“Transcending the divide between land and sea, I landed at the foot of mountains. I thought I heard you singing, in the most silent summer dawn.
Like a soft, whispering breeze, swirling through clouds, your voice got into my head, and left me speechless.
”
—Back of Cangqiong's box
Cangqiong (Simplified Chinese: 苍穹; Traditional Chinese: 蒼穹) is a Mandarin Chinese vocal developed and distributed by Beijing Photek S&T Development Co., Ltd., and was released in July 2019 for the first Synthesizer V engine. She is part of the MEDIUM⁵ cast.
Cangqiong later updated to Synthesizer V Studio as a Standard voice database in July 2020. She received a private Standard-trained AI voice database known as "Cangqiong Synthesizer V Plus" in December 2021.[3][4]
Her voice provider is Kinoko Mogu, a Chinese singer and music producer.
Concept[]
For Cangqiong's logo, a shape known as the octahedron is present next to her name and is part of the sixth stroke in the "苍" character. In the spiritual meaning of Metatron's Cube, the octahedron represents air, which influenced her design, name, and concept.[5]
In March 2019, Cangqiong was revealed to be part of the MEDIUM⁵ cast and was one of the girls who derived from a single being known as ZERO who possessed Metatron's Cube.[6] She is listed as a Taurus.[7]
According to the Dreamtonics website, Cangqiong is said to value logic even though she is willing to look the other way. No matter what she might say, she makes sure to never sound harsh. Her kindness permeates from her calm soothing voice.[8]
Etymology[]
"Cangqiong" (苍穹; cāngqióng) means "the blue dome of heaven", "heavens", or "sky".[9] Individually, "cang" (蒼; cāng) means "blue" or "green" while "qiong" (穹; qióng) means "arch", "dome", or "elevated".
Her name is rendered in Kana as "ツァンチォン".[8]
Appearance[]
Cangqiong has a butterfly motif for her design.
Relationships[]
- Chiyu - Younger Sister.
- Xingchen - Younger Sister.
- Haiyi - Younger Sister. When initially introduced, Haiyi noted that she thought that Cangqiong was not as strong as her.[10]
- Shian - Younger Sister.
- ZERO - Originator.
Voice Libraries[]
- Cangqiong CVVC Mandarin Chinese Beta (UTAU), Unreleased; Introduced February 3, 2019
- Cangqiong (Synthesizer V), July 9, 2019
- Cangqiong Standard (Synthesizer V Studio), July 10, 2020
- Cangqiong Synthesizer V Plus (Synthesizer V Studio), Unreleased; Introduced December 30, 2021
Additional Information[]
Marketing[]
Cangqiong was initially introduced as Xingchen's eldest sister and her UTAU voicebank was showcased in February 2019. Throughout her time as an UTAU, Cangqiong received various merchandise, though not nearly as much as Haiyi given that she was revealed nearly a year later. This included key-chains, phone straps, omamori, and an original album: Fairyland.
Cangqiong was later introduced as one of the members of MEDIUM⁵ and her Synthesizer V voice database released in July 2019. Since then, her UTAU vocal was no longer used, though it was possible that PVs using this vocal could appear later on. However, it was also likely that the UTAU vocal may be replaced with or a succeeding version may be created using the Synthesizer V versions. Additional official merchandise, such as figures and albums featuring her Synthesizer V voice databases, continued to surface. Cangqiong also had her own official Weibo account and official bilibili playlist. Her birthday is acknowledged as May 20 and Quadimension usually released official content annually, including illustrations, merchandise, and songs. Fans were also encouraged to create content for her.
On occasion, Beijing Photek would host tuning competitions[11] and paid music production courses for users to participate and attend. These would feature all of Beijing Photek's vocalists, including Cangqiong.[12]
Reputation[]
As the second sister related to Xingchen to be revealed, Cangqiong quickly received attention from existing Quadimension fans. Her relations to Xingchen and Haiyi during her time as an UTAU also helped with her popularity as they were marketed together in merchandise and albums. However, because she was revealed nearly a year after Haiyi and only released as a Synthesizer V about five months later since her own UTAU debut, Cangqiong did not have nearly as much as Haiyi did in merchandise and albums for that engine.
As a mature vocalist, her voice type was unique as there were not many mature female Mandarin Chinese vocals, especially within commercially-released engines. As an UTAU (and later Synthesizer V) vocal, she is considered to be a very notable vocalist for her voice type. Though she has a calm and soothing type of voice, producers found ways to experiment with her vocals. In some examples, her voice could become strong, powerful, and versatile, excelling in a variety of genres, Gufeng especially.
Cangqiong's Synthesizer V bank was released on Beijing Photek's Taobao page, making it difficult for overseas users to purchase her if they did not know how to navigate and use the site. For her Synthesizer V Studio voice database, she was made available on Animen's ANiCUTE shop, which was friendlier to use for overseas fans.
Although specific vocals have not been mentioned, Ddickky noted that the commercial sales of their voice databases have never been so profitable, leading to a lack of motivation, especially for the creation of AI voice databases of the cast members introduced in Synthesizer V and Synthesizer V Studio.[13][14][15]- First Mandarin Chinese UTAU to release on Synthesizer V.
- One of the first Synthesizer V Studio voice databases to release.
- One of the first Synthesizer V vocals to be updated to Synthesizer V Studio.
- One of the first Synthesizer V Studio female voice databases to release.
- One of the first Beijing Photek Synthesizer V vocals to be updated.
- One of the first Beijing Phokek Synthesizer V Studio vocals to be released.
- One of the first Mandarin Chinese voice databases for Synthesizer V Studio.
- First Standard-trained AI voice database to be revealed.
- First female Standard-trained AI voice database to be revealed.
- First Mandarin Chinese Standard-trained AI voice database to be revealed.
References[]
- ↑ https://www.weibo.com/5056093502/HeGaXl6sx
- ↑ https://www.weibo.com/5056093502/Hv5Q1Clw5
- ↑ https://t.bilibili.com/607304690576678463
- ↑ https://t.bilibili.com/609647028303295976
- ↑ https://jelila.wordpress.com/tag/spiritual-meaning-of-metatrons-cube/
- ↑ https://www.bilibili.com/video/av42960488
- ↑ https://imgur.com/a/YuYFqep
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Dreamtonics Line Up
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/蒼穹#Chinese
- ↑ https://weibo.com/6460110224/H1TmoFxXr
- ↑ https://t.bilibili.com/513030553568983648
- ↑ https://t.bilibili.com/595083945257636743
- ↑ https://t.bilibili.com/771690836003913744
- ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/695380056155095054/1084001776069525515/Screenshot_2023-03-11-14-25-20-306_com.png - "ai声库是和星尘ai一起推进的，去年就同时邀约了生源，这点资金我也完全没问题。只是有些声源会担心ai抢饭碗，有些声源单纯有点拖…而对我而言，商业策略角度现在出声库并不是很好的时机，所以我也只能做到过俩月去催一下，不至于急道周周催天天问。于是结果如你所见，但不出意外不是过于拖的话，今年minus和赤羽应该可以吧。" "不过另一点是，不光声源觉得ai和自己太像，我也觉得如果这么像声源而非角色之前的声库。不是很合适。星尘一定要做是因为v4性能过于差，所以硬顶着声音变化的反对也做了。而其他几个角色是sv2带拼接式，性能过得去，那做了ai产生与星尘类似的声音变化风波，在外加商业角度（卖声库）不是那么挣钱，你能理解我逻辑了吧。"
- ↑ https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/695380056155095054/1084001780926525450/Screenshot_2023-03-11-14-25-45-806_com.png - "回复 @覆雪繁花 :这个还是等快出了看情况才能定，不过基本应该是类似星尘ai的直接卖新的，因为和之前拼接式完全是不同技术工作量和投入成本上也完全不相干，所以会是大几百重新卖，这也是我觉得不好卖商业上不太合适出的一个原因"