Welcoming The Release of CeVIO AI KAFU
Those of you in the loop with vocal synth news will have probably already been following the story of KAFU pretty closely – and we’re excited to know that all the waiting for her voicebank is finally over. Since preorders opened in March this year, fans have been itching to get hold of her package and add it to their collections, and many already have her in their grasps now!
The fun doesn’t stop when the voicebank is released though – of course there are still plenty of ways to get involved with welcoming KAFU into the world of vocal synths! See below for info on more fun initiatives coming in the near future, and if you haven’t been able to get KAFU yet, don’t fret, since we have links to buy her towards the bottom of the page!
And for those of you wanting to get to know KAFU, including her concept and more about her voice provider Kaf, check out our previous article here!
※The following translations are all unofficial
Retweet campaign
Following the product release of CeVIO AI KAFU, KAFU’s official Twitter account announced this retweet campaign:
【Product Release Commemorative Retweet Campaign】
10 people will win the starter package by lottery!How to enter:
①Follow the Twitter account @kaf_you
②Retweet this postEntry period:
July 7th ~ July 14th 2021We hope you’ll make sure to participate!
As well as the 10 winners of the starter pack, it was also announced that depending on the amount of retweets the contest tweet would get, that there would be other exciting things in store:
【At 3,000 retweets】
An illustration contest for KAFU would be announced!4,000RTを超えた場合】
A song contest for KAFU would be announced!
As of writing, the tweet has already exceeded 4,000 retweets, so look forward to these contests coming soon!
Character reference sheets
The official artist for KAFU’s character design PALOW has also uploaded the character design sheets for her onto Twitter:
For anyone wanting to draw her, such references will prove invaluable!
The artist also drew a cute commemoration artwork for her release:
The worlds of Kaf and KAFU collide!
On KAFU’s launch day, producer カンザキイオリ / Kanzaki Iori (who had created some official demo songs using KAFU) said that they “Look forward to seeing everyone’s [interpretations of] KAFU”:
Their song 朝日 / Asahi featuring Kaf (the voice provider of KAFU) alongside KAFU has now been offficially released on YouTube! It’s a wonderful way to see the differences between the voice provider’s voice and her virtual singer counterpart, and they complement each other wonderfully:
For those of you who want KAFU but didn’t get in on the preorder…
…You can still buy her physical Starter Package from the official Kamitsubaki BOOTH store here (ships to Japan only). According to the official KAFU website, it’ll cost you ¥21,780 (about ￥23,000 with tax).
The Starter Package contains the ARTIFICIAL SINGING SYNTHESIZER KAF+YOU, the installation disc for CeVIO AI Song Editor + KAFU’s voice bank, 3x stickers and 1x acrylic stand of KAFU, AND an exclusive compilation album! The album consists of 10 songs (you can watch the videos for the majority of these songs in our previous article here!)
…The Starter Download Version is also available now from various stores, and it includes everything aside from the physical package and album. You can buy this version for ¥19,000 (¥20,900 w/tax) from:
- Vector PC Shop (click on the ¥20,900 option)
- Rakuten
- Amazon JP
- DLsite
And for a slightly more budget-friendly option, you could go for the voicebank only option – the “KAFU Voice Download ver.“, for ¥9,800 (¥10,780 w/tax) from the following links:
- Vector PC Shop (click on the ¥10,780 option)
- Rakuten
- Amazon JP
- DLsite
And finally, KAFU’s official Twitter account asked us to tweet our first impressions of KAFU using the hashtag #可不はじめました (“KAFU has begun”)! If you’ve tried her out, or even if you’re just psyched to buy her and use her in the future, feel free to write down your thoughts and welcome KAFU into the world of vocal synths!
Links
KAFU
KAMITSUBAKI Studio
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[…] probably worth mentioning that, as we have mentioned in our previous coverage, a further goal of 4,000 retweets was also set, whereby a song contest for KAFU would be announced […]