User:Angel Emfrbl/Vocal Sandbox

No matter what, to achieve a level of realism you will have to edit the Vocaloid VSQ files in the Vocaloid program. This page contains tips and notes on vocal editing.

Phonetics
First and foremost, in order to make a Vocaloid sound real, you must understand how it works from simple sound to core language capablities. Phonetics is one of the most important factors in this. If a Vocaloid pronounces "my" as "me" it can often notice. With using Vocaloids for their unintended languages, this is also problematic as well and you must be sure to get the phonetics correct otherwise a native speaker will notice this. There are of course limits to how close it can be matched but simple things like @r instead of @u when making a English Vocaloid speak Japanese.

See Phoneme List for more details

Pitching
You can set a Vocaloid's pitch outside of the Vocaloid program in its voice configuration for Vocaloid 2 while this is done within the program itself for Vocaloid. Be careful on using pitching. If a Vocaloid is pitched too high, then it sounds "Chipmonk-like". If it is pitched too low, it can become flat.

However, you can fine tune the pitch in the VSQ file itself.