here's some more useful resources for you guys! ♡ ▪ bibi's tuning tips (page is in japanese, but it translates quite seemlessly into english) big-up.style/zine/article/column/20240906-28990 ▪ jaxonloid's tutorial on pitchbending ua-cam.com/video/1Ul63VVaaf0/v-deo.htmlsi=tahVOhoOH5Rxcq0Z ▪ joezCAFE mixing tutorial ua-cam.com/video/IgzRIZokcZA/v-deo.htmlsi=bjsxmjXgxHI86N5p ▪ lastly, some additional advice from me, is to try and download some pretuned vsqx files!!! looking at how other people tune will help you so much, so try to grab some! you can even observe how AI programs like Synth V autotune! good luck everyone! 🫶
something to keep in mind is that the longer main note we notebend into can sound wildly different based on what kind of phoneme we use so it's a good idea to experiment between using [-] and [a] (or another vowel we're using at the moment) to get the kind of sound we want (or even forgo notebend and simply pitchebnd a [ka] (for example) note instead if we prefer that). additionally notebending especially with extremely short notes can completely throw off the consonant AND vowel lengths of the neighboring notes so you should always keep a look out on that c: also i find it's generally a good idea to make use of the portamento parameter if we're notebending
@@red_covers_it changes the point at which the pitch of one note changes into the next one. with a high value it's later and with a low value it's earlier. it's easy to see the effect in vocaloid 4 and higher because of the visible pitch curve on top of your notes ^^
I came here looking for advice on how to use Pitch Bend better, but I left with a much easier alternative that sounds so much better. Thank you so much for this!
notebending is a lifesaver when i tune in piapro because i cant pitchbend without it crashing on me, its awesome to see how others do it and how i could take inspo ,, thank u :3
YOURE A LEGEND THANK YOU FOR THIS! Recently got miku, and with that piapro, and since this is my first time using a voicebank myself I was a bit confused. This helped a lot, thank you :DDDDD
Thanks for the tutorial! Even though I know how to note bend, this is a really great tutorial for beginners! I learned a few things too! You should do some more of these, they're really useful.
This really was a great intro to notebending! It was an easy enough technique taught in a concise way for me to get used to editing a UST/VSQx without getting too in the weeds. Then, by the time I tuned a whole short song this way, I'd gotten familiar enough with the program to combine this with some basic pitch bending and dynamic adjustments to take it even further beyond splicing. This is a fantastic "dipping your toes in" kind of technique that will still have good usage as you advbance, it seems! Thank you for the video!
@@SweetSoSweet Hi I'm sorry if this is weird or seems self serving, but I wanted to show you my first vocaloid cover (!!!) I just was so excited to share this cuz your video was really helpful in making it and helped me break down my fear of doing so that I've had for like.... most of a decade now. I'm very grateful for you putting in the effort to make such a video.
i don't think one way is better than the other, they both have advantages. notebending is easier to do, and you can get some very interesting results out of it that you can't achieve by pitchbending alone. its also a beginner-friendly technique. but you are right, sometimes there is an issue with the consonants. i personally actually use a combination of both techniques. i think teaching people to notebend is a good way to open the door to learning how to pitchbend. seeing how you should bend the note helps you understand the process of tuning and how you can apply it in different ways. (:
@@SweetSoSweet no, i absolutely don't mind notebending, it's still a good option in learning and actually tuning, i'm using it too, but the next step after learning notebending is using pitch bend and i want people who are new at voca-producing to know their course
LITERALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN SO CONFUSED WITH TUNING AND BEEN VERY STRESSED OUT WITH OUT TEDIOUS AND ANNOYING TUNING IS AND THIS HELPED ME OUT SM 😭 (Also ur Kaito tuning sounds literally amazing-)
I'm checking how everyone is making the tuning to improve mine, but seeing this kinda reassures me because it's exactly the way I'm doing it for the moment, so I guess it's not a wrong way to do it after all :)) Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for the tutorial!! I have been messing with kagamine len on v4 but it never sounded any good. I wanted to make covers in my own language 😢 I would be so happy if you could share more tips and techniques!
this is my favorite method ever ❤ pitchbend almost never works for me, I find this way easier to control and it has better results too (ofc some people make amazing pitchbends, not me though 😅) and using both methods at the same time can give amazing results too!! this tutorial is really good!
late response, but yes i personally use a combination of both techniques! adding pitchbends really help give things an "oomf" i didn't cover it in this video though since i wanted to keep it simpler for beginners 😄
is this note splicing thing that automatically converts the vowel sound to a "-" note a priapro studio specific feature or does this happen in Vocaloid5/Vocaloid6 too?
im using vocaloid4 and i still dont really get it, i tried making smaller notes and bringing them down a few but it just made the whole thing sound super weird so im not sure what im doing wrong, this is my first time using vocaloid ;-;
make sure you've set it to 1/32nd or 1/64th notes!! if the note is too long it will sound wonky. i wish i could draft something up to show you, but currently my laptop is broke :(
not too much, no !! i only started doing it more recently so i dont have a lot of experience under my belt, but its been fun. its a bit more challenging in vocaloid, but i've found that sometimes it can sound a little cleaner, albeit less smooth, but it all depends on how you do it. the technique and pattern is pretty much the same though. (:
@@creator_mayo its all about where you choose to do it. typically it sounds best at the beginning of a line, or the transition from one note to a highter note. its all about patterns and helping them move smoothly to the next part.
I recently bought KAITO. Then, when I tried letting him sing and compared it with headphones and earphones, the sound was muffled when I listened to it with earphones. Can this be resolved by increasing the brightness? Or are the earphones of poor quality? Am I the only one facing this problem? I would be happy if you could let me know.
@@kgm-d7f if the sound is differing between the headphones and earphones, its probably your earphones. if you're going to dip your toes into music production, i recommend getting some nice quality headphones if you can! having a good pair will take you a long way, especially when it comes down to mixing. a little research might help you find something you can afford if you're on a budget. ^^
Hello! How do i find exact tune(or notes) for a certain song? I want to cover a song with miku and luka, but I can't seem to find the right notes (a, f, c etc. for example) do you just play around with it until you get the right note? :'D sorry for asking a dumb question
@@faruzao to be honest, i can't answer that. i'm not very good at playing by ear. i was never musically trained, i cant even identify notes really. if theres a song i really want to cover, i just search for a midi file because you can load those into vocaloid just like a vsqx file. you can also just look at piano tutorials and copy the notes they play. if you can read sheet music (i cant lol) thats another method that may help as well. i hope these tips help!
is there a faster way to switch between notes or just simply change shortcuts in piapro? in vocaloid 4 i switch between notes using keys but when i try on pia it doesn't work
Does any1 here know how to mix sounds using Piapro? Like how to make sounds fade in with each other (a smooth transition from, let's say, "ke" to "i"). I know how to do this with OpenUtau, but I haven't found a way to do it with Piapro Studio yet. Edit: I used to make characters speak/sing in English using this feature in OpenUtau, so I was hoping to find the same in Piapro :,)
Uwaa! Thank you so much for this! I just got Kaito V3 recently and have just been trial and erroring my way through tuning. So far I've just been drawing the pitch bends. This way looks so much faster and easier! (*＞ω＜*)♡
you have to change it in studio one. it will be at the bottom, towards the right! maybe look up how to change the tempo in that since its a little hard for me to describe the location
i'm not sure if someone else asked already but do you get all the voicebanks when you download piapro? or do you have to get the software and then download the voicebanks? :')
actually the opposite, you have to purchase a voicebank in order to get piapro. and piapro ONLY comes with cryptonloids (miku, rin, len, luka, kaito, and meiko). it is also only compatible with the V3 and V4 voicebanks. hope that helps!
its not an app for anything like a mobile device, if thats what you're asking. its computer software called vocaloid, and a few other software programs listed in the description. its a bit complicated, so if you're interested in using it, do your research on what exactly you need!
i'm not sure, i've never used that before, but the technique should be somewhat transferrable at least. some programs you might have to draw pitchbends instead of notebends, but you can use the same patterns!
Honestly it's so dumb as to why they made him a V3, why not a v4? Just makes things all the more difficult for Kaito enjoyers in using the platform and the vocaloid....
here's some more useful resources for you guys! ♡
▪ bibi's tuning tips (page is in japanese, but it translates quite seemlessly into english)
big-up.style/zine/article/column/20240906-28990
▪ jaxonloid's tutorial on pitchbending
ua-cam.com/video/1Ul63VVaaf0/v-deo.htmlsi=tahVOhoOH5Rxcq0Z
▪ joezCAFE mixing tutorial
ua-cam.com/video/IgzRIZokcZA/v-deo.htmlsi=bjsxmjXgxHI86N5p
▪ lastly, some additional advice from me, is to try and download some pretuned vsqx files!!! looking at how other people tune will help you so much, so try to grab some! you can even observe how AI programs like Synth V autotune!
good luck everyone! 🫶
something to keep in mind is that the longer main note we notebend into can sound wildly different based on what kind of phoneme we use so it's a good idea to experiment between using [-] and [a] (or another vowel we're using at the moment) to get the kind of sound we want (or even forgo notebend and simply pitchebnd a [ka] (for example) note instead if we prefer that).
additionally notebending especially with extremely short notes can completely throw off the consonant AND vowel lengths of the neighboring notes so you should always keep a look out on that c:
also i find it's generally a good idea to make use of the portamento parameter if we're notebending
i agree! all great techniques and tips to keep in mind! thank you for your suggestions, i hope it helps more people 🤗
What is portamento parameter? I’ve always wondered what it was for 🤔
@@red_covers_it changes the point at which the pitch of one note changes into the next one. with a high value it's later and with a low value it's earlier. it's easy to see the effect in vocaloid 4 and higher because of the visible pitch curve on top of your notes ^^
@@stormfist9927 I never knew about this, thank you so much! Do you know if that particular setting is in VOCALOID 5?
I came here looking for advice on how to use Pitch Bend better, but I left with a much easier alternative that sounds so much better. Thank you so much for this!
The sped up Kaito sounds when you were editing the notes got a cheeky giggle out of me, Great tutorial for if i ever get Piapro ❤
notebending is a lifesaver when i tune in piapro because i cant pitchbend without it crashing on me, its awesome to see how others do it and how i could take inspo ,, thank u :3
straight to the point, not explained in an unnecessarily confusing manner, i understood quick. great vid! subbed
you accidentally made kaito say caca at 1:21
LMAO oops
YOURE A LEGEND THANK YOU FOR THIS! Recently got miku, and with that piapro, and since this is my first time using a voicebank myself I was a bit confused. This helped a lot, thank you :DDDDD
Thanks for the tutorial! Even though I know how to note bend, this is a really great tutorial for beginners! I learned a few things too! You should do some more of these, they're really useful.
This really was a great intro to notebending! It was an easy enough technique taught in a concise way for me to get used to editing a UST/VSQx without getting too in the weeds. Then, by the time I tuned a whole short song this way, I'd gotten familiar enough with the program to combine this with some basic pitch bending and dynamic adjustments to take it even further beyond splicing. This is a fantastic "dipping your toes in" kind of technique that will still have good usage as you advbance, it seems! Thank you for the video!
@@sarapoda i'm so happy i could help!! :D thank you for the nice comment ♡
@@SweetSoSweet Hi I'm sorry if this is weird or seems self serving, but I wanted to show you my first vocaloid cover (!!!) I just was so excited to share this cuz your video was really helpful in making it and helped me break down my fear of doing so that I've had for like.... most of a decade now. I'm very grateful for you putting in the effort to make such a video.
at some cases to tight notebending can make voicebank swallow some consonants, so it's better to learn tuning through pitch bend parameter
i don't think one way is better than the other, they both have advantages. notebending is easier to do, and you can get some very interesting results out of it that you can't achieve by pitchbending alone. its also a beginner-friendly technique. but you are right, sometimes there is an issue with the consonants. i personally actually use a combination of both techniques.
i think teaching people to notebend is a good way to open the door to learning how to pitchbend. seeing how you should bend the note helps you understand the process of tuning and how you can apply it in different ways. (:
@@SweetSoSweet no, i absolutely don't mind notebending, it's still a good option in learning and actually tuning, i'm using it too, but the next step after learning notebending is using pitch bend and i want people who are new at voca-producing to know their course
@@soriroguri in that case, i agree!!
I would love more tutorials like this
LITERALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'VE BEEN SO CONFUSED WITH TUNING AND BEEN VERY STRESSED OUT WITH OUT TEDIOUS AND ANNOYING TUNING IS AND THIS HELPED ME OUT SM 😭 (Also ur Kaito tuning sounds literally amazing-)
I'm checking how everyone is making the tuning to improve mine, but seeing this kinda reassures me because it's exactly the way I'm doing it for the moment, so I guess it's not a wrong way to do it after all :)) Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for the tutorial!! I have been messing with kagamine len on v4 but it never sounded any good. I wanted to make covers in my own language 😢 I would be so happy if you could share more tips and techniques!
i'll see what else i can do ^^ thank you for watching, i'm glad it helped!
@@SweetSoSweet looking forward for that!
I actually laughed at the TADA sound. Got to the point, and now Miku can sing in my depressing suicide christmas song.
this is my favorite method ever ❤ pitchbend almost never works for me, I find this way easier to control and it has better results too (ofc some people make amazing pitchbends, not me though 😅)
and using both methods at the same time can give amazing results too!!
this tutorial is really good!
late response, but yes i personally use a combination of both techniques! adding pitchbends really help give things an "oomf"
i didn't cover it in this video though since i wanted to keep it simpler for beginners 😄
THIS is the tutorial I’ve been needing for so long!!! Thank you!! 🙏
Ohhhh, this is genius, thank you so much!!
THANK YOU
Thank you for this. NOW I CAN TUNE BETTER IN VOCALOID4FE LES GO
Cool, now my vocaloids can be a rapper with autotune :)
Are you reading my mind, perhaps???
I went crazy when I heard meltdown
I’d love to get into vocaloid banks as an actual singer for my originals if the actual software didn’t cost a bomb tbh
is this note splicing thing that automatically converts the vowel sound to a "-" note a priapro studio specific feature or does this happen in Vocaloid5/Vocaloid6 too?
i don't actually use V5 very much so i can't really remember, but i do believe it does the same thing as piapro. 🤔
im using vocaloid4 and i still dont really get it, i tried making smaller notes and bringing them down a few but it just made the whole thing sound super weird so im not sure what im doing wrong, this is my first time using vocaloid ;-;
make sure you've set it to 1/32nd or 1/64th notes!! if the note is too long it will sound wonky. i wish i could draft something up to show you, but currently my laptop is broke :(
is there any substantial difference in how it sounds/the workflow compared to pitchbending?
not too much, no !! i only started doing it more recently so i dont have a lot of experience under my belt, but its been fun. its a bit more challenging in vocaloid, but i've found that sometimes it can sound a little cleaner, albeit less smooth, but it all depends on how you do it. the technique and pattern is pretty much the same though. (:
I tried cutting and moving the notes but they sound like crap ( as always for me) how do I fix that or make it not crap?
@@creator_mayo its all about where you choose to do it. typically it sounds best at the beginning of a line, or the transition from one note to a highter note. its all about patterns and helping them move smoothly to the next part.
@@SweetSoSweetya but like even when trying to just add the notes NOTHING sounds right at all idk what to do
I recently bought KAITO. Then, when I tried letting him sing and compared it with headphones and earphones, the sound was muffled when I listened to it with earphones. Can this be resolved by increasing the brightness? Or are the earphones of poor quality? Am I the only one facing this problem? I would be happy if you could let me know.
@@kgm-d7f if the sound is differing between the headphones and earphones, its probably your earphones. if you're going to dip your toes into music production, i recommend getting some nice quality headphones if you can! having a good pair will take you a long way, especially when it comes down to mixing. a little research might help you find something you can afford if you're on a budget. ^^
@@SweetSoSweet thank you. I can't make full-fledged music production yet, so I'll think about that later.
Hello! How do i find exact tune(or notes) for a certain song? I want to cover a song with miku and luka, but I can't seem to find the right notes (a, f, c etc. for example) do you just play around with it until you get the right note? :'D sorry for asking a dumb question
@@faruzao to be honest, i can't answer that. i'm not very good at playing by ear. i was never musically trained, i cant even identify notes really. if theres a song i really want to cover, i just search for a midi file because you can load those into vocaloid just like a vsqx file. you can also just look at piano tutorials and copy the notes they play. if you can read sheet music (i cant lol) thats another method that may help as well. i hope these tips help!
@@SweetSoSweet Thank you! :D I'll try those.
Can you make more tutorials like this beacuse there not that much
if i can think of anything else to cover!
How do u get the red line? I don’t know anything about making vocaloid stuff
the red line is only visible in the V4x version of piapro studio and can be accessed through the icons in the upper right corner!
@ ok! I think I have that
Can you explain me how to change the tempo on Piapro studio?
@@LeoCatStar here you go!
ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxfgLpOw7cXPn6G6p9gbb2dVXnAhpGHRdX?si=N3FtnTco9zBchWlW
@@SweetSoSweet thanks!
is there a faster way to switch between notes or just simply change shortcuts in piapro? in vocaloid 4 i switch between notes using keys but when i try on pia it doesn't work
@@erinisZesty33 i think you can use the tab key, but i'm not entirely sure, i never use that function
@@SweetSoSweet 👅👅👅👅
@@SweetSoSweet it don't work :(
Weird question, but... How to use Piapro Studio? I tried installing it but I can't find it. Is it a software like VOCALOID?
it will be located within the Studio One. it's not a standalone software, just a VSTi.
@@SweetSoSweet OH got it! Thank you ☺️
Does any1 here know how to mix sounds using Piapro? Like how to make sounds fade in with each other (a smooth transition from, let's say, "ke" to "i"). I know how to do this with OpenUtau, but I haven't found a way to do it with Piapro Studio yet.
Edit: I used to make characters speak/sing in English using this feature in OpenUtau, so I was hoping to find the same in Piapro :,)
I just started, how do i make the red lines appear ? i have len&rin v4x
when you have your piano roll open, there should be a toggle with 6 buttons in the top right. heres a picture of what it looks like! bit.ly/3H4CZqC
it worked tysm!@@SweetSoSweet
Uwaa! Thank you so much for this! I just got Kaito V3 recently and have just been trial and erroring my way through tuning. So far I've just been drawing the pitch bends. This way looks so much faster and easier! (*＞ω＜*)♡
its definitely a very beginner friendly way to start! at some point i'll try to make a tutorial on how you can utilize pitch bending though 😊
how do u change the tempo in piapro studio ? I'm new and I don't know how to change it.
you have to change it in studio one. it will be at the bottom, towards the right! maybe look up how to change the tempo in that since its a little hard for me to describe the location
i'm not sure if someone else asked already but do you get all the voicebanks when you download piapro? or do you have to get the software and then download the voicebanks? :')
actually the opposite, you have to purchase a voicebank in order to get piapro. and piapro ONLY comes with cryptonloids (miku, rin, len, luka, kaito, and meiko). it is also only compatible with the V3 and V4 voicebanks. hope that helps!
@@SweetSoSweet thank you so much!!
una pregunta, como activaste notebending?
Hii what app are u using i really want to know!
its not an app for anything like a mobile device, if thats what you're asking. its computer software called vocaloid, and a few other software programs listed in the description. its a bit complicated, so if you're interested in using it, do your research on what exactly you need!
Can i use this tutorial also in Pocket singer app?
i'm not sure, i've never used that before, but the technique should be somewhat transferrable at least. some programs you might have to draw pitchbends instead of notebends, but you can use the same patterns!
@@SweetSoSweet ok, thanks.. 😊 i am new to learning vocaloid and i hope i can also make one someday..
@@Gankoittetsu good luck!! :D
@@SweetSoSweet thanks 😊
@ExileDesu thank you 🥰.. Goodluck to you as well...
how is this a tutorial it was all sped up?
You were supposed to digest the information given by reading (not trying to be mean I’m just kind of confused by what you’re saying)
Honestly it's so dumb as to why they made him a V3, why not a v4? Just makes things all the more difficult for Kaito enjoyers in using the platform and the vocaloid....
Yamaha.