Weina

> “
> Just let it all go,
> I won't be sad anymore.
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> Because you and I are side-by-side,
> with songs to heal the wounds in our hearts,
> Let us have the courage to fly higher, until we embrace the blue sky.
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> Beauty, with countless forms,
> and you who shared them all with the world,
> are the miracle.”
> —Introduction prior to debut
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**Weina** is a Mandarin Chinese and English vocal developed and distributed by Dreamtonics Co., Ltd., in collaboration with Ready Steady Sound! and Sound & Vision Media Studio, and was released as an AI voice database for *Synthesizer V Studio* in July 2022. She is part of the Synthesizer V AI Gold Series.

She is voiced by Weina Hu, a Chinese actress and singer-songwriter who is also the vocal director of Weina's project.

## Concept

Like previous Dreamtonics vocals before her, Weina was intended to be treated as an official voice database or an indispensable "reference-level" type of singing voice, representing Dreamtonics's brand quality. As part of the Gold series, she represented the highest standard of production and was a model product for professional musicians to demonstrate Synthesizer V AI with ultimate sound quality.

Created under close guidance with Weina Hu, the vocal director and voice provider, Weina has a full, rich, powerful, and mature voice that is designed to be flexible. She was noted to be a reliable voice with a mezzo-soprano base.

### Etymology

The name "**Weina**" seemed to derive from Weina Hu, the vocal director and voice provider.

### Appearance

Like previous Dreamtonics vocals, rather than having an official human-like avatar, Weina is represented by an abstract symbol, the letters W and E, which are drawn from the first two letters of her name. The letters are red-orange with hints of yellow, yellow-orange, orange, and purple and are the same height. The bottom arches of the W are flat rather than pointed. On the right of the letters is a gold vertical stripe to represent "Synthesizer V AI Gold". Characterization is left to the song producers themselves rather than the product, so Weina is open to any form of visual interpretation, allowing the producer to decide what they would like her to look like.

## Voice Libraries

* Weina AI (*Synthesizer V Studio*), July 21, 2022

## Additional Information

### Marketing

Like previous Dreamtonics vocals, Weina 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. Weina was one of the focal voices of marketing Synthesizer V Studio 1.7.0, which introduced the new High Dynamics Voice Model (HDVM). Weina was marketed as the first vocalist for the Synthesizer V AI Gold lineup, which represented the highest standard of production. As part of this series, she was a model product for professional musicians to demonstrate Synthesizer V AI with ultimate sound quality. Weina was also the first Dreamtonics vocal to have a known voice provider and the voice database was marketed to be based on the voice and professionalism of Weina Hu.

On June 24, 2022, Dreamtonics announced its first creation contest in collaboration with AH-Software Co. Ltd., Animen, AUDIOLOGIE Co., Ltd., and Eclipsed Sounds, LLC with three competition areas: originals, covers, and cross-lingual synthesis. Creators were encouraged to submit their work regardless of language restrictions. Prizes included cash distribution from bilibili, digital copies of certain Synthesizer V voice databases, and the physical boxed copy of ANRI. Weina was not listed as one of the eligible vocals for this contest initially due to her being unreleased at the time but was later added when she was released on July 21.

On December 9, 2022, Dreamtonics announced that Saki, Qing Su, Ryo, Kevin, An Xiao, Feng Yi, Yuma, Natalie, 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. Due to the complexity of the copyright ownership for Mo Chen's and Weina's demos, Dreamtonics was actively communicating with the relevant copyright parties to determine the final form of their singer profiles. Weina's official profile was announced to be available on January 20, 2023.

### Reputation

Weina's character status
**Reaction**

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

As a Dreamtonics product within the Synthesizer V AI Gold series, Weina was created with ultimate sound quality and was made to be a model product for professional musicians, representing the highest standard of production.
**Achievements**

* First voice database produced for the Synthesizer V AI Gold series.
* First female voice database produced for the Synthesizer V AI Gold series.
* First Mandarin Chinese voice database produced for the Synthesizer V AI Gold series.
* First English voice database produced for the Synthesizer V AI Gold series.
* First female Mandarin Chinese voice database produced for the Synthesizer V AI Gold series.
* First female English voice database produced for the Synthesizer V AI Gold series.
* First bilingual voice database developed by Dreamtonics.
* First bilingual voice database produced for the Synthesizer V AI Gold series.

## References

1. ↑ https://store.dreamtonics.com/product/weina-voice-database/ - Weina is marketed by Dreamtonics as both a Mandarin Chinese and English voice database, with confirmation that she was trained with Mandarin and English songs. However, Mandarin is set as her default language, thus making it the only option available on the Synthesizer V Studio Basic editor.
2. ↑ https://t.bilibili.com/671927052108038241
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/dreamtonics\_jp/status/1539601812335955970
4. ↑ https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1cT411E7a4
5. ↑ https://www.bilibili.com/read/cv17237015
6. ↑ https://t.bilibili.com/685357492022018096
7. ↑ https://weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309404844858597835082
8. ↑ https://t.bilibili.com/753220397863796773