voice-changer/tutorials/tutorial_rvc_en.md

# Realtime Voice Changer Client for RVC Tutorial (v.1.5.2.4)

# Introduction

This application is client software for real-time voice conversion that supports various voice conversion models. This document provides a description for voice conversion limited to [RVC(Retrieval-based-Voice-Conversion)](https://github.com/liujing04/Retrieval-based-Voice-Conversion-WebUI).

## Notes

- Model training must be done separately.
  - If you want to learn by yourself, please go to [RVC(Retrieval-based-Voice-Conversion)](https://github.com/liujing04/Retrieval-based-Voice-Conversion-WebUI).
  - [Recording app on Github Pages](https://w-okada.github.io/voice-changer/) is convenient for preparing voice for learning on the browser.
    - [Commentary video] (https://youtu.be/s_GirFEGvaA)
  - [TIPS for training](https://github.com/RVC-Project/Retrieval-based-Voice-Conversion-WebUI/blob/main/docs/training_tips_en.md) has been published, so please refer to it.

# Steps up to startup

## Installing HuBERT

HuBERT is required to run RVC.
Download `hubert_base.pt` from [this repository](https://huggingface.co/lj1995/VoiceConversionWebUI/tree/main) and store it in the folder containing the batch file.

## Start GUI

### Windows version,

Unzip the downloaded zip file and run `start_http.bat`.

### Mac version

After extracting the download file, execute `startHttp.command`. If it shows that the developer cannot be verified, press the control key again and click to execute (or right-click to execute).

### Precautions when connecting remotely

When connecting remotely, please use `.bat` file (win) and `.command` file (mac) where http is replaced with https.

## client selection

It is successful if the Launcher screen like the one below appears. Select RVC from this screen.

<img src="/tutorials/images/launcher.png" alt="launcher" width="800" loading="lazy">

## Screen for RVC

It is successful if the following screen appears.

<img src="/tutorials/images/RVC_GUI.png" alt="launcher" width="800" loading="lazy">

## GUI item details

## server control

### start

`start` starts the server, `stop` stops the server

### monitor

Indicates the status of real-time conversion.

The lag from voicing to conversion is `buf + res seconds`. Adjust so that the buf time is longer than res.

#### vol

This is the volume after voice conversion.

#### buf

It is the length (ms) of one section to cut the audio. Shortening the Input Chunk reduces this number.

#### res

This is the time it takes to convert data that is the sum of Input Chunk and Extra Data Length. Shortening both Input Chunk and Extra Data Length will reduce the number.

### Model Info

Get information held by the server. If information synchronization between server and client seems not to be successful, please press the Reload button.

### Switch Model

You can switch between uploaded models.

## Model Setting

### Model Uploader

If enable PyTorch is turned on, you can select the PyTorch model (extension is pth). If you turn this on when using a model converted from RVC, the PyTorch item will appear. （From the next version, you can only choose either PyTorch or ONNX for each slot.

#### Model Slot

You can choose which frame to set the model in. The set model can be switched with Switch Model in Server Control.

#### Onnx(.onnx)

Specify the model in .onnx format here. This or PyTorch (.pth) is required.

#### PyTorch(.pth)

Specify the model in .pth format here. This or Onnx (.onnx) is required.
If you trained with RVC-WebUI, it's in `/logs/weights`.

#### feature(.npy)

This is an additional function that brings the features extracted by HuBERT closer to the training data. Used in pairs with index(.index).
If you trained with RVC-WebUI, it is saved as `/logs/weights/total_fea.npy`.

#### index(.index)

This is an additional function that brings the features extracted by HuBERT closer to the training data. Used in pairs with feature(.npy).
If you trained with RVC-WebUI, it is saved as `/logs/weights/add_XXX.index`.

#### half-precision

You can choose to infer precision as float32 or float16.
This selection can be speeded up at the expense of accuracy.
Turn it off if it doesn't work.

#### Default Tune

Enter the default value for how much the pitch of the voice should be converted. You can also convert during inference. Below is a guideline for the settings.

- +12 for male voice to female voice conversion
- -12 for female voice to male voice conversion

#### upload

After setting the above items, press to make the model ready for use.

#### Framework

Choose which of the uploaded model files to use (PyTorch or ONNX). It will be gone in the next version.

## Device Setting

### Audio Input

Choose an input device

### Audio Output

Choose an output terminal

#### output record

Audio is recorded from when you press start until you press stop.
Pressing this button does not start real-time conversion.
Press Server Control for real-time conversion

## Quality Control

### Noise Supression

On/Off of the browser's built-in noise removal function.

### Gain Control

- input: Increase or decrease the volume of the input audio to the model. 1 is the default value
- output: Increase or decrease the volume of the output audio from the model. 1 is the default value

### F0Detector

Choose an algorithm for extracting the pitch. You can choose from the following two types.

- Lightweight `pm`
- Highly accurate `harvest`

### Analyzer(Experimental)

Record input and output on the server side.
As for the input, the sound of the microphone is sent to the server and recorded as it is. It can be used to check the communication path from the microphone to the server.
For output, the data output from the model is recorded in the server. You can see how the model behaves (once you've verified that your input is correct).

## Speaker Setting

### Destination Speaker Id

It seems to be a setting when supporting multiple speakers, but it is not used at present because the RVC head office does not support it (it is unlikely).

### Tuning

Adjust the pitch of your voice. Below is a guideline for the settings.

- +12 for male voice to female voice conversion
- -12 for female voice to male voice conversion

### index ratio

Specify the ratio to shift to the features used in training. Effective when both feature and index are set in Model Setting.
0 uses the output of HuBERT as it is, 1 brings it all back to the original features.
If the index ratio is greater than 0, the search may take a long time.

### Silent Threshold

The volume threshold for audio conversion. If the rms is smaller than this value, no voice conversion is performed and silence is returned.
(In this case, the conversion process is skipped, so the load is less.)

## Converter Setting

### InputChunk Num(128sample / chunk)

Decide how much length to cut and convert in one conversion. The higher the value, the more efficient the conversion, but the larger the buf value, the longer the maximum time before the conversion starts. The approximate time is displayed in buff:.

### Extra Data Length

Determines how much past audio to include in the input when converting audio. The longer the past voice is, the better the accuracy of the conversion, but the longer the res is, the longer the calculation takes.
(Probably because Transformer is a bottleneck, the calculation time will increase by the square of this length)

### GPU

If you have 2 or more GPUs, you can choose your GPU here.