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Akane Yuu (朱音優 (あかねゆう) ) is a voicebank for the UTAU program.

History[]

Yuu`s 1st voicebank was released at October 19, 2013. It was named ACT1. It had a CV configuration and an extremely terrible sound. It wasn't available for DL. The main CV voicebank is ACT2. Then, there were some updates which are mostly available for DL and usage.

Profile[]

She's a calm and quiet person who likes singing and sleeping and dislikes blondes, children and noisy places. Anyway, her friends know her as a well-educated and empathic person with a quite high self-esteem. Sometimes she dreams about popularity and worldwide recognition.

Etymology[]

  • Aka (朱) - red colour.
  • Ne (音) - sound, this suffix is frequently used in UTAU/VOCALOID communities.
  • Yuu (優) - excellence, superiority.
  • Akane Yuu (朱音優) - "superior sound of red".

Character appearance[]

  • Hair color: Black, gradually turning to the red tips.
  • Headgear: The strand is wrapped up in the red tape.
  • Eye color: Yuu has a heterochromia - left eye is blue and right is red. In the previous design the red eye was supposed to be covered with a black eye patch.
  • Earphones: None.
  • Outfit: Yuu`s dressed up in a grey bodysuit which has shoulder cutouts and an unbottoned cleavage, underneath are a red top and a black hipbelt. Yuu wears a black leather collar and a yellow-star necklace. She also has black jackboots with red edging and tankettes.
  • Item: Yellow star

Relationships[]

Voicebanks information[]

Distribution[]

Voice Reclist Range Description DL
ACT1 CV - Experimental CV voicebank. Recorded in 2013. Unavailable
ACT2 CV D3~A4 The 1st CV monopitch voicebank that comes to an official distribution. Recorded in 2014. Link
~Chinese CV - Experimental chinese CV voicebank which was made for a competition. Recorded in 2016. Unavailable
~Eng ARPAsing F3~D5 Experimental english voicebank. Recorded in 2018. Unavailable
RUS CVC Heiden BZR's CVC C#3~A4 Experimental russian CVC voicebank. Recorded in 2020. TBA
VCV VCV F#3~D#5 Basic monopitch VCV voicebank. It has a quite strong russian accent and wrong recordings somewhere. Recorded in 2015. Link
~Force VCV E2~C6 3-pitch VCV voicebank which also includes 3 extra-pitches: whisper (WH4), falsetto (C5) and growl (GS4).

Note: GS4 pitch is experimental. Try it only at your own risk. Recorded in 2016.

Link
'inferno' VCV D3~D#6 It`s a power VB which has 4 pitches (A3, C4, C5 and D5) and additional phonemes: nasal&mouth breath, vocal fry and glottal stop. Recorded in 2019. Link
'camellia' VCV D3~D#6 It`s a soft VB which has 4 pitches (A3, D4, G4 and D5) and additional phonemes: nasal&mouth breath, vocal fry and glottal stop. Recorded in 2019. Link
'eclair' VCV D3~D#6 It`s a childish VB which has 4 pitches (A3, A4, F4 and D5) and additional phonemes: nasal&mouth breath, vocal fry and glottal stop. Recorded in 2019. Link


Note: Samples also available at the Official site and SoundCloud.

Voice details[]

  • Input - Kana encoded and kana aliased
  • System - Microsoft Windows

Voice samples[]

Bucketlist[]

short-term goals[]

  • WIKI recover and update
  • Update DL links to the last three voicebanks due to fixed oto.ini

long-term goals[]

  • Unite 'inferno', 'camellia' and 'eclair' to the one voicebank [WIP]
  • CVVC JAP & CVVC Eng
  • Make an AI voicebank
  • Redesign, reference sheet & concept arts for AI???

Gallery[]

External links[]

Terms of Use[]

  • R-18 Content Allowed? Permission Required
  • Commercial Use of Voicebank Allowed? Permission Required
  • Commercial Use of Character Allowed? Permission Required
  • Derivative characters/voices Allowed? Forbidden
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