Credits & Gratitude

During the development of Mikoto Studio, a large number of people have contributed to the project. We would like to thank each and every one of them for their hard work.

People of ExpressiveLabs

The team at ExpressiveLabs has been leading the development of Mikoto Studio since the very beginning. The following people dedicate a large amount of their time to developing this project, reaching out to the community, and creating the characters you'll come to know and love in the future.

Layetri

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Lead developer, Project Director

Jay Dawson

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Lead designer, Creative Director

Wouter Besse

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Lead AI engineer

UtaUtaUtau

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Lead engine developer

PixPrucer

AI engineer, voicebank producer

Justin Bonnet

AI engineer

PaintedCz

Language engineer

Wouter Ensink

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Technology advisor, software architect

External collaborators

While developing Mikoto Studio, we have also collaborated with a number of amazing external people and groups. The following people have made direct or indirect contributions to the project.

Arreen

Marketing advisor

Steven van Esch

Planning & workflow manager

Natalia Shmueli

Linguistic support (Misbah Studios)

AxelCode

2D/3D artist

VocaPigeon

Marketing & community advisor

Nathan Dreamweaver

Community advisor

redfish

Community advisor

Amarynn

Voice provider of Sayaka

Yuzuyama

Voice provider of Sorane Mako 3510

MystSaphyr

Voice provider of Kikyuune Aiko 3510

Marc Groenewegen

Thesis/project supervisor (HKU)

Sander Huijberts

Thesis/project supervisor (HKU)

Roald van Dillewijn

Project supervisor (HKU)

Pieter Suurmond

DSP support (HKU)

Dr. Ir. G. Bloothooft

Linguistic support (Utrecht University)

Local development partners

To make sure we get everything right, we develop our language support systems together with local teams. These teams help us with the creation of language models, dictionaries, and closely monitor performance and accuracy.

IDN100%

IDN100%

Indonesian, Sundanese

IDN100% is a team of enthusiastic UTAU resource developers, focusing on Indonesian languages. With their help, we implemented support for most community-made Indonesian reclists.

The Mikoto community

This project would not be complete without the incredible feedback and effort from our dedicated testers and other community members. There are too many of you to name, but here are a few people who helped Mikoto Studio in some special way.

unluca★★★, Staircatte, 2cada, MystSaphyr, OceanEyes, generalnuisance, nostraightanswer, chevrefee, Anjo, Aku P, Frenchy, Shara Delvia, ePiaeon, Du Du Danyon, Spoopy Ace, haru0l, Pascal Lieverse, and the teams of VocaTone and Crescendia

A special thanks to irunabara for their help in making Mikoto Studio more accessible for everyone.

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