Natalie

**Natalie** is an English vocal developed and distributed by Dreamtonics Co., Ltd., and released as an AI voice database for *Synthesizer V Studio* in October 2022.

Her voice provider has not been revealed.

## Concept

Like previous Dreamtonics vocals before her, Natalie was intended to be treated as an official voice database or an indispensable "reference-level" type of singing voice, representing Dreamtonics's brand quality.

Natalie was designed with a soft and clear upper range, in addition to rich and expressive vocals in her lower range. She can smoothly transition into a natural falsetto tone in her upper ranges, giving a dreamy quality. Her voice is suitable for easy listening and music with strong backing tracks (like EDM), but she is considered to be flexible.

### Etymology

"**Natalie**" is a name of English and French origin. It derived from the Latin phrase "natale domini" which means "birth of the Lord", referencing Christmas Day.

Natalie's name is rendered in kana as "ナタリー".

### Appearance

Like previous Dreamtonics vocals, rather than having an official human-like avatar, Natalie is represented by an abstract symbol, the letters N and A, which are drawn from the first two letters of her name. The letters are coral in color with hints of white. The "A" is shorter than the "N" and is more of a box-shape rather than pointed. Characterization is left to the song producers themselves rather than the product, so Natalie is open to any form of visual interpretation, allowing the producer to decide what they would like her to look like.

## Voice Libraries

* Natalie AI (*Synthesizer V Studio*), October 7, 2022

## Additional Information

### Marketing

Like previous Dreamtonics vocals, Natalie was treated as an official or standard vocal for the engine, where she could potentially be found in demonstrations of Synthesizer V Studio and its AI capabilities. This also meant that she would be among the first vocals to be equipped with the latest engine updates. On June 30, 2022, though unnamed at the time, Natalie was featured in the High Dynamics Voice Models (HDVM) demonstration, which was later released as the highlighted feature of Synthesizer V Studio 1.7.0. When version 1.7.0 was released in July, Weina was featured as the main focal for the update and the new HDVM feature. Natalie was not revealed to be the vocalist in the first HDVM preview until after she debuted or released, which was done through the bilibili version with the "bullet comments screen" function turned on, advertising her demo around the portion with the new English female voice.

Similarly, Dreamtonics began uploading tutorial videos that were suited for new users of Synthesizer V Studio since October 17, 2022. Natalie's voice was featured in the series' second video for both YouTube and bilibili, and the third video for YouTube.

On November 30, Natalie's vocals were showcased in two official Dreamtonics advertisements for Synthesizer V Studio performing a cover of "Amazing Grace". It is unknown if the woman portrayed in the video was her voice provider or a hired actress for the commercial.

On December 9, 2022, Dreamtonics announced that Natalie, Saki, Qing Su, Ryo, Kevin, An Xiao, Feng Yi, Yuma, Mai, Cong Zheng, and Xuan Yu officially have their own artist association profiles on NetEase Music. Creators can use the profiles to add to their published songs, providing a more unified retrieval method and higher exposure rate for the works. Dreamtonics would provide assistance services to creators at no charge and would not obtain any income belonging to the artist when associating their works with the singer profiles. Based on NetEase Music's policies, creators needed to provide relevant proof of purchase to NetEase Music's customer service in order to associate a virtual singer with their works, thus, screenshots of receipts would need to be prepared in advance. NetEase Music's customer service would then confirm the request and forward it to Dreamtonics, who would approve the requests within five business days upon receiving them.

In 2023, from April 13 to April 15, Eclipsed Sounds, LLC had a booth at the NAMM Show where people could try out their vocalists as well as Dreamtonics's Natalie and Ninezero.

### Reputation

Natalie's character status
**Reaction**

As a vocalist without an official character, this allowed producers and fans to create their own for Natalie, resulting in a variety of designs.
**Impact**

As a Dreamtonics product to demonstrate the capabilities of Synthesizer V Studio (specifically Synthesizer V AI), Natalie was considered to be one of the default or reference vocals used for tech demos, allowing for producers to compare and understand the differences per update. She had a professional feel and made for a good starting AI voice database, which was especially praised for sounding realistic and helped gauge interest in this type of voice database for Synthesizer V as a whole.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie\_(given\_name)
2. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/natalie
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbVIJ24tiW0
4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYey-utSIyw
5. ↑ http://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Cr4y1M7G1
6. ↑ https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1022234909277954049/1098559497598931085/2023-04-20\_5.40.10\_AM.png - Screenshot as of April 20, 2023
7. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj7UipbHBdw
8. ↑ https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1o24y1k7Qu/
9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkKvLSAQxo
10. ↑ https://twitter.com/dreamtonics\_en/status/1597878108752748544
11. ↑ https://twitter.com/dreamtonics\_jp/status/1597878109239492615
12. ↑ https://photos.app.goo.gl/6pYFHXUnfSZ9qtE9A - Name credited on bilibili; screenshot as of July 28, 2023
13. ↑ https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404844858597835082
14. ↑ https://twitter.com/eclipsedsounds/status/1646570434148835329