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Since I'll be away on a short holiday soon, I thought I would make a post here covering the progress I made with Bobbi's redesign last month and talk a bit about their new voicebank details here! I've also been unwell for the past 2 weeks (relentless migraines, stomach pains and an extremely scuffed sleep pattern @_@) so I haven't been able to work on anything yet this month outside of creating this new blog, but I'm hoping to get back on track when I'm home again.
First up: redesign things!! I made a ton of progress on Bobbi's new design last month. Below are some of the WIP images I previously posted to my Bluesky page. Clicking on the images will open them in full size for easier viewing!
Since I'll be away on a short holiday soon, I thought I would make a post here covering the progress I made with Bobbi's redesign last month and talk a bit about their new voicebank details here! I've also been unwell for the past 2 weeks (relentless migraines, stomach pains and an extremely scuffed sleep pattern @_@) so I haven't been able to work on anything yet this month outside of creating this new blog, but I'm hoping to get back on track when I'm home again.
First up: redesign things!! I made a ton of progress on Bobbi's new design last month. Below are some of the WIP images I previously posted to my Bluesky page. Clicking on the images will open them in full size for easier viewing!
I then did this super quick sketch of the design so far, mostly to try out another stabiliser setting so I could sketch faster and looser haha
Still got a lot more things to tweak and finalise for this design, but I'm getting close to the vision I have in mind for Bobbi's new look ๐ค
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Next, I want to talk about Bobbi's new voicebank! After doing a bunch of test recordings, I decided I wasn't happy with the quality of my AT2020USB+ microphone Q_Q It made my recordings sound super flat and the quality also became very muffled after moving to my new PC, and no matter what I tried doing to fix it I just couldn't resolve the problem... So instead I have upgraded my recording setup! I will now be using a Rode NT1 Signature Series mic and the Scarlett 2i2 4th Gen audio interface ^_^ I've never used an audio interface or an XLR microphone before, so I've been watching a ton of tutorials on how to set those up. I'm excited to play around with all of the settings when I'm back from my holiday! The interface has arrived so far, and the mic should be arriving soon, hopefully before I leave home ๐ฐ
In regards to the actual voicebank itself, I've decided that I want to give CVVC a try! I've only ever made regular CV and VCV banks before, but I love the amount of control and customisation that you can get out of CVVC banks. Less samples to record as well which makes it easier for me to record all of the pitches I plan on adding, but I will also be including a bunch of extra things for multilingual capabilities :3c My plan is to release the bank with most of the base pitches recorded, and then update with appends and any other additional pitches later on!
In regards to the actual voicebank itself, I've decided that I want to give CVVC a try! I've only ever made regular CV and VCV banks before, but I love the amount of control and customisation that you can get out of CVVC banks. Less samples to record as well which makes it easier for me to record all of the pitches I plan on adding, but I will also be including a bunch of extra things for multilingual capabilities :3c My plan is to release the bank with most of the base pitches recorded, and then update with appends and any other additional pitches later on!
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That's everything so far! I'm really happy with how much progress I have been making this year. I had hoped I could've finished everything last year for Bobbi's 15th anniversary, but due to being busy with redecorating and moving rooms + other things, I fell behind and was quite stressed out with how much stuff I had to juggle all at once :'I Though I am actually glad that I've been taking longer to work on everything, since I did want more time to really make Bobbi's new design and voicebank something I'm truly proud of and happy with <:) This year WILL be the year Bobbi returns to UTAU, I am so sure of it raaaaaaaaghghhhh ( โ•ฬะด•ฬ)โThank you for reading!! ๐
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