RUBY

RUBY VOCALOID4 | Maghni AI & others | Songs Albums Notable Originals

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RUBY
General information
Sex	Female
Voice	Misha
Product information
Company	Independent developers (Syo)
Release	October 7, 2015
Language	English
Illustrator	Unrevealed :: Debut Natasha Allegri :: Redesign d_Artemi :: V4 Standard (product)
Type	VOCALOID4
Affiliation	PowerFX Systems AB. YAMAHA Corporation

RUBY is an English VOCALOID that was developed by Prince Syo, a VOCALOID and UTAU producer and Anders Södergren, an audio engineer and distributed by PowerFX Systems AB.. She was released in October 2015 for the VOCALOID4 engine.

In October 2023, in celebration of the eighth anniversary of RUBY's VOCALOID release, a private voice model was announced to be in development for the AI-powered singing voice synthesis engine DiffSinger. The vocal was created using a blend of her voice provider's own singing samples in addition to recording data from RUBY's VOCALOID voicebank. At the time of it's debut, the vocal was about 20% completed. The vocal was not released to the public due to a copyright on the vocal recordings by the Yamaha Corporation, however, it was noted by Prince Syo that future plans would be revealed for RUBY at a later date. Her voice provider has also expressed interest in developing RUBY further into other potential vocal synthesis engines such as VOCALOID6 or Synthesizer V Studio.

She is now expected to receive an AI voicebank for Maghni AI, dubbed RVBY, which is being developed and to be distributed by VRILLIANT in collaboration with Crescendia, LLC; a release date has not yet been announced.

She is voiced by an active American VOCALOID fan, Misha.

Concept

RUBY is based on a female singer with a standard American accent.

Appearance

Her developer hinted that the voice provider was not white which may have influenced the design.

PowerFX revealed an unexpected design at Anime Expo due to a miscommunication between the developers and the company. The misunderstanding was resolved after negotiations with the voice provider. More information can be found on the Controversy Concerns page.

The final art by Natasha Allegri was worked upon for free though she insisted on not being paid. The concept itself was designed by Misha with some input from her friends. Misha stated that she wanted this concept to be like an 'opposite Miku'. This concept's skintone was based on Misha's mother, as she wanted RUBY to represent not only her but also her family. Temi, who collaborated with Misha in creating the concept, said the design was supposed to portray an upbeat and sporty personality. Misha wanted the outfit to reflect the Bronx, her hometown. Uniqueness and simplicity were major aims during the design process. From the beginning, sneakers were a must for the outfit, but a skirt was ruled out. The belt, shorts, and hairstyle came from the producers' desire to add a few anime aspects in order to fit more into the 'ideal' VOCALOID style. Early concepts of RUBY included a younger age and a side ponytail.

In RUBY's initial designs, she had braids, a hat, and different styles of clothing. However, the braids were removed because Rana was revealed to have pink braids as well.

Relations

For more on VOCALOID relationships, see the FAQ.

• Makune Hachi (MAKU音ハチ) - An UTAU voiced by Misha.

History

Marketing

PowerFX had originally hoped to aim RUBY at EDM producers. Syo presented alternative ideas and thought it was better to expand upon the existing demographic, arguing that people who aren't fans of the VOCALOID software won't buy it.

RUBY has been featured in VOCAMERICA since 2016 along with DEX and DAINA.

Voicebanks

RUBY

RUBY was a voicebank intended to give a powerful vocal result. She had a number of voicebank fixes, though was created independent of the new English script by YAMAHA used for CYBER DIVA and CYBER SONGMAN. The voice is weighty with odd inflections.

• RUBY (VOCALOID4), October 7, 2015

Misc voicebanks

A Japanese voicebank was recorded for her but never released. She also had a VOCALOID3 version that was unreleased.

Ruby AI

A private AI voicebank developed for RUBY.

• Ruby AI (DiffSinger), Private

RVBY

An AI voicebank in development for RUBY.

• RVBY (Maghni AI), In development

Music featuring RUBY

• On this wiki, RUBY is featured in 42 songs, 17 albums, and 1 events.

• There are listings for notable and original songs.

UNBREAKABLE

Translation	UNBREAKABLE
Featuring	RUBY
Producers	KIRA
Categories	Original song

Blink

Translation	Blink
Featuring	RUBY, GUMI (chorus)
Producers	Flanger Moose (music, lyrics), Sentient Pulse (mixing), Mishakeet, Crusher, m-e-o, MadHattressAri, utopianspade, IrisFlower, Lavie, Haneoka, MedleyManic. QuasarP, kyaami, k r y s (illusts)
Categories	Original song

- IT IS -

Translation	- IT IS -
Featuring	RUBY; CYBER DIVA, IA ROCKS (chorus)
Producers	Tenshi~Akari (music composition, lyrics, video, sax solo)
Categories	Original song (self-cover)

The Value Of ME

Featuring	RUBY
Producers	SyvisEntertainment
Categories	Original song

Search for music featuring RUBY [show/hide]

• "VOCALOID RUBY" on Niconico Video
• "VOCALOID RUBY" on YouTube
• "VOCALOID RUBY" on bilibili
• "VOCALOID RUBY" on SoundCloud

Reputation

Status

Google Trends

VOCALOID+RUBY

Reaction

Her demo, "Problem", eventually reached 100,000 views, putting it on par with other past English VOCALOIDs, but making the slow attempt compared to CYBER DIVA took much longer, being a year and a half to do so.

External links

Language	Description	Site
English	PowerFX Systems AB. official homepage	Link
English	Vocaloid Ruby product page for VOCALOID RUBY	Link
English	Vocaloid Ruby official Twitter account	Link
English	deviantArt, art and media community	Link
Japanese	Pixiv, art and media community	Link