Chapter 128. Electronic singers
Chu Future finished the recording work in the studio and walked out of the transparent room.
The heating in the room was turned up a little high, and with the constant vocalizations, his face was flushed and looked like a ripe apple.
"It's finally over."
The staff in charge of the inclusion sighed, his name is Hu Weijie, he used to be a senior engineer of Yamaha Electronics, and after the collapse of Yamaha Electronics, he came to Hatsune Video Network with this production line.
"Mr. Hu, how long will the follow-up deployment take?"
Xu Rui asked, he took a glass of warm water to Chu Future, watched him hold it in the palm of his hand, and drank it slowly.
"I think it will be almost online after the year, after all, the completion of Yamaha Electronics has been very high."
Hu Weijie replied, he glanced at the screen, there were countless complex waveform diagrams, and outsiders would probably be confused when they saw it.
"Director Xu, I still don't understand, how does this thing work?"
Chu Future took two sips of water and leaned over to ask.
"To put it simply, the recordings you provided earlier are the fuel for this sound synthesis engine, which is used to sound it."
Xu Rui pointed to the electronic piano on the side, and then spoke.
"For example, the official name of the electronic organ is actually called the electronic music synthesizer, but because it looks like a piano, it is called an electronic organ, and the first electronic organ contains the sound of a real instrument, just like a repeater, press the corresponding key, and the corresponding sound is repeated, and the electronic organ can also become an electronic drum and an electronic guitar through the different instruments included."
"The sound synthesis engine is to change the recorded instrument to your voice, and compose the words by pressing a specific key, just like ......"
Hu Weijie clicked a few keys on the other screen and pressed play.
"Hello everyone, I'm Chu Future."
The computer immediately emitted slightly strange but clear words, although the tone was a little strange, but it could be heard that it was eighty percent similar to Chu Future's voice.
"Wow......"
Chu Future's eyes widened.
Hu Weijie smiled, knocked on the keyboard for a while, and played a melody, and in the melody, Chu Future's voice was singing.
Although there is still some mechanical texture to the singing, it is already very close to the human voice, and if you add the mixing and special effects, it can almost be fake.
"But what can you do with it?"
Chu Future tilted his head, blinked his eyes and asked, after all, he was only a fifteen-year-old child, and he couldn't think of it that far.
"This sound synthesis engine has two functions, first, it is used to stimulate creation, we all know that it is very difficult to create a complete song, and the singer is a big problem, many creators are not good at their own singing skills, even if they write good tunes, they can only wait for others to discover, this sound synthesis engine can allow those creators to create their own songs freely."
Xu Rui said that it is rare to find all-round singers who can sing and compose lyrics, such as Su Liyu and Chu Future, who are both singers with good singing skills.
Amateur composers are limited by their own singing skills, and if they can't find a suitable singer to perform, then they can easily be buried.
"The second role is a virtual idol."
"Virtual idols?"
Chu Future didn't understand it again, he knew the meaning of the word separately, but when it was combined, it seemed to become something else.
"That's right, that's what Yamaha Electronics wanted to do before."
Hu Weijie said with some embarrassment.
"We give an image to the synthesizing engine, and the music produced by the synthesizing engine is her work, such singers, no matter how time passes, will never change their image, they have a timeless voice, an ageless face, and they can sing a clear voice in 10, 20, or even 50 years."
When he said this, Hu Weijie's eyes were a little blurry, once upon a time, he also believed in such a picture, but with the collapse of Yamaha Electronics, all dreams have passed.
Originally, he came to Xu Rui's side, Hu Weijie was holding the mentality of breaking the can and falling, and wanted to send the sound synthesis software he made for the last trip, but he didn't expect that Xu Rui really found an extremely suitable sound source, and Hu Weijie's dream may really come true.
"Wow, that sounds amazing."
Chu Future seems to know what Xu Rui said before, what is the way to let himself and his deceased sister perform on the same stage.
"As for creators, I'm going to distribute some beta versions to our creators on our website after the sound synthesis engine is debugged, so that they can create and promote it."
Xu Rui explained that the standard version of the sound synthesis engine is priced at about 1,500, and the premium version is 2,050, which includes the manager, main program, and audio library, which is slightly expensive for the average creator.
The reason for this pricing, Xu Rui also has his own reasons.
First of all, the investment in the sound synthesis engine itself is relatively high, and the added value of the software determines that the price cannot be hundreds of people, and secondly, the authors who can really use this software to create are bound to be a minority among animation lovers, and the sound synthesis engine at the price of 1,000 yuan is not expensive for people like them who understand music, after all, an electronic organ costs tens of thousands of yuan, which is a normal price in musical instruments, and even a little cheap.
Of course, if the release is good, Xu Rui will also find other music sources to collect, launch an expanded music source package, and the modification and improvement of Chu's future voice will also be launched as a paid update, Xu Rui is not a philanthropist after all, and the money that should be earned must still be earned.
"Regarding virtual idols, I asked Sister Qianqian to come up with a draft first, and after our meeting and discussion, the basic image has been roughly determined."
Xu Rui motioned to Hu Weijie to open a folder, which contained a large number of design drafts, he found the most complete, one, opened, and a girl with a long double ponytail appeared on the screen.
She wore a cinched gray blazer with black bell sleeves that were separated from her clothes, and a black pleated skirt with black stockings and small leather shoes.
The girl's hair color is green green, and the tie of her suit shirt is the same color, and in addition to black, white and gray, she is decorated with many green jewelry, which is very eye-catching.
She looks cheerful and innocent, exuding the vitality of a girl, and the design of her clothes has a bit of an electromechanical feeling, which is quite in line with the concept of virtual idols and electronic singers.
"It's so cute."
When Chu Future saw this picture, he immediately called out.
"Ahem, in fact, when this character was designed, Sister Qianqian referred to your image, probably with the mentality of 'what if it was a girl in the future'."
Xu Rui explained, making Chu Future blush.
"I-I'm not."
He tucked the lower half of his face into a turtleneck, like a bunny.
"Okay, no kidding, in a sense, this is the embodiment of you and your sister."
Xu Rui patted Chu Future's shoulder and said.
"What's this, uh, virtual idol, going to be called?"
Chu Future glanced at the cute two-ponytailed girl and asked again.
"I've already thought about it, since this image was born from the first sound video network, and it is your voice in the future, it's called, well......"
Xu Rui paused and continued.
"Hatsune Miku."