TURTLE TUESDAY

TURTLE TUESDAY

HEYO HOW WE ALL DOIN? :D

Calling all members of the Turtle Tuesday club: @owlfacenightkit @cowcowwow @truffle-draws-turtles @grizzlyofthesea @heroes-in-the-half-shell

How to Register as a VOCALOID User on the Internet Co, Ltd. Website

Alongside GUMI's new VOCALOID6 voicebank, AI Megpoid, Internet Co. released a plugin to replicate VOCALOID4's XSY feature. This plugin is called XSyn and essentially behaves the same way as XSY. However, to download XSyn, you need to register yourself as a user on Internet Co.'s website. I was super excited about XSyn, but I had no idea how to register...until yesterday. I cracked the code yesterday, and I want to spread the word about how I did it.

Here are the steps I took:

Make sure you're on the Japanese Internet Co. website. They have a global website, but you can only access features like XSyn on the Japanese website.

Go to the "Inquiries about user registration" tab under "Inquiries". Within the page, click on the link "How to Register as a User of VOCALOID products." This will prompt you to select either VOCALOID3 or VOCALOID4. If you want to register a VOCALOID3 or VOCALOID4 product, click on the appropriate one. If you're going to register a VOCALOID6 product instead, it doesn't really matter which one you pick, so just choose one.

Once you're at the product registration page, if you want to register a VOCALOID6 product, you're going to alter the link. There will be either a 3 or a 4 in the URL depending on which prompt you followed. Change that number to a 6, then hit enter. This will take you to an unlisted VOCALOID6 registration page.

Make sure you were given an Internet Product Number when you purchased the product you intend to register. The serial code you used to activate it won't work. You need the product number unique to Internet Co., Ltd. If you don't have an Internet Product Number, you aren't getting any further than this.

Once you enter your product number, you'll be taken to a user registration page. Here, you can create an account on the Japanese Internet Co, Ltd. website. (Make sure you select "living abroad" if you don't live in Japan. This will change the information entry portion so you don't have to list a zip code, prefecture, etc.) Once you fill out all the required information, congratulations. You have an account. You can now log in at any time, and on your user page, you can access whatever plugins and other unique features are exclusive to registered users.

I Am Not Using AI Voice Properly

I basically paid $100 for a text-to-speech program voiced by my favorite Vocaloid, in a language that I only have a very, very rudimentary understanding of. So far, I've used it to create monstrosities like this.

I have a feeling that AI Voice was meant for more professional applications, but I don't think dead memes will make the program implode or anything.

I'm overdue to say this...

To anyone who's used my art to train AI models, or is considering doing so: PLEASE don't. I do not consent, and It hurts both my feelings and my livelihood. I have no way to protect my work other than appealing to your sense of empathy and decency.

I just found out that someone scraped my twitter and DA to train an AI model. I'm aware that this is probs going on all the time, but it still sucks. No I won't link it, I don't want to start a dogpile. You know who you are. Decide what you can live with on your conscience.

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Happy Pi Day!

Pie today, Julius Caesar's blood tomorrow.