REV

REV (レヴ) is a vocal synth character by VOCALO Revolution and later on, ZAN-SHIN Co., Ltd.. He was a mascot for the show VOCALO Revolution alongside CUL. He later received a revival around May 2021 where he received voicebanks for TALQu and DeepVocal with the REV Reboot Project. He later received a CoeFont on July 19, 2021.

His voice is tentatively being provided by his creator, ZAN-SHIN Co. Ltd. CCO, HirotoP (ヒロトP), however HirotoP states that depending on his popularity, his voice may be provided by a professional voice actor or singer for a commercial engine.^[1]^[2]

Concept[]

He was first conceptualized as CUL's mascot partner and male counterpart in the show VOCALO Revolution.

Although his character was not publicly given an age when he first debuted, HirotoP reveals in a series of tweets that REV is supposed to be 18 years old^[3] and his relationship with CUL is akin to that of an older brother-figure childhood friend.^[4]

Etymology[]

His name, REV (レヴ), comes from the word "Revolution" in reference to the show VOCALO Revolution.

Appearance[]

REV is a young male with tan skin and red hair. He wears a black blazer with red trimming and matching pants. Underneath, he wears a grey long-sleeved shirt and a black and red-trimmed hat with a pair of silver or gray wireless earphones on his head.

Relations[]

CUL - Childhood friend. Female counterpart, fellow character from VOCALO Revolution.
ROSA, WhiteCUL, BlackCUL, MOONCUL, WINDCUL - CUL's sisters and fellow characters by Hiroto-P.

History[]

REV was an original character unveiled on the VOCALO Revolution official website in May 2011 and was intended to be a male counterpart to the VOCALOID3 vocal CUL. He is described to be about 18 years old^[5] and similar to how CUL used the voice of VY1 in music videos, REV was meant to use VY2's voicebank. A 3D model for MikuMikuDance by Kio was also released soon after his introduction.^[6]^[7].

On April Fools 2013, HirotoP joked that REV would be becoming a VOCALOID and that he would be voicing him.^[8] HirotoP would later on reveal that he does have interest in making REV a VOCALOID and that he had some plans for his potential voice provider but that he wasn't sure when he could make it happen.^[9]

In September 2020, it was reiterated on Twitter by Hiroto-P REV was planned to become a VOCALOID like CUL, however, he revealed that progress on the project fell through.^[10]^[11] On May 14, 2021, the REV reboot plan was announced.^[12] REV received a speech library for the AI text-to-speech synthesizer, TALQu, on May 23^[13]^[14] and a beta singing library for the DeepVocal singing synthesizer on May 24.^[15]^[16].

On July 19, 2021, an additional AI speech synthesis library for REV was released for the CoeFont CLOUD speech synthesizer. ^[17]

Marketing[]

A free MMD model by Kio was originally released on the VOCALO Revolution official website. While the original website is now unavailable, the model was re-released on Kio's Blog on May 14, 2021.

Voicebanks[]

REV (レヴ) - TALQu: His TALQu voicebank was made in collaboration with Amano Kei, VirVox Project's director.^[18]

REV ver1.02β (TALQu), May 23, 2021

REV (レヴ) - DeepVocal: His DeepVocal bank was made in collaboration with Yuma (ユウマ), Kemonone Rou's developer, and ATSUYA, Kuro Bousuku's developer.^[19]

REV (DeepVocal), May 24, 2021

REV (レヴ) - CoeFont: His CoeFont voice model.

REV Low-End (CoeFont STUDIO), July 19, 2021

References[]

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Navigation[]

[1] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1392882966179635205

[2] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1392883013919272964

[3] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1307177756728291328

[4] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1307180533294616581

[5] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1307177756728291328

[6] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/66472680743907328

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110526005537/http://www.vocarevo.com:80/aboutvr.html#07

[8] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/318414965633585152

[9] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/322409215211757568

[10] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1248619069248385030

[11] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1307180043827777536

[12] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1392880445344280579

[13] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1396466967276527619

[14] ttps://hirotopan.booth.pm/items/2992388

[15] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1396798162447179778

[16] ttps://hirotopan.booth.pm/items/2992388

[17] ttps://coefont.cloud/coefonts/REV_REV

[18] ttps://hirotopan.booth.pm/items/2990751

[19] ttps://twitter.com/deecloud/status/1396420312879624198

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