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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I cannot. I must own his voice like a sea witch taking it from a mermaid

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-that doesn’t mesh well with the engine.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-are complimented by the engine noise. The closest thing they have tried is Po-Uta, which while I think the idea was good, I feel like the choice of effects they used for his recordings made for poor execution. Meanwhile, the majority of other voices try to go for a realistic or neutral direction-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-significant range of expression in V6, because it makes it all sound the same. I also do think that certain vocal types can work on V6 though, like Miku ( although, I feel her V6 has its own problems ). But Yamaha, nor third parties seem to have any interest in actually making voicebanks that-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-flaws. Not necessarily with her individual voicebanks, they’re… fine for what they are. But mainly considering how her normal and SOLID voicebanks compare, i.e. they’re barely distinguishable unless they’re singing right next to each other, and even then it can be hard. She can’t have any sort of-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

voicebanks ( ironically enough, for a product originally meant to imitate the VP ), so, that + whatever concatenative -like stuff they’re doing in V6, it doesn’t surprise me that her V6 more closely resembles her older voicebanks than SynthV. Even so, even Gumi I think is a notable example of V6’s-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, for Zola, Kyo is actually based on brand new recordings, and I believe the other two also mainly use Kyo as inference, so, it’s interesting they, or at least Kyo, still sounds relatively the same. As for Gumi, her AI banks are actually voice acted, ironically enough, to sound like her old-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-better geared to her intended genres and vocal performance on SynthV than on V6, even without SynthV's extra features, just because now V6's extremely heavy engine noise isn't totally holding her down. Doing basically anything interesting on V6 seems like a massive uphill battle.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-but they're just not at all distinct enough, because any qualities that'd make them stand out are heavily suppressed by the engine noise, or poor vocal direction. And it's beyond frustrating that it feels like no one seems to care. And I think Koto especially is proof of that, given she's a lot-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-sound like the older engines, but worse. And not only that, but the engine noise is so heavy that it homogenizes the sound of a lot of voices in a way that wasn't nearly as big of an issue in previous gens. And it sucks, because V6 has a lot of voices with a lot of potential, Fuiro, Gekiyaku, Koto-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Regarding VOCALOID, I agree. I think that has to be the case, because so many vocals with new recordings sound a lot like classic VOCALOID synthesis, that I think they HAVE to be doing something specifically to sound like the old method. In theory, I don't hate that idea, but in practice they just-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In other news, Bennett's recent demo is invading my brain. Curse you producers being so talented. It makes me want to spend money

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-commercial vsynths that butchered their VP's recordings in unique and interesting ways to the point that it'll stand on its own merits even from the vp, instead of seeking to be an exact clone like nowadays.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-aggressively Americanized by the synth he's in ( a la Sweet Ann or Ninezero ), and whose marketing seems to be centered around that quality as being one of his most notable traits. But a lot of modern commercial vsynths are just... not interesting to me, and I kind of wish we could go back to-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Granted, that may be starting to shift somewhat. In particular, I think voices like VoiSona Hitsuji Mio and Bennett are refreshing breaths of fresh air. Mio's vocals are delightfully androgynous and full of personality, and Bennett is a bit of a unique case as an Australian vocal that isn't-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-uninteresting when it's not done with enough deliberation or compelling vocal direction. A cutesy moe voice can work, but just doing a cutesy voice on its own isn't usually enough to make a product that stands on its own with the utter oversaturation of that kind of voice present in the space.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-of interest in vsynths, or in the interest of making a good singing product, but more to promote their own brand, or "be like Miku". Which, again, I don't want to shame, but there's a LOT of that when it comes to commercial character voices right now, and I personally find that it to be-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

-concept with a lot of potential. But in practice I find that the only VTubers currently making their own vsynths all mostly fall into the same cutesy moeblob archetype where they're at times impossible to tell apart. And, I may be assuming in bad faith, but it feels less like they participate out-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Which, realistic voices are cool, but there are so many that it feels like character voices are getting drowned out. And when it IS character voices, half the time it's VTubers with very similar voice types. Which, not to be disparaging to them, I've always thought VTubers making vsynths was a-

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I find myself missing commercial concatenative synths. Lately, AI synths haven't been as interesting to me. Partially because of all the problems in the last post I made, ( and that I find DiffSinger unpleasant to tune in ). But also because I feel there's kind of a push for realistic voices

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

VOX Factory: On thin ice with AI bro nonsense To me, it seems like VoiSona would be the best to develop for currently, but it's still feels really rough to use. I feel like there are no great options right now.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lately I've been imagining being a commercial VSynth company trying to decide on a platform, and... VOCALOID6: Sounds horrible, and heavily suppresses notable vocal qualities SV2: Can't turn the horrible pitch models off CeVIO AI/VoiSona: Decent, but missing various QOL features ACE Studio: Jfc

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Never mind that I later learned that user spouted manosphere bullshit, and publicly joked about sexually assaulting other player characters and like??? The should be an insta-ban for life on its own??? I left, obviously, because that degree of spinelessness and complicity is incredible. Holy shit.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They sent bots to the server. They created an alt to get back on the server. They posted a nude photo ON said alt account’s pfp. And THEN, still on the same day, the admin is like “Hey, he promises to be good, let’s let him back in”???? FUCK no

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Whatever that even means. I eventually told the admin that I wasn’t really comfortable staying in the group with people like that, and they actually removed them from the group. Which was good! Then one of the guys that got banned started doing all sorts of crap.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I recently was invited to a D&D server. I played one session, and it was fun, but I peeked in the chat every so often, and there were a couple of people who were just… really mean to everyone else for no reason at all. And they just kind of got away with it bc they’re apparently the “best players”??

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Same though, I don’t even need half of them, but every so often I have this NEED to write a reclist, and most of the time I don’t even do anything with them, it’s a problem

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The email they responded with was <aries@14star.com>, which I think might be linked to a completely different business, so I wouldn't send to that one initially unless you really need to. It's legit though, I got my installer and serial code working on SV1 and 2 with no issues.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've seen two email addresses they allegedly respond to, and the one they actually responded with was different from both of them. I ended up sending to both of the addresses I knew about. This is them if anyone needs them. <eshop@animen.com.tw> <volor@animen.com.tw>

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Just bought AiKO too. IDK what Animen's status is, but at least as of today, they're still selling their products via email.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I just delete the space after the comma tbh

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s even funnier when people react to it in-universe. People are like “Wait she’s THAT Dante???”

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Mark my words, there's going to be a 3D Animated movie within the next decade, probably made by Dreamworks lbh, specifically about the cat distribution system, but it's like a secret industry, a la Boss Baby or Storks And I kinda want it tbh

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Although they did have one post last month… kinda seems like they’re recording an AI song database, based on the sheet music and DAW on the screen. Whether it’s for Kotaro’s nChant, or something else though, who can really say? x.com/virvox_pjt/s...

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yeah, I’m honestly wondering too. Tbh, if it is as I think, I wouldn’t really expect any major developments for Genbu any time soon. We’ve barely heard so much as a peep from Virvox since Kotaro’s Maghni AI announcement.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Granted, there’s the Tellius games, but that case was very much written with the “and they were best friends forever” historian style of writing, and the gayness was very much subtext. This is just plain explicitly gay, I’m so glad I played this route first

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Genuinely can’t believe there’s a gay romance subplot in the actual main story of a Fire Emblem game I always said Nintendo was too cowardly to attempt this. Well played.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If there was any doubt before ( “Graphic Media” on for spoilers ) #fireemblemfortunesweave #ff18 #spoilers

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So I’m wondering if, since he’s already prominently featured as part of Virvox’s lineup anyways, they simply transferred GENBU’s rights to them. This is all pure speculation, tbc.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As I understand it, technically Virvox didn’t own Genbu, they simply got permission to feature him as part of their group. It’s why his Virvox-managed voicebanks, namely his VoiceVox and TALQu voicebanks, don’t actually call him GENBU, but Kurono Takehiro.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Y’know, I was thinking it was kind of strange that AHS just… isn’t going to be selling GENBU anymore. Like, if Animen transferred the rights of Eleanor to AHS, why not GENBU too? They already have distribution rights. Then it hit me though… I wonder if GENBU’s rights got transferred to Virvox

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Basically, buy GENBU from AHS or DLSite if you want him, bc he might not be available much longer. I also fear that AHS giving us a specific date for GENBU’s discontinuation may mean Animen may be completely shutting down soon as well, so I wouldn’t rely on their email purchases either.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So, it occurs to me that everybody might not know the full context of this skeet. GENBU is being discontinued by AHS on the 30th, basically meaning the only way you MIGHT be able to purchase him is through Animen’s email thing they’ve been doing since their closure, if they’re still even doing that

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

sameeee, I hate it so much. The pitch model even on full Stable/Rigid makes such inexplicable decisions that it makes me want tear my ears out

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So, I’m a little afraid they may be completely down since AHS’s announcement of adopting Eleanor, or Animen they may be fully closing on the 30th, and that’s why they won’t distribute GENBU anymore. But, I may just be catastrophizing, I’ll just have to wait and find out.

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I just bought GENBU from Dlsite, as AHS are no longer selling him after the 30th, so I wanted to get him before I couldn’t anymore. To me, his discontinuation is an ill omen for the current state of Animen, and the earliest confirmation of an email purchase I could find was a month ago

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've emailed VOLOR about AiKO too. Hopefully I'll get a response and they'll let me buy her

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

His pitch model is garbage though. To be expected from an SV1 Standard database, since it's not made from standard singing. Of course, this wouldn't be an issue if I could TURN IT OFF DREAMTONICS. HMMMM??? CURIOUS THAT I CAN'T DO THAT IN YOUR HYPER-ADVANCED V SYNTH SOFTWARE

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Just bought GENBU. Played with it a little bit in SV2. GENBU is... weirdly operatic in English XLS. I like it

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deadbyte @deadbyte.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Tumblr OP is Esmeralda Also, Dietrich is 110% bi/pan, he essentially says as much in this support, and we love that in this house

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