kikyuune aiko
Breeze MMD + AWA Photos
Yaaay this project is finally finished!
I collaborated with Kenji again after he surprised me with a work-in-progress “Breeze” MMD video over the summer. At first, he was planning to use the original music, but after I found the karaoke and a basic UST, I made Aiko sing it. Since the other 2 dancers he used were Teto and Rin Append, I also decided to throw them in to make it a little more interesting. Rin Power can be heard in some glitch/stutter in places, VCV Teto does harmonies, and Rin Sweet + Whisper Teto sing the bridge together.
Many thanks to Kenji for his awesome camera + MME work, to Luna and Sango312 for rendering Rin Append for me, and to KodaP for his mixing tutorial!
Mp3 can be found in the description on the original video post.
Also, though this post is a bit late as I only recently got the photos, but I got to meet up with several UTAU voicers at Anime Weekend Atlanta! Cheesekun, Sparky, Asteriski, Ritz (my friend and Chiyoko’s voicer) and I met up at the Vocaloid photoshoot on Saturday. Sparky was even cosplaying as SHOICHIRO~
As a special meet-up gift, Sparky made plushies of Aiko, Azure, HARMON-E and Chiyoko! ;u; Here’s a close-up of Aiko and Chiyoko:
Aiko and Neko Kappa Nitori
Eeeeeeeeeee! So cute! I’ve been meaning to make them sing/dance this for a while but recently I totally forgot about doing it, so thank you, nijiyamiryuu!
Aiko dances on a table!
Baggagelizard on Youtube put together a makeshift projection system (his laptop and a piece of glass) to make Aiko dance!
It’s not quite the same tech that the Vocaloid concerts have used, but it’s similar and works at any scale… making semi-low-budget UTAU live concerts a possibility in the future, perhaps? ;D
EDIT: I tried my hand at the technique. Mine’s a lot grainier due to a low-quality camera, but here’s Aiko and Namida dancing on my own desk xD
Matryoshka Duet + Aiko’s Age…?
Trying to get back into the habit of posting covers I find including Aiko and/or Akio! ;n;
Thanks so much to Myokuju for using her in a duet with Blueloid!
Also, I have for a while been considering removing Aiko’s age from her “official” profile. Her voice is certainly not the typical voice of a 15-year-old, no matter how “tomboyish” Aiko might be. I’m now considering leaving her age completely to fan interpretation. If you consider her 15, you can continue to consider her to be 15 (I think I might xD) but it won’t in any way be “official.”
HOWEVER THIS IS NOT YET IN EFFECT!
The terms on Aiko’s bank, limiting her use in pornographic art and/or songs with explicit lyrics are still applicable. However, once I “complete” her RockLoud, PopMellow and BalladSoft voicebanks (I use that term lightly, as I’ll still develop her afterwards) she will cease to have these limitations and will be released to the public moreso as a freeware instrument (as UTAU was originally intented) than a character.
However I won’t stop making art or other character-related things! She’s still a character to me, I’d just not wish to hinder her use in music as much as she has been, and I think the age thing has held her back in that a little. I continually find people requesting my permission to use her for songs that I don’t think are inappropriate in any way and I have a feeling that’s simply because of her lengthy Terms of Use.
Breaking Point in Nico UTAU Ranking!
Cien and I are so very happy ;n; For the first time, for both of us, we placed in the UTAU ranking and got a in the video! “Breaking Point” ranked #44 ;n;
Thank you all so much! We really appreciate it, and we’ll do our best to continue making original songs ;n;
