So, this synth has appeared
Symphoneme(シンフォーニーム)公式サイト
Symphoneme(シンフォーニーム)公式サイトです。MusicXMLをアップロードすれば無料でAIが歌声合成をしてくれます。また、歌声合成のみに限らず、マルチメディアな展開も予定しています。
symphoneme.net
I’m assuming “cloud-based” means it’ll require an internet connection to use, kinda like ACE.The characters and logo look like a JRPG
Still looking forward to hearing a demo, I'm intrigued
Edit: Judging by the description, it sounds like it will function like Neutrino. What do they mean by "cloud-based" though?
I don't think it's that they don't want it to get popular, more that they're taking a completely different marketing strategy than what synth fandom is used to. They don't not want popularity and usage, they just don't the popularity and usage usually associated with Vocaloid and similar products. We're used to a near-total creative free-for-all (with the few odd restrictions here and there, see: Fukase...), but these guys seem to want a lot more control over how their characters are used and seen.It sounds like they want their synth to not get popular?
Thank God for that honestly, although it is kinda funny to hear when you look at some of these character designs. Rasetu's pants are so low you can practically see his pelvic bone, and Enemoprem (hell of a name, that) is about two seconds and one gust of wind away from flashing everyone with that flimsy shower curtain trying to pass itself off as a dress.(Semirelatedly "excessive sexual expression" is written as being prohibited use of the characters, which is a little refreshing after seeing how some other companies handle that kind of content (not saying this to be a prude, but considering the rather big problem certain companies have with this, it's nice if a company actually cracks down on it for once). It doesn't define what's "excessive" though, which is a bit of a problem.)
Gen-chan (formerly Yuu) has accused a lot of people of stealing/using their code so I wouldn't get too worked up about that.idk how true this is, but I've heard that SymphOneme uses the code from AmadesuSY
Disappointed, but not surprised. In fact, I'd only be surprised if they weren't like that.I would like to bring it to everyone's attention that the official artist makes and participates in SA R18+ content...
True...I've just never seen an vocasynth artist explicitly state that they like date SA scenarios.....grossDisappointed, but not surprised. In fact, I'd only be surprised if they weren't like that.
The production, consumption, and normalization of morally objectionable (to put it extremely mildly) explicit content, particularly focusing on very young women and girls, is the ugly rotten kernel that all moe otaku media and "culture" grows out of. Idol singers (yes, including Miku and characters inspired by her), gacha games, V-tubers, visual novels, the whole industry of artists who pump out drawing after drawing of fetishized depictions of female characters that are so far removed from what real humans look and act like it's like comparing grey wolves to pugs... You can trace pretty much all of it back to the sexual objectification and commodification of young women and girls. There are of course exceptions, but not only are they/we in the minority if you count all of the people making and consuming "moe" content, a lot of otherwise innocent/"wholesome" stuff will still include at least some visual/storytelling elements that originated from (ugh) "loli" art. It's systemic and virtually unavoidable if you're any kind of fan of geeky stuff online, since it often seeps into otherwise unrelated media.
It sucks!
Now I'm just waiting for news that Kei and iXima have made morally objectionable content so I can call it quits on vocalsynthesis for good.