# tacotron-2-support
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RTA05
01/07/2023, 1:13 AMOkay, so I'm just getting back into making voices for Uberduck, and I have a question. If there's a word that is an abbreviation, like D.W., do I need to write the pronunciation for both letters? - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:13 AMlets say i get the lyrics from net what exactly is the end of a sentence cause i hear a pause like breath but the ending dont sound natural - u
{K EY1} (Kei)
01/07/2023, 1:14 AMWrite the letters separately like D W so it detects them properly if you're using arpabet If you're not using arpabet, i've seen people spell it out - r
RTA05
01/07/2023, 1:15 AMHow do I enable arpabet in the pipeline training colab? - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:15 AMwith arpabet its okay to type the letters spaced out - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:15 AMwithout i always phoneticize - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:16 AMand is it just putting the acapella in audacity chop it into wavs then thats it or is there an ideal method to make it better for training like compression etc - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:17 AMit has to be formatted 22khz mono - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:17 AMim just going bassed off the tutorial video - u
{K EY1} (Kei)
01/07/2023, 1:17 AMDon't do compression - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:17 AMand also if the acapellas are dry thats better - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:17 AMbut alot ppl say to do certain things to leave spaces and compress it - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:17 AMif theyre not try to get them to sound as dry as possible - r
RTA05
01/07/2023, 1:17 AMFor example, would this work? wavs/3.wav|Di W is in bed for the night, but she's thirsty. - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:18 AMi.e. reverb removal - u
{K EY1} (Kei)
01/07/2023, 1:18 AMI'm not sure what people you're talking about but don't compress your audio please - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:18 AMand also to make the volume all same level - u
{K EY1} (Kei)
01/07/2023, 1:18 AMNormalizing is fine - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:18 AMideal even - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:19 AMok so with an acapella do i cut it before every breath or can i do it more and silence the breath ?> - u
{K EY1} (Kei)
01/07/2023, 1:19 AMYou can keep breaths - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:19 AMto make it finsh the sentence - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:20 AMoh? - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:20 AMi was told this hurts model - u
{K EY1} (Kei)
01/07/2023, 1:20 AMIdk who told you that but you can keep breaths - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:20 AM30hz - u
{K EY1} (Kei)
01/07/2023, 1:20 AMWhat? - b
BigBoss
01/07/2023, 1:20 AMyep - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:20 AM???? - u
(Dawn) Will Draw Fictional Women
01/07/2023, 1:20 AMwhered that come from