・What was is like to hear your first UTAU ((or multiple first UTAU voices)) sing?
I never really understood UTAU at first, so I never played with a UST or anything like that. More like I always made random combinations of sounds on different notes and I felt just so accomplished. I started back in 2011-2012 I think, when CV was all over, so I didn't think 'wow, time to make a tri-pitch VCV!' It was more like, 'wow, I was able to do this, what else could I do?' That really opened a lot of other doors for me.
・Were you amazed?
Certainly, especially with the fact that I was such a weeb obsessed with Vocaloid. The possibilities were endless, infinite even, to me. As I said before, I felt accomplished. I think my thoughts were like 'I was able to record my voice, put some settings, and manipulate it in this program and make it sing without me needing to sing!" Nothing could honestly describe the feelings I got when I first fully used the program. It was super fun to mess around with.
・Disappointed?
Slightly. I knew that it wasn't as nice as I would've liked it to be, but I liked it.
・Do you think your first UTAU sounded similar to you?
No.
・If no, how did that make you feel?
Well, I made my voice incredibly deep for reasons unknown (I think it was because when I initially recorded, I felt that I sounded like a girl), so it sounded nothing like me.
・Was coming up with a design hard?
Well, I was never that good at making designs then or now.
・What about making OTOs? Was that easy or hard?
I've actually never understood OTOs until a year and a half ago, I think. That's when I started playing with UTAU a bit more than just plug-n-play USTs.
・Did you encounter any problems ((picture not showing up, trouble making a readme, weird FRQs, ect.)) then?
I had like seven samples that were super weirdly pitchy, for some reason. Resamplers hated it. And it wasn't fun.
・How have you improved since your first time? ((Art, OTO, ect.))
Art: I don't use MS Paint anymore, the legs aren't the size of the head, the necks aren't unnaturally long anymore, and I can draw hands! And I have a tablet that I can use!
OTO: Long story short-0 to 100 real quick
Basic Usage: I now understand pitchbends and envelopes.
・Did anyone help you with your UTAU? ((Help you learn to OTO, draw art, ect.))
...Barely. None of my real life friends got any interest and I restricted myself from trying to reach out on the internet too much at the time.
It's kinda weird to say, but my experiences with UTAU have helped me (?) evolve as a person because now I love music and if I didn't start drawing my UTAU, I would've been such a terrible drawer.