Synthesizer V, also referred to as SynthV is a singing synthesis engine developed by Dreamtonics Co., Ltd..
A Technical Preview was announced August 8, 2018 and distribution began on August 19, 2018.[1] The full Production Release officially released in late December 2018.[2]
History[]
2015[]
Kanru Hua stated on Twitter, the first line of code, the proto-proto libllsm (written in March 2015), eventually became part of Synthesizer V.[3]
2017[]
Development for Synthesizer V began in 2017. Kanru Hua released a demo[4] using three vocals known tentatively at the time as ENG-F1, JA-F1 & MAN-M1. Synthesizer V made its first official debut on December 1, 2017.[5]
2018[]
In February 2018, Kanru Hua posted a listening test to receive feedback on a new singing pitch model for Synthesizer V.[6]
In August 2018, Kanru Hua released a "Technical Preview" version of Synthesizer V.[7]
On August 20, 2018, Kanru Hua released a survey asking for user feedback on the Technical Preview to be used for future improvements.[8]
On December 24, 2018, Dreamtonics released the Production Release edition of Synthesizer V for sale[9] with substantial improvements over the Technical Preview edition.[10]
2019[]
In March 2019, Kanru Hua announced an application for licensed purchasers of Synthesizer V for early testing of the Mac edition.[11] This version officially released on March 12, 2019[12] and all currently released voices were given Mac versions.[13]
On May 31, 2019 Kanru Hua, with DREAMTONICS, announced in a tweet that he was accepting applications for C++ software engineers to work on the next iteration of Synthesizer V[14] which later became known as Synthesizer V Release 2 or "SVR2"[15]. This would later on in 2020 become known as Synthesizer V Studio.
Updates[]
- Build 013: Allow playhead's refresh rate to be customized, added support for multiline lyrics to Input Lyrics dialog, fixed write permissions for the settings file not being set (Windows), fixed lowercase "" rests in UST files are loaded as notes, fixed incomplete loading of parameters from VSQX 3/4 files, fixed some mistakes in Korean and Japanese translations, fixed bug where ćµ and ć are mis-converted to hu (Note: this is not an issue with the databases but the configuration files bundled with the editor).[16]
- Build 014: Added magnifier, detachable Note Properties panel, keybindings for piano roll navigation, and read/write MIDI lyrics.[17]
- Build 015: Now plays the pitch when creating notes, extended range for loudness parameter, MP3 to WAV conversion option for importing instrumentals.[18]
- Build 016: Added Mac support (10.11 +), makes mouse behaviors configurable for note creation / editing, commands added for play / loop selection, removed invalid characters in the output path, notify the user before overwriting presets, ability to press Enter on the selected note to edit lyrics, now uses project name as the default for rendering results, removed non-existing files from recently opened files, added save/don't save options to quit confirmation dialog, fixed bug where it crashes when switching tracks on-the-fly from Track Manager.[19]
- Build 017: Better performance when importing MIDI files with excessive BPM events, fixed bug where the engine does not properly implement syllable onset property for plosives and affricates (users will notice that "syllable onset" property becomes much easier to control after this update), fixed bug where time signature can not be modified at some bars 16, fixed bug where recently opened files list is not updated when opening legacy project files (.json), fixed Phoneme Viewer is empty bug (Mac)[20]
- Build 018: Broken file binding (.s5p) on Windows 24, fixed high frequency chirp noises in voiced vocals, fixed glitches and waveform discontinuities in unvoiced vocals, link against the latest libcurl4 on Linux to fix dependency issues. A mistake was found in the Mac package configuration that caused the editor unable to load Chinese voices. The repackaged Mac version has been uploaded as of Sept. 4, 2019.[21]
Requirements[]
- OS: Microsoft Windows 7 or higher (32/64 bit), Ubuntu 16.04 or higher (64 bit), Mac 10.11 (El Capitan) or higher
- CPU: Intel Core processor or AMD equivalents
- RAM: 1GB or more.
- HDD: 500 MB (with one voice database installed)
Releases[]
Editor[]
References[]
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1027354095227523072
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1077189890180149248
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1112006856283570177
- ā https://soundcloud.com/kanru-hua/synthesizer-v-demo
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/936463709203062784
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/969065287155888128
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1027354095227523072
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1031446551732707328
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1077189890180149248
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1078547103561920512
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1103616971822661632
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1105509415162007552
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1110499169486045184
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1134381595270320129
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1154988155256262657
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1078230919092174848
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1081066702408806400
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1083557595779018752
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1105509415162007552
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1123849359450419200
- ā https://twitter.com/khuasw/status/1168120291886862336
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