLUSE- & -SCORPION-
-UST / VSQx by GMF159 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM3R3peDR6I
-VST:
-Soundfont by Bauerklos (Koto ; Dulcimer ; Vibraphone ; Slow Strings ; Pan Flute ; Strings ; Standard 1)
-Touhou Soundfont Bank (Koto ; Dulcimer ; VivesPS06 ; Slow Strings ; ClavinovaPanFlu ; Strings Orchest ; Standard 1)
-DSK World StringZ (Koto ; Dulcimer)
-Edirol Orchestral (Bass Marimba ; Slow Strings ; Alto Flute ; Full Strings)