SAROS is a bilingual English and Spanish vocal developed and distributed by Eclipsed Sounds, LLC, and released as an AI voice database for Synthesizer V Studio in November 2023. They are the third vocal to be released as a part of Eclipsed Sounds' Starry Court series of voice databases.
Their voice provider has not been revealed, but Eclipsed Sounds described them as a "successful working musician in NYC" who "studied voice and music at one of the premiere music colleges in the world, [...] have toured the world performing for thousands, and these days are singing in multiple bands".[4]
Concept
SAROS's vocal style is partially inspired by glam rock and the gender ambiguity and vocal flexibility of the era.[5]
Etymology
"SAROS" derives from the astronomical term referring to the time between one eclipse to the next identical eclipse.[6]
Appearance
In response to a fan, Eclipsed Sounds noted that SAROS's image was partially inspired by glam rock and the gender ambiguity of the era.[5] According to Superstellar's upload of the full illustration, the Twitter Alt text read that SAROS was dancing above a celestial globe. They were wearing a sparkling yellow cloak that was attached at the wrists and waist, and a white jumpsuit with a plunging neckline. They wear star-shaped earrings, a gold corset, and gold platform shoes.[7]
Relations
- SOLARIA - Fellow "Starry Court" series vocal.
- ASTERIAN - Fellow "Starry Court" series vocal.
- NYL - Fellow "Starry Court" series vocal.
Voice Libraries
- SAROS AI (Synthesizer V Studio), November 24, 2023[3]
- SAROS AI Lite (Synthesizer V Studio), In development, expected late 2024[8]
Additional Information
Marketing
SAROS's beta voice database was featured at the NAMM Show for demoing from April 13 to April 15, 2023. Their banner was also featured at the show for the first time.[9][10]
On May 27, Eclipsed Sounds announced that SAROS will be receiving their own Spotify artist profile.[11]
Reputation
- First AI voice database to be trained in English and Spanish song material.
- First Spanish Synthesizer V voice database.
References
- ↑ https://i.imgur.com/CpYg6xx.png - Screenshot from Taylor Hennessy, also known as celestrai "celest", regarding the description of SAROS' vocal.
- ↑ https://www.eclipsedsounds.com/saros - SAROS is marketed by Eclipsed Sounds as both an English and Spanish voice database, with confirmation that they were trained with English and Spanish material. However, English is set as their default language, thus making it the only option available on the Synthesizer V Studio Basic editor.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://twitter.com/eclipsedsounds/status/1727785762618310946
- ↑ https://www.eclipsedsounds.com/saros
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://twitter.com/eclipsedsounds/status/1647612677550923778
- ↑ Saros (astronomy)
- ↑ https://twitter.com/superstellart/status/1652974703907151872
- ↑ https://www.tumblr.com/eclipsedsounds/736722574474657792/i-was-reading-about-saros-license-and-i-saw-that
- ↑ https://twitter.com/eclipsedsounds/status/1645653126106546176
- ↑ https://twitter.com/eclipsedsounds/status/1646570434148835329
- ↑ https://www.eclipsedsounds.com/blogs/news/saros-for-synthesizer-v-studio-demos-range-vocal-information