Utagoe
INTRO
IT IS NOT ALL THAT HARD TO DIY VOCAL RIPS LIKE THE ONES WE ARE HOSTING, WITH ANY AUDIO PROGRAM THAT CAN DEAL WITH PHASE INVERTING. ( AKA SUBTRACT KARAOKE FROM FULL TRACK ) THE THEORY BEHIND THIS IS BECAUSE SOUND WAVES HAVE AN ADDITIVE QUALITY, WHICH MEANS A SONG IS BASICALLY A COMBINATION OF A KARAOKE TRACK + A VOCAL TRACK, IN NOT JUST A STRAIGHTLY ABSTRACT WAY BUT ALSO A PHYSICAL WAY. PHASE INVERTING IS AN ATTEMPT TO 'REVERSE ENGINEER' AN ACAPELLA OUT OF AN EXISTING SONG, BECAUSE WE, AS FAN MIXERS, DON'T HAVE ACCESS ON THE MASTER VOCAL TAPE AT ALL. THEREFORE, YOU WILL NEED 3 THINGS: THE ACTUAL SONG, THE KARAOKE OF THAT SONG, AND A COMPUTER WITH THE APPROPRIATE AUDIO APPLICATION.
ONE EXCELLENT EXAMPLE IS UTAGOE RIP. ( JAPANESE ) THERE ARE ENGLISH ONES OUT THERE BUT THIS ONE SEEMS TO WORK BEST FOR THIS SPECIFIC TASK. IT HAS A VERY SIMPLE GUI, THE LANGUAGE BARRIER IS IRRELEVANT.
TRY THAT PROGRAM WITH KOUSUI AND YOU WILL HAVE VERY SUCCESSFUL RESULTS. ( KOUSUI IS ONE OF THE KNOWN 'RIPPABLES' ) IT WILL GET HARDER AS YOU APPROACH SONGS THAT HAVE COMPLICATED BACKGROUND TRACKS, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WITH THOSE GAY ASS TSUNKU BACKUPS... YOU CAN TELL BY OUR RIP RATINGS THAT THE MM ONES ARE USUALLY WORSE. SO POINT IS PROVEN, CUZ MM SONGS HAVE MORE PERSONS' VOICES AROUND THUS HARDER TO BE DISTINGUISHED DIGITALLY.
BASIC CONTROL
- THE 1ST FIELD IS THE FULL SONG TRACK
- THE 2ND FIELD IS THE KARAOKE / INSTRUMENTAL TRACK
- THE 3RD FIELD IS THE DESTINATION PATH OF THE RESULTING FILE
- THE TOP RIGHT HUGE BUTTON IS START RIPPING
THE 1ST SMALLER BUTTON BELOW THE START BUTTON IS FOR THE CONTROL PANEL. SO FAR WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW ALL THOSE WORK EXCEPT THE SLIDE BAR ON THE RIGHT, WHICH SEEMS TO DETERMINE THE STRENGTH OF NOISE REDUCTION. THE HIGHER THE NUMBER, THE STRONGER IT IS. A GOOD ROUND UP SETTING WE HAVE BEEN USING IS 2.1, BUT DEPENDING ON THE SONG, YOU SHOULD TUNE IT ACCORDINGLY. SAY A NOISY ROCK TRACK SHOULD TAKE A HIGH SETTING, A SLOW CLAM BALLAD SHOULD USE A LOW ONE.
※ IT IS INFINITELY BETTER TO USE A WAVE RIPPED STRAIGHT OUT OF A CD, RAW, THAN CONVERTING FROM AN MP3.
POST-PROCESSING
CRAPPLE JUNK TOWN HAS BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH UTAGOE AND FOUND OUT A POST-PROCESSING WITHIN GOLDWAVE WILL HELP A LOT. GOLDWAVE IS ANOTHER AUDIO PROGRAM, AND HE USED THE NOISE REDUCTION FEATURE SPECIFICALLY. IT IS NOT NECESSARY SOMETIMES, BUT IT DEFINITELY HELPS IN A LOT OF THE CASES.
IF YOU ARE NOT A PERFECTIONIST, THEN IN A WAY, WHEN YOU MIX WITH A BAD VOCAL RIP YOU CAN PERHAPS CHOOSE SOME SPECIFIC BEAT SAMPLES TO COVER UP THE 'LEFT OVER' IN THE OTHERWISE CRAPPY ACAPELLA. IN MY EXPERIENCE THE HARDEST PART TO FILTER OUT ARE THE CYMBALS. FOR EXAMPLE LIKE THE 7AIR SONG, IN THE VOCAL RIP THE CYMBAL IS LIKE 90% STILL THERE AFTER USING UTAGOE... IT IS RIDICULOUS. A PRACTICAL SOLUTION IS TO USE A SIMILAR SAMPLE TO COVER UP THAT PART. SOME USE OF VOCAL EFFECTS WORKS TOO BUT THAT IS NOT RECOMMENDED. ( SUCH AS LO-FI FILTER, RADIO MOCK, ECHO ETC. )
CONCLUSION
AS A CLOSING, I THINK THIS PROGRAM DOES WHAT IT SHOULD, AND IT DOES THAT WELL ENOUGH THAT EVERY DAMN FAN MIXERS USE THIS LITTLE THING. THERE ARE IN FACT WEAKNESS OF THIS METHOD SUCH LIKE THE COMPLETE LACK OF MICRO-TWEAKING UNTIL YOU OUTPUT THE FILE AND EDIT IT ELSE WHERE, AND A TENDENCY OF NOT DEALING WELL WITH PARTICULAR MUSIC INSTRUMENTS, ETC. ALSO OBVIOUSLY, YOU NEED A SONG THAT HAS A KARAOKE TO EVEN BEGIN USING UTAGOE. THERE IS INDEED ONE OTHER WAY MORE COMPLICATED METHOD TO EXTRACT VOCAL OUT OF JUST A SONG WITHOUT THE USE OF AN INSTRUMENTAL TRACK, WHICH CONSISTS OF L-R AND CENTER CHANNELS CANCELLING AND SUCH. WE ARE GOING TO COVER THAT ULTIMATE METHOD WHEN WE FULLY FIGURE OUT HOW IT WORKS...
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- Looking for information on the anime Ai no Utagoe wo Kikasete (Sing a Bit of Harmony)? Find out more with MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. The film tells the story of a new transfer student interested in her surroundings, and a song that brings happiness to her and her classmates.
- 1,774 utagoe.exe (820.5K) 2010.09.15 365 utagoe30.lzh (637.8K) 2010.09.15 INTRO IT IS NOT ALL THAT HARD TO DIY VOCAL RIPS LIKE THE ONES WE ARE HOSTING, WITH ANY AUDIO PROGRAM THAT CAN DEAL WITH PHASE INVERTING.