Mo Chen (默辰), also known as MAN-M2, is a Mandarin Chinese vocal developed and distributed by Dreamtonics Co., Ltd., and was released as a Synthesizer V AI voice database for Synthesizer V Studio in April 2022. yetHis voice provider has not been revealed.
Concept[]
Like previous Dreamtonics vocals before him, MAN-M2 was intended to be treated as an official voice database or an indispensable "reference-level" type of singing voice, representing Dreamtonics's brand quality. After his name, Mo Chen, was selected, Dreamtonics hoped that he could become a singer who broke the silence and conveyed the rhythm beside every creator, and conveyed the soulful lyrics and melody farther ahead, echoing in every midnight waiting to be heard.
Etymology[]
Upon introduction, MAN-M2 was known through only his codename. In the description of his first demo, Dreamtonics announced they were launching a contest to decide his final name. It was requested that his name should reflect his vocal characteristics and should be two to three Chinese characters long.
The name was created by Shan Shu (善树) who noted that "based on the style of the demo and the charm of the lyrics, the voice leaned toward reservation; although it is urbanized, it did not stay in busyness, instead wandering the darkness below neon lights, giving a sense of roaming in all directions as one wishes. Although there might be acceleration like at the last line of a song from time to time, it would still mostly return to calmness. This is a voice that belonged to the night, to a barren wilderness, to rainy nights, to under a roof; born from a silent time, passing onto the human's world of loneliness and helplessness. Therefore, I used the silent times that belonged to his name, which shall be 'Mo Chen'".
Reflecting Shan Shu's definition, "Mo" (默; Mò) means "quiet", "silent", or "still" while "Chen" (辰; Chén) means "time". Combined, Mo Chen's name means "quiet time", "silent time", or "still time".
Appearance[]
Like previous Dreamtonics voicebanks, rather than having an official human-like avatar, Mo Chen is represented by an abstract symbol, the letters M and O, which are drawn from the first part of his name in romanization. The letters are grey with hints of light navy blue and purple on the M and hints of azure blue on the O. The O is rectangle-shaped. Characterization is left to the song producers themselves rather than the product, so Mo Chen is open to any form of visual interpretation, allowing the producer to decide what they would like him to look like.
Voice Libraries[]
- Mo Chen AI (Synthesizer V Studio), April 9, 2022
Additional Information[]
Marketing[]
Like Qing Su, when MAN-M2 was introduced through his first demo, Dreamtonics announced that they would like users to give the next generation of virtual singers a name that only belonged to them. For MAN-M2, Dreamtonics requested three things: the name had to be two to three Chinese characters long, it should reflect his vocal characteristics, and that to participate, users were to share the video, follow the official Dreamtonics bilibili account, and comment with their selected name. The contest ran from March 25 to April 1, with the winning name set for announcement on April 3. The winning participant would be presented with a set of Synthesizer V Studio Pro and MAN-M2's library. The name was created by Shan Shu (善树).
Like previous Dreamtonics vocals, Mo Chen was treated as an official or standard vocal for the engine, where he could be found in demonstrations of Synthesizer V Studio and its AI capabilities. After his name was chosen, Mo Chen was put up for pre-sale on Dreamtonics's Taobao store, which is part of their sales model for the Chinese market. On April 9, 2022, he was released a week early and was made available on the official Dreamtonics international store. The only partnered storefront Mo Chen was not available on was AH-Software Co. Ltd.'s store, which was mainly used to market towards the Japanese userbase.
During Mo Chen's pre-order period, a raffle was launched for five users to potentially win a copy of Synthesizer V Studio Pro and Qing Su's voice database. Participants had to follow Dreamtonics's account and forward the announcement post. Winners were selected on his release date. For users who already bought Mo Chen, they were entitled to a full refund of their purchase. The winners were announced on April 20.
Reputation[]
Reaction[]
As a vocalist without an official character, this allowed producers and fans to create their own for Mo Chen, resulting in a variety of designs. His voice was also noted to sound professional, well done, realistic, and was met with overall positive and impressed reactions.
Impact[]
As a Dreamtonics product to demonstrate the capabilities of Synthesizer V Studio (specifically Synthesizer V AI), Mo Chen was considered to be one of the default or reference vocals used for tech demos, allowing for producers to compare and understand the differences per update. He had a professional feel and made for a good starting AI voice database, which was especially praised for sounding realistic and helped gauge interest in this type of voice database for Synthesizer V as a whole.
Achievements[]
- First male Mandarin Chinese voice database released by Dreamtonics.
- First male Mandarin Chinese AI voice database to be released.
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