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thepictoblr · 1 year

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TETO KASANE AI SYNTH V Q&A FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW WHAT ANY OF THIS MEANS

People are talking about the insane Teto News and I feel like as the resident vocal synthesis dork i wanna clarify some things with her new voicebank so. Here we go:

Q: Is she a VOCALOID now?

A: no, although this will be her first premium, professional voicebank, it is not on the VOCALOID engine. Teto will be on Synthesizer V and will feature as an AI voicebank

Q: What is an AI voicebank? Is it techbro stuff?

A: not at all, AI voicebanks are voicebanks that are not only recorded with samples given by a voice provider, but are trained on the provider's singing as data to help the voicebank have a more natural sounding synthesis, and this allows it to tune itself too. Voice providers are paid for this work and give consent for it to be used, it isn't built on stolen work or time.

Q: Will her previous UTAU banks dissapear? Do we HAVE to pay for Teto now?

A: No, although in the case of some previous VOCALOID banks voice providers of UTAU banks were asked to delete distribution of their UTAU banks as they were now voicing a premium bank, this seems to be a thing of the past and also only an issue that would occur for VOCALOID voicebanks and their providers, Synthesizer V has a few banks that were previously UTAU banks that are still in distribution, so it is likely Teto's previous voicebanks will remain too.

Q: How much would Teto SynthV cost?

A: around $80, which is standard for most third party character voices for the engine. If you wish to get her just digitally however, I recommend getting her through DLsite as there are frequent discounts and coupons there. I preordered teto for £51 after my coupon discount there (note; this site also sells adult doujin, be careful where you tread)

Q: Do I need Synthesizer V to use her SynthV bank?

A: yes. Specifically you would need Synthesizer V Pro, which is a paid version of the programme. This comes to about $151 from the Dreamtonics website, and you can get any one of the currently avalible dreamtonics own voicebanks as a bundle with it.

(Edit, old answer kept for transparency) you CAN use the standard, non pro version of synthV, you will just be unable to use any of the AI functuonality of her voicebank, alongside other limitations.

Q: why do you care so much about answering these hypothetical questions

A: cause the alternative is having to see misinformation spread about one of the things i am extremely autistic about.

Anyway feel free to drop me any questions if u have any.

#vocaloid #teto kasane #teto #synthv #synthesizer v #vocal synth #utau #kasane teto #edit for the tags: yes its okay if you tag this as vocaloid #i get it its a catch all organizational tag for a lot of folks :)

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vocalsynthbdays · 3 months

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happy birthday Mirai Komachi(vocaloid 4), Bochi Munashine(utau), and Ema Asane(utau) !!! [feb 22]

(mirai)

(bochi)

(ema)

Mirai Komachi is a japanese synth developed by bandi namco, and released on 24 may 2018. her voice provider has not been revealed but shes illustrated Hiroshi Ono (who is specifically listed as having drawn her "dot arts" on the vocaloid wikia ? im not sure what thats supposed to mean but theres no other illustrated listed). mirais character birthday is feb 22. she was originally created to showcase bandis "future-oriented technology research"(mirais official website) and game development. she has been announced to be in development for bandis "ELMIRAIVE VOX and Singer" engine, specifically the "vox" part, a speech synth (with her cousin IVE, and a synth called YUKITAN being in development for the singer part).

Bochi Munashine is an unreleased japanese synth, introduced in 2012. she is a vipperloid, so created by users of the japanese website 2Channel. i do not know who voiced or illustrated bochi

Asane Ema is a japanese synth created by Itono (voiced, illustrated, and managed), and released on 25 may 2015. emas character birthday is on feb 22 though

#bday #vocal synth #vocal synthesizers #vocal synths #vocalsynth #vocalsynths #utau #utauloid #vocaloid #vocaloid 4 #mirai komachi #bandi namco #vipperloid #feb 22 #february #ELMIRAIVE

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magicalgirlsirin · 6 months

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an oral history of vocaloid

ive seen a lot of (very misguided) discussion about vocaloid/vsynth in regards to AI voices discourse, so i thought it would be a good idea to sit down and explore vocaloid as a software, as well as mentioning other software of the same genre, to give people who dont really know much a better understanding

first and foremost: i dislike AI voices that are in unregulated spaces right now. actors who are finding their hard work end up on some website for anyone to use without compensation is devastating, and shows a lack of respect for the effort it takes in the field.

however, vocaloid has a much longer history that pre-dates these aggregate sites. vocaloid software was first released in 2004, and was initially marketed towards professional musicians. vocaloid's second version of the engine, however, decided to broaden the market towards general consumers, pitching it as helpful software to those who wanted to produce music, but didn't have the personal skill or ability to have someone else sing for their music (range, note holding, etc). amateur musicians wouldn't know how to direct someone to tackle a lyric persay, but using software would be easy to learn and they would learn the terminology associated with certain performance decisions.

in vocaloid 2's era, miku was released. miku's voice provider is Saki Fujita, a well respected voice actress who actually does a lot of work in anime as well as video games! the popularity of miku is its own separate post of history, but the explosive nature of it, i would argue, is the reason that vocaloid and other commercial voice synthesizer software ultimately ended up geared towards all consumers instead of just professional musicians. (crypton and yamaha did absolutely still cater to professional musicians, having private or non released banks only for certain companies/contractors to use though).

flash forward, and technology has developed way further. in 2013, cevio released, and in 2017, synthV debuted. by this point, vocal synthing has expanded from just singing software to also include software intended for just speaking (voiceroid by AHS software) and the idea of an AI bank to improve the quality and clarity of voice banks is becoming more feasible.

however, i wouldnt say the developments in AI voices came strictly from this side of things. in fact, i distinctly remember back in the early 2010s, people were using websites with voice models of characters like glados (portal) and spongebob. these audio posts were seen as novelties, and admittedly theyre fun just to mess around with (and people often find the spongebob rap music that yourboysponge makes to be pretty well done!), they do lead the way to better developed technology that doesnt compensate the artist...

so back to vocaloid. the thing about vocaloid (and all vocal synthesizers) is that contracts are in place to give appropriate time and compensation, along with permission to even use the person's voice. saki fujita continues to update miku's voicebank because she is being paid well to do so. this can be said for all vocal synth products. because these companies (crypton, ahs software, internet co, etc) specialize in making these tools and products for it, they have the appropriate knowledge on what proper compensation looks like. a random person grabbing a "raiden shogun genshin ai voice" model has none of those things. the voice actress doesnt get money off of that. its stolen work. AI can be used ethically, but it has to be done with regulation.

im leaving out specifics on certain vocaloids/vsynthesizers since its tangential to this post at best, but im making this so people have a better understanding of the history and intended usage of vocal synthesizer software. thank youuuuu

#crossing blades #vocaloid #hatsune miku #ai voice #piapro

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katzenklavierr · 9 months

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Levels of vocal synth fandom observed on Tumblr based on how they tag pictures of Miku and other 'loids:

Level 1 - Average Anime Fan: Uses #anime, #aesthetic, or other generic tags. Extreme casual. Might know who Miku is specifically, but doesn't really know much what vocal synths are; just likes the aesthetics of the characters.

Level 2 - Hatsune Miku Fan / Casual Vocaloid Fan: Uses a tag specifically for Miku. Generally knows what Vocaloid is, could recognize a few other popular 'loids (Rin, Len, Gumi, Luka, etc.), but just likes Miku specifically. Has heard some of the most popular Vocaloid songs knowing they were Vocaloid, but probably credits the song to the 'loid and not the producer.

Level 3 - Average Vocaloid Fan: Has a general Vocaloid tag and/or tags all of the well known 'loids by name. Regularly listens to music featuring Vocaloids, definitely knows the popular stuff at least, probably knows that the song credit goes to the producer and not the 'loid. Might be familiar with less popular 'loids and other synthesizers, especially prolific ones like Teto, but still tags them as #vocaloid.

Level 4 - Vocal Synth Fan: Has a general vocal synth tag and/or tags for every synth engine. Might also tag some or all characters by name. Regularly listens to vocal synth music of all sorts, probably has found some obscure songs or producers over the years, maybe even makes music themself. Has probably tried to make their own UTAUloid at least once. If you are this level, you're in too deep and you can never escape.

#this is lighthearted don't take these generalizations too seriously #Salem shouts into the void

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late-night-vocaloid · 11 months

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I saw a few people saying they didn't recognize a lot of the vvv music characters and I think the reason is it's a very, very talkbank-heavy show!

A few characters are definitely new, but one reason why you might not recognize a large portion of them is that in the lineup, eight of them started out as talkbanks, seven only have a talkbank, and there's only one single character that doesn't have one.

If anyone's curious about who all these characters (talkbank or otherwise) are and how they may relate to characters you do know, I've made *unrolls paper* the promotional image into an extremely detailed infographic. The biggest icon is the engine they started out on, and the smaller ones are where they got banks after that.

Below the cut I break down the lineup, starting with Vocaloids and Vocaloid-related characters (+ UTAUS), then the singing characters from other engines (like SynthV), then the talkbank-only characters, telling you a bit about all of them.

[ID: The VVV Music Live promotional graphic—an image with all of the performing characters in boxes—with text and icons over it detailing who the characters are and which engines they’re on, turning it into an infographic.

A guide to the engines at the top reads as follows: A. Singing: 1. Vocaloid, 2. UTAU, 3. CeVIO + Voisona (branched out into talkbanks too), 4. SynthV. B. Talking: 1. Voiceroid. A few V3-V4 Vocaloids were given talkbanks on Voiceroid (Una), some lining up with their release (Yukari, Sora). You can hear Yukari talking in some older Vocaloid songs for this reason. Some Voiceroids went on to get singing banks on Vocaloid (Zunko, Akari), and some eventually got singing banks on SynthV (Maki, the Kotonohas, Tsuina-chan). 2. A.I.VOICE. You may have recently seen Gumi and Zola Project get A.I.VOICE talkbanks. 3. Made Vocaloid Zunko’s pet human, gave SynthV Genbu and his friends talkbanks, introduced WhiteCUL. 4. VOICEPEAK. Various banks. C. Singing again: 1. NEUTRINO: Zunko’s sister, UTAU Kiritan, was their first bank. 2. CoeAvatar. See post. D. Morph: 1. Voidol, 2. Seiren Voice. Additional text reads “talk engines made specifically for one/a few vocal synths (like Gynoid Talk) are excluded.”

The characters are as follows: 1. Tohoku Itako. Started on UTAU. Also on Voiceroid, NEUTRINO, CeVIO, and Seiren Voice. Has a talkbank. 2. Zundamon. Pet form started on UTAU. Human form started on VOICEVOX. Also on NEUTRINO, Seiren Voice, and VOICEPEAK. Has a talkbank. 3. Tohoku Kiritan. Started on UTAU. Also on Voiceroid, NEUTRINO, and CeVIO. Has a talkbank. 4. Tohoku Zunko. Started on Voiceroid. Also on Vocaloid 3 and 4, Voidol, NEUTRINO, CeVIO, and VOICEPEAK. Started as a talkbank. Itako and Kiritan are Zunko’s sisters, and Zundamon is her pet. 5/6. Kotonoha Akane and Aoi. Started on Voiceroid. Also on SynthV, A.I.VOICE, Voidol, NEUTRINO, and Seiren Voice. Started as talkbanks. Akane and Aoi are sisters. 7. Iori Yuzuru. Started on Voiceroid. Also on A.I.VOICE and Seiren Voice. Currently talkbank only. 8. Kurita Maron. Only on A.I.VOICE. Currently talkbank only. 9. Jashin-chan. From the series Dropkick on My Devil! On VOICEPEAK. Currently talkbank only. 10. Haruno Sora. Started on Vocaloid 5 and Voiceroid. Also on SynthV. Has a talkbank. 11. Tsurumaki Maki. Started on Voiceroid. Also on SynthV and CeVIO. Started as a talkbank. 12. ONE. Only on CeVIO. Has a talkbank. 13. IA. Started on Vocaloid 3. Also on CeVIO. Has a talkbank. IA and ONE are sisters. 14. Kasukabe Tsumugi. Only on VOICEVOX. Cousion of Vtuber Kasukabe Tsukushi. Talkbank only. 15. Kamui Gakupo. Started on Vocaloid 2. Also on Vocaloid 3 and 4. No talkbank. 16. Otomachi Una. Started on Vocaloid 4. Also on Vocaloid 6, Voiceroid, and Voidol. Has a talkbank. 17. Gumi. Started on Vocaloid 2. Also on Vocaloid 3, 4, and 6, Voidol, and A.I.VOICE. Gakupo, Una, and Gumi are Internet Co. Vocaloids. 18. Sato Sasara. Started on CeVIO. Also on Voisona. Has a talkbank. 19. Suzuki Tsudumi. Only on CeVIO. Started as a talkbank. Sasara and Tsudumi are friends. 20. Kyomachi Seika. Started on Voiceroid. Also on SynthV. Started as a talkbank. 21. Tsuina-chan. Started on Voiceroid. Also on SynthV. Started as a talkbank. 22. Hasuki Nemu. Only on CoeAvatar. Talkbank only. 23. Namine Ritsu. Started on UTAU. Also on DeepVocal, VOICEVOX, ACE Studio, and various other talk programs. Has a talkbank. 24. Hanakuma Chifuyu. Only on SynthV and CeVIO. Has a talkbank. 25. Koharu Rikka. Only on SynthV and CeVIO. Has a talkbank. 26. Natsuki Karin. Only on SynthV and CeVIO. Has a talkbank. Chifuyu, Rikka, and Karin are friends. 27. Flower. Started on Vocaloid 3. Also on Vocaloid 4 and CeVIO. Has a talkbank. 28. Kizuna Akari. Started on Voiceroid. Also on Vocaloid 4, Voidol, CeVIO, A.I.VOICE, Seiren Voice, and Voisona. 29. Yuzuki Yukari. Started on Vocaloid 3 and Voiceroid. Also on Vocaloid 4, Voidol, CeVIO, A.I.VOICE, Seiren Voice, and Voisona. Akari and Yukari are Vocalomakets’ Vocaloids. Yukari is the moon and Akari is the stars. 30. WhiteCUL. Only on VOICEVOX. Talkbank only. 31. ROSA. Only on CeVIO. Talkbank only. WhiteCUL and ROSA are Vocaloid CUL’s sisters. End ID.]

On Voiceroid and CeVIO engines

You'll see that several synths here are from Voiceroid, which is a pretty old talkbank engine. If you're interested in Voiceroid characters like Yukari and Akari, Maki, Akane and Aoi, and others, producer GYARI was making iconic and comedic songs with them before they got songbanks, and I'd definitely recommend you check them out. A couple CeVIO related notes, several characters here have the CeVIO logo by them because they have CeVIO talkbanks, not necessarily singing banks, and Voisona is CeVIO's new engine. Onto the character explanations!

Vocaloids and Vocaloid-related characters / UTAUS

Vocaloid: Zunko. Originally created to promote disaster relief in the Tōhoku region, she's since gotten Voiceroid (talking) and Vocaloid (singing) banks, as well as a 24-minute animated movie. She has a Zunda mochi (green soybean rice cake) motif.

Itako and Kiritan are Zunko's sisters, introduced as UTAUs with newer voicebanks on Neutrino. Itako dreams of restoring her power of the nine-tailed fox, and Kiritan is a gamer.

Zundamon is Zunko's pet. They recently gave them a human form and a Neutrino voicebank, as well as multiple talkbanks.

Vocaloid: Sora. One of the only V5-introduced characters. Made a good impression by having a design where she looks like a pirate as well as a pretty, flowy one. Released with a Voiceroid talkbank.

Vocaloid: IA. Started out as a Vocaloid and was later released on multiple CeVIO engines. The CeVIO Vocaloid.

ONE (pronounced oh-neh, like how IA is ee-uh) is IA's sister. She's only on CeVIO engines.

Vocaloids: Gakupo, Gumi, Una. You probably know at least Gakupo and Gumi. Una, just because she's a little more recent, is a younger, eel-themed Vocaloid from the same company as the others (Internet Co.). She also got a Voiceroid bank.

Vocaloid: flower. Famous, androgynous. Got two Vocaloid banks before recently getting one on Cevio AI.

Vocaloid: Yukari. Moon rabbit theme and lots of voicebanks. A handful of famous songs, like There's Supposed to Be a Cheat Code for Happiness and Chururira・Chururira・Daddadda! Did some talking in a few older songs because she was a decently popular Vocaloid with a Voiceroid talkbank.

Akari is Vocalomakets's other Vocaloid, with a starlight theme. She also has a Voiceroid talkbank.

Vocaloid: CUL. She isn't part of the lineup, but she has sisters who are, so I'm covering her. Another Internet Co. Vocaloid, CUL started out as the mascot for the show VOCALO Revolution, which aired interviews with Vocaloid developers and producers, and showcased PVs. Videos featuring CUL used VY1's voice before she debuted as a Vocaloid herself.

ROSA and WhiteCUL are CUL's sisters. CUL was revealed to have several sisters, each named a variation of "CUL," except for ROSA. So far, only these two have designs and banks, and currently, they only have talkbanks, although ROSA is planned to get a SynthV voicebank.

You likely know Ritsu, a VIPPERloid UTAU, who went on to get voicebanks on DeepVocal and ACE Studio, as well as several talkbanks.

SynthV characters

Tsuina-chan is an ogre hunter. She started out on Voiceroid and eventually got a voicebank on SynthV.

Seika is the district mascot for Seika, Kyoto, Japan. She was a Voiceroid who later got a SynthV voicebank.

Rikka, Chifuyu, and Karin are three high school students in a music club. Rikka's character is up to interpretation, while Chifuyu plays drums, takes photos with an old camera, and dislikes sweetness, and Karin plays bass, likes archery and cute things, and dislikes matcha. All three have CeVIO talkbanks.

Akane and Aoi are twin Voiceroid talk vocals who went on to get SynthV voicebanks.

Maki is another Voiceroid vocal who got a SynthV bank. Like Kiyoteru, she also has a band comprised of characters that don't sing.

CeVIO singing characters

Sato and Tsudumi are friends who don't have a lot of interests in common. Sato started out with song and talk banks, whereas Tsudumi started out talk-only and got a songbank later on.

Talkbank only characters

Yuzuru is described as "kind and gentle, but rumored to be scary when angered," and "maybe not human." He started out on Voiceroid.

Maron's appearance is based chestnuts and autumn themes. He's currently only on A.I.VOICE.

Jashin-chan is from the series Dropkick on My Devil! She's currently only on VOICEPEAK.

Tsumugi is the cousin of Vtuber Kasukabe Tsukushi. She's only on VOICEVOX.

Nemu, and the engine her talkbank is on, CoeAvatar, have heavy NFT involvement.

#I did this like a week ago but since the viewing period is ending and I'm about to post screenshots of these charas I was like #oh yeah I should post this first #vocaloid #voiceroid #cevio #utau #synthv #a.i.voice #voicevox #voicepeak #neutrino #if you read all this: that's wild. thanks #if you just looked at the chart: thank you it wouldn't leave my brain until I made it #thoughts

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hua-mo-jin-is-a-cutie · 3 months

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Vocal Synth Headcanons as of March 2024

I wanna share my new headcanons as they've changed a lot and also I feel like tumblr will either ignore them or appreciate them quietly. These headcanons will include sexuality, romantic attraction, relationships, species, age, etc. <3

Before I get into this, I wanna preface this with how I view the vocal synth world in my head. In this world, vocal synths as we know them, are singers for hire and the engine(s) that they are on are the companies they work for. The companies that made them are their management team. So vocals like Miku and the cryptonloids have large management teams, aka crypton, but vocals made by singular people like independently owned utaus only have one manager. Some singers are just normal human beings, some are robots, some are literal fae, etc. But yea, the premise for all of this is that they are singers for hire.

Hatsune Miku:

A literal robot. Built in with the personality and intelligence of an adult, but marketed as a teen idol to attract more customers. THE singer for hire at Vocaloid. There are multiple Miku's because she is in such high demand. The one I like to think about specifically is an older original V2 model that has been given more modern upgrades throughout the years. She is in a relationship with Gumi. Non-repulsed asexual, but like physically she has no parts for it so (cough cough I did write wireplay gumiku fanfic cough cough). Bi-romantic.

Gumi Meg Poid

Human, around 24. In a relationship with a specific Miku. Is a single mother to Ryuto (Gachapoid). Very busy work schedule, but always tries her best to make time for her kid and her girlfriend. Lesbian. A good cook. Fell in love with Miku after singing with her a lot. Lives just outside the city in a little house with her son. Miku has keys to her house, but they don't live together because Miku is required to live close to the studio. She's a high school drop out because she found Ryuto. In this AU I have split up Megpoid (her product name) into a middle and last name. I do the same with Ryuto. The Poid family lol. (but not gakpoid because I don't have strong enough opinions about him to include him in this au. Maybe they're siblings idk).

Ryuto Gacha Poid

Gumi's son, not biologically. Currently around 7 years old. Kinda sorta half monster/dinosaur thing? Born from an egg (inspired by the light reading I did of the gachapin wikapedia page one night). Gumi saw a box on her way home from school that said something like "please take me home" and assumed it was gonna be like a cat or something. She had planned to take it to a shelter instead of leaving it in the rain. Inside the box was a large off-white egg with green spots. She assumed it was some kind of decoration and was about to walk away when it started to hatch. And out pops a crying little baby boy with little horns and a tail. What the fuck, she can't just leave him there. And thus, she has a kid now. Middle name is Gacha because gumi thought it was silly how she got him sort of like a gacha game. He is able to suppress his monster parts, but they still come out when he's really emotional. Sweet hyperactive baby boy. Probably has AuDHD. Friends with a lot of the other Vsynth Kiddos, but besties with Mo Jin. Lowkey really into hard rock and metal music (because that's what he's good at singing, I will fight people please let him sing more metal).

Hua Mo Jin

(ough my sweetest baby gorl aaaaaa more people should love you like I do. Some of what I'm about to write is canon from her character info on dsound so) Huamn, 6 years old. Surprisingly very tall for her age (I never draw her tall, but canonically she is like the average height of a 9 year old). Lives with her older sister, Hua Mo Ci, who she received her rabbit plush from. The rabbit plush scares everyone around her, but she thinks it's really sweet and takes it everywhere. She does not like hard foods, her favorite food is peony steamed buns. Autistic for sure. Also has albinism. Very quiet and doesn't talk much, but loves to sing. Does not get hired very often. Besties with Ryuto despite their language barrier. They're both working on learning English. I headcanon that her mother is dead and that she just lives with Mo Ci because it sort of parallels Gumi and Ryuto.

A literal alien from the planet ARIA. This is the human disguise she takes, but her actual form is kinda blob-like and translucent idk I need to draw it out sometime. Has a younger sister named ONE. In human years she's around 19. In a relationship with Flower. Non-repulsed Asexual (can you tell I'm projecting my sexuality onto the robots and aliens yet?). Her species reproduces asexually so she never really thought about it before dating Flower, but she's open to it. Romantically I'd just say queer. I mean she's not even human and her taking on the persona of a woman was kinda arbitrary. Enjoys learning about humans. Very sleepy, she never quite gets used to earth time. Prefers to wear comfy clothes when she's not performing.

ONE

Again, an Alien from ARIA. Around 15 in human years. More energetic than IA. Participates in athletics at the school she's attending. Socially awkward and kinda shy. Somehow the more responsible of the sisters, she usually cooks breakfast because IA doesn't get up early ever. In a relationship with KAFU. Thinks humans are strange creatures. Romantically a Lesbian, but like in a gender queer way. Really looks up to her sister.

Flower

Human. 100% a lesbian you can't convince me otherwise. Somewhere around 21 I think. Another single mom, but to twins this time. It's a whole story. In a relationship with IA. Somehow keeps attracting otherworldly beings into her life. Xin Hua is her cousin, they're around the same age and pretty close.

So here's her single mom backstory. When she was a kid she used to visit her grandparents for the summer along with Xin Hua. They had would play at the little park across the road (out in the country ya know?) and their grandma would always bring them fresh fruit to snack on. So one day she eats some plums and buries the seeds at that little park. And well she stopped staying at her grandparents for the summer. She returns years later after the death of her grandparents to help clean out their house and she notices that a plum tree has grown at that little park. She takes a break to go over there and have a plum for old times sake and 2 kids fall out of the tree like "Mom!!!" Oopsie, she accidentally created 2 plum tree spirits and now she's got kids.

She is a very tired single mother and still can't really believe that this happened, but she loves them all the same and does her best for them.

KAFU

A literal robot. Created with the personality and intelligence of a teenager (16-17. KAF was 17 at the time of recording so KAFU is minor). In a relationship with ONE. Asexual grey-aromantic) Very curious personality. Likes learning things about ARIA from ONE. Very busy work schedule.

MEIKA Hime

One of Flowers little fae kids. Around 11-12. Very bubbly and hyperactive, def has ADHD. Hyperfixated on plants. Attached at the hip to her twin (I mean like an unhealthy kinda codependency for real). Non-binary, They/She. Some kinda queer. Has a crush on Una. Friends with the other middle school age kids (Una, Oliver, etc.). Not very good at academics, but enjoys science. Has psychic powers. Their life is directly affected by the their tree so if the tree gets sick or hurt, so does she. Is a sleepwalker, often ends up scaring people in the middle of the night on accident.

MEIKA Mikoto

The other fae child. Around 11-12. Not talkative at all, very blunt when she does speak. Maybe autistic, but could just be antisocial I'm not sure yet. Attached at the hip to their twin (I mean like an unhealthy kinda codependency for real). Non-binary, They/She/He. Some kinda queer. Hyperfixated on insects. Enjoys horror movies and novels. Hime's rock. Holds a bit of resentment toward Flower for leaving them alone for so long, but it fades after they start living together. Has psychic powers. Their life is directly affected by the their tree so if the tree gets sick or hurt, so does he. They prefer quiet study sessions with Oliver and find Una to be a little overwhelming at times. She enjoys learning about astrology from IA once she starts hanging around more often (when her and Flower start dating).

Kaai Yuki

Human. 9 years old. Poor immune system, often gets sick (bc her voice provider literally had a cold at the time of recording her voicebank). Kiyoteru is her foster parent, but he does eventually adopt her. Really enjoys school and learning. Tutors the littler kids.

Yun Quan

(if it's not obvious this is my fan design for her) Human, around 8. Tall for her age. Snarky and a rich girl. Very protective of her friends and very mean to everyone else. She's not allowed to wear makeup, but really wants to be able to wear it, so she just has a huge collection of lip smackers lip balm.

Otomachi Una

Human, 11. Sees gumi as a sort of big sister / mentor figure since they share a management team. ADHD. Hyperfixated on marine life, specifically eels. Since she like canonically has different personas (Sugar, Spicy, and Talk) that all seem very different, I sort of have this idea that she has DID and that those personas her her different alters, but I don't have DID and don't wanna misrepresent it so I'm hesitant with that one. My other idea for it that I lean more toward is that they're her different ways of masking. So like Spicy could be her preformance mask, sugar could be how she is in everyday life, and talk could be how she presents in school. I know I (my autistic ass) have different masks for different social settings. Also Una is really into Scene fashion and 100% drinks Monster. She is in marching band.

Oliver

Zombie boy. around 11. Soft spoken and anxious. has a pet bird named James. His whole family is some kinda monster. Self concious about his stitches so he covers them with bandages, but that just draws more attention to him. Does not like going to school or really in public at all. Afraid of water. Close friends with Mikoto and Yuki.

I have more but I've been at this for a while so I'll add to this later lol

#vocaloid #synthv #vocal synth #headcanon #vocaloid headcanons

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tedrithornetunes · 2 years

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Free Music Resources Masterlist

Notation

MuseScore

Free and open source.

Conventional notation.

Decent quality “instruments” that produce MIDI-based sound.

No dynamics or filters--any mixing requires separating the notation of each instrument into individual files, then exporting recordings of each one.

Might be able to send MIDI to other programs? Haven’t tried this yet.

LilyPond

Free and open source.

Both conventional and non-conventional notation (such as ClaireNote SN).

Very flexible text-based interface.

DAWs

Audacity

Free and open source.

Basically functions like Adobe Audition, but with fewer features.

Rosegarden

Free and open source.

Easy to learn and use.

Excellent for working with MIDI.

LINUX only!

Ocenaudio

Free, closed-source.

Pretty barebones but may work better on newer systems.

GarageBand

Free, closed-source.

May come pre-installed with your system.

Made for Mac OS/iOS and works best on those systems.

Many free instrument presets.

Reaper

Free-ish (will nag you to pay after trial finishes but you don’t actually have to).

Powerful and easy to use.

Familiar interface for people who have used other DAWs.

Works on both Windows and Mac OS.

LOTS of others! Every DAW has its own features and quirks, so it’s reccomended to do some research and find the one that best suits your particular needs and workflow!

Tracking

MilkyTracker

Free and open source.

A spiritual successor to the popular 1992 DOS tracker, Fasttracker II.

Users create custom instruments by using the built-in wave generator, drawing waveforms, or importing compatible sound files.

Very flexible volume envelopes for instruments.

Standard tracker effects with clear documentation.

No filters and limited note-by-note tweaking of things like panning.

Unlike the other trackers on this list, MilkyTracker does not emulate a specific video game console and cannot produce tracks compatible with video game sound cards.

DefleMask

Free, closed-source.

Very faithful emulation software for producing retro video game tracks

Actually compatible with the systems’ hardware.

Works for Sega Genesis, Gameboy, NES, Sega Master System, Commodore 64, Arcade, and NEC PC Engine.

Probably the most widely used tracker, with decent documentation and active forums.

FamiTracker

Free and open source.

NES emulation with all soundcard extensions.

Faithful enough that some of the bugs from the original system are reproduced.

No info on if the tracks produced are compatible with NES hardware.

Sparse but clear documentation.

Misc

LoopMIDI

Free, closed-source.

Can be used to send MIDI signals between Ableton Live 10 and VCV Rack 1.x on a single computer (see posted tutorial).

UTAU

Free, closed-source.

Generates Vocaloids-style vocals using presets or your own voice recordings.

Very hard to set up due to language barriers (Japanese).

Forums are very slow/out of date, little-to-no support.

VCV Rack

Free with optional paid modules.

Very complex and realistic digital synth with tons of modules to play with.

Freesound.com

Archive of user-submitted sounds available to download.

Always free but use restrictions may apply (such as No Commercial Use).

Sound quality varies quite a bit and search function is not great.

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nanjokei · 11 months

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this isnt me being a boomer btw i am a huge fan of whats going on with the vocal synth scene right now especially on the speech synth side. i can also gush for hours about how the community is actually self sustainable now through the passion carried on by participatory events both big (vocacolle) and small (themed song festivals) so the big vocaloid dark age of 2015 probably will never repeat itself— just not enthusiastic aobut anything coming out of dreamtonics specifically (both first party banks and software, since now they have synthv and their new speech synth thing).

honestly i think kanru is an evil little man who doesn't get the community and he never did. it makes me immensely sad that ahsoft hired him out of bitterness over them having a falling off with A.I inc (the people who developed the engine voiceroid/2 were based on)

#rambles

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akuma-homura · 11 months

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you'd think that with my preference to people leaning into vocal synth's inherent inhumanity more (making them sound robotic, more robotic playing into that sound as opposed to making them As Realistic As Possible) that I wouldn't care for SynthV and it going more towards Realism

but like, two things can be true. I can like that and I can also very much enjoy SynthV vocals because it does sound nice.

VOCALOID and UTAU specifically is what I'm thinking of in comparison though-- both the engine sounds (though UTAU's depends on the resampler you're using) are just very charming to me and I enjoy it a lot. Like, when I tune KAITO, I'm not looking to have them sound human-- I'm just looking to have their voice scratch my brain good well enough.

SynthV as an engine though (and my only experience outside of the 2018 test is with Teto AI) I find more comparatively enjoyable to use, and I DO actually find tuning in it-- with or without Instant Mode-- quite satisfying as well, I enjoy the sound that is produced.

(though I do seem to have limits when it comes to engine noise-- Vocaloid and UTAU I'm fine with, but as I've repeated many times, CeVIO I just... no matter how much I try to, I can't stand at all. Kinda sucked trying to listen to the VS version of the latest VBS song but the engine noise with Kafu just grated my ears... part of why I'm excited to hear she'll be a SynthV vocal come Winter!)

#[ ;text ]#i'm just rambling

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dkniade · 2 years

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Have you ever given it much thought; the seemingly perpetual question and discussion people seem to have over whether or not VOCALOID is "dead" and the like? It's become somewhat of a loaded question and there's a lot of intersections between different aspects of it that people tend to mesh together, like mixing in the phrase, "VOCALOID is dead" with the software, or the song culture, or people "using it as a stepping stone." What are your thoughts as an observer?

Oh? I haven't really thought about whether VOCALOID is dead, to be honest. On the contrary, I think the community is very much alive. It’s an interesting question. I’ll cover a few topics here, so get ready. This could be long.

Topics

Is VOCALOID “dead”?

VOCALOID, the singing voice synthesizer

VOCALOID, a versatile voice

VOCALOID demographic and culture

Is VOCALOID “dead”?

When people hear the term VOCALOID, what comes to mind? Hatsune Miku and her iconic twintails? Kagamine Len and Rin? KAITO? MEIKO? Megurine Luka? Is that all there is? A set of anime-looking characters?

That’s only the peak of the iceberg that is the VOCALOID community.

At what point does a culture become “dead”? When no one talks about it or remembers it?

I think it depends on the social media platform. Sure, it might not seem very prominent on Tumblr (which seems to me more media fandom-based, with more of its users being fans but not many active creators), but on Twitter there’s actually a lot of active VOCALOID creators, or rather creators that focus on VOCALOID: producers, illustrators, video editors, sound engineers, etc, both in the Japanese and English community alike. Even the amount I follow is just a fraction of it. It might still be a small (Twitter) community compared to… let’s say fandoms of popular video games or cartoons, but they’re there, alright. It's small and very art-focused, and I say art as in visual, musical, and lyrical—aspects you’d usually find in music videos. And I find that tightly-knit community pretty comfortable as someone who enjoys short but concentrated forms of perhaps unconventional (?) multimedia storytelling (e.g. narrative animated music videos).

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VOCALOID, the singing voice synthesizer

“Mixing in the phrase, ‘VOCALOID is dead’ with the software, or the song culture, or people ‘using it as a stepping stone’.”

That is a loaded question, and a good one. VOCALOID is so much more than just a singing voice synthesizer software, and even then there are other similar softwares like SynthV, UTAU, CeVio, etc. (Personally speaking I’m more familiar with SynthV since I’ve casually tried it out a few times. It’s quite complex but at the same time, the controls are what makes it powerful as a singing voice synthesizer. I think when people say VOCALOID, they don’t just mean the culture that comes with the VOCALOID software specifically, but any sort of vocal synth software (such as the ones I mentioned) applies too.

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But anyway, the song culture, or rather the creative culture, specifically in terms of music. I mean, in the end, VOCALOID isn’t a genre of music, it’s a way to make music. And I’m no expert in musical subgenres or even genres, but I know this for sure: VOCALOID songs aren’t just pop songs with anime-style music videos.

VOCALOID and other similar softwares encourage creative freedom, since at their core is a set of singing voice synthesizers and voicebanks rather than one particular singer or idol, and thus producers aren't restricted to one single genre. It’s a tool—an instrument, even—for indie music producers, and I mean that in the best way possible.

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VOCALOID, a versatile voice

This topic kind of came up when I was talking with a friend recently, but basically I mentioned that VOCALOID vocals can be pushed really far in songs depending on the genre, far beyond the default “cute” vocals fit for pop songs.

The high-pitched and perhaps sharp-sounding quality that typically comes to mind when one thinks about VOCALOID isn’t all that there is. It’s just as versatile as the human voice in expressing emotions, even if the technical aspect of tuning it is complicated.

And I mean, the idea of a singing voice synthesizer is pretty avant-grade, isn’t it? You’re controlling the very vocals of a virtual singer. I’ve mentioned I tried out SynthV a bit, but as I tried to play around and make a cover with it (it’s Neru’s “How To World Domination” if you wanna know which song), I became really conscious of how the human voice sings and how notes fluctuate for the first time. (Me studying phonetics in linguistics will only help in that understanding I believe.) Having knowledge on singing and the different musical genres definitely helps a VOCALOID producer or cover artist decide how they want the voicebank to sound.

In Utsu-P’s “I Thought I Was An Angel”, Miku sounds pretty soft or at least typical to how her voicebank is usually perceived but at around 3:18 she starts to metal-type screaming. I was really impressed when I first heard of it. (Note that lyrics talk about depression and self-deprecation.)

In one of his other songs, “Living Ghost is Alive”, V Flower also sounds powerful and eventually does metal screams (growling?) as well at 0:42 to 1:03 between lyrics. I feel like Flower’s voicebank works particularly well with heavier genres since she’s kind of similar-sounding to Len but with more texture… It’s really cool. (Note that video and lyrics has suicide and death inagery, and video contains flashibg lights.)

ippo.tsk is particularly good at tuning powerful and generally emotional vocals in SynthV (and previously VOCALOID with Len and Rin and CYBER DIVA) in my opinion. He’s the type that doesn’t stick to the perhaps cutesy default of the voicebank.

In ippo.tsk’s “rose-tinted bitter grudge” at around 2:03, he also makes Eleanor Forte do a growl which I believe is through one of the settings in SynthV’s parameter meter. (Note that the music video has sharp colours and flashing lights.)

Another example of powerful vocals is in their song “existing angel” at 2:08 — 2:55. The album version makes Len and Rin sound more crisp and clear without losing the power they had in the music video version. (Note that the lyrics talks about child abuse with regards to emotional/verbal abuse and the video has some flashing lights.)

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VOCALOID, demographic and culture

Since VOCALOID is not a genre but rather a tool to make music, there’s naturally a wide array of genres when it comes to VOCALOID songs, in a similar way you can play a lot of genres on a guitar.

I am in no way an expert in the VOCALOID demographic and things like what genre is prominent in which era, but if you’re interested in that sort of topic, I’d recommend Oktavia / @symphonymermaid and Ye Sun / @RoboticReborn on Twitter.

Oktavia is an English cover artist who sings mostly obscure VOCALOID songs with amazing rhyme and rhythm in her translyrics and really goes in depth for translation and lyrical analysis for her lyrics. (I’ve talked about her cover of one of my favourite Neru songs, Datsugoku.) But at the same time, she talks about VOCALOID culture in terms of musical genres and obscure producers’ styles along with Project Sekai, the last of which I’m honestly not familiar with. (I can’t really put it in a more precise way than that personally, haha..) She even ran some popularity polls on which VOCALOID songs might be the most popular in certain “time periods”, which I found interesting. Nearly all the songs are the really popular ones that even I have heard of.

Ye Sun on the other hand, is a cosplayer and illustrator with a passion for VOCALOID and its culture as well. Most of his cosplay and illustration works are on Instagram but on Twitter, he sometimes talks about VOCALOID’s cultural significance in a much more sophisticated way than… anyone in the community that I’ve seen, in my opinion. It’s really interesting, some Tweets he’s made. He’s also really passionate about Ryuuseee’s character Bizu-kun in Neru’s song “SNOBBISM”.

But all in all, I’m not so well-versed in the idea of VOCALOID demographic and culture, so that’s all I can say here.

This ended up being really long, and it’s been sitting as a draft for some time, so I’ll just end this here. This has certainly been an interesting topic…

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