RECLIST FORMATS
INTRODUCTION
Hello there anonymous viewer of this rentry! For you to be here you'd have to be a UTAU user with interests in reclists. If you're not an UTAU user then what the hell are you doing here >:^( go away!! Now that all the non-utau users have gone on to another rentry webpage or youtube shorts, I can actually introduce myself!
Hi, I'm Xcelpobro (XCELPOBRO IN ALL PLATFORMS) and I'm the creator of this rentry, my objectives with this rentry is to help UTAU users with reclist formats and which one to choose in a possible wave of doubt. I ought to list their positives and negative qualities. lets get into this!!
TERMINOLOGY
A C In a reclist usually means its a short term for Consonant. A V In a reclist usually means its a short term for Vowel.
This
Emoticon next to an Format means it can be encoded in hiragana, romaji and in katakana.
Reclist is a shortening of the term "Recording List".
VB is a shortening of the word "Voicebank".
(Psst! Hey, Look here! The formats cited here might not be ALL the formats existing!)
C Format
The C Format Is... Uh... *checks script* I'm not even sure if this format exists Is a format which only contains C samples and is oto'ed as such. (C samples in this case would be only Consonants... Not sure why someone would make a voicebank with this format)
An example of how its used would be
[d] [r] [m]
- Takes a while to OTO
- Has a lot of entries
- Tedious process
- Makes a smooth sound
- Makes a choppy sound
- Has tutorials
(Unknown Qualities.)
V Format
*checks script AGAIN* Seriously who is putting these in here?-- Wait, It's me... Anyways! The V format is very similar to the C format, Being that only V samples are included in the voicebank and oto'ed as such. (V Samples in this case would be only Vowels.)
[o] [e] [i]
- Takes a while to OTO
- Has a lot of entries
- Tedious process
- Makes a smooth sound
- Makes a choppy sound
- Has tutorials
(Unknown Qualities.)
C+V Format
Finally a normal format The C+V Format is a format which was originally introduced as a joke format, But later on became a format which is actually pretty used! It consists in recording Consonants and Vowels in separate samples which are then conjoined to make sound.
An example of how its used would be
[- d] [o] [r] [e] [m] [i] [i -]
- Takes a while to OTO
- Has a lot of entries
- Tedious process
- Makes a smooth sound
- Makes a choppy sound
- Has tutorials
Note: Depending on the user, The process to OTO can be more tedious, More choppy, More smooth, Etc. On the reclist side, It will the depend on the reclist itself if it has a lot of entries.
CV Format (Also know as Single Sound)
Here we are! We are finally to the probable most used format in all of UTAU History! (This is hyperbole, But if you think about it, some of the first utaus were recorded with CV formats. So it pretty much has been used for all of UTAU history) This voicebank consists of recording CV samples and can be oto'ed in various encodings, the most common type of encoding you'll see is in hiragana, romaji and in katakana.
An example of how its used would be
[ど] [れ] [み] [i R]
- Takes a while to OTO
- Has a lot of entries
- Tedious process
- Makes a smooth sound
- Makes a choppy sound
- Has tutorials
Note: Depending on the user, The process to OTO can be more tedious, More choppy, More smooth, Etc. On the reclist side, It will the depend on the reclist itself if it has a lot of entries.
Variations: CV English CVC English CV/CV+VV CV-C Multilingual Zetty CVC
CV-VV Format
CV-VV Format, Or most commonly known was Rentan CV-VV, Is a extension of the CV format, but recorded in strings, alike an CVVC voicebank would be. The extra -VV in the means that it has VV Samples (VV Samples in this case would mean Vowel Vowel samples, which transition an Vowel from another.)
An example of how its used would be
[ど] [o え] [e い]
- Takes a while to OTO
- Has a lot of entries
- Tedious process
- Makes a smooth sound
- Makes a choppy sound
- Has tutorials
Note: Depending on the user, The process to OTO can be more tedious, More choppy, More smooth, Etc. On the reclist side, It will the depend on the reclist itself if it has a lot of entries.
VCV Format (Also know as Continuous Sound)
The VCV Format!! Another darling from the UTAU community. The VCV Format consists of a vowel Coming first before a cv.
An example of how its used would be
[- ど] [o れ] [e み] [i R]
- Takes a while to OTO
- Has a lot of entries
- Tedious process
- Makes a smooth sound
- Makes a choppy sound
- Has tutorials
Note: Depending on the user, The process to OTO can be more tedious, More choppy, More smooth, Etc. On the reclist side, It will the depend on the reclist itself if it has a lot of entries.
Variations: VCV-E Teren000 VCV+VC Nezuh Kun VCV
CVVC Format
The CVVC Format is a format which the CV transitions into VC and vice and verse.
An example of how its used would be
[ど] [o r] [れ] [e m] [み]
- Takes a while to OTO
- Has a lot of entries
- Tedious process
- Makes a smooth sound
- Makes a choppy sound
- Has tutorials
Note: Depending on the user, The process to OTO can be more tedious, More choppy, More smooth, Etc. On the reclist side, It will the depend on the reclist itself if it has a lot of entries.
Variations: CVVC English Sango312 CVVC English Teren000 CVVC
VCCV Format
The VCCV Format is a format most commonly used in English voicebanks.
An example of how its used would be
[-me] [e l] [lu] [u d] [dE] [E-]
- Takes a while to OTO
- Has a lot of entries
- Tedious process
- Makes a smooth sound
- Makes a choppy sound
- Has tutorials
Note: Depending on the user, The process to OTO can be more tedious, More choppy, More smooth, Etc. On the reclist side, It will the depend on the reclist itself if it has a lot of entries.
Variations: nJokis VCCV text_to_death VCCV Aku-P VCCV Gyroflex VCCV
CREDITS
Thank you so much for wikipedia and the utau fandom being direct sources!
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