Choosing the correct voicebank credit

If the album/song includes in-scope vocals, and if the vocalist is uncredited, the artist entry Unknown vocalist(s) can be used.

• The entry Unknown vocal synth(s) or any of its derived artist entries can also be used to further narrow down the vocalist.

If the specific voicebank is only partially credited, there are two options depending which piece of information is omitted:

• “Kamui Gakupo V4” = “V4 Kamui Gakupo (Unknown)"

• "Kamui Gakupo (Power)” = “V3 Kamui Gakupo (Power)“

Always credit the earliest “Gakupo Power” bank (V3 instead of V4) along with the “unspecified voicebank version” -tag.

If the voice is only credited by the character name and not further specified, the default choice in most cases should be the base voicebank. In some cases they are labeled with the text “unknown”.

• Hatsune Miku = Hatsune Miku
• Otomachi Una = Otomachi Una (Unknown)

There are some exceptions where the base voicebank should be avoided. For example, Japanese “Xin Hua” songs should be credited with the V4 Japanese voicebank, since the base voicebank is Chinese.

• ”Xin Hua” = “Xin Hua V4 Japanese (Unknown)”

Song language should match one of the voicebank languages, unless the song is tagged with unsupported language.

When crediting a derived voicebank based on hearing, Hatsune Miku Append (Soft) for example, tag the entry with “unconfirmed vocalists” or document the source in the edit notes.

When the vocalist sounds different from the base-version but no further guess exists, the unspecified voicebank tag can be used.

The base voicebank should be credited.

Multiengine synths that have no clear/safe-to-assume base voicebanks should have a corresponding “unknown”-entry. These are grouped under the unspecified voicebank engine tag.