This article is about the Synthesizer V Studio software known as a voice database. If you are looking for the Synthesizer V character then click here.
History[]
2020[]
An unnamed male voice database was planned since March 2019, though no further information was given.[1] On June 26, 2020, a sample of his beta voice database was featured in the Synthesizer V Studio Release Presentation and it was confirmed that the final version would be better.[2][3] He was announced to debut some time soon.[4] It was later confirmed that he was voiced by YuukaNeko.
The vocalist's name was confirmed to be Muxin and his concept art for the Medium 2050 game was revealed on July 14.[5] In this concept, he was confirmed to be 14 years old, but in the game, he would be 16.
On August 1, Ddickky noted that a demo for Muxin may be available the next Friday, August 7.[6] His design was revealed and he became available for preorder that day. He was scheduled to release on August 15.
2021[]
On December 23, 2021, it was announced that Muxin, Chiyu, Shian, Cangqiong, Haiyi, and Minus were expected to be upgraded with AI voice databases and would be able to support Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, and English (in correspondence to the Synthesizer V Studio 1.5.0's Cross-lingual Synthesis capabilities). It was clarified that the AI versions were trained by the Standard voice databases, and were not meant to be replacements for Standard nor would the update be available directly via the editor. As a separate type of voice database, the new libraries would need to be repacked in new installation packages, which required separate activation codes.
Ddickky commented that because Christmas was approaching and that Dreamtonics Co., Ltd. would be on holiday, it was thought that the voice databases could all be shipped on December 23 at 17:00 to directly align with the 1.5.0 engine update; however, he found this to be wrong. After Dreamtonics finished packaging the AI libraries, the activation codes were planned to be distributed by the Taobao agent, where users were to approach them, have their proof of purchase verified, and a new AI code would be sent. This was an entirely manual process and would have been done one by one. In addition, considerable time would have been needed to complete all six packages, so only one of them would have been finished on the 23rd, while the others would be finished later on.[7][8] The upgrades would be distributed to existing users for free and prices would be raised for new buyers soon due to the new inclusions.[9]
Later on, Quadimension commented that the release of the six AI voice databases was canceled for December 23 due to a lack of confidence about their performance as rushed products. A limited beta-testing would run first. The voice databases would be released after their performances were proven satisfactory. By then, Quadimension hoped to find an efficient way to distribute the AI activation codes.[10] On December 30, the voice databases were officially called "Synthesizer V Plus".[11]
2022[]
Throughout 2022, Muxin Synthesizer V Plus and Cangqiong Synthesizer V Plus received multiple examples demonstrating their capabilities as Standard-trained AI voice databases, including the Cross-lingual Singing Synthesis function. However, news about the development and future releases in general for all six characters were not available. On September 29, in response to a fan's question about whether the Plus versions of the six voice databases would be released soon, Quadimension wrote that it was probably not likely due to the qualities being unfit for commercial use.[12] On November 22, in response to a fan, Ddickky confirmed that the Plus series of voice databases were created with the intention of demonstrating the effects of training AI with Standard voice databases and were not meant to be released. The voice databases were sent to shareholders as a technology demonstration and not as a full product update. As these voice databases were to show the effects and technology of splicing AI training, they could not be noted as "Synthesizer V AI" as they would affect the brand quality of AI voice databases, thus the need of calling these "Synthesizer V Plus".[13][14]
2023[]
On March 11, 2023, in response to some fans' questions regarding the production of AI voice databases, Ddickky said that the other "AI" voice databases were promoted with Xingchen Infinity and that the voice providers were invited at the same time in the prior year. He said that he had no issue with the funding, but that some of the voice providers were concerned that the AI would be "stealing their jobs" while some were procrastinating with the work until recently. There was also a concern that the databases would not sound like the previous R1 and R2 "Standard" versions. He explained that an update for Xingchen V4 was needed as it performed poorly, so it must be launched even under the pressure of changing the singing voice style. For the other characters, however, the voice style change was always uncertain and it may create a reaction of resistance similar to Xingchen Infinity. Regarding the commercialization of the AI voice databases, Ddickky noted that the commercial sales of the voice databases have never been so profitable, so there wasn't enough motivation before. The commercialization would be determined after the production was completed, but it was expected to be handled similarly to Xingchen Infinity and would be sold directly since the technical workload and input cost were completely different. The AI voice databases may be sold for hundreds of yuan, which was one of the reasons why he thought they may not be suitable commercially. He also said that it was not a good time to speak from the perspective of business strategy and can only make a reminder in two months rather than rushing to ask every day. If there were no issues or delays, Chiyu AI and Minus AI were expected for 2023. The rest of the remaining cast members have not been mentioned. Ddickky reminded fans that because there was no product line for the Standard-trained AI voice databases, they should not be expected for release.[15][16][17]
Voice Database Information[]
Demonstrations[]
Synthesizer V Studio Standard[]
Demonstrations | |
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ęę„ (MĆngrƬ) | bilibili |
Virtual Singer Tuning Class Textbook[18] | |
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ē„å¦ē„å¦ (ZhÄ« FĒu ZhÄ« FĒu) ft. Xingchen Infinity | bilibili |
Synthesizer V Plus[]
Demonstrations | |
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å¤åč (GÅ« YĒngzhÄ) ft. Cangqiong SV Plus - English Cross-lingual Singing Synthesis | bilibili |
One Last Kiss - Short Version; Japanese & English Cross-lingual Singing Synthesis | bilibili |
Solar Storm | bilibili |
Lovely - English Cross-lingual Singing Synthesis | bilibili |
ä¹å„³č§£å (Otome Kaibou) - Short Version; Japanese Cross-lingual Singing Synthesis | bilibili Audio |
Photograph - English Cross-lingual Singing Synthesis | bilibili |
ćć©ććć¹ (Planetes) - Japanese Cross-lingual Singing Synthesis | YouTube bilibili |
Voice Databases[]
Muxin Standard SolfĆØge:
- This is an AI voice database that was trained by the Standard version and was not based on new recordings. Thus, there may be similarities between Standard and Plus.
- Through Cross-lingual Singing Synthesis, Muxin Synthesizer V Plus can sing in not only Mandarin Chinese but also in English and Japanese.
References[]
- ā https://www.weibo.com/2182360953/Hn3f83q9L
- ā https://twitter.com/YuukaNeko_/status/1283361193252421637
- ā https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4KtdJ55rl4&t=4208s
- ā https://www.weibo.com/5056093502/J8zzR6Xk9
- ā https://www.weibo.com/6802075123/Jb9haB0eE?ref=home&rid=9_0_202_2656575192569001407_0_0_0
- ā https://weibo.com/2182360953/JdUNmqngn
- ā https://t.bilibili.com/607330761029394020
- ā https://t.bilibili.com/607328123917360256
- ā https://t.bilibili.com/607304690576678463
- ā https://t.bilibili.com/607379895452471472
- ā https://t.bilibili.com/609647028303295976
- ā https://twitter.com/Imsupposed2/status/1586069151314870277
- ā https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv19899475
- ā https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/986786656084455434/1044406907152113664/image.png - Screenshot as of November 21, 2022
- ā https://t.bilibili.com/771690836003913744
- ā https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/695380056155095054/1084001776069525515/Screenshot_2023-03-11-14-25-20-306_com.png - "ai声åŗęÆåęå°aiäøčµ·ęØčæēļ¼å»å¹“å°±åę¶éēŗ¦äŗēęŗļ¼čæē¹čµéęä¹å®å Øę²”é®é¢ćåŖęÆęäŗ声ęŗä¼ę åæaię¢é„ē¢ļ¼ęäŗ声ęŗåēŗÆęē¹ęā¦čåƹęččØļ¼åäøēē„č§åŗ¦ē°åØåŗ声åŗ并äøęÆå¾å„½ēę¶ęŗļ¼ę仄ęä¹åŖč½åå°čæäæ©ęå»å¬äøäøļ¼äøč³äŗę„éåØåØå¬å¤©å¤©é®ćäŗęÆē»ęå¦ä½ ęč§ļ¼ä½äøåŗęå¤äøęÆčæäŗęēčÆļ¼ä»å¹“minuså赤ē¾½åŗčÆ„åÆ仄å§ć" "äøčæå¦äøē¹ęÆļ¼äøå 声ęŗč§å¾aiåčŖå·±å¤Ŗåļ¼ęä¹č§å¾å¦ęčæä¹å声ęŗčéč§č²ä¹åē声åŗćäøęÆå¾åéćęå°äøå®č¦åęÆå äøŗv4ę§č½čæäŗå·®ļ¼ę仄ē”¬é”¶ē声é³ååēååƹä¹åäŗćčå ¶ä»å äøŖč§č²ęÆsv2åø¦ę¼ę„å¼ļ¼ę§č½čæå¾å»ļ¼é£åäŗaiäŗ§ēäøęå°ē±»ä¼¼ē声é³ååé£ę³¢ļ¼åØå¤å åäøč§åŗ¦ļ¼å声åŗļ¼äøęÆé£ä¹ę£é±ļ¼ä½ č½ēč§£ęé»č¾äŗå§ć"
- ā https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/695380056155095054/1084001780926525450/Screenshot_2023-03-11-14-25-45-806_com.png - "åå¤ @č¦éŖē¹č± :čæäøŖčæęÆēåæ«åŗäŗēę åµęč½å®ļ¼äøčæåŗę¬åŗčÆ„ęÆē±»ä¼¼ęå°aiēē“ę„åę°ēļ¼å äøŗåä¹åę¼ę„å¼å®å ØęÆäøåęęÆå·„ä½éåęå „ęę¬äøä¹å®å Øäøēøå¹²ļ¼ę仄ä¼ęÆ大å ē¾éę°åļ¼čæä¹ęÆęč§å¾äø儽ååäøäøäøå¤ŖåéåŗēäøäøŖåå "
- ā https://space.bilibili.com/277698869/channel/collectiondetail?sid=124634&ctype=0 - A series uploaded by Quadimension that mainly demonstrates tuning. May be related to the tuning courses offered by the company. Many of these examples may be uploaded post-release of the voice database(s) and are thus separated from pre-release examples.
- ā Noted in voice database information
- ā https://dreamtonics.com/en/synthesizerv/
- ā https://www.bilibili.com/audio/au2802251 - "AIęč§å„½č½Æå¦ļ¼čæäøęęä¹č°ē”¬ļ¼ęč°ęSTDēēååŗ¦ęļ¼ļ¼čæå¾å¤ęøęøęč”"