Delta-style General Purpose English List Information
09 Nov 2020 | Source | Translator: KLAD
Tags: English, utau, documentation
Table of Contents
Overview
This page contains downloads and information for the Delta-style General Purpose English List, made as an UTAU English recording list for Japanese people.
Unlike Japanese, which has CV, rentan, CVVC, VCV, etc. an English voicebank must be CVVC.
Although Japanese CVVC is much smaller than Japanese VCV, English CVVC can be up to 10 times larger than Japanese VCV, which is impractical.
Given that, these 8 versions range from the most unlimited no-compromises list to the most limited and condensed list.
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List Principles
Each list’s properties and recording amount comparison are in the following table:
Number | Similarly sized Japanese reclist | Recording time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
0 | full VCV with CCV, etc. | 10 hours | Theoretical list, not practical |
1 | VCV | 6 hours | |
2 | mimirobo-style VCV | 3 hours | Recommended |
3 | Mixed VCV and CVVC | 2 hours 30 minutes | |
4 | eve-style CVVC | 2 hours | |
5 | Delta-style/Tsubasa-style CVVC | 1 hour 30 minutes | Recommended |
6 | CV | 1 hour 30 minutes | Smallest |
7 | CV | 1 hour | Smallest, quick to record, for advanced users |
Note: “Similarly sized Japanese reclist” is only an example. Every version of the list is actually CVVC.
Note: If you take into account the amount of time you spend rerecording samples, version 5’s length is the closest to Japanese VCV.
General principles
- CVVC-based voicebanks
- Assuming the pronunciation of Japanese people who are unfamiliar with English, similar-sounding vowels are grouped together.
Number 0 characteristics
- Diphthongs are counted in the number of vowels
- Vowels and “h” syllables are recorded as VCV
- Nasal consonants are recorded as VCV with vowels
- CV
andCV
are differentiatedV C
andV C-
are differentiated- Syllable onset consonant clusters are written as
CCV
- Syllable coda consonant clusters are written as
V CC-
Number 1 characteristics
- Diphthongs are counted in the number of vowels
- Vowels and “h” syllables are recorded as VCV
- Nasal consonants are recorded as VCV with vowels
- CV
andCV
are differentiatedV C
andV C-
are differentiated- Syllable onset consonant clusters are written as
CCV
- Syllable coda consonant clusters are written as
C C-
Number 2 characteristics
- Diphthongs are counted in the number of vowels
- Vowels and “h” syllables are recorded as VCV
- CV
andCV
are differentiatedV C
andV C-
are differentiated- Syllable onset consonant clusters are written as
C C
and-C C
- Syllable coda consonant clusters are written as
C C-
Number 3 characteristics
- Diphthongs are counted in the number of vowels
- Vowels are recorded as VCV
- CV
andCV
are differentiatedV C
andV C-
are differentiated- Syllable onset consonant clusters are written as
C C
and-C C
- Syllable coda consonant clusters are written as
C C-
Number 4 characteristics
- Dipthongs are counted in the number of vowels
- CV
andCV
are differentiatedV C
andV C-
are differentiated- Syllable onset consonant clusters are written as
C C
and-C C
- Syllable coda consonant clusters are written as
C C-
Number 5 characteristics
- Diphthongs are not included
- CV
andCV
are differentiatedV C
andV C-
are differentiated- Syllable onset consonant clusters are written as
C C
and-C C
- Syllable coda consonant clusters are written as
C C-
Number 6 characteristics
- Diphthongs are not included
- CV
andCV
are the sameV C
andV C-
are the same- Syllable onset consonant clusters are written as
C C
- Syllable coda consonant clusters are written as
C C-
Number 7 characteristics
- Diphthongs are not included
- CV
andCV
are the sameV C
andV C-
are the same- Syllable onset consonant clusters are written as
C C
- Syllable coda consonant clusters are written as
C C-
- Attempted to make list more efficient by recording as 5-mora
Vowel Pronunciation
Vowel notation and pronunciation comparison table
Please check each phoneme’s pronunciation with a dictionary site.
Alias in UTAU | Reclist | IPA | Example word |
---|---|---|---|
i |
i |
iː | feel |
I |
i+ |
ɪ | bit |
E |
e+ |
ɛ | bed |
{ |
{ |
æ | bad |
A |
a+ |
ɑː | art |
O |
o+ |
ɔ | bot |
V |
v+ |
ʌ | cut |
U |
u+ |
ʊ | could |
u |
u |
u | food |
aI |
ai+ |
aɪ | I |
eI |
ei+ |
eɪ | bake |
aU |
au+ |
aʊ | round |
OI |
o+i+ |
ɔɪ | boy |
oU |
ou+ |
oʊ | old |
ju |
ju |
ju | you |
3 |
3 |
ɜr | bird |
@ |
@ |
ə | Unaccented syllables |
Consonant Pronunciation
Consonant notation and pronunciation comparison table
Please check each phoneme’s pronunciation with a dictionary site.
Alias in UTAU | Reclist | IPA | Example word | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
p |
p |
p | pit | |
b |
b |
b | bit | |
t |
t |
t | tick | |
d |
d |
d | dock | |
k |
k |
k | kick | |
g |
g |
g | girl | |
f |
f |
f | for | |
v |
v |
v | have | |
T |
t+ |
θ | think | |
D |
d+ |
ð | this | |
s |
s |
s | small | |
z |
z |
z | zoo | |
S |
s+ |
ʃ | ship | |
Z |
z+ |
ʒ | usual | |
l |
l |
l | hall | |
r |
r |
r | carry | |
n |
n |
n | number | |
m |
m |
m | member | |
N |
n+ |
ŋ | going | |
j |
j |
j | yes | |
w |
w |
w | watch | |
tS |
ts+ |
tʃ | change | |
dZ |
dz+ |
dʒ | Japan | |
ts |
ts |
ts | Let’s | Only at the end of syllables |
dz |
dz |
dz | clouds | Only at the end of syllables |