There is an ongoing scare about many old voicebanks being lost to time as web and download services are being shut down.
Many times, the authors are long gone and can't be asked for permission to distribute or reupload the banks.
Not only this but several community sites and forums have already been lost.
For the past couple years, I've been working to archive as much of the community as possible! I'm looking to maintain copies of as many voicebanks as possible in their original form. While I may never be able to share these banks, hopefully at least the memory of them will be maintained and one day they shall be distributed again at the authors' request.
This is not a service to archive your own voicebanks! Use my.dynamivox.com if you want a place to share your banks. Any banks/data uploaded to my.dynamivox.com are already part of regular backups.
I am taking requests for voicebanks to archive. While the original source is preferable, I'm willing to accept other sources as long as the version is of original release and not modified in any way.
Information I need:
VB Name (in all official formats, Kanji, romaji, western name, etc):
Author:
Download location (DM me if it's a private link):
Optional but preferred info if available:
Release date:
Official website (even if no longer available):
Wiki page (if any):
any other info that isn't available elsewhere (character info is probably already available on a wiki)
I'm also working to backup various old websites in a form that is easily browse-able in the future. These will be non-functional copies purely for archival purposes. VocaloidOtaku is one site that I already have an extensive backup of.
There is no limit to the size of the voicebank or the number of voicebanks I'll archive.
All voicebanks will be stored in multiple locations and on mulitple formats for safe keeping. If any one copy is lost, it'll be easy to restore from the others.
Once enough banks are stored, a website listing all the banks will be made available. Sort of like a memorial.
Lets get started! Be sure to share this with others to get the word out, I can't do this alone!
Many times, the authors are long gone and can't be asked for permission to distribute or reupload the banks.
Not only this but several community sites and forums have already been lost.
For the past couple years, I've been working to archive as much of the community as possible! I'm looking to maintain copies of as many voicebanks as possible in their original form. While I may never be able to share these banks, hopefully at least the memory of them will be maintained and one day they shall be distributed again at the authors' request.
This is not a service to archive your own voicebanks! Use my.dynamivox.com if you want a place to share your banks. Any banks/data uploaded to my.dynamivox.com are already part of regular backups.
I am taking requests for voicebanks to archive. While the original source is preferable, I'm willing to accept other sources as long as the version is of original release and not modified in any way.
Information I need:
VB Name (in all official formats, Kanji, romaji, western name, etc):
Author:
Download location (DM me if it's a private link):
Optional but preferred info if available:
Release date:
Official website (even if no longer available):
Wiki page (if any):
any other info that isn't available elsewhere (character info is probably already available on a wiki)
I'm also working to backup various old websites in a form that is easily browse-able in the future. These will be non-functional copies purely for archival purposes. VocaloidOtaku is one site that I already have an extensive backup of.
There is no limit to the size of the voicebank or the number of voicebanks I'll archive.
All voicebanks will be stored in multiple locations and on mulitple formats for safe keeping. If any one copy is lost, it'll be easy to restore from the others.
Once enough banks are stored, a website listing all the banks will be made available. Sort of like a memorial.
Lets get started! Be sure to share this with others to get the word out, I can't do this alone!