RESOURCE LIBRARY


- Document -

A helpful glossary of terms used by the community!

- Article -

Conducted and analyzed by Mathew. Released in January 2024.

- Playlist -

Playlist of videos tagged with #youtaiteworks on Twitter! Entries added automatically. Created by Velvet & Eva.



[Link to Playlist 1.0]

- Website -

FAQ and profile pages about youtaites. All pages here.

- Website -

"YouTube singers" page on the Wiki for Nico Nico Douga singers. Profile pages categorized here.

- Guide -

Yuyu's 76-page long guide to equipment, song choice, recording, mixing, visuals, recruiting staff, and various tips.

- Livestream -

rachie's Utaite 101 stream discussing everything including: how to get started, equipment, software, vocal tips, mixing, translyrics, videos, copyright, and monetization.

- Livestream -

Belphie's stream on everything a cover artist needs to know — from picking a song, budgeting, working with artists, mixers, mv designers, and getting your release ready for upload.

- Slides -

Lizzzy's descriptions of the unofficial "generations" and history of youtaite.

- Database -

CBC's database of active & retired members within the Youtaite community. Opt-in and -out of the listing via their application form.

- Website -

Submit your collaborations to see a visualization of how they are connected throughout the community. Created by Lyn.

- Video Series -

On-camera videos by the NorCal Youtaite Alliance discussing youtaite content and culture.

- Podcast -

Podcast hosted by Mathew focusing on the youtaite community and its related activities.

- Radio/Stream -

Indie radio for vtuber + youtaite music, live Mondays 9pm PST. Hosted by InternalistVT.

- YouTube Channel -

Tutorials, guides, and livestreams to answer your youtaite-related questions!

- Website -

Chorus Battle Central's library includes even more helpful resources. Check it out!

- Discord -

[NEW!]

A server to connect, reconnect and share your youtaite experiences, whether you posted your first cover in 2008 or if you're just a fan, come hang out ヽ( •̀  ͜  •́  )ノ

- Website, Discord, etc. -

Everything from CB info, event listings, Discord community karaoke, resource library, commission marketplace, interview spotlights, to hosting Secret Santa.

- Discord -

Discord community for YouTube singers, artists, animators, and mixers to connect with each other.

- Forum, Discord, YT -

Est. 2009, the first central hub of the Youtaite community.


Join in on the monthly event by posting a work inspired by the monthly theme. Discord here.

- Discord, Twitter, Twitch -

A place where Youtaite can gather and appreciate each other's hard work, uplifting positivity within the community! Regular livestreams showcasing youtaite work.

- Discord -

An open community for mixers and people who wish to learn how to mix to get critiques on their mixes, ask questions, and meet others! Contact neneki if link doesn't work.

- Discord -

Char's Discord community for sharing resources and work in motion graphics, visual effects, and video editing.

- Forum -

Subreddit. For all your Youtaite needs, whether it be cover spammage, asking for collabs, mixing and animating help, etc!

- Recurring Livestream -

Stream by Kai✮ showcasing music-based content released each month — active as of 2024.

- Project -

Submit your lines to be included in the blend test! Created by Hei.

- Project Event -

Yearly cover matchmaking event!

New duets uploaded February 14th and March 14th, 2024.

- Guide -

The Mixer Alliance's guide to USB versus XLR microphones.

- Guide -

The Mixer Alliance's guide to purchasing microphones.

- Guide -

The Mixer Alliance's guide to purchasing headphones.

- Guide -

List by Zal of recording and mixing gear, DAWs, and other resources.

- Thread -

Beginner's guide by Coffee Run on the basics of recording, techniques, exporting, and working with a mixer.

- Guide -

Guide by Edmund including tips for recording, acoustic treatment, mics, headphones, edit, mix, and master.

- Guide -

Recording technique guide by Fish.

- Guide -

Zephy's guide on mic placement, file formats, what mixers do, vocal warm ups, how to record and send things to a mixer, as well as recommended products.

- Guide -

Written by KT in the hilariously aggressive style of 2013, including a Skype mention.

- Guides, Tutorials -

Started by Loki; a crowdsourced compilation of resources and tips. Links may be outdated.

- Guide -

Kurono's tip for exporting clean quality lines from Audacity. (TL;DR use 24bit!)

- Thread -

Joshua Topale's guide to preparing vocal packages and working with singers for original music.

- Thread -

Coffee Run's guide to recording vocals and assuring they are "usable" for a mixer to work with.

- Thread -

Coffee Run's recommendations for audio interfaces (equipment used to connect XLR microphones to your computer!).

 CREATED BY YOUTAITE:

- Livestream -

(ft. Kyune & fome)


The fundamentals of proper singing technique, covering different registers, exercises, placement, belting and more!

- Livestream -

(feat. Vulkain)


The music theory behind harmonies, how to utilize them in different styles of music, and pitfalls to avoid when adding harms to your choruses!

- Database -

Japanese, Korean, and English songs. Open for submissions if you'd like to contribute.

Created by Dani and Esther.

- Database -

Mainly Vocaloid songs.

Open for submissions if you'd like to contribute.

Created by axel.

- Database -

Victory's harmony guides for mainly Japanese songs.

- Database -

Mathew's harmony guides for idol music and anisong.

VOCALS, CONTINUED.

 RECOMMENDED BY YOUTAITE:

- Video Tutorials -

Vocal warmup and development exercise playlist compiled by Tomoya.

- Video Tutorials -

Vocal rehabilitation and gentle warmup exercises playlist compiled by Eva.

- Video Tutorial -

Belting techniques from Madeleine Harvey. Recommended by Lan.

- Video Tutorial -

Vibrato vocal exercises from Power To Sing. Recommended by Lan & Jenn.

- Video Tutorials -

Singing tutorials by Tara Simon Studio. Recommended by Hiro.

- Video Tutorials -

Warmup tutorial lesson by Eric Arceneaux. Recommended by A*lula.

- Video Tutorials -

Videos by Ko Vocal Studio with beginner tips on singing in Japanese. Recommended by momo.

- Guide -

Tips by OpenMicUK on voice care, preventing strain, and recovering from strain. Recommended by A*lula.

- Video Tutorial -

Vocal warm-ups by Cheryl Porter. Recommended by Lan for developing stamina and vibrato.

- Thread -

Evie's thread of resources to improve your musicality. Geared towards singers, but has exercises for all musicians. Recommended by lyka.

(including tune, time, master, DAWs, plugins)

 CREATED BY YOUTAITE:

- Video Tutorial -

(feat. Zal)


An in-depth overview of Reaper and how to navigate this DAW. In collaboration with The Mixer Alliance.

- Livestream -

(ft. Mochi & fome)


The fundamentals of using Melodyne to tune and various different approaches to timing vocals.

- Livestream -

(feat. Kurono)


How to make your vocals sit just right in the mix with eq and compression, both for solos and group parts.

- Video Tutorial -

(feat. fome)


Tip to help vocals become more audible through heavy instruments.

- Livestream -

(feat. Kurono)


Tricks of the trade used to achieve that signature Kpop sound!

- Livestream -

(feat. Cinnabuns)


The fundamentals of mastering, explaining how it's different from mixing, and demonstrating a simple stereo master.

- Discord -

An open community for mixers and people who wish to learn how to mix to get critiques on their mixes, ask questions, and meet others! Contact neneki if link doesn't work.

- Video Tutorial -

Mathew's workflow tutorial for mixing choruses.

- Livestream -

Ship's livestream walking through the basics of mixing — with a focus on timing, EQ, and compression.

- Guide -

Guide by Edmund including tips for recording, acoustic treatment, mics, headphones, edit, mix, and master.

- Guides, Tutorials -

Started by Loki; a crowdsourced compilation of resources and tips. Links may be outdated.

- Video -

Extremely "helpful" video by kran.

- Database -

Velvet's list of free 3rd-party mixing plugins.

- Guide -

Guide on how to produce music for free! Includes tips and links to DAWs & plugins for mixing.

MIX, CONTINUED.

 RECOMMENDED BY YOUTAITE:

- Livestream -

VTubers Tomoya and Miori Celesta discuss recording and mixing.

- Video Tutorials -

Playlist compiled by Akaru.

- Video Tutorials -

Playlist from REAPER Mania teaching the basics of the program REAPER. Recommended by Lixien.

- Video Tutorials -

Learn the keyboard hotkeys for the program REAPER. Recommended by Lixien.

- Video Tutorial -

How to use the NewTone plugin in FL Studio to manually tune your vocals. Recommended by Zane A. Goen.

- YouTube Channel -

Music and audio production tutorials for Logic Pro. Recommended by rubi.

- Video -

In The Mix's video offering context to consider when buying plugins. Recommended by TsukiO.

- Video Tutorials -

Playlist of extensive courses about various aspects of mixing. Recommended by Feris Music.

 CREATED BY YOUTAITE:

- Video Tutorials -

Cecile's tutorials for drawing anime eyes, hair, and water.

Speedpaints here.

- Videos -

Ryn's speedpaint videos showing her art process in painterly style.

- Guide -

NekoNat's guide to preparing art assets for animators to work with.

- Tips -

Gesu's various art tips for collabs.

Thread 1.

Thread 2.

- Tips -

Raina's tips for preparing Photoshop files to be used in After Effects.

- Tip -

CLAY's tip for avoiding unwanted cropping.

- Thread -

Insights into how Nyanfood came up with poses, designs, and expressions to characterize figure sketches for Potato Farm's entry.

- Thread -

Showcase of assets drawn for TMORROW's HCCB entries, including a layer breakdown of a glass bottle.

ILLUSTRATION, CONTINUED.

 RECOMMENDED BY YOUTAITE:

- Database -

Ashley Odell's compilation of resources for everything from art tutorials, software & hardware, freelance, self-care, and more.

- Video Tutorials -

Playlist compiled by Akaru.

- Tool -

An enigmatic color palette generator based on polar coordinates.

- Tool -

Upload your art to add an invisible watermark that may protect against AI training.

- Tool -

An app that adds invisible changes to your art to protect against AI training.

- Thread -

Resources for anatomy, pose, perspective, and lighting references.

(including animation and video editing)

 CREATED BY YOUTAITE:

- Livestream -

(ft. Vivi & Howl)

The fundamentals of how to import assets, set up compositions, use essential shortcuts and plugins, and creating a mock-up scene.

- Livestream -

(ft. Kenta & Malcolm)


Part 1 covers storyboarding, roles / responsibilities, and the relationship between the artist and animator.

- Livestream -

(ft. Kenta & Malcolm)


Part 2 covers the process of animating step-by-step, discussing compositing and applying finishing touches.

- Guide -

aramis' 24-page-long guide to After Effects covering everything from pre-planning to UI to plugins.

- Video Tutorials -

[NEW!]

Sokei's channel dedicated to After Effects tutorials for vtubers, youtaite, and aspiring motion graphics designers!

- Guide -

Kenta's end-to-end guide to making a chorus video and working with your team.

- Video Tutorial -

Drope's tutorial covering basic compositing, framing, and color correction.

- Livestream -

Camellia's tutorial stream demonstrating the basics of chorus animation and AE.

- Video Tutorials -

Tutorials created by enIGma with tips for lighting in AE.

- Assets, Video Tutorial -

Magic circle AEP assets designed by kuroko and how to use them.

- Thread -

Lan's list of animation and motion graphics programs that are completely free and easy to use!

- Discord -

Char's Discord community for sharing resources and work in motion graphics, visual effects, and video editing.

MOTION GRAPHICS, CONTINUED.

 RECOMMENDED BY YOUTAITE:

- Video Tutorials -

Playlist compiled by lexc.

- Video Tutorials -

Playlist compiled by Sokei to help people learn how to get around After Effects and animate.

- Video Tutorials -

Tutorials from Video Copilot.

Recommended by Kenta.

- Video Tutorial -

Tutorial from Mac Square.

Recommended by Buse.

- Video Tutorials -

Playlist compiled by Akaru.

- Video Tutorials -

Playlist compiled by enIGma.

- Tool -

An enigmatic color palette generator based on polar coordinates.

- Spreadsheet -

Font exchange with over 300 free for commercial use/public domain fonts all separated by theme.

- Guides -

excelsior's guides on how to not kill your mixer, animator, artist, chorus participants, or productivity.

- Livestream -

Belphie's livestream with tips on how to get started organizing collabs, best practices and pitfalls.

- Guide -

Camellia's tips for organizing collabs.

- Guide -

Camellia's tips for vocal auditions.

- Guide -

Chorus Battle Central's guide for CB participants.

- Guide -

Yasu's guide to organizing a CB.

- Video -

Raela's... explanation? of CBs.

- Livestream -

Belphie's best practices for script distribution and formatting to ensure communication with your collabmates.

- Template -

sagiki's Google Sheets template for content creation / project tracking to stay organized.

Tutorial video here.

- Tool -

Free online tool used by music producers to remove vocals from instrumentals on any song with AI algorithms.

- Tool -

This free online application will help remove vocals from a song with powerful AI algorithms.

- Tool -

This GUI application uses state-of-the-art source separation models to remove vocals from audio files.

- Tool -

Remove vocals, background vocals, and instruments from any song. Key and BPM detection, master by reference, and more. Powered by the Moises AI.

- Tool -

[Paid] A next-generation vocal remover and music source separation service for fast, easy and precise stem extraction.

- Tool -

Upload your audio files to find the key and tempo, or use the BPM Tapper to quickly find the tempo of songs by tapping.

- Tool -

Tool recommended by TBK for converting voice synthesizer formats into MIDI files. Example use case: converting UST/UTAU formatted harm guides to be able to import into a DAW.

- Website, Discord, etc -

Indie artist group within the art, vtuber & youtaite community created to showcase their works and provide an easier method for clients to discover artists.

VGen

- Website -

Marketplace made for creators. Everything you need for your vtubing, streaming, music, gaming, and content adventures. Many youtaite offer commissions through this site.

- Database -

Find creators in the community offering commissions. Created by Animayah. Not actively updated as of Feb 2023.

- Database -

Openly editable spreadsheet where you can post your commissions. Created by Camellia.

- Discord, etc. -

Create posts or browse the Marketplace within CBC's Discord server.

- Playlist -

Playlist compiled by Ryn of original chorus music, mostly produced for chorus battles.

- Database -

Database of youtaite persona reference sheets by Hana.

Inactive since 2018.

- Tips -

Aida's tips for creating custom thumbnails for YouTube uploads.

- Guides, Forum -

Lots of resources for those starting out in making music. Recommended by wasi.

- Guides, Forum -

This guide exists to help those beginning their journey in pro audio. Recommended by wasi.

- Guides, Tutorials -

Started by Loki; a crowdsourced compilation of resources for various aspects of music production. Links may be outdated.

- Database -

The collaborative database for Vocaloid, UTAU and other singing synthesizers, with artists, discography, PVs and more.

(accounts to follow; only active or semi-active included)

- Twitter, etc. -

Updates on our releases, livestreams, and projects — and retweeting the resources we find or that you send us!

- Twitter, etc. -

Stay up to date on chorus battle news and the CBC community!

- Twitter, etc. -

A place where Youtaite can gather and appreciate each other's hard work, uplifting positivity within the community! Regular livestreams showcasing youtaite work.

- Twitter -

Dedicated to sharing youtaite, utaite and Vsinger covers, choruses and other creations!

- Twitter -

Offering emotional support to all Youtaites in these trying times.

- Twitter -

Archive of the craziest shit youtaite and utaite did.

- Twitter -

Describing "hypothetical" youtaite.

- Twitter -

To be fair, every day's a struggle. Inactive since 2021.

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