Meri's voicebank features!

presamp support...

Allows for romaji input with a presamp file in OpenUTAU. This should be compatible with UTAU as well, but this has not been tested.

vowel transitions...

[V], [- V] starting vowel

[* V] crossfaded vowel (with a different vowel preceeding it)

[V V] crossfaded vowel (with the same vowel preceeding it) These also apply to the contextual [n] samples and moraic [ll/[L] and [3]

vowel endings...

[V -] natural end (not in Meri [chirp])

[V R] end exhale

[V ?] end glottal stop (aliased as [V '] in Meri [strike])

contextual [n]...

[ん] [n] before vowels, [s] [sh] [h] [f] [y] [w]

[んn] [nn] before [z] [j] [dz] [dj] [t] [ch] [ts] [d] [n] [r] [l]

[んm] [m] before [b] [p] [m]

[んng] [ng] before [k] [g] [ng]

extra Japanese consonants...

[ng] alternate [g]; si[ng]

[dz] alternate [z]; a[ds]

[dj] alternate [j]; similar to [j]ust

[l] alternate [r]; [l]ost (also a standalone 'vowel' phoneme aliased as [ll] in Meri [chirp] or [L] in Meri [strike])

[v] [v] in Japanese loanwords; Spanish hue[v]o

extra English consonants...

[l] alternate [r]; [l]ost (also a standalone 'vowel' phoneme aliased as [ll] in Meri [chirp] or [L] in Meri [strike])

[vv] [v]ase

[th] [th]ink

[dh] [th]ere

[ff] [f]ind

[rr] [wr]ite (also a standalone 'vowel' phoneme aliased as [3])

sokuon [V C]s...

[V K] [V S] [V SH] [V T] [V H] [V F] [V P]

These also apply to the contextual [n] samples and moraic [ll]/[L] and [3].

aspirated consonants...

[kk] [tt] [cch] [tts] [pp] in Meri [chirp]

[kk] [tt] [pp] in Meri [strike]

other extras...

[yi] [wu] phonemes such as [kyi], [kwu], etc. do not exist

[brL] [brS] long and short breaths; Meri [strike] only has one breath [br]

In Meri [chirp], all consonants have [y] and [w] glides, aside from [sh] [j] [dj] [ch] [cch] which lack [y] glides.

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