Other Cryptonloid voicebank updates, collabs, & concert news (crypton_wat Twitter translations)

[InstallGentoo]

I probably want MikuV6 AI in box set for when october 2025 rolls around and I need to scrounge up a mobo+cpu combo that can run win11 with win10 running out of support. Is the new beta version of NT a update or new product? I'm assuming this super pack has "Piapro SP" as the vocal engine or is it same name as NT or V4x? the naming scheme seems like chopped up product reiterations of piapro instead of one engine that the new voice banks can be added to. Probably has some advantages, I know how finiky software tends to be when you try and fit it with currently installed stuff (my days with emerge in gentoo back in the day attest to it).

 

[MagicalMiku]

I probably want MikuV6 AI in box set for when october 2025 rolls around and I need to scrounge up a mobo+cpu combo that can run win11 with win10 running out of support. Is the new beta version of NT a update or new product? I'm assuming this super pack has "Piapro SP" as the vocal engine or is it same name as NT or V4x? the naming scheme seems like chopped up product reiterations of piapro instead of one engine that the new voice banks can be added to. Probably has some advantages, I know how finiky software tends to be when you try and fit it with currently installed stuff (my days with emerge in gentoo back in the day attest to it).

for Miku NT, both official blog and the press release talk about "new version in development":

Actually, we are currently planning to release a new version of the singing voice synthesis software "Hatsune Miku NT" with significant improvements to the sound quality, and "Hatsune Miku V6" which uses Yamaha Corporation's VOCALOID6 as a new singing voice synthesis software, which has been requested by creators for a long time! !
For "Hatsune Miku NT", we will provide a beta version of the new version around autumn 2024 to regular users who are already using the product, and then provide a major upgrade version to be released at a later date free of charge.

maybe they've not decided yet if new Miku NT will keep NT name or be called NT2 (in this case, new design and new package box), it's something the marketing staff will think about it, but is confirmed to be a free update ^-^
about the Super Pack, the voice banks are based on V3/V4 with some new tuning and the Piapro Studio is V4X (you can see it in the screenshot and song demo video):

Each of the six Japanese VOCALOID libraries is included. The libraries for each virtual singer are the basic voice libraries included in the "Original" versions of the V3 to V4X series, but with new tuning and refinement to improve the overall balance of pronunciation and tone.

and for Windows 10, actually it will still receive support for some extra years after october 2025, but it will be paid support. if your pc is not officially supported by win11, you can install win11 on it with some utility, for example Rufus let you create a bootable USB pendrive to install win11 on unsupported hardware:

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

Rufus: Create bootable USB drives the easy way

rufus.ie

 

[Chuchu]

Don't forget to apply for the 4.000¥ coupon on Sonicwire if you've purchased and registered the old English Bundle of MikuV4X or Rin&LenV4X between April 1, 2024 to July 15, 2024, btw. The upgrade price for the SP Bundle + coupon totals around 102$(15250¥) if you buy from JP Sonicwire.

 

[BANKARA_TEEvie]

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dear god, NT is finally becoming the crypton engine, rather than the chopped miku engine!

(edit to say i probably should've posted this here, but forgot that thread existed and have this one bookmarked - hope it's still ok even if a necropost)

 

[kimiworld]

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dear god, NT is finally becoming the crypton engine, rather than the chopped miku engine!

(edit to say i probably should've posted this here, but forgot that thread existed and have this one bookmarked - hope it's still ok even if a necropost)

But then, is it really okay for us to simply assume that Rin Len NT will not become as choppy as Miku NT? In my opinion if NT engine itself could not be polished even more then it might better to return to Vocaloid 6/7 engine instead.

 

[Palamon]

any leaks about miku v6?

But, good for them, I guess.

 

[MagicalMiku]

good findings! seems like the placeholder URLs are back to being "404 not found" page, but still, it's nice to have some confirmation of that! probably the official announcement will happen this week for Crypton 30th Anniversary, or at the end of August during the already announced Crypton staff talking session at Magical Mirai in Tokyo
since there was the packaged version page, probably the development is already done/almost finished, and I think next NT will be Luka

 

[BANKARA_TEEvie]

any leaks about miku v6?

But, good for them, I guess.

you see, that's the funny thing.
no!

i can't say i have insanely high hopes or anything of the sort, but even with v6, crypton has felt incredibly stagnant outside of miku (nt2 was great when you think 'omg, an nt update!' but actually using it's a whole..... different beast). i'm just glad that, what, 5/6 years later we're finally getting somewhere :P AND i can keep making jokes about v6 not existing whilst *also* getting crypton news... rly having my cake and eating it too

 

[lIlI]

I virtually never believe that a company is lazy or bad at their jobs: I am almost always inclined to attribute rushed deadlines, budget constraints, and other issues outside of the dev's hands as more probable explanations for iffy products. However, Crypton's development has been so slow, so poorly programmed, for so long that I genuinely struggle to imagine an explanation that doesn't involve someone in a tenured position who is severely unsuited for their role.

It's been very sad seeing all the rest of the Cryptonloids drop drastically in usage as Crypton spends decades continuously failing their upkeep. Vocaloid6 isn't a great example either in terms of development quality or speed; but they have improved, so it's my desperate hope that Crypton hands over development duties, and we get updates of their characters that are least closer to modern industry standards - ideally before the next major engine version rolls around.