User talk:Damesukekun

Song Translations
Sorry about that. I'll look around the other website. Thanks for the link! =) Xhirachu 18:45, October 24, 2009 (UTC)

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On the other wikis I'm usually dealing with a lot of fan content as well as fan interpretations of stuff, so I'm sorry if I get a little biased. I have tendencies. You can fix whatever I screwed up (although I may have to beg to differ on Japanese interpretations on stuff even though my Japanese knowledge will only get me through about one semester of Japanese I)... Only dead fish go with the flow. 01:28, December 2, 2009 (UTC)

hi :)
hi Damesukekun:

I'm an UTAU beginner.. and I have some problem about UTAU..

could you help me..? thanks! :)

my Email & WindowsLiveMessenger(MSN): wxy1988@hotmail.com

how to optimize voice in utau (or after utau)
for example:

sm8595712

in this utau song, the voice is very cleanlily.

but the voice in my utau work isn't sounds as clean and smooth as that song.

the vocal source is clean and smooth enough, but after the pitch transformation in utau, it sounds not clean as before (it sounds like something "noise" in vocal wave)

how to optimize the voice to make the voice wave cleanlily? (how to optimize it in utau or other software)

thanks :) !!

The UTAU users confront the same difficulty. Even the early works of Lamaze-P sound robot-like singing, so they share the tuning skill in UTAU Users Mutual Aid Association (UTAU ユーザー互助会). The portal is in Japanese only, though. Oh, could you leave your signature? --Damesukekun 11:17, December 12, 2009 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't own either Vocaloid or UTAU software, so I have no experience operating the singing voice.

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Yes. I'm more concerned about him/her deleting Guma than adding Kimi, actually - the Japanese fandom hasn't made any Voyakiloids lately, so it's pretty much first come first serve now. But still, Kimi needs a voice config, and there is nothing wrong with Guma. Only dead fish go with the flow. 23:26, December 13, 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the grammatical mistakes. I've just got up and been an idiot. --Damesukekun 23:33, December 13, 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay. I'm going to leave a message on his/her page and let Lopez know it.
 * How well is filozofio doing on the Rankings? The Daily, not the Weekly. Only dead fish go with the flow. 23:57, December 13, 2009 (UTC)


 * Hm, it　came and left like a shooting star. The total score is about 30,000 hits in YouTube now. --Damesukekun 00:01, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * That's more than good enough. Only dead fish go with the flow. 00:04, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thanks Damesukekun! I'll do my best to proofread, update and maintain articles, especially MMD.

--Riotmos 00:37, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Voiceroid?
Think it should go under Influenced By Vocaloid? Technically it's not the same, but having a mascot character voicing - same concept, and I've actually seen Tsukuyomi Ai videos categorized under Vocaloid in NND. Plus, AH made it, which makes it even more fishy. Only dead fish go with the flow. 06:12, December 14, 2009 (UTC)

Another point which supports my idea is that AquesTalk, a non-Vocaloid voice synthesizing program, is regarded as an UTAU derivative (the truth is converse, though). Visit Defoko and Yukkuri (Jpn.). Maybe O Herman will give us more advice. I'll ask him. --Damesukekun 07:13, December 14, 2009 (UTC)
 * Hmm... I think it should be categorized as a Related Program such as UTAU. Tsukuyomi's place has not been set in Nicovideo yet. I feel she appears more often in UTAU related videos than Vocaloid related ones.


 * If it doesn't use the vocaloid software, it's not vocaloid. Therefore, Ai belongs as an influenced program. So this voiceroid thing sits alongside UTAU. O Herman 09:57, December 16, 2009 (UTC)

Talk: Kokoro
えっと、Talk: Kokoro に書いた私の意見はDamesukekunさんへの反論ではないです. 念のため. 書く場所がよくなくて、紛らわしかったかもしれないですね. すみません(^^; My opinion on Talk Page of Kokoro was not meant to refute your edit on the article. Blacksaingrain 09:13, January 6, 2010 (UTC) Blacksaingrain　さんの中立的な意見、助かりました. 同じ段落に投下したのは、Blacksaingrain さんと同じ文脈だと思ったからです. --Damesukekun 15:17, January 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * わざわざすみません. 私こそなんだかかき回してしまって・・・
 * この記事に関しては、私もそのうち大幅に修正入れようと思っていたので、Damesukekunさんのご意見もよくわかります. 削除した方が揉め事が少なくなるのは確かでしたし、今後、派生ボカロのように荒れてしまう可能性も高いですよね. でも、wikiの成長は悪いことではないし･･･悩ましいです. 「荒れるから自重しよう」というのは、もしかしたら海外の人にはあまりわかってもらえない概念なのかもしれないですね(人によるとは思いますけれど). 実際、この文章も英語に直そうとしたら、上手く訳せない気がします(--;　Blacksaingrain 07:37, January 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Since I was thinking of editing the article, I understand what you meant. I know what happened in the fanmade-vocaloids' category and there's a reason to delete some articles in that category. The same problem can happen on this, and it's certain that deleting it would reduce arguments in the future.But growth of wiki is not a bad thing... it's a thorny issue. I suppose the way of thinking「荒れるから自重しよう」is hard to explain and make it understood in English, though it's up to each person. Blacksaingrain 06:22, January 8, 2010 (UTC)

ある意味、ニコ動で二次三次作品が黙認されている現状が、ボカロは何をしても自由だという印象を海外ユーザに与えているのは事実だと思います. これについては作者の側から積極的に英語で情報発信して誤解を解消することが必要ですし、この点について ymiyass さんと時折連絡を取っています. --Damesukekun 14:34, January 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes, if Japanese authors express their own views in English, I’m sure that would dispel a lot of misunderstandings. Many people really love their wonderful works and want to know them.Blacksaingrain 06:19, January 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to encourage them and Crypton/PIAPRO to broadcast the Vocaloid information in English, too. It's a shame that they are reluctant to, my playing the flute with no one dancing... --Damesukekun 07:15, January 8, 2010 (UTC)
 * In case anyone is wondering, Crypton is somewhat trying, with their official presence in Facebook and Karen-T. O Herman 09:23, January 15, 2011 (UTC)

歌詞英訳について / Lyric Translation
ご連絡ありがとうございます. だめすけさんのご意見に賛成です. 解釈は人によって違うと思いますし、翻訳者の英語力/日本語力の問題もあるので、仰るとおり両論併記が可能なサイトへの誘導が一番いいですね. Thank you for your message. I agree with you. Establishing links to VocaloidLyrics @ Wiki is the best way. Translation can vary considerably from person to person, for it depends on each translator's explication and English/Japanese-language skillsBlacksaingrain 11:50, January 24, 2010 (UTC)
 * サンドリヨンのTalk Page の追記は単に自分の言葉足らずの補足もとい蛇足です.
 * それと、訳と関係ないことで申し訳ないのですけれど、サンドリヨンの日本語の濁点のある字やカタカナ等が一部文字化けで表示されているのですが、だめすけくんさんはいかがですか？もしかして自分だけ、なのかも（＾＾；Blacksaingrain 09:27, January 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * 仕様が変わってから日本語が正しく表示されないようですね. Damesukekun
 * 13:37, January 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * そうだったんですね. ありがとうございました. Blacksaingrain 03:03, January 28, 2010 (UTC)

help with name making
so im making a fanmade vocaloid and i need help with the name im trying to use

i'm doing koorine as the last name should that translate to ice sound, icy sound, ice song, ect. and is this the right spelling for it also 氷音

for first names im using aoi 葵 and midori 緑 i spelt them in hiruga (srry i cant spell well) Zinfandel120 07:04, February 9, 2010 (UTC)

氷音 is right. 葵緑 means "greenish hollyhock." Maybe you want to say greenish blue, then the name is 青緑. One point. Please understand that you cannot claim copyright on a remix work unless the original creator approves. Damesukekun 08:06, February 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * I'm not all for your creation because your music work seems to be the recyling with just a pitch change (i.e., not true Vocaloid tuning)...

you now those names are to seprate people? 氷音葵 Koorine Aoi and 氷音緑 Koorine Midori Let me tell you one more point. As other editors say, newcomers are messing up this Wiki. Please understand that just a "drawing" doesn't fit this Wiki. -- Damesukekun 01:18, February 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * No problem. They go.

How would you romanize this?
Japanese-style, that is. 文殊熙 - it's a name. Only dead fish go with the flow. 18:21, April 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * This name seems Chinese or Korean and I have no idea how to read it. Can you tell me where it is from? Maybe I could make a search. -- Damesukekun 06:03, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * It is Chinese/Korean but a lot of the non-Japanese friends I know are using the hanzi/hanja names and deriving three pronunciations from them (Chinese, Korean, Japanese) so I was hoping we could do the same with this one. Only dead fish go with the flow. 13:42, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * In Chinese, Wen Shu-Xi http://www.mandarintools.com/worddict.html and in Korean, Mun Su-Hui http://homepage2.nifty.com/ichimat/kanji/. I guess this name is from Korea for 文 is one of the famous surnames in that country. I'm sorry but I don't think of the just Japanese reading for this name. 殊 is rarely used as a name in Japan. And Kanjis in Japanese have several pronunciations respectively unlike in Chinese and Korean as you know, so you can read this name in lots of ways but each of them sounds strange for me. If I should japan-ize this name, Bun Shu-Ki or Bun Koto-Hiro would be the best but I'm not sure.-- Damesukekun 16:23, April 19, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you. I was hoping to maybe use it as a handle at one site, but I think they'd fid it too awkward. Only dead fish go with the flow. 02:55, April 20, 2010 (UTC)

Vocaloid Answers!
Hello! I am Pikapi and I have just founded a site called Vocaloid Answers. It is about Vocaloids and UTAUloids. I was thinking, could Vocaloid Wiki and my Vocaloid Answers Wikia work together somehow?-- PiKaPi   talk   blog  20:51, April 23, 2010 (UTC)


 * Hi, Pikapi. Thank you for letting me know. I think we can have free and easy questions and answers on the wiki. Can you ask Antonio and Oherman? They are the administrators of Vocaloid wiki and UTAU wiki respectively. -- Damesukekun 00:31, April 24, 2010 (UTC)

can you help me with my fan made vocaloid
i wonder if you could help me i've been working on my fan made vocaloid

i've read your rules and i have made a few video's can you tell me if there is anything i can improve

http://www.youtube.com/user/otakucai#p/a/u/0/7rE8IPvloJ0

http://www.youtube.com/user/otakucai#p/a/u/1/K-8hptoAv9U

http://www.youtube.com/user/otakucai#p/a/u/2/fcLVaCAJGNQ

please can you reveiw them for me thx ^^

More songs
I need more YUki songs but I can only find what I've found.

Its really difficult, I want to bring her above 20+ songs like the rest. :-/ One-Winged Hawk 12:29, June 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sure. I'll make a search on Nico and add famous ones. Damesukekun 12:36, June 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks, I can only add what I find on youtube. I find dealing with the English vocaloids easier, most of them are just covers with few orginal songs, but the Japanese ones have many orginal songs, and cover of other vocaloid orginal songs. So the approach is going to be different. Unforantely it makes it arkward for me. :-) One-Winged Hawk 13:41, June 10, 2010 (UTC)

Re: creator must not create the page clause
There should be a sole exception, that is, majority, if all the requirements are provided, and does not infringe all other rules. What do you think? O Herman 16:40, June 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * The standard of "majority" is not clear. And anyone but the author will create the page for a famous character. I know what you mean, but anonymous users are creating and adding their simple ideas so I think we can apply the rule strictly for the time being to set the order. Damesukekun 18:00, June 12, 2010 (UTC)

Black Rock Shooter
最近PCの調子が悪く、量の多い記事の編集ページを開いたりプレビューを見たりする作業だけでかなり時間がかかってしまっていまして、編集中にいただいたメッセージに気づけず申し訳ありませんでしたm(_　_)m ブラックロックシューターの新規記事の作成に関しましては、海外ファンの間でブラックロックシューターがかなり有名なので、独立した記事を作ったほうがミクの主記事が荒れなくていいかな、と思っただけですので、だめすけさんのご判断にお任せします. もしだめすけくんさんがミクの主記事での説明だけで十分で、新規記事は不要とお考えでしたら、そうしていただければと思います. もともとBRSはVocaloidとは何の関係もないキャラクターですので. Blacksaingrain 10:36, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

ちなみに私の PC も、持ち主より少しは処理能力が高いと思われるアフォの仔ですｗｗｗ I'll start a new page for BRS. That'll clear up unnecessary edit wars on BRS. Damesukekun 14:13, July 3, 2010 (UTC)
 * 別ページを作って飛ばしたほうがよさそうですね. ミクの主ページの荒れを防ぐためにも.
 * I recycled the unused BRS article. Damesukekun 15:35, July 3, 2010 (UTC)

romanization
Macrons are hard to type; ought we to use the older (but still existing) romanization (i.e. uu instead of ū)? Only dead fish go with the flow. 05:27, July 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * That's what I've been thinking of. Macrons help users read words accurately but is bothering at the same time. Do you post the idea on the forum? Damesukekun 07:46, July 15, 2010 (UTC)


 * I wanted to get a second opinion first. Romanization is often a very touchy subject among fans of a Japanese work (see Spell My Name With An S) and I know a lot of wiki admins who, upon making a decision about it, are pretty unrelenting. I'm carrying it over now. Only dead fish go with the flow. 17:59, July 15, 2010 (UTC)

In my personal opinion, Revised Hepburn Method WITH macrons works the best. If you could spare time and energy to correct the words, I'll support you and join the correction. Damesukekun 04:57, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * The lying problem is that they don't have the standardized romanization here in Japan. The common method is Revised Hepburn without macron, but it's not compulsory. For example, we have four spellings for the long vowels. オー will be [o], [ō], [oo] or [oh].

Could you translate?
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEI

I wish to upload this both here and on wikipedia, but I think the problem is clear... I can write odd things to begin with, but especially on the wikipedia side Kei's page will need to be interlinked with other pages. On here, I simply wish to get his Vocaloid page expanded upon a little. I ask with the most humblest of gratitude when I request "Can you translate the Japanese wikipedia page for me please?".

Whether you say "yes" or "no", thank you in advance for at least reading this message. I thought finding information in the English communitity was going to be easier, but all I can find in the stuff that I already know about the Vocaloid side of things. One-Winged Hawk 12:02, October 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Good idea. I'm busy with my job now and I don't know when I can translate the material but I'll share time for it. Damesukekun 23:47, October 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thank you! You are a hero! Don't worry, theres no rush at all anyway to get it done quickly, so long as I know I've got a translator at last thats cool with me. I put out requests elsewhere, wikipedia for instance, and no one has responded and its been several weeks since my first plea. And I knowno one at Vocaloid Otaku is going to give up a translation without first digging at wikis and how they work (again) before even hinting at translating it.


 * Take as long as you want! ;-) One-Winged Hawk 07:13, October 11, 2010 (UTC)

Kaito/Meiko
Even on wikipedia, I haven't added them to the list of upcoming voicebanks. While it may happen, its like with Leon, Lola and Sweet Ann box art updates - it hasn't happen and may not. Last time someone mentioned Leon and Lola's boxart to someone from Z-G, they were unaware of it, thus only the ones involved will know. I am a bit curious though, what exactly are the full details of this update on Meiko and Kaito? Do you know? The translators themselves don't seem 100% sure on VO forums. One-Winged Hawk 17:12, October 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm the one who broke the ice in VO community - I should have said the source was unofficial and used the term "discuss" rather than "consider" - the update was not the official announcement and Crypton just seemed to watch the response of fans and market then. Damesukekun 23:06, October 14, 2010 (UTC)


 * That clears that much up then, thanks. I think I recall now someone noting that the source had been misintrepretated. Couldn't remember who, but that clears up the "update" completely. Thank you! One-Winged Hawk 00:20, October 16, 2010 (UTC)

Question
http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/forum/10-news/

Can you confirm if these are 100% Vocaloids?

Cause... I want to know if its safe to start the article.

Thanks in advance. :-3 One-Winged Hawk 10:30, November 25, 2010 (UTC) I visited the official site and other sources, but they only gave メーウ was "a virtual idol unit" and that was all. I'll let you know further information when the mist clears up. Damesukekun 13:00, November 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you mean メーウ? I'm not sure either, if they are new Vocaloids, just voice manipulations or other vocal synthesis software.

Re:
im not understanding why i cant post my "vocaloid" i know its not much. i have created her and i looked up many other vocaloids and they dont have very much history from what ive seen. some dont have songs or more than one picture. Mine did...

im sorry for posting this.. im just confused and i didnt mean to be immature. one of my friends told me i should post to get fans. im sry. she said it was a free wikia to post fan made vocaloids. forgive me

Polite Request
Hi there, I have a small translation request.

Could you tell me about what the contest is about here?

I'm just asking for what it is about though, theres no need for more then the basic details.

Thanks in advance. One-Winged Hawk 13:19, January 14, 2011 (UTC) By the way, CUL is the abbreviation for CULNOZA, not culture. Could you correct the article? Damesukekun 14:24, January 14, 2011 (UTC)
 * It's a public song collection for CUL. Participants post female vocaloid songs to Nicovideo up to Feb. 25.


 * Really? Wow. Thanks for that. One-Winged Hawk 17:15, January 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Corrected. Its also the sign I have to drop one of my other translators. They were the one who threw up that translation. I'll deal with that next time I see them. I've been producing more reliable translations by myself and I'm bad at it as it is. Looks like right now the two most reliable source of translation within the fandom are if I post here or wikipedia.


 * Its kind of disappointing, I put up a message on the mainpage to see if we can get word around that more translators are needed. When you have large fandoms like say, Naruto or One Piece in western fandoms, translators are easy to find. Its rather disappointing sometimes as only mainstream shows attract the translators. Its not like there are none around in the Vocalid fandoms case, its that their not in the right places. I hate asking too much of any single translator as I know it can tick them off.


 * The only other thing that needs translating is this. One-Winged Hawk 17:36, January 14, 2011 (UTC)

Okay, here it is:

"Kagamine Rin & Len Append", the appended vocal libraries for "Kagamine Rin & Len" has come to the market. Rin & Len Kagamine is the Vocaloid of a set of twin vocals, the girl vocal Rin and boy vocal Len. (note by translator: Rin and Len are not twins officially.) Each vocal gained three new voicebanks such as storong voice, whisper voice and so on by this update to Append. More vocal faces became available for more song expressions.

Rin & Len Append came to distribution just three years after the first release of Kagamine on December 27, 2007. What was the air of the recording for Kagamine Append? We held an interview with Asami Shimoda, the voice provider for Rin & Len Kagamine. Wataru Sasaki from Crypton Future Media, the directer of the series of Vocaloid products, joined us in the middle of interview and we heard the story of development which had been untold.

─ Three years have passed since Rin & Len Kagamine showed up on stores.

Shimoda: Yes. It is three years since the release, but the recording itself was three and about a half years ago. I remember that Miku Hatsune had already been in boom at that time. I heard at the first recording that the software was in fact for temporary songs. So I was thinking at first that it was a DAW software designed for and used and loved just by those in the music trend and those who create songs just for pleasure.

The fact is, now this product has met its third year and has grown to a set of characters loved very much. I am very surprised to see the unexpected things like this. And this product leaves my hand sheer and many Kagamine CDs are released before I know. Well, Miku Hatsune CD hits the number 1 in the Oricon chart and the Miku music game by SEGA is popular. Another surprising thing is that most cosplayers were in the Vocaloid outfit in Comic Market.

─ Do you go to Comic Market?

Shimoda: Yes, I often go. I love to.

─ Aren't you detected as "the person of Kagamine"?

Shimoda: No, I am not because I disguise myself when I go. (laugh) Well, I think that Kagamine has become one of the national characters and I am very glad as a participator for Kagamine. I hope that Rin and Len unchanginly have new meetings during the forth and fifth year, too, and I want to celebrate it.

─ Do you have anything new by providing Rin & Len vocals?

Shimoda: I receive more letters from elementary students and kids than before.

─ Do elementary students listen to Kagamine songs?

Shimoda: Now even kids use the Internet. I receive more letters saying "We all listen to Kagamines at school." or "I belong to the broadcast club and I broadcast Kagamine songs during lunch hour." or so. I think that listening to Vocaloid songs may be in boom among students.

I often receive illustrations, too. I, however, just recorded the voicebank and I feel sorry because it isn't I who sing.

─ By the way, where did the name Rin and Len come from?

Sasaki: This is... The name was not decided at the first recording in 2007. Ms. Shimoda was familiar with the animes of her childhood so "Hokuto no Ken" just came to our talk. The character by the name "Rin" was in the anime. It happened to be a topic, we joked about the clip "Rin said a word with the air of the situation", and we simply decided Rin and Ken.

─ What!

Shimoda: Yeah, "Batt and Rin was so plagializing that Rin and Ken would be better." and so on. (laugh)

Sasaki: A talented rap musician "Shuren The Fire" lives in Hokkaido and his cosplay is an homage to "Shuren" in "Hokuto no Ken". So Hokuto no Ken might have been too close to us.

Shimoda: Well, in fact, I did not know the final naming. I was told that the names were Rin and Len before I took an interview for a magazine, and I felt easy to know that Ken was not used. I also thought that Len was cool. L and R make a pair and they sound nice.

─ Why did you name one of them "Len"?

Sasaki: I always make halfway jokes. (laugh) I often use jokes and simple guesses as spice to reflect the happy air and sensation in a studio to my products.

─ How was the words when Ms. Shimoda received the offer three and a half years ago?

Shimoda: I was told that they wanted two vocals anyway. The sense of one person acting two vocals. I was so happy to know that they recruited me with my skill of generating both boy and girl voices.

─ Did they offer you the project after the release of Miku?

Sasaki: No, before Miku.

Shimoda: Soon after Saki Fujita was recruited for Miku's vocal.

─ Then, was the condition of twins in your mind since then?

Sasaki: Yes. The movies of Idol M@ster was gaining popularity, so I thought she would be counted as "the voice actress for the twins in Idol M@ster" soon. Another attracting point was she was tactful to act the twins with slight differences. She was appealing as a voice actress because she was fully aware of such slightly different personalities.

Shimoda: Well, I know few voice actresses who usually narrate for twin characters.

Sasaki: You narrated both for the popular twins in Idol M@ster and mirror-reflection characters, so you would have the opportunity to receive more works for twin characters.

Shimoda: I've already acted for other projects, indeed. In addition, pretty many in the anime industry love Rin & Len. In a certain anime I narrated, a road roller was sitting quietly in a park in the first chapter. (laugh)

─ Wow, Kagamine popularity spreads to such the extent. Do you have any tip when you act twins as different egos?

Shimoda: Well, the tip is... I don't usually narrate with deep thinking, it is more like feeling.

Sasaki: I think you get into characters you play very naturally.

Shimoda: Yes, I do. If I tell it with the words from my sense, the difference is, Rin's voice comes from the top of my head and Len from my bosom. Rin is like producing a cute and flying voice from the hair whorl. I open my eyes wide, this is, say, how I generate high tones. On the other hand, I can't create Len's low voice if I don't put some muscle on my bosom. I focus on narrating through the center of my bosom, through the lower part.

Sasaki: Listeners would know that. Those who dislike Rin's voice say her voice echoes in their heads and it makes them feel dizzy. Some like a cheerful girl's cry and others don't. Rin's and Len's vocals strike like a lightning, they are more like cries. Len's high vocal bothers those who don't like Kagamine.

─ The comments when demos of Kagamine Append was released were...

Sasaki: "Sweet vocal isn't Ren at all!" or so.

─ Six more vocals were attached to Append package. More varied expressions were required and how did you narrated them differently?

Shimoda: Mr. Sasaki led me. I didn't have to narrate sentences, Vocaloid voicebank was made from the edited voices. In a recording studio, well, I was not sure if my vocal really sounded as Ren's soft vocal...

─ Any difficult vocal to narrate?

Shimoda: I had one, but I don't remember which.

Sasaki: The recording were in several days and we gave names to each append later, so she wasn't sure in the studio. The first was the Rin in a little low-spirit and the next were the little bitchy, and the cool Len followed. Then the forceful voice and the last was the soft.

Shimoda: I recorded many vocals. Mr. Sasaki said he had asked me "the bitchy" one but I remember he had requested me "the sad" one at first. But I could not do well and he changed it to bitchy one and I caught it. We spent not a little time for that.

─ You don't tell sentences but just phonics when recording. I heard that you had difficulty expressing emotions.

Shimoda: The phonics was unusual like "zan, zan, jii" and I had to lay even stress on each unit. When I narrate a usual script, I can express sadness by speech accents, but doing so in the Vocaloid recording makes vocal unit uneven.

─ Much more skill is required than narrating as a usual voice actress.

Shimoda: Yes. Furthermore, I have to concentrate on it a lot. The recording was 25 hours in total and 4 hours a day, but I narrate the same phonics many times so I become sleepy if I don't concentrate on. Unlike the anime studio, the staff and the engineers are very quiet so I hear only my voice. In addition, I narrate it on the rhythm like "tan, tan, tan, tan."

Sasaki: Kinda chanting... It is like chanting Heart Sutra. (laugh)

Shimoda: I felt I was really listening to a sutra. I was about to fall asleep and sometimes I was narrating half-dreamy. I was afraid if I made not a few mistakes with the absent mind.

Sasaki: Well, you were okay. (laugh)

Shimoda: Was I okay? I would like to apologize. Well, I felt little happy when recording. All I thought was to heighten my motivation like "'Key, I'll concentrate."

─ What came to your mind when the recording was over?

Shimoda: I thought "Phew, I can't work any longer today". I felt as if I had exhausted all my glucose.

─ What was your impression before the release of Kagamine Append?

Shimoda: "Wow, the date is exactly the same as the date of original release three years ago." Did you set the date on purpose?

Sasaki: Yes, I did. In fact, I received claims from end shops such as "distribute it on the Christmas day" or "not this day, please" when I released it three years ago. I got claims again for asking this unusual release date this year.

─ True, the date was after Christmas, and was inconvenient for end shops.

Shimoda: Yet it was catchy to release just after three years. I hope we could hold events on December 27 as Rin's and Len's birthday.

This time of three years ago, I was expecting the Kagamine release. I had many visitors and e-mails, and was waiting for the awaited release. I received the unexpected offer this year again. I had no idea distributing another package after the first recording.

I was just narrating without any emotion at the first ACT1 recording, but expressions such as sadness or sweet whisper were newly added. Songs gain depth so I hope Vocaloid beginners would use Kagamine Append.

─ Wonderful comment.

Sasaki: You advertise the product better than a certain person in charge of Vocaloid. Well, do you have any chance to work for Crypton? (laugh)

Shimoda: Are you short of hands?

Sasaki: Yes, we are short of hands and smiles.

─ (laugh) Well, in the end of the interview, do you have any request of songs you want to listen with Append?

Shimoda: I have no idea. Saying about songs, I think Miku Hatsune is the artist who has the most songs around the world, so every genre has come with her. So, I hope users would find the singing ways which make good use of the features of Append. When you let Kagamine sing a ballade, for example, a part is in the sad singing with whisper voice and another part is in the forceful singing.

Sasaki: And Rin and Len manzai comedy usind 3-D MikuMikuDance would be fun. Rin hits Len, and Len's vocal turns from power to serious, then weeping voice. I'm glad to see your free-styled usage anyway. Damesukekun 08:34, January 15, 2011 (UTC)


 * You finished!


 * I say "thank you" but I mean to say so much more, but theres no words I know that can express my graditudes for this. One-Winged Hawk 09:53, January 20, 2011 (UTC)

Gackpoid Extend?
http://vocaloid.blog120.fc2.com/blog-entry-7768.html

Oh, sorry to bother you, can you confirm something for me? Theres a little confusion, has Gackpoid extend been confirmed as well, the rest they've translated and understand but this one there is a little bit of conufsion over? One-Winged Hawk 19:30, January 20, 2011 (UTC)
 * The article only says Megumi Nakajima has already made a set of several vocal recordings for Meguopoid Extend. There is no reference of Gakupo. Damesukekun 23:14, January 20, 2011 (UTC)

Just some stuff
こんにちは. PCがいよいよダメになってきてるのか、previewするとよく固まってしまうのでこまめにセーブしていたのですが、鯖に負担かかっちゃうんですね^^; 出来るだけ負担かけないよう気をつけます. Blacksaingrain 06:14, January 23, 2011 (UTC)
 * レジストリクリーニングはしたことないので、Wise Registry Cleanerを使って試してやってみますね. ありがとうございます^^ Blacksaingrain 06:47, January 23, 2011 (UTC)

translatiors
I won't say no, considering the few western translators only seem to be sticking to their groups. I have my limits on the research I can do as well. I'm currently caught up in a clean up session at another wikia with an admin absence myself. Its taking time away from this particular wikia until they resolve it. Between you and the translators at wikipedia, they are not that many serving the Vocaloid fandom in the western fandom, and I can't seem to cox a few from other fandoms to translate.

The most major thing is clarification on what exactly is going on with the Japanese Vocaloids, the english ones are not the problem. Theres not many articles on them, but since their the language I speak, I can at least handle them myself with no troubles. I think I said it before, the major problem is that forums like Vocaloid Otaku, the members rely on dodgey google and babel translations with side effects being they can't quite determine what their results are being thrown at them. They get some things correct, but I've had things thrown back at me from wikipedia as "incorrect", partly recently when one of my own friends who translated stuff starting becoming really bad at it.

Help is needed at least until we can get things sorted and more translators take interest. The western Vocaloid fandom is really quite small, there isn't enough of anything yet. So "thanks" would not be enough to express what I mean when I say it.

But, "thank you" is the closet I can get to what I mean. :-) One-Winged Hawk 18:36, January 23, 2011 (UTC)

Re:Piracy / Copyright Violation
Thank you for informing me. I was wondering why IP and Editors were constantly messing with Lourdes' page, I figured it was due to jealousy from attention and such, but I only remember one person stating that it was a violation yet not being clear about it. I would inform Ricardo that this is illegal and should remove the link and location of it from visitors. If you feel like the character still needs to be banned, I will check with the other admins. -- Bunai82 (talk) 17:21, February 7, 2011 (UTC)
 * The least Ricardo would do is immediately cease distribution of the UTAU hybrid. (and download links where to get Lola & Meiko) Even on its modified form (Lola voicebank samples into UTAU-readable WAV files), there's ruling against that across both wikis. I hope he listens. Can you get him in here so he'll know how bad it is? O Herman 18:12, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm glad it was pointed out, I didn't know myself since I had seen bits on youtube thus presumed it was legit. Yes, this is VERY wrong and its embarressing I missed it, however, I also note there are other sites out there and on top of this she has been on the wikia for a while now. Damesukekun, thanks for bringing it to attention. On other note... The guys at VO forums LOVE trolling stuff. I wonder if they want something fresh to troll at in the name of justice? I might drop a notice of this persons' actions to them. >:-) One-Winged Hawk 18:32, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * What are the odds this one (meaning appeal to Ricardo) will fall on deaf ears? As a fanmade vocaloid creator and UTAU connoisseur I'm pretty disappointed by such actions... O Herman 18:39, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Good grief, the links to their blogsite are up on DA. I've put up a notice on VO forums, I'm trying to get their side of the story, but even if I have to re-instate that fanmad's page, I'm not going to shy away from announcing what this person's been up to anyway, this is going to be recorded on the fanmades history so anyone reading knows this is a disapproved fanmade. One-Winged Hawk 19:08, February 7, 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much for the immediate action. I received replies from Zero-G and Ctypton, and they said they'd already killed the download links and I confirmed it. Yet I think Ricardo should delete the "free download" links, remove the plagiarizing logo and stop distributing Lola voicebank for UTAU before we bring back Lourdes. Damesukekun 00:13, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Sofia, another UTAU uses Meiko, he admitted this, but has lied and said not, but it was THERE in his blog.


 * Quote from before it was removed;Lionoid Sofia CL_02. Sofia is the Second Lionoid to be circulating on YouTube. It comes from Vocaloid Meiko, with some arrangements in his voice. But as I want it to all fanaticism, they can send their ideas and pictures of their creations to post here.


 * I'm trying to dig up information on this fanmade too, because it seems it was not the only one. I suspects as well Riki is also just as fake a UTAU despite the claim. I'm not so cute, that I wouldn't pay attention to the only thing written in english on a blog, and quote it so I remember that piece of information and made sure others had their proof, though I admit next time I'll go a step further and screenshot it as BETTER proof. With this in mind, I'm now not so keen to add the page back with any form of linking involved to any of the persons work, because they attempted to lie to cover their tracks and pretend I wasn't watching.


 * He has more UTAU, but now I do not believe they are not Vocaloids despite what he has said, because it seems odd that 2 out of 3 are Vocaloids involved. And yes, the link to downloadable Meiko isn't gone, thus the problem isn't completely resolved yet. ^_- One-Winged Hawk 17:53, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * Also, he confessed to owning 2 UTAU to us here at the wikia, yet as has been noted, he created more with Lola to get "Appends". So he is not above denying what he has. This is not good for his reputation. One-Winged Hawk 18:19, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * He left the Sofia voice confession up apparently, it was just where I didn't expect it.


 * Also the MORE I look the worst it gets; http://ricardovocaloid.blogspot.com/2009/10/silver-world-disponible.html This songs in there listed he is not allowed to reissue as he has. I'm up to screenshot 7 as of this. Its far from over Damesukekun, you know, I'm not going to enjoy updating Lourdes' page after all this. I am also trying to get a translator of his language onto his blog messages, I think he may be calling "victim" here. I need to confirm that he is calling out himself as a victim. I'm surprised, in all of this, no one has attacked him on NND, where has work uploaded. There is no sacred ground he won't trend on. One-Winged Hawk 20:07, February 8, 2011 (UTC)


 * His own UTAUloid has been blacklisted now in UTAU Wiki, as a result. Geez, this is really... sad. O Herman 21:03, February 8, 2011 (UTC)
 * With 2 out of 3 UTAU made from Vocaloids, I honestly still do not believe Riki Leon isn't another Vocaloid steal. But I would need someone to identify it as to which Vocaloid to make sure that was the case. Its name implies "Leon" and that was the one I remember a VO forum member noting. But But its hard to compare UTAU with their Vocaloid orginal. One-Winged Hawk 21:41, February 8, 2011 (UTC)

I'm going to alert the Vocaloid distributors to this guy again and announce Ricardo's piracy to NND community. Damesukekun 23:20, February 8, 2011 (UTC)