Using MMV to Create VSQ Files for Lip Syncing.

I think the best way to tackle your very own 100% your own video is to tackle it one segment at a time. We're going to be working on the lip syncing portion of the video. For that we will be using MMV. You can download it from the link on the sidebar. This program's original use is to make VSQ files to use in Vocaloid2 to create and copy the voice inflections from the original singer. The program really doesn't do too great a job of that buuuut it does come in useful for lipsync.

To begin, your going to need...
1) MMV
2) A song converted to WAV format.
3) The song lyrics. You may want them converted to romanji.

Open up MMV and you will see something like this...

You'll mostly be working with the top two rows.

The two on the left lengthen or shorten the wavelength on the song. Lengthening the song will make the lyrics easier to edit. The middle are all play buttons. Play to selected point, play from selected point.


The textbox and button are used to register lyrics. The bar above it displays the lyrics and their length and can be used to make adjustments to them.


Now its time to start.

Open up your WAV file. I'm using a song called Lets Go! for this video.

It will look like that. Now its time to register some lyrics. I like to work on it one word at a time and then make adjustments to the word as I go.

Select your syllable length, input it into the text box and register.

You can make adjustments to the lengths of the syllables by dragging them around. The rest is very simple. Just follow the steps until you have filled out the lyrics for the whole song.
Next you need to add it to your MMD project. Mine was off by about 200 frames for some reason. If yours is the same you can adjust it by using "Time shifting mouth frame" input -200 or 200 to adjust.