Board Thread:Beginning Singers/@comment-27548969-20160105033954/@comment-5290733-20160117112656

Utaite are humans like the rest of us, and just like the vast majority of vocalists in any language from any country, they can pitch-match pretty well. Singing the same pitches as a perfectly-tuned vocaloid is nothing special in that regard; utaite are no more perfect than your favorite blues, K-pop, or afro-synth musicians, and the songs they sing use the same hertz as everyone else, and are usually written with the possiblity in mind that they will be covered by utaite. So, the answer to your question is the same as the answer to "how to singers sing the right notes?"

The answer to that is that there are many answers. Some are born with the ability to match pitch perfectly, while others have to cultivate that ability themselves, whether it's through self-training or taking vocal lessons from a school or a tutor or a friend.

There are instances where a pitch might be slightly off in a recording; in that case, the mixer may use a pitch-altering program to tune that note to the right pitch. However, the common idea that "all utaite/singers use pitch correction to an extent" is somewhat discrediting. I would be willing to believe that many vocalists do not use pitch correction, especially amateur ones who don't have the technology to seamlessly correct pitch and are tend to market themselves as more "genuine" than commercial singers anyway.

Since the ability to match pitch is not limited to utaite and is in fact a fairly common ability throughout the world, this is not something that is usually touched upon in interviews, unless you count the generic "How did you learn to sing?" questions. And of course, "singing" is much more than just "matching pitch".

That got very long, but I hope it answered your question.