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MikuMikuVoice

The difficult part of creating songs with Vocaloid such as Hatsune Miku is that you need to adjust a bunch of parameters to make it sound natural.

Creator of MikuMikuDance has created another software called MikuMikuVoice, which enables you to import wav data and export to Vocaloid editor so that you can use all the data and the parameters. You can download the software from here.

This is a good example of how it works- first it plays the original sound, miku sound imported, and both.

【MikuMikuVoice】自分でうたって比較してみた【初音ミク】

Another demo video of how this creator used MikuMikuVoice

【MikuMikuVoice】鳥の詩をいじってみた【初音ミク】

Songs using MikuMikuVoice

【MikuMikuVoice】人間→ミク声変換でオリ曲を歌わせてみた【神ツール】

【初音ミクKAITO+SFC音源】想いをこめて【オリジナル番外編02】

UTAU - handmade VOCALOID-

VOCALOID was made by YAMAHA, and Crypton made the package softwares such as Hatsune Miku,
Kagamine  Rin/Ren, etc.

Then, there was a creator who tried to make a software with similar function, made it available for free online, and uploaded the video of how to use it. This software is called UTAU.

How to use UTAU (basics)

人力ボーカロイド支援ツールらしきものを作ってみた その１ 導入編

There is a voice library of a woman's voice by default, but what is interesting about UTAU is that you can create your own library with you (or other people's) voice. Some people has already made some voice library online for free. This video is how to of importing and using other voice library.

ボーカロイド持ってないので作ってみた（人力ボカロ支援ツールその２）

This video is using UTAU and voice of a famous anime voice actor.

「ハト」、時々超音波　【UTAU with くぎゅボイス】

Kasane Teto was supposed to be an April Fool joke project by 2Channelers, but as people got more interested, it still used by some users.

Picture 13

Some songs made with UTAU and Kasane Teto

【UTAU】耳のあるロボットの唄(オリジナル)【重音テト】

【重音テト】星間飛行【カバー】

【重音テト】初音ミクの暴走【修正ver】

【重音テト】嘘の歌姫【初音ミク】

UTAUで「夕日坂」

【初音ミク・重音テト】ぐるぐる大航海【合わせてみた】

ARToolkit

Quote from ARToolkit official website:

ARToolkit is a software library for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications. These are applications that involve the overlay of virtual imagery on the real world. For example, in the image to the right a three-dimensional virtual character appears standing on a real card. It can be seen by the user in the head set display they are wearing. When the user moves the card, the virtual character moves with it and appears attached to the real object.

You can download ARToolKit here:

ARToolKit is used by over 300 researchers worldwide for a very diverse set of projects, which you can see some from the list here:

Now, let's take a look at what creators in Nico Nico Douga has come up with :D

ARToolKitで初音ミクも『ｳｯｰｳｯｰｳﾏｳﾏ(ﾟ∀ﾟ) 』

You can see that this AR imagery is actually moving on this board held by the creator's hand.

If you check this link (tag result of ARToolkit within NicoNicoDouga) you'd be able to see so many creators trying out ARToolkit within NicoNico community.

To be honest, playing with ARToolkit is not very easy... and yet so many people are creating those videos. Amazing community!!

It is impossible to follow up every piece, so let's stick with the creator who made the video above.


Just like other projects, this creator has uploaded the process of how he came to play with ARToolkit.

2007/11/21 First trial

ARToolKitで初音ミク

2007/11/24 this time it moves its hands (and the model is Hachune Miku -parody version of Hatsune Miku)

ARToolKitで初音ミク(その2)

2007/12/5 moves the feet

ARToolKitで初音ミク(その3)

2007/12/19 this is an explanation video of how to use ARToolkit, so that others can start using it too. I love this spirit of NicoNico creators :) They are so open and sharing.

ARToolKitで初音ミク(その4)：解説編

2008/1/7 creating shadows

ARToolKitで初音ミク(その5)：影をつけてみるテスト

2008/1/19 final video- dances to a song

ARToolKitで初音ミク(その6)：LIVE

You can download the source from here:
http://www1.axfc.net/uploader/He/so/122663.zip [key:armiku]

BTW, those videos are using the model of Miku created by 3DCG@Nanoha

It looks like many are using the model... you can see another one here.

【ARToolKit】 ベッドの上で初音ミクを‥ 【その７】

"Augmented Reality figure" ARis is going to be sold in Japan, and it has already been presented in Wireless Japan expo.
You can see the video here:

【ITmediaNews】電脳メイドさんをツンツン

According to their website, they are using an AR software framework called "GTE_AR_Framework" developed by Geisha Tokyo Network.

AR stuff are really fun. I've actually tried some of the AR glasses.

ARglass

I am watching the AR vision - my finger is pointing to the image that I am seeing in the glasses.

This is another AR glasses - this one is handmade!

ARglass

You carry the camera and the board.

ARglass

You'd look like this :)

ARglass

Music created with PC effect sounds

Amazing video: "Played MojiPittan using Windows Vista Effect sounds"

vista効果音で「もじぴったん」

I think this whole series of creating music with PC effect sounds started with this video called "Hello Windows" which made a song with Windows XP effect sounds.

Hello Windows

People started to make remix music of Hello Windows.
This one is my favorite... Hello Windows + Dango Daikazoku remix

Hello Windowsにだんご大家族を合わせてみた

Hello Windows + original song remix

「Hello Windows」にオリジナル曲「Window」を混ぜてみた

Hello Windows + original song remix- sang by VOCALOIDS (Hatsune Miku and Kagamine Rin)

【初音ミク・鏡音リン】　Hello Windows　歌わせてみた

Another remix of Hello Windows

【ゲイツに】Hello Windowsをアレンジしてみた【愛をこめて】

Another song using Windows XP

【踊るWindows】WindowXP効果音で本格的に曲を作ってみた

Another music- this one is made using sounds from Windows Vista

Hello Windows Vista

What can you do with Excel?

Creators in NicoNicoDouga does lots of interesting things...

Here is an example... they do a bunch of interesting things using Microsoft EXCEL.

Create anime video using Excel

エクセルでひぐらしのなく頃に解OP

Explanation of the above video

おまけを解説してみた

Lucky Star opening anime black and white created with Excel

文字列でらき☆すたOPを再現してみた

Another one inspired by the above anime- this one is with colors

Excelでらき☆すたOPを再現してみた

Created PuyoPuyo game with Excel

エクセルでぷよぷよつくってみた

You can download the file here.

Draw a picture...

Excelで長門有希

This creator uploaded the process too :)

Excelで長門有希～作業工程～

draw a picture using autoshape

Excelのオートシェイプで水銀燈描いてみた

Made a dot-picture and made it move

Excelにネギを振らせてみた

VOCALOMARK

As I have written in my previous posts, there are LOTS of people creating 3D videos in various ways as well as using MikmuMikuDance.

Here's another one, VOCALOMARK created by a creator called FarSeer.

VOCALOMARK進捗08/08/28

This 3DCG is created using XSI engine. XSI is a 3DCG animation creation software created by Soft Image. XSI is used in various games and movies such as Idolm@ster that I introduced in this post. You can see that the face of Miku in the video above looks so similar to Idol M@ster videos :)

 
What I find interesting in NicoNicoDouga is that the creators uploads the process of creating things. With commercial products, you can only see the final products that are sold, but because NicoNicoDouga creators uploads the process, we feel more sympathy towards the creators as well as the final outcome and we cherish it more.

The following is a series of videos uploaded by FarSeer (who keeps a website called FakeFar and always uses "FakeFar" tag).

7/3 the leg motion is still weird

FakeFar不定期進捗動画08/07/03

7/5 showing how the leg motion is made... looks much better now

FakeFar不定期進捗動画08/07/05

7/15 making much more movements... and a lot more smoother

FakeFar不定期進捗動画08/07/15

7/20 dancing to a song

FakeFar不定期進捗動画08/07/20

7/27 becoming a real "video" not the shooting of the creation process such as in the earlier videos

ミクでDo-Daiダンス(仮）　物理エンジン搭載Ver

8/12 added the face expressions

ミクでDo-Daiダンス(仮)　表情追加Ver

...and the newest one is the one at the top of this post :)

2009/1/8 update

AND IT'S DONE!

This is the "complete" version.

初音ミクで「Do-Dai」

2009/1/14 update

This one is the above complete version video + Miku Do-Dai song

初音ミクで「Do-Dai」と初音ミクのDo-Daiを合わせてみた

maru and her electone performances

maru is one of the most famous electone performer in Nico Nico douga. Many of the Japanese children nowadays study electone (yes, I used to play it too long time ago...) but her performances are quite amazing.

Pirates of the Caribbean

パイレーツオブカリビアンを弾いてみました【色々テスト】

Star Wars

スターウォーズ　（ファンファーレ付き）を弾いてみました

Dragon Quest

ドラクエⅣ　５章のフィールドとか弾いてみました

This one is another one from Dragon Quest, and she is playing this music backwards

ドラクエ　「序曲」を（後ろ向きで）弾いてみました

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc

レイダースマーチ（インディジョーンズ）　を弾いてみました

Okkusenman etc

【maru】「おくせんまん」とか弾いてみました【MouRaBBN】

See all of maru's videos

Onsha

The word "Onsha" is used to refer politely to the company you are talking to.

When the word "Onsha" is used in Nico Nico Video, it  usually refers to a company that the CEO always uploads various products of Miku as an afterwork hobby.

The first video was car marking

作ってみた

PC case and mouse

作ってみた　その２

Wall paper

作ってみた　その３

A huge panel

作ってみた　その４

PC case and mouse

作ってみた　その５

Plates

作ってみた　その１０

Cushion cover

作ってみた　その１１

The most recent one is this Ita-Guruma which was bound to run in the Super GT race in Suzuka this weekend.

作ってみた　特別編

This is the video of the test run.

SUPER GT 鈴鹿 #808 初音ミクカー 練習走行(現場音のみ)

What is important here is that something very similar to Wonder Festival is happening here- this time with a professional company making them.

Piapro blog on Ita-guruma Super GT
Ita-guruma team's blog
Super GT website
Hatsune Miku blog
Article on ASCII

Jimuin-G

Inspired by the horsehead musician, Jimuin-G started to upload his music performances- he is performing alone too, but he is doing it LIVE.

I went to Nico Nico Live which many of the musicians performing and uploading videos to Nico Nico Douga gathered- and Jimuin-G came with his xylophone to the live house and performed those music live... it was amazing!!

Jimuin means office clerk... he's not a professional musician. He is an office clerk.

1人で同時に情熱大陸を演奏してみた

今度は1人でルパンをやってみた

一人で同時演奏：残酷な天使のテーゼを弾いてみた

今度は「Tank!」で同時演奏してみた

The following videos are piano only.

久石譲の曲をいろいろつなげて弾いてみた

おっくせんまんを自分なりに弾いてみた

【事務員G】自分なりに｢鳥の詩｣を弾いてみた

戦場のメリークリスマスを弾いてみた

Just like everyoneelse, he only has two hands.
Therefore, he put a pen in his mouth to play the pianica! (Both of his hands were occupied by piano)

1人で同時にバッカーノを演奏してみた

Jimuin-G collaborates with other musicians.

【事務員G＆ウサコ】AIR「鳥の詩」をデュオってみた

Jimuin-G sings too.
The second vocal is him :)

【yonjiと事務員Ｇ】｢奇跡の地球｣歌ってみた【合わせてyonG】

MikuMikuDance Cup

In my last post, I have written how MikuMikuDance(MMD) - a user generated free 3D modelling tool has enabled people to start creating 3D animes.

Then, proposed by Hanya-san, operated by Kanna-san, a video contest called "MikuMikuDance Cup" took place in NicoNicoDouga, where people uploades their videos created with MMD.

Announcement of MMD Cup as follows:

【第１回】MikuMikuDance杯・予選開催【MMD杯】

Official website of MMDCup is here:

There are 3 themes for this contest:
1) summer  list of videos
2) CM  list of videos
3) what!? list of videos

The awarding ceremony video is as follows
(For some reason, video embedding gets errors... will link for now and embed later when it gets fixed)

【第１回】MikuMikuDance杯・表彰閉会式【MMD杯】

****grand prix winner****

【第1回MMD杯本選】超時空VOCALOIDでキラッ☆

Miku sings and dances to a very popular song of a very popular animation Macros Frontier.


****2nd prize****

【第1回MMD杯本選】初音ミクの台風☆初体験のようです【室温：39度】

This is a parody anime of a comedy

****3rd prize****

【第1回MMD杯本選】夏物語～気がつけばニコニコ～

****"Summer" theme videos****

【第1回MMD杯本選】 初音さん的日常 【初音ミク】

【第1回MMD杯本選】夏祭り

【第1回MMD杯本選】ミクと一緒に夏の星の光を見に行こう！

****"CM" theme videos****

【第1回MMD杯本選】 夏影-AIRness-

【第1回MMD杯本選】リンオリジナル曲30秒CM風×２

【第1回MMD杯本選】ファンタCM

****"what!?" theme videos****

【第1回MMD杯本選】　ミクが幽体離脱します

【第1回MMD杯本選】 大好きでっていう♪ 【ごめんねが言えなくて】

【第1回MMD杯本選】展覧会のえーっ？

****cute prize****

【第1回MMD杯本選】みくみく菌におかされてみた

****accessory craftsman prize****

【第1回MMD杯本選】なつのか【夏】

****MMD-PR prize****

【第1回MMD杯本選】キーボードミクラッシャーMMD編