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Sashoune Yura (詐称音ユラ(さしょうねゆら)) is a voicebank for the UTAU software, first released in 2009. She currently supports Japanese, English, French, German and Korean.

History[]

2009[]

Yura started out as a human character, back then still known as Yurasuko.

First samples were recorded in May, an ACT1 CV voicebank was released in October

2010[]

In March, Yura's first VCV voicebank was released. It was based on a 2-mora reclist without extras

In May, Yura received a CV Append voicebank called Sick.

In June, an ACT2 CV voicebank was released to both YouTube and Nico Nico Douga, marking her debut on the latter site.

In November, an ACT3 CV voicebank was released[1].

This year, her first name was changed from Yurasuko to Yura.

2011[]

In May, her ACT2 VCV was released alongside a revised design[2]. It was a 7-mora single pitch voicebank without any extras.

2012[]

Starting in February, a new Strong VCV was being demoed with another new design, which ultimately only got a release through Tumblr[3].

2014[]

A new design was being used for all covers starting in February[4].

A short demo or a custom CVVC German list was uploaded to Soundcloud in December[5].

2015[]

A new VCV bank dubbed Sashoune Yura VCV 2015 was released in December[6].

2016[]

A new Append voicebank named Sasayaki was released[7]. It featured full VCV with extras.

Another Append voicebank recorded at 200BPM[8] was featured in a few covers on Soundcloud starting in March. Its name was later changed to Race Queen[9].

An updated main VCV voicebank was mentioned, but didn't get a release.

2017[]

A cover showcasing her Korean VCV voicebank was uploaded to Soundcloud in September[10].

In October, a cover using her French CVVC was posted to Soundcloud[11].

In December, her main VCV voicebank was renamed Sashoune Yura neo.

2018[]

A cover using Sylveranty's word-based English CVVC was uploaded to YouTube and Soundcloud in January[12].

A demo of Yura's French VCVVC voicebank using Melomad's Gros Mot reclist was uploaded to Soundcloud in December[13]

2019[]

Starting in March, several demos of a 40-mora VCV voicebank were uploaded to Soundcloud. The bank eventually saw a release in May and features 12 pitches with according extras[14].

In July, a demo of a French DeepVocal voicebank was uploaded to Soundcloud[15]. The voicebank was released in a few Discord servers.

2020[]

In June, an Append voicebank named Succubus was released[16]. It features three pitches and is recorded with an 8-mora reclist as well as according extras.

In July, her furry design was released. It can be used interchangeably with her human design[17].

2021[]

A first preview of the Gyroflex FRA CVVC voicebank was posted in December[18]

2022[]

In March, the new Gyrophare French voicebank was released[19], recorded in the new Gyroflex FRA CVVC format. The initial release only featured three pitches, but was over time expanded to five core pitches and 8 colors/appends. Over the course of the year, several French covers were uploaded usign the Gyrophare voicebank

2023[]

On February 23rd, a teaser for a French AI voicebank was published to Twitter[20].

Again in March, and in celebration of the CVfest2023 started on Twitter, a CV voicebank, Retro, was released[21]. This voicebank contained three pitches and a classic single syllable format

On April 8th, a teaser for the German AI NNSVS voicebank Marzipan was published to Twitter[22]. This voicebank was later released as a beta on April 16th[23]

In June, a new and public English voicebank was released[24]. The voicebank is single pitch and uses an expanded Cz VCCV reclist, containing vocal fries and full VV support.

On October 1st, the first full cover using the German AI NNSVS voicebank Marzipan was uploaded[25].

On October 16th, the first public German voicebank alongside the used Gyroflex GER VCCV reclist were published[26].

On December 22nd, Gyrolith was expanded by 7 pitches: D3, F3, A3, A4, E4, C5 and E5[27].

Concept[]

Etymology details[]

  • Name: SASHOUNE (詐称音) - Mistranslation of "slight sound"; actual meaning "misrepresentation". YURA (ユラ) - shortened from ユラスコ.

Character details[]

  • Description: Brown, slightly reddish hair; it goes straight down and splits into a star shape at about waist height. Two prominent long strands of hair at the front. She has green Eyes
  • Outfit: Varies by voicebank. Common elements include turtlenecks, thigh-high boots or socks and mid-upper arm sleeves
  • Likes: Sweets
  • Dislikes: Legumes

Voicebank details[]

Name Language Reclist Download
Natural Japanese VCV Link
Succubus Japanese VCV Link
Retro Japanese CV Link
Gyroscope English VCCV (Cz) Link
Gyrophare French CVVC (Gyroflex) Link
Gyrolith German VCCV (Gyroflex) Link

Japanese[]

The most recent available Japanese language voicebanks

Natural | Sample[]

40-mora, 11 pitch VCV for the most accurate pitch scaling

Succubus | Sample[]

7-mora, 3 pitch VCV with a nasal, bratty tone

Retro | Sample[]

2-mora, 5 pitch CV in a retro style

English[]

Currently, there is one publicly available English language voicebank

Gyroscope | Sample[]

2-mora, 1 pitch Cz VCCV with added glottal stops, vocal fries and full VV coverage

French[]

Multiple styles of singing are contained in this single French language voicebank

Gyrophare | Sample[]

2-mora, multipitch Gyroflex CVVC with several appends/colors:

  • Core (5 pitch, normal)
  • Sucre (1 pitch, sweet and high-pitched)
  • Scream (1 pitch, loud and powerful in high ranges)
  • Opera (1 pitch, loud and relaxed)
  • Growl (1 pitch, false chord growling)
  • Falsetto (1 pitch, airy in high ranges)
  • Doux (1 pitch, soft-spoken)
  • Air (1 pitch, light and head voiced)
  • Acide (1 pitch, nasal and bratty)

Gyrophare is recorded in the Gyroflex FRA CVVC format with several extras and different mora sizes for corresponding extras. Notable extras are vocal fries, end breaths and English phoneme support

German[]

Gyrolith | Sample[]

2-mora, 8 pitch Gyroflex VCCV. It is recorded in the Gyroflex GER VCCV format, with notation based on YumeWei's notation used for Felix. The voicebank features full VV and CC support, VCC recordings for a more natural emulation of /r/ diphthongization as well as fully modular start, end and glottal consonants. Sample

Terms of Use[]

All the provisions below shall be applied to the voicebank:

  • R-18 Content Allowed? Permission Not Required
  • Commercial Use of Voicebank Allowed? Permission Required
  • Commercial Use of Character Allowed? Permission Required
  • Do these terms apply to derivative characters/voices? Yes, but derivatives must be created with permission
  • Terms of use? Click here ...

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. https://youtu.be/snMQCUarODc
  2. https://youtu.be/flXDgDt5O0g
  3. https://www.tumblr.com/xshadowxxiii/99905854870/shadow-does-utau-voicebank-downloads?source=share
  4. https://youtu.be/0p7SENogt6w
  5. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/digimon-tamers-german-op-testing?si=b3e778df7624467d9e9b339de352d288&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  6. https://youtu.be/PfaL_XV8Dvg
  7. https://youtu.be/Bg6wyCcroiM
  8. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/200bpm-3?si=e3d9b709db5d411db87dfb890a476ad8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  9. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/race-queen-demo?si=f1e504c5b4204e26acf04ec1b81244e9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  10. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/arirang-yura-kr-vcv?si=413ac70d71524146bafa61d1849e3d83&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  11. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/sans-contrefacon-cvvc-yura-fr-cvvc?si=c582c60221954f40a6ca5625462875f5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  12. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/cvvcyour-reality-sashoune-yura?si=f1cb0ef3f2934ff2a67bf7f3cfe84439&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  13. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/pourvu-quelles-soient-douces-yura-sashoune-french-vcvvc-demo?si=f649228f1d1d4458a4a397377b19f237&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  14. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/loop-memory-10th-anniversary-vb-release-dl?si=bef2f1381624498ebd3f1439a2d227d8&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  15. https://soundcloud.com/gyromancyx/pourvu-quelles-soient-douces-yura-petit-deepvocal?si=aec1f2a7c9ef4bf6beeb5625c4653b32&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
  16. https://youtu.be/0-stTIBFAyE
  17. https://x.com/GyromancyX/status/1280219774589505541?s=20
  18. https://youtu.be/vAGFof0dAY0
  19. https://youtu.be/UC_0HOGvOKE
  20. https://x.com/GyromancyX/status/1644672590911250432?s=20
  21. https://youtu.be/iNFY1mEvfDg
  22. https://x.com/GyromancyX/status/1644672590911250432?s=20
  23. https://x.com/GyromancyX/status/1647706570904535040?s=20
  24. https://youtu.be/-YeOMMDhuC4
  25. https://youtu.be/3th3L-q75-M
  26. https://youtu.be/8LeeYK-jDVk
  27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dcr4uARiL0
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