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OpenUtau is an open source editing environment for UTAU community with modern user experience.

README

OpenUtau

OpenUtau is a free, open-source editor made for the UTAU community.

Getting started

It is strongly recommended that you read these Github wiki pages before using the software.

• Getting-Started

• Resamplers

• Phonemizers

• FAQ

• 中文使用说明

How to contribute

Tried OpenUtau and not satisfied? Don't just walk away! You can help:

• Report issues on our Discord server or Github.
• Suggest features on Discord or Github.
• Add or update translations for your language on Github.

Know how to code? Got an idea for an improvement? Don't keep it to yourself!

• Contribute fixes via pull requests.
• Check out the development roadmap on Trello and discuss it on Discord.

Plugin development

Want to contribute plugins to help other users? Check out our API documentation:

• Editing Macros API Document
• Phonemizers API Document

Main features

Navigate the interface naturally and fluently using the mouse and scroll wheel. Keyboard shortcuts are also available.

Easily create songs and covers using the feature-rich MIDI editor.

Create expressive vibratos with the easy-to-use vibrato editor.

Pre-rendering and built-in resamplers let you quickly preview your work.

See the Getting-Started Wiki page for more!

All features

• Modern user experience.
• Easy navigation using the mouse and keyboard.
• Feature-rich MIDI editor.
  • Support for importing VSQX (Vocaloid 4) tracks.
• Selective backward compatibility with UTAU.
  • OpenUtau aims to solve problems with fewer steps. It is not designed to replicate UTAU features exactly.
• Extensible real-time phonetic editing.
  • Includes phonemizers for different phonetic systems (VCV, CVVC, Arpasing, etc.) in many different languages (English, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian and more).
• Expressions replace the standard UTAU "flags" for tuning.
  • The built-in WORLDLINE-R resampler supports curve tuning, similar to many vocal synth editors.
• Internationalisation, including UI translation and file system encoding support.
  • Unlike UTAU, there is no need to change your system locale to use OpenUtau.
• Smooth preview/rendering experience.
  • Pre-rendering allows OpenUtau to render vocals before playback, saving time during editing and tuning.
• Supports ENUNU AI singers. See the for more info.
• Easy-to-use plugin system.
• Versatile resampling engine interface.
  • Compatible with most UTAU resamplers.
• Runs on Windows (32/64 bit), macOS, and Linux.

What it doesn't do

• While OpenUtau can do very minimal mixing, it will not replace your digital audio workstation of choice.
• OpenUtau does not aim for Vocaloid compatibility, except for some limited features.