Shian (Synthesizer V)

**This article is about the Synthesizer V software known as a voice database. If you are looking for the Synthesizer V character then click here.**

## History

### 2017

On November 13, 2017, the head of Beijing Photek S&T Development Co., Ltd., Ddickky, noted that people seemed to think that Xingchen was easy to manage because she was the company’s only VOCALOID. He mentioned that he wanted to try to "have five to take care of" to see how challenging it was to manage more characters and asked fans to "stay tuned". This seemingly hinted that there may be additional characters aside from Xingchen in the future. Later that month, it was mentioned that because Beijing Photek wanted to save money to produce content, some big news would be announced at Quadimension Live Tour rather than at a separate conference. This included new merchandise, new official art, and if there was time, new games or voicebanks. It was not specified if these voicebanks were for Xingchen or for any new characters. Details about the announcement are currently unknown.

### 2018

On April 14, 2018, Ddickky mentioned that the names and designs of the fire, earth, and air characters were decided. While it was not stated what this referred to, it was possible that these characters may be part of Xingchen and Haiyi's series. It was also unknown if these would be VOCALOIDs or if they were to be released on another voice synthesizer.

On November 9, Haiyi mentioned some "younger sisters", possibly referring to the other elemental characters within the series though not explicitly confirmed.

On December 31, a new character for the series was shown on an official omamori as a chibi bust drawn by Fengye. Her name was confirmed to be Shian and she was based on the element of earth.

### 2019

Shian's full design was officially revealed on February 20, 2019, and was confirmed to be illustrated by Hanasa and ATDan.

On March 28, Ddickky posted on weibo that Shian, Chiyu, Cangqiong, two Xingchen voice databases, and an unknown male voice were moving over to Synthesizer V. It was announced that Shian would be making her debut soon and would begin on May 10. On May 20, a demo featuring Shian singing only in "Pa"s was uploaded. Her taobao listing was launched on May 22 and it was confirmed she would release on June 20.

Upon the release of her first demo, "Jìnjì Apple Dance" (a tentative name for the song at the time), it was noted that Shian's voice database had an unexpected workload and the intended release according to the original plan had failed to be arranged. However, as people were anxious for a demo song, it was shown. It was stressed that the song did not represent the quality of the final voice database.

On June 17, it was reported that Shian's voice database had been finalized and was proceeding to release on June 20 as planned.

### Retirement

Shian's Synthesizer V voice database was retired upon release of Synthesizer V Studio and was replaced with one that was compatible with the engine in July 2020. Physical packages were still available as a collectable item, but did not contain activation codes, thus making the product unusable.

## Voice Database Information

### Voice Databases

Product Information
**Optimum**

  **Pitch Group:** D#4 (main); B3, G#4, C5
**Package details** as noted:

Shian is a young female voice database that was designed with a very cute tone of voice.
**Vocal traits** as noted:

Shian has a warm and soft voice that is especially well suited for ballads and pop songs.
**Phonetic notes** as noted:

Phoneme format: X-SAMPA
**Software issues** as noted:

On December 28, 2018, a thread was made by Kanru Hua on the official Synthesizer V Forum for users to report pronunciation problems. All voice databases were mentioned at least once.
**System requirements** as noted:

**Minimum Requirements**:

* Processor: Intel Core processor or AMD equivalents
* Memory: 1 GB or more
* Operating System:
	+ Microsoft Windows 7 or above (32/64 bit)
	+ Ubuntu 16.04 or above (64 bit)
	+ MacOS 10.11 (EI Capitan) or above
* Disk Space: 500 MB (with one voice database installed)

**Voice database sample**

Shian Solfège:

## References

1. ↑ https://weibo.com/2182360953/FuT1Rs9Re
2. ↑ https://weibo.com/5056093502/FwBfo4w3t
3. ↑ https://weibo.com/2182360953/Gc6Lc6MIq
4. ↑ https://www.weibo.com/6460110224/H1TmoFxXr - In this post, Haiyi referred to these sisters as "younger sisters" (妹妹). Chiyu and Cangqiong's concepts were later changed to be the eldest sisters while only Shian remained as the younger sibling.
5. ↑ https://www.weibo.com/5599743152/H8z4Sm6v9
6. ↑ https://www.weibo.com/5056093502/HhvYt0UHb
7. ↑ https://www.weibo.com/2182360953/Hn3f83q9L
8. ↑ https://www.weibo.com/5056093502/Ht65W7c51
9. ↑ https://www.bilibili.com/video/av53075332
10. ↑ https://imgur.com/rt0NDxm
11. ↑ https://www.weibo.com/5056093502/HwL0969ri
12. ↑ https://www.weibo.com/5056093502/HzlVZ0MQq
13. ↑ https://imgur.com/a/XCOPsM3