VOC3_Manual

2-1-4. Job

The Job menu includes one function that can help eliminate overlapped notes, importing tempos and several others that provide considerable flexibility for modifying the current part.

Normalize Notes …

Resolves all instances of overlapping notes in the current track by shortening (truncating) the first note of all overlapping pairs. If you attempt to play a track that contains overlapped notes an error window shown below will appear and the song position marker will move to the location of the first note overlap it encounters so you can fix the situation as required. You can either modify the notes yourself to eliminate the overlap, or simply run the “Normalize Notes” job.

Insert Lyrics

Instead of individually entering the lyrics for each note in a sequence part, you can use the Insert Lyrics job to automatically enter entire phrases.

Click the first of the notes into which you want to insert new lyrics, then select the Insert Lyrics job. A text edit window will appear into which you can simply type the lyrics you want inserted. The number of available notes following the selected note will be shown at the top of the text window. One syllable will be entered in each note. For example, the three words “I love you” would require three notes, but the single word “inferno” would also require three notes (in-fer- no). Words or syllables that exceed the number of notes available will be truncated. When you have typed the required lyrics in the text box click the [OK] button and the lyrics will be entered in the notes.

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Import Tempos

This function can be used to import temp settings from an existing VOCALOID (VOCALOID2, VOCALOID3) or MIDI (SMF) file. The initial “global” tempo as well as any tempo changes that occur during the sequence are imported.

Simply select the “Import Tempos” job, use the standard navigation window that appears to locate the file containing the tempos you want to import, then click [Open].

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Execute Job Plugin

Job plug-ins that have been added to the Job Plugin Administration window by using the “Manage Job Plugins” command described below can be selected and executed via this command.

Select the note(s) or part(s) to which you want to apply the plug-in, select the

“Manage Job Plugins” command, select the plug-in you want to use (the range of the selection and the current song position will appear at the top of the Job Plugin Execution window), then click [Run].

(Functions added to the V3.0.3)

It is possible to sort through the Job Plug-in list by clicking on the heading of each row.

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Manage Job Plugins

This command lets you manage “job plug-ins” that is installed already or can be created by third parties to perform a variety of tasks.

To add plug-ins to your Job Plug-in list so that they become available for use when using VOCALOID3, place them in a convenient folder on your computer, select the “Manage Job Plugins” command, and click [Add]. Use the standard navigation dialog that appears to locate the plug-ins, then [Open] them one by one to add then to your list. To delete a plug-in, select it in the Job Plugin Administration window and click [Delete].

Plug-ins that have been added to the list in the Job Plugin Administration window become available for selection and execution from the “Execute Job Plugin” command, above.

Furthermore, when a Job plugin is placed in a PATH including Multibyte characters (like Japanese), it may not behave normally depending on the plugin, so we recommend that the whole PATH uses ASCII characters (English coding).

Good examples

C:\Program Files\VOCALOID3\JobPlugins\

C:\UGJobPlugins\

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2-1-5. Track

A VOCALOID3 sequence can have up to 16 unique tracks, allowing you to create entire choruses using a variety of “singers”. The items in this menu provide access to a range of useful functions for managing your tracks.

Add Track

Creates a new empty track with the default track name. If a vocaloid sequence track is currently selected in the Track Editor window it will create a new track above that vocaloid sequence track, otherwise it will add a new track at the last.

Rename Track

Allows a new name to be entered for the current vocaloid sequence track – the name in the track header of the current vocaloid sequence track will switch to text-edit mode when this item is selected. You can also directly rename vocaloid sequence tracks by double-clicking the track name.

Render Current Track

Render the current track to lighten the load on the computer’s CPU, thus facilitating smooth playback.

Render All Tracks

Render all tracks to lighten the load on the computer’s CPU, thus facilitating smooth playback.

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2-1-6. Part

The Part menu allows you to edit parts. Here you can add, divide, render, or label a part.

Add Musical Part

Creates a new empty musical part with the default part name. Select the vocaloid sequence track which you want to add a new musical part and then click this command. “Musical Part Property” window will appear if there are different singers in the current vocaloid sequence file. Select a singer in the “Musical Part Property” window and click [OK], then a new musical part will be created at the song position.

Divide Selected Part

Divides the current musical part at the current song position marker location. The song position marker must be placed at an appropriate location within the part before this function can be executed.

Render Selected Part

Render the current part to lighten the load on the computer’s CPU thus facilitating smooth playback.

(Functions added to the V3.0.1)

Joint Selected Parts

Select the 2 parts you want to joint. Click on the “Joint Selected Part” command from the “Part” menu to joint parts. When doing this, the jointed parts must be parts from in the same track. If parts overlap it is possible to joint them but they cannot be jointed when the notes overlap between the targeted parts.

Part Properties

The Part Properties window lets you edit the part name and add comments for the currently selected part. Select a part on the vocaloid sequence tracks and then click this command and Musical Part Property window opens. You can also select a singer for the musical part. WAV Part Property window will opens on the WAV tracks.

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2-1-7. Lyrics

This menu provides access to functions that affect the way VOCALOID3 interprets lyrics, as well as some expression controls.

Phoneme Transformation

This function transforms lyrics imported with a MIDI file into data that can be sung by the VOCALOID3 application. Phoneme Transformation does not have to be executed when you enter lyrics via the VOCALOID3 interface, only when you import lyrics with a MIDI file via the File menu “Import …” command.

User Word Dictionary

Opens the User Word Dictionary for editing and addition of new words. VOCALOID3 comes with a basic dictionary that produces appropriate pronunciations for most lyrics, but the initial dictionary might not be able to transform all of the words you want to use in your lyrics. Additional words can be entered into the VOCALOID3 User Word Dictionary, so your freedom to enter lyrics is essentially unlimited (3-6. Note Properties 2 – Phoneme Functions -> The User Word Dictionary).

Note Properties

The Note Properties window lets you edit the expression, vibrato, and lyric/phoneme for a note currently selected in the Piano Roll window. See “3-5. Note Properties 1 – Adding Vibrato and Expression” for details on the editing functions available via the Note Properties window.

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2-1-8. Transport

With the exception of “To Current Position” and “Auto Scroll”, the commands in the Transport menu are same as those in the Transport toolbar, with functions, such as playback, fast forward, etc.

Playback

Begins playback. If the Repeat button is not engaged playback will stop automatically at the end of the sequence. Playback can also be started and stopped by pressing the [SPACE] or [ENTER] key on your keyboard.

Playback Musical Part

Begins playback of the currently selected musical part.

Stop

Stops playback. Playback can also be started and stopped by pressing the [SPACE] or [ENTER] key on your keyboard.

To Top

Click to go directly to the beginning (top) of the track. If the start marker is showing you can jump directly to it by pressing the period [.] key on your computer keyboard.

To End

Click to jump directly to the end of the track.

Fast Reverse

Rapidly scrolls backward through the track while held, or steps backward in onemeasure increments if clicked briefly.

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Fast Forward

Rapidly scrolls forward through the track while held, or steps forward in onemeasure increments if clicked briefly.

To Current Position

Rapidly scrolls to the location of the song position marker so that the song position marker appears within view.

Repeat

When the repeat button is engaged, playback of the track segment between the start and end markers will repeat continuously until stopped by clicking the transport button or by pressing the [SPACE] or [ENTER] key on your keyboard.

Auto Scroll

The “Auto Scroll” function is activate when checked. When active the sequence window will scroll to the right as the sequence plays, always maintaining the song position marker within view. When unchecked the song position marker will move to the right and disappear off the end of the track window when the sequence is played back. This reduces the need for graphics processing, and therefore lightens the load on the computer’s CPU during playback.

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2-1-9. Setting

This menu includes a number of settings that determine the basic operation and performance of the VOCALOID3 Editor application.

Preferences

This item opens the tabbed VOCALOID3 “Preference” window, allowing access to the parameters described below.

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