SynthV SynthesizerV Musical Isotope KAFU

[blackout]

HARU is only (at long last) coming out on November 13th after multiple delays, so I think we can expect the demo cycle to begin soon after that. I’m thinking they weren’t wanting KAFU to take the focus away from HARU’s demos especially after all the delays.

Personally not too worried about KAFU’s quality on SynthV especially after having heard POPY and ROSE who have also crossed over from Cevio AI. They’re probably trying not to overshadow HARU’s release for the most part

 

[nene]

Kafu's Preorders Close Tomorrow! (November 27, 2023 12:00)


Website: 音楽的同位体 可不(KAFU) collaboration with Synthesizer V AIスターターパッケージ・歌声データべース

Her physical copies are made to order, and the listing states they include 1 sticker, an acrylic stand, and a cloth poster.

 

[kozet]

I don’t live in Japan, and I somehow wasn’t aware that there might be a delay between when I order through WorldShopping and when the order actually gets placed. Oops.

Edit: got an e-mail telling me that the order’s been placed, so quite a relief.

 

[WyndReed]

Still no demos for her? It’s kind of weird at this point.

 

[Nezuh]

How anyone can pre-order a vocal synthesizer without ever having listened to it for a single second is beyond me.

 

[Blue Of Mind]

Is anyone else feeling really sus against SynthV Kafu at this point? I'm still expecting an announcement of a release delay, but seriously, we still have no demos while preorders have been open?

 

[PearlStarLight5]

Is anyone else feeling really sus against SynthV Kafu at this point?

This! It really feels like they're just marketing her on brand loyalty alone.

 

[Leon]

How anyone can pre-order a vocal synthesizer without ever having listened to it for a single second is beyond me.

Yeah. I mean I've backed crowdfunds without hearing how they will actually sound. Like, Solaria's STD bank demo and Oscar's UTAU banks and stuff. So I guess we can guess that she'll sound similar to her CeVIO. But I dunno, since this isn't a crowdfund I'm a little puzzled why they haven't put up a single demo

 

[nene]

Even though I know i'd love to buy her digital regardless of sound, it does make it seem like they didn't care about this launch very much.

 

[YOYo_MAMA]

They must be really, really confident that the sound quality is the same. Or they are trying to dodge the possible backlash. KAFU have pretty much become the "Miku" equivalent for cevio with a good enough following.

 

[poser]

not having a demo before the preorder is just bad optics atp

 

[Leon]

Even if the sound quality is great and the tone transferred well, wouldn't at least one demo up the hype? I guess they figure KAFU is big enough that she doesn't need it

 

[blackout]

I don’t think there’s much to worry about quality wise, but it’s an odd decision to leave the demos till this late I guess they consider the physicals as more of a collector’s thing since they’re made to order and the digital pre-orders are not up yet, but even then not having a sample to go with it is weird… badly timed pre-order period I’d say. Demo any day now I guess?

 

[Blue Of Mind]

They must be really, really confident that the sound quality is the same. Or they are trying to dodge the possible backlash. KAFU have pretty much become the "Miku" equivalent for cevio with a good enough following.

Now I'm panicking that Kafu SynthV will become the Miku NT of CeVIO. o_o;;

 

[nene]

Now I'm panicking that Kafu SynthV will become the Miku NT of CeVIO. o_o;;

Kafu sounds so much like Kaf that its hard to imagine what could be wrong with her?

Unless it's that she doesn't sound artificial enough... but even then, AHS "cute" vocal modes tend to make their banks sound vocaloid-y, so they could always make her default as something like that anyway.

 

[poser]

Now I'm panicking that Kafu SynthV will become the Miku NT of CeVIO. o_o;;

the circumstances are too different. plus synthv sounds leagues better than nt so i doubt itd be an issue

 

[Rylitah]

Demo at last!

 

[Ryleigh Goldner]

Demo at last!

(Credits to @LilyAnne (EDIT 3: I can't seem to find their VocaVerse profile. They are on Discord, though) for discovering the demo before me. I was originally going to post the demo here, but I was too late, it seems.)

Huh. SynthV KAFU sounds like a mix between KAF and CeVIO AI KAFU (unsurprisingly) to me. My only issue with CeVIO KAFU was that she sounded way too nasally and congested for my ears. SynthV KAFU at least resolves that. Although, if you're a fan of CeVIO KAFU's tone/timbre, this probably won't be for you.

 

[Granata]

I probably shouldn't judge too fast but what I heard from that demo I think I prefer how SV sounds. Although (similar to ci flower) this is not for everyone

 

[kozet]

She sounds a bit breathy here? Never listened to the original, though. Hope more demos come out, maybe even one in a different language.