UTAU was originally created to assist this process using concatenative synthesis. UTAU (歌う), meaning 'to sing' in Japanese, has its origin in the activity of 'Jinriki Bōkaroido' ( 人力ボーカロイド, Manual Vocaloid), where people edit an existing vocal track, extract phonemes, adjust pitch, and reassemble them to create a Vocaloid-esque singing voice. In March 2008, Ameya/Ayame released UTAU, a free, advanced support tool shareware software that was made free-to-download from its main website. This program is similar to the VOCALOID software, with the difference being it is shareware instead of under a third party licensing. UTAU is a Japanese singing synthesizer application created by Ameya/Ayame. Japanese and English (and other languages via patch files)
