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Peiton (ペイトン) is a vocal synthesizer character first released for the UTAU voice synthesis software in October 2013. He was later released as an AI voicebank using the DiffSinger vocal synthesis engine, titled "Peiton DS" in September 2023.

Concept[]

Peiton is a snow white Samoyed and dyes sections of his fur to resemble that of his mother.

Personality[]

Peiton is an adult that doesn't really feel like an adult. He has a soft side and enjoys being with friends who care about him. He has a few mental problems and likes to drown them out, but he turns to close friends in a time of need.

Relations[]

BUKIMI - Friend and same voice provider
Leigh - Romantic partner and same voice provider
Kuroda, and Watase Maki - Friends
Billy - His high-tech and arguably sentient top-hat

Likes[]

Anything edible
Cold weather
Cuddling
The internet
Randomly breaking into song

Dislikes[]

Privacy Invasion
Paranormal stuff
Waking up early
A lot of people

Etymology[]

エムジア - Emujia; N/A, retired surname.
ペイトン - Peiton; Romaji for Peyton, the name of his creator. He is allowed to be referred to as "Peyton," however his creator doesn't refer to him as such given the fact that they both have the same name.
Pei/Pey - Nickname

Appearance[]

Fur color - Off white body color. He dyes sections of his body pastel pink in a Siberian husky pattern. Legs are partially purple.
Hair color - Brown fluffy hair that is bleached and dyed funky colors; the default color is an off red.
Eye color - Hetero-chromatic eyes, the left being pink and the right being green.
Outfit - Black tank top and denim cutoff shorts. He has a pastel pink and blue jacket that he ties around his waist. His nipples are pierced as well as his ears. The gauges on his ears can be different colors, but the default are the same as the eye colors.
Horns color - Purple horns that match his nose and legs.

History[]

2011[]

On September 13, 2011, Peiton's first voicebank under the alias "PEYLOID" was recorded and just barely configured. It used the CV method with only the phonemes presented on Wikipedia's Hiragana Chart. All covers using this voicebank since then have been taken down, which means that there is no online record of this voicebank's sound.

2013-2016[]

The first official release for PEYLOID was his ACT 3 voicebank on October 23, 2013.The creation of several English voicebank prototypes using PaintedCz's CVVC English reclist had begun as well.

In mid-2014, PEYLOID was rebranded as Peiton Emujia for his ACT 4 release. This also began the recording of several English and Japanese appended voices that never actually came to fruition. The only voicebanks released out of that mess were "Peiton Emujia English Dark" and "Peiton Emujia Falsetto." Note that both of these voicebanks have since then been discontinued.

In 2016 on Peiton's 5th anniversary, a mono-pitch CVVC Japanese voicebank was released.

2017[]

Production began on a "VCV" styled English voicebank. It is described as CVVC with VCV strings for all the basic consonant sounds. It is very basic and primitive, but only served as a proof of concept for future voicebanks. It was released near Peiton's 7th anniversary in 2018. The idea of VCV English has since then been dropped by Peiton's developer.

2018[]

Peiton's most recent release was his new Good Vibes voicebank, which is a multi-pitch custom CVVC English voicebank with tons of extras. This voicebank released on December 31, 2018 and has been getting steady updates ever since.

2019[]

As of 2019, his official surname, "Emujia," has been dropped from all future voicebank releases and updates. His surname is still allowed usage, but it won't be a part of potential official merchandise or promotional material.

Peiton's "Good Vibes" voicebank has since then received 3 major updates as well as an appended "soft" voice. A Japanese counterpart to "Good Vibes" titled "Bubble Tea" was in in development and was intended to release on his 8th anniversary on September 13, 2019. The voicebank ended up releasing on July 22, 2019.

Production for a voicebank on the voice synthesizer, DeepVocal, was planned; in the end, Peiton was replaced by Leigh.

2020-2022[]

A voicebank titled “WildSide” with a “vKei” styled accent has been released and is on the official website up for download as a public beta. This was just an experimental voice, though. Anybody is free to download and use this voicebank, but it will not be receiving any future updates.

It has been confirmed that a new English voicebank for Peiton is in development, however issues with the voice of Peiton’s provider have stunted progress until further notice.

Two new voicebanks titled "Macaron" (ENG) and "Green Tea" (JPN) have been announced. They are set to be released on his anniversary on September 13, 2021.

"Macaron" is an English voicebank that was released on September 13, 2021 to replace "Good Vibes."

"Green Tea" is a CV Japanese voicebank that was halted for release until February of 2022.

2023[]

Peiton's AI voice released for DiffSinger under the moniker Peiton DS was released on his 12th anniversary on September 13, 2023.