Saki (サキ, previously known as "JA-F2" and "Masaki")[1] is a female Japanese voicebank created by Dreamtonics Co., Ltd. originally for the Web Synthesizer V software. She was released as a Standard voicebank for the desktop version Synthesizer V Studio on July 30, 2020[2] and received an AI voicebank on December 25, 2020. Both are available as Lite voicebanks.[3][4]
Her voice provider has never been revealed though was hinted to be a singer-songwriter according to AH-Software's webpage.
Concept[]
Saki is a singing Japanese voice database "based on the singing voice of a talented singer-songwriter" (identity not revealed). "Her natural singing voice naturally adapts to any occasion. It is a beautiful singing voice that is good at rock, etc. in the high range, from ballads and pops."[5]
Etymology[]
Saki (サキ) is a derivation of Masaki (マサキ), which was the former name for the library found in the website directory of Web Synthesizer V. At the time, Saki was only known simply as codename JA-F2. It was not until the release of Saki for Synthesizer V Studio that a proper name was officially given for her.
Appearance[]
Similar to what YAMAHA did in VOCALOID for VY1 and a few other voicebanks, Saki has no official human-like avatar, being represented instead by an abstract symbol: a set of pink-red, lime-green, and sky-blue triplet stripes criss-crossing each other (forming secondary colors like orange-red, cyan-green, and fuchsia on the corners) to form a rhomboid capital letter "S" (for "Saki"). Characterization then shifts towards the song producer themselves rather than towards the product itself, so Saki is open to any form of visual interpretation.
History[]
Marketing[]
Saki was made available on both Animen's ANiCUTE shop and on AH-Software's shop, making her become readily available for users. Both Standard and AI were also made available as Lite voicebanks, allowing people to try them if they wished. Saki is also used to demonstrate the tech of Synthesizer V Studio and Synthesizer V AI, almost as though she were treated as the standard vocal for the engine.
Voicebanks[]
- JA-F2 (Synthesizer V), Unreleased
- JA-F2 (Masaki*) (Web Synthesizer V), December 31, 2019
- Saki Standard (Synthesizer V Studio), July 30, 2020
- Saki Standard Lite (Synthesizer V Studio), July 30, 2020
- Saki AI (Synthesizer V Studio), December 25, 2020
- Saki AI Lite (Synthesizer V Studio), December 25, 2020
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