ykzroid-4000 HSC CB Review
Hello again! This is the start of my for-fun reviews.
A long while ago, someone told me that this UTAU was having a limited time distribution. Thanks anon! I like this user’s UTAUs, they’re very cool and they have actual lore (!) This one appealed to me the most from design alone, so let’s see if the voice matches up.
Hear a sample of ykzroid-4000 HSC CB
Nickname: ykzroid, yakazu, CB (Coal Black)
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Body type: Youthful
Production date: 2020/12/25
The fourth model in the ykzroid series.
After a lot of trial and error, a model with a different appearance from the previous ykzroids was produced successfully. However, due to the discovery of a serious flaw, all data related to CB was sealed away within a month of its production.
It is capable of slightly changing its appearance. However, this machine seems to be very attached to the appearance of the same series of androids it belongs to. Sticking to one appearance pleases it.
*For convenience, I’ll be calling this UTAU “CB” throughout the review
The ykzroid series has a website on Wix. Under the UTAU tab, there are six characters. Coal Black’s page is here. Gunmetal Gray (GG) and Coal Black (CB) are not up for download, but all the other UTAUs there are. They’re all voiced by the same person, so I suppose if there’s a CB-shaped hole in your heart, one of the others might fill it? CB is about 580 MB when unzipped. .Frq files aren’t fully generated.
Coal Black has a really unique voice type. They are androgynous and have a very wide range of G#3-F5. Their pronunciation is very unorthodox and rough, with a nasally tone. It reminds me of how Hiiragi Kirai uses flower, except they just sound that way by default...
CB has 3 base pitches, a falsetto append, and two low appends that have more of a chest voice feel. They also have a few VC transitions, vocal fry, and many types of breaths and vowel endings. The breaths tend to be very short and snappy and cut off quick.
The low appends lend a more natural tone to songs in lower range.
Their oto tends to have very large preutterance and overlap, yet the transitions are still tight.
I really wish there were more VC transitions, not even all of the vowels are covered, but they don’t particularly need them since it’s a VCV bank already.
The samples are filled with static and very compressed, which causes the voice to sound gruff and mechanical. I feel it sorta fits the voice type. Also I’m a sucker for robotic UTAUs anyways :p
My recommended flags: H0Y0B0h50
My recommended resamplers: fresamp12, w4utau
CB is a huge voicebank with a lot in it. There’s a lot to enjoy here, and a unique character/backstory/voice type to go along with it. I’d recommend them if they were up for download. Please check out Signal Red and Indigo Blue if you have the time!
