UTAU users are grass-root they don't have studio budgets, so quality is very much a crap shoot depending on an individual's budget as well as skill. Desired output sans edits will - theoretically - be less tedious.
Vocaloid is proprietary, goes through QA/QC (not 100% always *cough*Sonika*cough*Rin and Len ACT1*cough*), is generally recorded in a professional environment with professional singers (again, exceptions exist, such as Sonika, Ruby, Dex, Daina). UTAU is made for mouse/trackpad users in mind, so you don't have to draw parameters. PC-UTAU lacks multi-track (UTAU-Synth has this, but it's not perfect). Both suffer from lack of bgm import and neither are capable of rewiring to a daw. PC-UTAU is crippled by rest notes, but UTAU-Synth is crippled by lack of options (no resamplers outside of default, no plugins).
It's possible to not use 3rd party programs to make a ust, but it's much more difficult depending on whether you're on PC or Mac. UTAU relies more on 3rd party software: either make a vsqx in vocaloid, export as vsq via plugin, import to UTAU and edit from there OR use a daw capable of creating and exporting midi.
Shareware has a few more native features than free (plugins, however has made this a moot point if you're willing to do more clicks). UTAU works mostly the same regardless of version, albeit there are more bugs in earlier versions. Input is easy since it's practically free of restraints. I would say the hardest part about Vocaloid is the way parameters are edited by drawing - not too user friendly if you don't have a graphic tablet or optical mouse. It supports multiple tracks unless you're talking about V3 TinyEditor (you only have 1 track and 17 bars to work with). Vocaloid is a program unto itself that doesn't need 3rd party program support outside of making original instrumentals. V2 works similarly to V3, but iirc, lacks the ability to input bgm (it does rewire to most daws, however). V2, V3, and V4 have similar levels of difficulty unless you factor in Growl/Evec/XSyn, in which case V3 is easier than V4. You have your piano roll, you have your voice, you have your parameters. Using it is probably more similar to using UTAU. Version: from hardest to easiest as far as Vocaloid. Although I have found that being more creative with the phonemes themselves alleviates that somewhat.ĭisclaimer: sorry if this comes across scatter brained or is TL DR, but it's hard to really answer this question without writing an essay of sorts.Įase of use is very much dependent on several factors: So whether it's "easier" or not just depends on whether you really like the classic Vocaloid sound of poorly imitated human singing. It doesn't use control points like most audio software, instead going for a freely-drawn method that can't be copied and pasted afaik. I don't know if that can be turned off actually so thats could just be nonsense on my part.Īutomation is also rather tedious, especially when it comes to pitch bends. The main thing that got me was how notes blend together, meaning that in some cases if you want to make a note shorter, you can't, because the engine will automatically stretch it out to acheive the "blending".
The vocaloid system definitely takes some of the effort out of writing the lyrics, however, some of its automaticness and lack of manual control actually end up being detrimental to getting good sounding results. So I recently got Vocaloid 4 and did some testing. Maybe other peoole feel the other way around XD
Well, this is all based on personal experiences. I have IA, GUMI and KAITO VBs of V3, and the V4 editor: tho the interface is ckeaner than UTAU's the program itself is complicated. It took me until this year to get VOCALOID tuning correctly. As both UTAU and VOCALOID user.I'd say UTAU is way easier to understand and get used to. So I guess that is all I can remember for now. UTAU"s pitching interface and the pitching settibg uo itself is way easier (and maybe, even better.)Ģ-The settings for dynamics, pitch, etc are sensible.ģ-Getting plugins.Some work, some doesnt.Some are paid. But there are exceptions as always.ĥ-Easier lyric inputting and also allows you to easily edit the phonems of the notes.Īt the same time VOCALOID is harder (for me) when:ġ-Tuning is more complicated in VOCALOID. For me VOCALOID is easier in these subjects:Ģ-Way easier note inouting, resizing and moving.ģ-Keyboard shortcuts are almost the same as most of other programs.Ĥ-When buying a VB the quality is guaranteed.