Karaoke: Lesson 2

Lesson 2: Making karaoke easier

You just learned the basics of the karaoke tags, and after practicing a bit with a song, you kind it hard and time consuming to listen to the song and to make the estimations for the [duration] of the tag.

And easier way to do this is to use the Audio section of Aegisub. Use spectrum mode to make it easier to distinguish between syllables.

Just click on the karaoke button to enter karaoke mode. Use the Split button to split the words into syllables and and drag the yellow dotted lines to adjust the syllable's duration. When finished, click on the Commit Button to commit all changes.

That concludes Lesson 2. Next Lesson: Template Lines

For questions and other stuff, just comment on this post.

Karaoke: Lesson 1

Today, I shall explain and give out some tips and pointers in making karaoke files. I assume that you are using Aegisub with Automation 4.0.

LESSON 1: The Basics of \k

To make make a karaoke from the given line, we use the {\k[duration]} tag. The [duration] is the time in centiseconds. \k is used to change the color of the text from secondary to its primary color. For more info about ASS tags, check out http://aegisub.cellosoft.com/docs/ASS_Tags

Example, we have a line composed to the following words "yume o miru" without the quotation marks. To make a karaoke that changes the font color from red(default) to white(default) for a specific time, we use the {\k} tag

• {\k20}yu{\k30}me {\k20}o {\k25}mi{\k50}ru 
  

As you can see, this means that the syllables will change colors within the specified duration. "yu" will change its color then wait for 20 centiseconds before going to the next syllable. "me" will change its color then wait 30 centiseconds before going to the next syllable and so on. 

There are also other tags used that is a variation of the original {\k[duration]} tag. These are the {\kf[duration]}, {\K[duration]}, and {\ko[duration]}. \kf and \K are the same. Instead of change the color instantaneously, they change the color from the leftmost edge of the syllable to the rightmost edge for the duration. \ko is the same as \k only that instead of the fill color, the outline color is changed.

That concludes lesson 1 for creating karaoke. Next Lesson: Making karaoke easier

Stepmania

I've got some stepfiles I made for Stepmania. They can be found at www.benaistyle.com

Here's what I have so far:

• Naruto Shippuuden OP4: Closer - Joe Inuoe
  
• Bleach OP9: Velonica - Aqua Timez
  
• Kuroshitsuji ED1: I'm Alive - BECCA
  
• Kaiketsu Zorori ED2: Owari no Uta
  
• Keroro Gunsou ED2: Pekopon Shinryaku Ondo - Ondo Girl meets Keroro Shoutai

I'm gonna add more soon, that is when I get the time. 

But feel free to make some requests if you like. 

Just comment here if you've got requests you'd like to make. 

I'll try to get to them as soon as I can.

Shinsen-subs Timer

I'm one of the new timers for Shinsen-subs.

I'm already done with my first task and I'm hoping to do more work.

Irashaimase

Yo..

This serves as my first post to my blog. I don't really think that I'll be able to keep this blog updated, but I'll try my best. I'll be using this blog to post my stuff (e.g.: wallpapers, videos, pictures, etc.)