The Creator of the Second Dimension

Chu Future finished the recording work in the recording studio and walked out of the transparent room.

The heating in the room was turned on a little high, coupled with the continuous sound, his face was flushed, looking like a ripe apple.

"it is finally over."

The staff responsible for recording sighed, his name is Hu Weijie, he used to be a senior engineer of Yamaha Electronics, and after Yamaha Electronics closed down, he brought this production line to Hatsune Video Network.

"Mr. Hu, how long will the follow-up deployment take?"

Xu Rui asked, he brought a cup of warm water to Chu Future, watched him hold it in his hand, and drank it slowly.

"I think it will be ready to go online after the next year, after all, Yamaha Electronics has already achieved a high degree of completion before."

Hu Weijie replied, he glanced at the screen, and there were countless complicated waveform diagrams inside, which might be confusing to outsiders.

"Director Xu, I still don't understand how this thing works?"

Chu Future drank a couple of sips of water, then leaned over to ask.

"To put it simply, the recording you provided before is the fuel for this sound synthesis engine, which is used to make sounds for it."

Xu Rui pointed to the electronic piano beside him, and then spoke.

"For example, the electronic organ, the official name of the electronic organ is actually an electronic music synthesizer, but it is called an electronic organ because it looks like a piano. The first electronic organ recorded the sound of a real musical instrument, just like a repeater. Press the corresponding key. Just repeat the corresponding sound, and by recording different instruments, the electronic organ can also become an electronic drum, an electronic guitar, etc. "

"The sound synthesis engine is to change the recorded instrument into your voice, and press specific keys to form words, just like."

Hu Weijie tapped a few keys on another screen and pressed play.

"Hi everyone, I'm Chu Future."

The computer immediately issued a slightly weird but still clear voice. Although the tone was a bit strange, it could be heard that it was 80% similar to Chu Future's voice.

"Wow"

Chu Future's eyes widened.

Hu Weijie smiled, tapped the keyboard for a while, and played a melody, in which Chu Future's voice was singing.

Although the feeling of singing still has some mechanical texture, it is already very close to the human voice. If mixing and special effects are added, it can almost be confused with the real one.

"But what can this be used for?"

Chu Weilai tilted his head, blinked his eyes and asked, after all, he was only a fifteen-year-old child, and he couldn't think so 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 themselves are not good at singing. Even if you write a good song, you can only wait for others to discover it, and this sound synthesis engine allows those creators to freely create their own songs."

Xu Rui said that all-around singers who can both sing and compose lyrics are rare, such as Su Liyu and Chu Future are singers with good singing skills.

Due to the limitations of their own singing skills, amateur composers are easily buried if they cannot find a suitable singer to perform.

"The second role is a virtual idol."

"Virtual idol?"

Chu Weiwei didn't understand again. He knew the meaning of the word separately, but it seemed to become something else when combined.

"Yes, this is what Yamaha Electronics wanted to do before."

Hu Weijie said with some regret.

"We give an image to the sound synthesis engine. The music produced by the sound synthesis engine is her work. Such singers will never change their image no matter how time goes by. They have eternal voices and ageless faces. Ten, twenty, or even fifty years later, he will be able to sing with a clear voice."

When he said this, Hu Weijie's eyes were a little blurred. Once upon a time, he also believed in such a picture, but with the bankruptcy of Yamaha Electronics, all dreams have passed away.

Originally came to Xu Rui's side, Hu Weijie wanted to send the sound synthesis software he made for the last time, but unexpectedly, Xu Rui actually found a very suitable sound source. Hu Weijie once did My dream might come true.

"Wow, that sounds amazing."

Chu Weiwei 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 the creators, I plan to distribute some beta versions to the creators under our website after the sound synthesis engine is debugged, so that they can create and promote it."

Xu Rui explained that the price of the standard version of the sound synthesis engine is about 1,500, and the advanced version is 2,500, including the manager, the main program, and the sound source library, which is a bit expensive for ordinary creators.

Xu Rui also has his own reasons for pricing this way.

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 priced at hundreds of dollars for ordinary people. Secondly, the authors who can really use this software to create are bound to be a minority among animation fans. , and a sound synthesis engine priced at 1,000 yuan is not expensive for people like them who understand music. After all, an electronic piano costs tens of thousands of yuan. This price is normal for musical instruments, and it is even a little cheap.

Of course, if the sale goes well, Xu Rui will find other audio sources to record and launch an expanded audio source package. The modification and improvement of Chu Future’s voice will also be released as a paid update. Xu Rui is not a philanthropist after all, the money he should earn Definitely still worth it.

"As for virtual idols, I asked Sister Qianqian to come up with a draft first. After our meeting and discussion, the basic image has been roughly determined."

Xu Rui signaled Hu Weijie to open a folder, which contained a lot of design drafts. He found the most complete one, opened it, and a girl with long double ponytails appeared on the screen.

She was wearing a gray suit shirt with a narrow waist, the black bell sleeves were separated from the clothes, and her lower body was a black pleated skirt, black stockings, and small leather shoes.

The girl's hair color is light green, and the tie of the suit shirt is also the same color. Apart from black, white and gray, the rest of her body is dotted with many light green accessories, which are very eye-catching.

She looks cheerful and innocent, exuding the vitality of a girl. The design of her clothing has a somewhat electromechanical feel, which is quite in line with the concept of virtual idol and electronic singer.

"so cute."

When Chu Future saw this picture, he immediately called out.

"Ahem, in fact, sister Qianqian referred to your image when designing this character, and she probably created it with the mentality of 'what would happen if I were a girl in the future'."

Xu Rui explained, making Chu Future blushed suddenly.

"I, I'm not."

He tucked the lower half of his face into his turtleneck like a bunny.

"Well, no kidding, in a sense, this is the embodiment of you and your sister."

Xu Rui patted Chu Future on the shoulder and said.

"This, uh, virtual idol, what's the name you plan to call?"

Chu Weilai glanced at the cute girl with two ponytails, and asked again.

"I've already figured it out. Since this image was born from Hatsune Video Network and is your voice in the future, it's called, um."

Xu Rui paused, then continued.

"Hatsune Miku."