Tuning Vocal Synths: A Brief, Simple 2 Minute Tutorial (Possibly helpful maybe)

In this short video, I'll explain the main 5 pitchbends you use for tuning! This video is guided towards new comers, as I simplify it a lot. But hey, if you've been tuning for 8 years and want to watch this, you are more than welcome. This also is NOT a very well thought out video,,, i sorta tried... but... its up to you to see if it helped at all actually..
and, realize that there are many OTHER parts that have to come together to make a cover/original sound good that aren't pitchbends/tuning. Things like mixing plays a HUGE part. But there are also little details like vocal fry, glottal stops, and dynamics that can make it even better! I can't make a mixing tutorial right now, but once i settle down on a good mixing method, I'll get right to it!
SONG: Fragile by Nulut
UST: Yukusa1205
And about the whole "keep trying new things!" to improve part, I am currently doing that same exact thing myself. I'm actually not very confident in my mixing at the moment, if you hear my recent covers, it goes from good to bad to good to bad all the time. but I'm trying many new things, and each time I learn what to do, or what NOT to do.

[@ethannnnn31]

For the people who wanna try out and tune a vocalsynth, I just want to say that you don't have to tune every freaking note~ Overtuning exist that sometimes an simple tuned UST/svp can sound better than a fully tuned one, and yeah... That's all. Have fun tuning~

[@aicka]

oh yeah i should've mentions that since my examples had basically every note tuned.... 🙃If you hear any of cillia's covers, they sound super well done, but I've actually seen her VSQxs before, they are very simple! Obviously, I have a habit 😭 but yeah. your absolutely correct, I'll probably pin your comment if this video gets popular enough.

[@BatdadIsBestDad]

@@aicka girl u saved me from overtuning the living frick

[@amethyst4578]

looking at you cover people who make teto sound drunk af

[@another-niko-pfp-holder]

@@aicka WHERE CAN I FIND HER VSQS PLEASE

[@somerandomidiot8050]

@@another-niko-pfp-holder She posts them on patreon! She charges per post, but she hasn't posted since 2021, so they're all free. I learned everything I know about tuning from her project files

[@Deyfare]

Saving this for later because this is actually helpful, all I needed was it to be dumbed down for me so thank you

[@CannaUtau]

The little hill pitchbend is so useful

[@KnowledgeableTomato]

this is my favourite tutorial ever I keep on coming back to it

[@aicka]

Seriously?!? i feel like I need to make a better one where I just record myself tuning and I give reasoning for each step that I do. But thanks a lot! I hope you've at least seen some improvement!

[@KnowledgeableTomato]

@@aicka i would love to see that! And yeah I’ve been getting a bit better I think :)

[@endlessveemo]

WUUU thank you i recently learned how to tune in UTAU, and now thanks to u i now know what to tune, now i need to know when to tune hehe

[@pavendax]

Finally a tutorial, ive been looking for this since i got synth v pro

[@BatdadIsBestDad]

WHERES THE TENSION, DYNAMICS AND VOCAL FRY TUTORIAL OP, ¡¿WHERE ARE THEY?!?!?!??! I THIRTST FOR KNOWLEGE

[@dolphnatoproductions997]

Tuning was a vague concept that I couldn't wrap my head around (like what's the thought process??) but this actually made it more clear! Thanks so much!

[@amethyst4578]

this has changed my life forever thank you sm

[@hamster_overIord]

this is super simple and easy to understand, ive been struggling with tuning SynthV for so long so this is very helpful 😅

[@lynchie2073]

completely honestly this is actually super helpful thank you

[@sunnyflutemusic]

Thank you for sharing 🎶🌈☺️

[@safire-p]

Useful!!!

[@yt_blank_hank.]

Omg Yess THX *More vocalsynth tips & tricks videos pls*

[@wevebi]

this video is super well done!! it vibes like that one "singing voice with added expression.mp4" so i liked it a lot

[@BatdadIsBestDad]

OKAY BUT LIKE, i just had asked for the tutorial, im crying like a dumb lil meow meow

[@JazyyWazyy]

oh this is actually really good advice good job !!

[@yuurei_cv01]

Stares in V4 user

[@aicka]

dw, as long as you grasped an idea of these kinds of pitchbends, you can use them in any software. Whether it's using the perimeters or note bending, it's all possible in V4. I also might need to remake this video, but I'll use Vocaloid for my examples.

[@rkrichard]

THANK YOU SO SO MUCH. This was really helpful, and actually explained tuning in a way that makes sense to me. But does anyone have any tips on how to tune it to sound more robotic?

[@aicka]

I'm so glad it helped a bit! And for robotic... I guess make the pitchbends really sharp, less smooth? Maybe I'll make a 'different tuning styles' video one day, since this was more of the basics than anything.

[@rkrichard]

@@aicka Right, I’ll keep that in mind. Thank you once again

[@phantom8856]

YESS THX

[@Nyamihatecoffee]

Does any of this stuff work with the VOCALOID2 editor??

[@kommunike_sava]

finally I've found any tutorial dedicated to pitchband I'd like to ask a question. btw i practice tuning in vocaloid. how does pbs influence to pitchband? should it be high or low?

[@aicka]

I usually have mine at the default which is at 3 (on V5 at least), so on the lower side. It's very rare that someone might have it on the higher side, but you can experiment for yourself. I recommend using both pitch bend and notebending, you can download my vocaloid files in my google drive for examples! I think my semi-transparent boy cover might be a good file to look at for seeing how i combine the two. I actually have no idea now experienced you are so if you already knew this then uhh just ignore mehfsdj

[@another-niko-pfp-holder]

I have watched 30 tuning tutorials at this point and both my synthv and vocaloids sound off key i legit dont know what im supposed to do at this point