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Marc Aiken is a voicebank for the UTAU program.

Profile[]

Marc Aiken, also known as Harvard Marc, often called by the name "Bessy" by coworkers, is a personification of the early electromechanical computer "Harvard Mark I", also known as the ASCC (IBM Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator). His voice was made from sawtooth wave samples.

Marc is a rather sheltered machine, as he existed only to serve a certain purpose during the time of his use in military operations. He has a great interest in literature and complex mathematics. He can perform many calculations in an instant with great detail, which was a source of success at the time of his usage. He no longer has any ties to the military, however, he believes that his creation in essence is inherently evil.

Marc lives alone in a flat that was granted to him after the end of his military service. He's still employed as a mathematics proffessor at a university. He's a pretty kind person and takes great interest in his fields of expertise. To some, he may act in unusual patterns and comes off as a bit messy. He cannot physically feel pain.

Character details[]

  • Description: Marc is a very tall and wide robot with dark, pale green hair that has a few lighter-coloured strands coming through. He has dark green eyes and an unnaturally grey-ish pale skin tone. Both his eyes and teeth have a yellow tint. He has visible metallic joints and a few screws on his face.
  • Outfit: Marc wears a yellow button-up shirt with rolled up sleeves, a dark green bowtie, dark brown suspenders, long dark brown pants, black boots and safety glasses above his regular glasses.
  • Likes: Math, literature, evenings, old clothes and photography
  • Dislikes: Rain, lack of transparency, humans and other organic species

Voicebank details[]

  • MARC_JP
  • [DISCONTINUED]
  • Single-pitch standard Japanese CV voicebank.

  • Marc Aiken_Standard
  • [RECOMMENDED VOICEBANK]
  • Recommended resampler: UTAU resampler + simple wavtool. Easiest to use in OpenUTAU.
  • Single-pitch English + Japanese voicebank created with a custom reclist. Aliasing resembles Arpasing and the voicebank's mechanics could be described as a "CV-VV-C". Works as a standard Japanese Hiragana CV voicebank.

  • Marc Aiken_C+V
  • An English voicebank derived from standard MARC_EN configured and edited by Jackhuwubenak. It uses the C+V format and is fully functional with the OpenUTAU Arpasing phonemizer. It is much easier to use, however the voicebank is much less understandable and produces worse results with consonant sounds.

Terms of Use[]

All the provisions below shall be applied to the voicebank:

  • R-18 Content Allowed? Allowed, idgaf
  • Commercial Use of Voicebank Allowed? Prohibited
  • Commercial Use of Character Allowed? Prohibited

Gallery[]

References[]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Mark_I

Demo songs:[]

  • Marc Aiken_Standard
  • Buddy Holly [EN] | Messed Up! [JP]
  • UST by Miroslav Haslerka [EN] | UST by Em7c [JP]
  • Marc Aiken_C+V
  • Daisy Bell
  • UST by Near
  • Marc JP
  • Big Brother
  • UST by Giraffey
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