UTAU won't sing after I save my file. And Kohaku Merry won't sing at all

thejadedstone

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Hi! I'm new to this website and I REALLY NEED HELP.
The only reason I even installed UTAU is so that I could use Kohaku Merry (she's amazing omg)
and she's the only reason I haven't given up on trying to make the program work by now.

Let's start with my main issue: I've gotten other UTAU to make noise by typing in my own stuff but once I save the file it will never make noise again. It makes noise up until saving.


And my other main issue is going back to Merry.
She will not make any noise no matter what I do! I've changed my keyboard to hiragana and when that still didn't work I converted her VB to romaji and that still didn't work. This only happens when I try to input lyrics myself. When I load up a hiragana ust with her VB it works fine (even with her vb converted romaji usts dont work)??
But if I type anything I only get silence. (Except Trapeze, her English V:shades:

I'M REALLY new to UTAU and have no idea what is going on-- I've been searching google for like a week now ;v; I'd appreciate help

To answer a few questions ahead of time:
My locale was changed before installation of UTAU and voice banks
My keyboard has the ability to type in Japanese
I did the changing a comma to a period thingy in the control panel
I did pay attention to the whole romaji/hiragana compatibility thing
I have Windows 8
The other UTAU I've used is a romaji Teto VB, Luna, and another one whose name I totally forgot oops.
 
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Tomato Hentai

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Which resampler are you using? If you're using the included resampler.exe or resampler.dll you should probably switch to something better like moresampler, I had some issues with voicebanks + resampler.exe/.dll back when I first started and switching to a better resampler helped somewhat.
 

thejadedstone

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Which resampler are you using? If you're using the included resampler.exe or resampler.dll you should probably switch to something better like moresampler, I had some issues with voicebanks + resampler.exe/.dll back when I first started and switching to a better resampler helped somewhat.

I'll try out moresampler! So far I've tried resampler.exe, TIPS, and fresamp. I haven't tried resampler.dll so I'll give that one a try along with moresampler!
 

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There are 2 things that comes to mind that might be the problem.
1. does the ust fit the voice bankt type? for example cv banks are written like this [お][と][こ], cvvc is written like this [お][o t][と][o k][こ], and VCV is written like [- お][o と][o こ]. cv voicebanks only works with cv lyrics, same with vcv, cvvc are meant for cvvc lyrics but can be used in cv lyric usts.

2. If you installed utau in programfiles (x86) then you have folder permission issue. basicly that folder doesn't allow files to be generted by default. you can either change the folder settings for utau or move the installation somewhere else.
 

thejadedstone

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There are 2 things that comes to mind that might be the problem.
1. does the ust fit the voice bankt type? for example cv banks are written like this [お][と][こ], cvvc is written like this [お][o t][と][o k][こ], and VCV is written like [- お][o と][o こ]. cv voicebanks only works with cv lyrics, same with vcv, cvvc are meant for cvvc lyrics but can be used in cv lyric usts.

2. If you installed utau in programfiles (x86) then you have folder permission issue. basicly that folder doesn't allow files to be generted by default. you can either change the folder settings for utau or move the installation somewhere else.

Am I supposed to put brackets around the words? I'm not quite sure on the type of vb.

and omg! I did install it there so maybe that's the problem I'll try fixing it!
 

HulderBulder

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Am I supposed to put brackets around the words? I'm not quite sure on the type of vb.

and omg! I did install it there so maybe that's the problem I'll try fixing it!
You dont need to put them in brackets. I only used the brackets to illustrate the note sepparation:smile:. The best way to tell what bank it is, is to look on the alias part of oto window. Since it displays all notes the bank can read.
 
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Asuka deeeeeesu

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I have the same exact problem as of today! I just got back from starting UTAU but I couldn't even do the most basic thing (making it sing). Some VBs will sing, others won't. I have a plug-in that let's me select my prefixes and suffixes. It'll work if it's not greyed out; however it is greyed out. Please help us!
 
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thejadedstone

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You dont need to put them in brackets. I only used the brackets to illustrate the note sepparation:smile:. The best way to tell what bank it is, is to look on the alias part of oto window. Since it displays all notes the bank can read.
Thanks! So uninstalling and reinstalling UTAU to a different place seemed to help with me being unable to hear the utau sing after I save the file , but I still can't make Merry sing unless I insert a UST. :sad:
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I have the same exact problem as of today! I just got back from starting UTAU but I couldn't even do the most basic thing (making it sing). Some VBs will sing, others won't. I have a plug-in that let's me select my prefixes and suffixes. It'll work if it's not greyed out; however it is greyed out. Please help us!
Yeah man ugh this program is such a mess! I imagine it'll be worth it once it's figured out how to finally make it usable though!
 

HulderBulder

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Thanks! So uninstalling and reinstalling UTAU to a different place seemed to help with me being unable to hear the utau sing after I save the file , but I still can't make Merry sing unless I insert a UST. :sad:
Glad the reinstallment worked solving some of the issues:creepy:. Could you show us screenshots of an example where she can't sing, a premade ust that she can sing, and the oto settings window?
 

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a screenshot would be super helpful, but my concern is that they don't follow how the notes are aliased.

her bank does not read any form of を you either have to put those in the oto yourself or just replace it with お or something else
 

thejadedstone

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a screenshot would be super helpful, but my concern is that they don't follow how the notes are aliased.

her bank does not read any form of を you either have to put those in the oto yourself or just replace it with お or something else

A screenshot of which thing?
Also I don't really know what those things mean sorry ;;
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Glad the reinstallment worked solving some of the issues:creepy:. Could you show us screenshots of an example where she can't sing, a premade ust that she can sing, and the oto settings window?
I can't get a screenshot at this moment but I think I did find the issue! I do believe Merry has some sort of VCV vb but I don't know how to use those so that must have been the problem! There's probably a tutorial somewhere out there to help thankfully
 

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merry's bank is a vcv, which really isn't hard to use at all. So, what ya gotta do is get a UST converter to convert CV to VCV.

See the little romaji next to the hiragana? that's the vowel that overlaps the consenant to make for a smoother transition from note to note. Then you're gonna have to crossfade those with p2p3. The reason Merry probably isn't singing is because the ust is in CV and not VCV
 

Asuka deeeeeesu

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Even typing VCV notes, Kohaku Merry's Retake Normal won't sing for me. I'm so confused because Yamine Renri works perfectly, and yet Merry won't sing. I'll send a photo of a comparison of the plug-in that the vb works and when it doesn't work soon. I have already tried uninstalling and reinstalling UTAU. Moving the folder to another place doesn't seem logical to me, since every other vb sings except for Merry.
 

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