Playing Hatsune Miku (in a physical sense)
Conclusion:This isn’t a toy.
Today I went and downloaded the HATSUNE MIKU NT TRIAL—it’s basically a trial version just to mess around with. The screen looks something like this:
I think… it’s essentially a music arrangement software. There isn’t much to say: you input notes on the corresponding pitches, and at each point you set the lyrics—then it can sing. Of course, besides entering lyrics, you’ll also need to fine-tune things like the tone and delivery.
If all you do is fill in the lyrics and let it sing, it’s actually pretty intuitive and easy to get started. But there’s one biggest problem: how do you know what pitch it’s using right here? If your goal is simply to have Miku cover some songs, so you grab an audio file and start using it—then one question is: do you have perfect pitch to find the correct position? Another is: will the music’s bpm be the same as what it indicates?
Based on the rough experience of maybe one or two hours so far, I feel that as a complete outsider like me, the first thing I should learn is how to arrange music—whether you create a song from scratch, or you break a song down into midi. At the very least, you need to understand that foundation first, and then learn how to combine Miku’s vocals to create a complete piece of music.
That’s all. I originally wondered whether this would make me want to explore more different “tech trees.” It looks like… the future is promising.
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