2010-04-11, 21:45 | Link #521 |
Princess or Plunderer?
Join Date: May 2009
Location: the Philippines
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Organ? o.o Never thought of that, lol.
EDIT: Ok, I just used the 60's Drawbar Organ from the Yamaha PSR sound set in my Sibelius 3 and it works well. I got a Korg Triton sound set, but it seems that it's not working well. Sad.
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2010-04-12, 07:11 | Link #522 |
NYAAAAHAAANNNNN~
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 35
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Play the higher notes or increase the pitch using Audacity. Remember electronic keyboards are usually limited to 76 keys, much less than a regular piano with 88 keys, and that organs have even more available pitch and timbre due to the pedalboard despite only having 61 keys.
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2010-04-12, 17:48 | Link #523 |
Senior Rider of Bikes
Join Date: Jun 2007
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There are some people who have made Hammond B3 emulations. It's a difficult organ to replicate. It's a "rotary" organ. It uses spinning wheels for the notes to pass through. Not sure of the particulars. The B3 is the heaviest organ on the planet.
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2010-04-18, 02:12 | Link #524 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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Finally opened up Azusa's character music CD ... they did a good job of emulating a focused, skilled, but tiny musician whose voice hasn't quite caught up with her instrumental skills.
I particularly liked her vocals and energy in 'Watashi ha Watashi no Michi wo Yuku'. That was fun. OTOH, 'Jaja Uma Way To Go' was more uncomfortable, like I was being required to attend a daughter's band recital. 'Let's Go' is a shouty anthem song so almost any voice can make it through that.
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2010-04-19, 22:58 | Link #527 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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However, it isn't that "Yui sings worse" or that "Mio sings better" ... Yui's voice actress is affecting Yui's voice for the role. It is simply very high pitched and uncomfortable to Western ears (listen to traditional music from Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, etc sung by young women). Mio's voice is lower-pitched (more appealing to Westerners on average). Both of them hit their notes and fill them out. However, Mio's VA has a bit more timbre and depth - and she can do things with the tail-end of notes that make her more interesting to listen to. Mugi's VA has a singing careerr already in progress and she probably sings more professionally than the rest. And finally, of course, "auto-tune" makes it quite difficult to assess -- wait for the live performances and you'll see very quickly who needs multiple studio takes and engineering to sound right.
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2010-04-20, 05:21 | Link #528 | |
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 35
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In this case, Aki Toyosaki is just singing in like an airhead high on adrenaline, making her sound more like what Yui is : a completely dense schoolgirl motivated by her K-ON club.
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2010-04-20, 07:05 | Link #529 | |
The Voice of Reason
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 47
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I don't really think one is better than the other. They're all good, irrespective of any singing career they may or may not have. |
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2010-04-20, 12:17 | Link #532 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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My wife can't tolerate the Yui voice or the Azusa voice for very long DESPITE the fact she sounds pretty much like Azusa when she herself sings. Her listening preferences are from being raised in the US and being exposed to the vocal ranges of western singers. I still have to steel myself a bit before listening to a Yui song (though I'm utterly fine with Azusa's voicing because it has a gravel component to it).
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2010-04-20, 13:26 | Link #533 |
*hic*
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: A Swede in Tokyo
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Aki Toyosaki sings with a somewhat lower voice when not in character as Yui:
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I don't know if Minako Kotobuki has done any singles as "herself", but of the top of my head, I haven't noticed much if any difference between her K-On, Chuu-Bra and Sphere songs.
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2010-04-20, 14:42 | Link #534 | |
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Sparvid's example youtube is a good demonstration of how some voice actresses can sing *in the voices of their character* (good or not) while having a nice singing voice. That's a lovely little video and nice octave range for her in her real voice.
Probably the most dramatic example of this in the west are the voice actors from Animaniacs (a western animated comedy of the '90s). Tress MacNeille sings in the voice of Dot and of Hello Nurse as well as Lucille Ball (in Yankovic's "Ricky" music video). Rob Paulsen (voice of Yakko in Animaniacs) can sing fluently in several hundred different voices and multiple languages. The gods of animated voicing (Mel Blanc and June Foray) did their own singing in their many voices as well. Quote:
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2010-04-20, 15:30 | Link #535 | |
The Voice of Reason
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 47
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@Vexx: I didn't really mean anything with my previous comment other than just to correct you on the singing status of the seiyuus. |
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2010-04-20, 18:46 | Link #536 |
quick scopes anyone?
Join Date: Jan 2010
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hi everyone. I made a guitar cover of Yui's rendition of my love is a stapler from the second season of the first episode. please check it out and give me some advice and stuff. haha ^_^
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2010-04-21, 14:57 | Link #539 |
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Sawako's inspiration perhaps? (too wild... over the top)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNQK9...eature=related Jennifer Batten (watch the whole thing... ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuF_9...eature=related (her hair.. the lighting, rofl)
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2010-04-22, 00:35 | Link #540 |
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Join Date: May 2009
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Band score book for the new OP and ED will be happening in May
http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/k-on/disc/cd_2.html#pagetop |
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