Shiki Rowen (VOCALOID6)

==History==
===2021===
On May 17, 2021, yuuma tweeted that Kemonone Row and were expected to have commercial voicebanks developed on a software that would support English input. It was noted that the English voicebanks would be based on Japanese pronunciation.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1394160123866599426 The platform was not confirmed at the time.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1394312575353950210 In regards to Row's name, yuuma noted that he wasn't sure which would be better for a person's name as he didn't know enough English to make a decision, leaving this to fans to give suggestions.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1394518565856759816 This later led to yuuma tweeting that the name would be changed to "Shiki Rowen", Row's real name, after the development of a commercial voicebank was decided. It would serve to unify with the family name "Shiki", which was the same as Shiki Taigen, Row's great-grandfather.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1394512725829513221
Later on July 5, yuuma expressed interest in creating a voice database for Rowen, though a crowdfund would be necessary to produce it.https://web.archive.org/web/20210705053134/https://twitter.com/yumakemononerou/status/1411920644497764353 - Archive of deleted tweet He later asked overseas fans on July 7 if Rowen's voicebank should be on , and if so, a Standard voice database was considered due to budget.https://web.archive.org/web/20210707042608/https://twitter.com/yumakemononerou/status/1412628895896014853 - Archive of deleted tweet Synthesizer V was not a final decision, but it was confirmed to still be a consideration. A decision on crowdfunding would be dependent on support and encouragement from fans.http://web.archive.org/web/20210707045217/https://twitter.com/yumakemononerou/status/1412635485416001545 - Archive of deleted tweet The estimated budget would be based on previous successful Synthesizer V crowdfunds.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1412640266041786368
===2022===
On July 26, 2022, yuuma announced that Shiki Rowen was now being recorded for an AI singing voicebankhttps://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1551790771602264065 which would be first released for free on the engine.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1551791655505694720 In response to inquiries by fans, he said that Synthesizer V was no longer in considerationhttps://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1551792064534196224https://twitter.com/yumakemononerou/status/1551792301558468610 but that other commercial platforms were being considered;https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1551795645421301760 budgetary reasons (allocating everything for Rowen and Taigen's text-to-speech voicebanks, which were released earlier on March 24 under the A.I.VOICE Junior subbrand, and blanking out AI singing synthesis) were cited for the dismissal of Synthesizer V as a platform for Rowen.https://web.archive.org/web/20220726051701/https://twitter.com/yumakemononerou/status/1551798688317521920 - Archive of deleted tweethttps://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1551804577170698241
===2023===
On December 21, 2023, yuuma tweeted that Rowen would get a new singing voice on a commercial software (as well as a new commercial text-to-speech voicebank), but did not name any specific synth engines.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1737650222736789928 He dismissed as a possibility on December 22;https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1738102817494307221 after a fan later that same day speculated whether the singing vocal would be on either VOCALOID6 or Synthesizer V AI (and whether the talking vocal would be on either or ), yuuma assured on December 25 that the engines were not related to AH-Software Co. Ltd. at all, thus ruling out Synthesizer V and VOICEPEAK as possibilities.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1739116752783757807https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1739156784068391083 Instead, in spite of hinting at VOCALOID6 as a hypothetical,https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1739117173392720256 he declared that the synthesis platform would be "still a secret"https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1739124887917383931 before also dismissing as a possibility.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1739283821831602531
===2024===
On January 8, 2024, yuuma started to tweet strongly-veiled words regarding Rowen's upcoming commercial singing voicebank: it would be the first beast-headed voicebank ever under the still-unrevealed engine's brand,https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1744205955855007973 although he was also teasing that "it would be better if it was a V6" (hinting at VOCALOID6);https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1744210062430945748 and AH-Software was again reiterated to not be involved at all.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1744212086845325572 He also revealed that a new text-to-speech voicebank was being developed along with the singing voicebank, but did not reveal the engine.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1744214746885415367 He was also aware of various other companies planning development of furry-character voicebanks, but then teased whether everyone would want to see a furry voicebank "coming from a famous Japanese manufacturer"https://x.com/yumakemononerou/status/1744215394708324600 - Deleted tweet, no archive "with a great track record in Japan"https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1744207397147795481 (hinting possibly at Yamaha Corporation). He also opined that Rowen would have sounded flat under the Piapro Studio NT engine had he been developed for it.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1744219006784156115
On February 15, yuuma tweeted that a new Shiki Rowen project had begun and that on February 26, a voicebank "under the brand of a commercial singing synthesis software" would be announced,https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1758307894569955401https://x.com/Rowen_ShikiG/status/1758313972019982711 with no mention of any specific voice engine. This commercial software was finally revealed to be VOCALOID6 on the announcement date, however it was not stated when his voicebank would be released for sale; it was also announced that on Rowen's 14th anniversary, March 23, his first full-length VOCALOID6 demo song would be published.https://x.com/Rowen_ShikiG/status/1762024703928021116https://x.com/Rowen_ShikiG/status/1762025160985768109https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TdR_Zika6k yuuma also announced that he would be completely transferring the rights to both Rowen and to MUGEN Co., Ltd., having fulfilled the lifelong dream he had of Rowen becoming a VOCALOID vocal ever since he created him when he was a middle-school student; from then on, MUGEN would continue to manage projects related to the pair,https://x.com/Rowen_ShikiG/status/1762170915868316112 while yuuma would spend the rest of his life working on his career as well as drawing artworks and creating games.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1762197691516523003 It was also revealed that the trademarks for Shiki Rowen and Shiki Taigen had been transferred to MUGEN the year prior, though no exact date was disclosed.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1762419743427027305
On February 27, it was confirmed that Rowen, primarily a Japanese vocalist, was practicing his English pronunciation to make it better correspond to it under VOCALOID6's Multilingual feature, "so that English speakers can also touch Rowen!", as stated by yuuma.https://x.com/Rowen_ShikiG/status/1762357606709162161 He followed up shortly later that the decision to choose VOCALOID over other commercial singing-synthesis engines was because (1) English- and Chinese-speaking users always worked hard to make Rowen and Taigen's Japanese UTAU voices sing English and Chinese words and thus MUGEN wanted to return the favor by choosing a VOCALOID capable of singing in multiple languages, and (2) they wanted the VOCALOID to sound close enough to his UTAU's voice quality.https://x.com/Rowen_ShikiG/status/1762358967639146562 yuuma denied that Rowen's sales were made for any profit or fame.https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1854699701196710107
On March 23, Shiki Rowen's first official demo was uploaded, and his VOCALOID6 design (penned by Yukanuntiusel, who previously illustrated his UTAU .Revo designs in 2014 and 2016) was revealed, alongside a release date set for April 24.https://x.com/Rowen_ShikiG/status/1771190096928112653 VOCALOID6 Shiki Rowen released on April 24 as intended.https://x.com/vocaloid_yamaha/status/1782720846173474942https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1782733428812902499https://x.com/Homurano_Yuma/status/1783047083894972527https://x.com/Rowen_ShikiG/status/1783043200447295959
==Product Information==
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===System Requirements===
*OS: Windows 10 Version 21H2 (or later), Windows 11 Version 21H2 (or later), 10.15 (Catalina), macOS 11 (Big Sur), macOS 12 (Monterey)
*CPU: Haswell (4th generation) or later Intel Core series or Xeon series
*RAM: 8 GB minimum recommended
*HDD: At least 25 GB
*Other: Audio device, internet connection (for authentication, deauthentication, software updates, etc.)
*Monitor size:
**Minimum operating environment: 1366 × 768
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