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Tsurumaki Maki (弦巻マキ) is a Japanese and English Talk Voice developed by AH-Software Co. Ltd., and was released for CeVIO AI in June 2021.[1] She originally debuted as a VOICEROID+ speech voicebank in November 2010, later receiving an update for VOICEROID+ EX in October 2014. At the same time as her CeVIO AI release, she was also made available on Synthesizer V Studio as Standard and AI voice databases. She later received a text-to-speech voicebank for VOICEPEAK in February 2024 and is now expected to receive Japanese and English Talk Voice libraries for VoiSona Talk in June 2024.[2]
Her voice provider is Manami Tanaka, a Japanese voice actress.[3] During her VOICEROID period, she was voiced by Tomoe Tamiyasu.[4]
Concept[]
Maki's character first appeared as one of the mascot characters of jamBAND (jamバンド). This is a special edition of "Music Maker Producer Edition" which is a DAW released by AH-Software. Maki plays the guitar in her band with the other mascot characters.
She lives alone with her father because her mother died very young. She wants to buy a dachshund. Her father was a band musician; when Maki was born, he retired from music and opened his cafeteria named "Maki", where his food specialty is seasoned eggs.[5]
- Favorite Phrase: "Go go gyungyun!" (「ぎゅんぎゅん行くよー!」; Gyungyun iku yō!)
- Special Move: Great Electric Fire (グレート・エレキ・ファイヤー)
- Instrument: Guitar
- Guitar Type: Fender Mustang
- Leader of: jamBAND
- Birthday: September 15
- Sign: Virgo
- Blood Type: A+
- Favorite Food: Lasagna
- Hated Food: None
- Favorite Color: Red
- Favorite Historical Figure: Mother Teresa of Calcutta
- She is not good with word games.
- Hobbies: Watching sports, watching movies, reading.
- Favorite Movies: Streets of Fire, Strictly Ballroom.
Etymology[]
Work in Progress
Appearance[]
Both of Maki's Japanese and English illustrations were designed by Umetani Atarō.
Japanese[]
Maki wears a white a white crop top shirt with a black pattern and the numbers, “1964”. Underneath is a red tank top. On her shoulders is a oversized grey jacket. She has short black shorts with a white belt that is not tucked in through her belt loops. She has long red socks with white stripes starting at her upper thighs. Her shoes are orange, white and black sneakers. She wears many accessories, such as a crimson bracelet and necklace, a black chocker, colorful buttons on the sleeves of her jacket, and a blue hair ribbon. Her hair is long and golden, pulled into a ponytail. In both designs, her eyes are emerald colored.
English[]
The design is reminiscent of Maki's VOICEROID box art. Her shirt and skirt are styled after a school uniform. The main colors are cream and olive green. A big yellow bow decorates the top half of the shirt. She wears short white socks and the same sneakers as featured in the Japanese design. Around her neck is a pair of black headphones with a red and silver design. Her long gold hair is wavy and let down.
Relations[]
- jamBAND - A female music group that includes a robot.
History[]
Marketing[]
A contest to design a new outfit for Maki was held from March 26 to April 30, 2020. The contest winners were revealed on May 15[6] with one grand prize winner, two runner ups, six honorable mentions, and three select choices from Umetani Atarō, LESS Kitayama, and Tomohide Ogata. Every winning design, including the honorable mentions, would be made into official merchandise for Maki.[7] On July 30, the official illustration of the Grand Prize design, illustrated by Umetani Atarō, was revealed and added to the contest page.[8]
Voicebanks[]
- Tsurumaki Maki
- Summary
- Tsurumaki Maki (VOICEROID+), November 12, 2010
- Tsurumaki Maki EX (VOICEROID+ EX), October 30, 2014
- Tsurumaki Maki Standard (Synthesizer V Studio), June 18, 2021
- Tsurumaki Maki AI (Synthesizer V AI), June 18, 2021
- Tsurumaki Maki English Standard (Synthesizer V Studio), June 18, 2021
- Tsurumaki Maki English AI (Synthesizer V AI), June 18, 2021
- Tsurumaki Maki Talk Voice (CeVIO AI), June 18, 2021
- Tsurumaki Maki Talk Voice English (CeVIO AI), June 18, 2021
- Tsurumaki Maki (VOICEPEAK), February 15, 2024
- Tsurumaki Maki (VoiSona Talk), In development, expected June 20, 2024
- Tsurumaki Maki English (VoiSona Talk), In development, expected June 20, 2024
Media featuring Tsurumaki Maki[]
- "CeVIO Tsurumaki Maki" on Niconico Video
- "CeVIO Tsurumaki Maki" on YouTube
- "CeVIO Tsurumaki Maki" on bilibili
- "CeVIO Tsurumaki Maki" on SoundCloud
- "CeVIO 弦巻マキ" on Niconico Video
- "CeVIO 弦巻マキ" on YouTube
- "CeVIO 弦巻マキ" on bilibili
- "CeVIO 弦巻マキ" on SoundCloud
Reputation[]
Status
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References[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmqBPc-ps4A
- ↑ https://x.com/ahsoft/status/1771009208529609082
- ↑ https://www.ah-soft.com/images/products/maki/seiyuu.jpg
- ↑ vocaloidism
- ↑ https://dic.nicovideo.jp/a/弦巻マキ
- ↑ https://x.com/ahsoft/status/1261190214300561409
- ↑ https://www.ah-soft.com/event/contest-maki/
- ↑ https://x.com/ahsoft/status/1288671240350085120