Okay, We've Got A Week To Bring Donnie To The Top. Let's Do This, Hamato Stans!

Okay, we've got a week to bring Donnie to the top. Let's do this, Hamato stans!

GRAND FINALS

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.

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.

NOT ME ABOUT TO CRY IN CLASS--

Seriously, though, this is absolutely amazing. I love the autistic Raph headcanon, and I adore it when people take the time to explore the relationship between Donnie and Raph.

// depiction of autistic meltdowns , hitting self //

"Try this instead."

Little brains and brawns aka autism duo comic

Mob is winning, and Papyrus is closing the gap! Did none of you listen to my plan of attack?! >:( /lh

Seriously, though, we can't let Mob get away with this again. I know the MP100 fandom is huge, but we have spunk. We have rage. We have ooze. Donnie made it this far. Let's give him the redemption he deserves!!

GRAND FINALS

Dad Appreciation Post

Okay, so, my street lost power yesterday afternoon during this crazy wind storm that was happening around the area, and we're hearing that our electric company isn't even going to be here to help until tomorrow.

But.

My dad is awesome and had a contingency plan just for situations like these. He's been obsessively researching electric vehicles after getting one for himself (I wouldn't be surprised if he's autistic based on the intensity of his interests, but I digress), and he ended up researching a way to power the house for a few days using his car. He's been working on the wiring for months, and he just finished today.

And it works spectacularly.

We have our fridge running, our phones and computers charging, our wifi up, and our heat back on all thanks to my dad. He says we should be able to last about four days like this if necessary.

So thank you, Dad. You're amazing. :)