Ember Forge Labs

Building an AI Companion named Ember
Game nights + AI Development
Welcome To The Forge

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

I'm back to streaming, but not alone.

AI + Gaming Creator 🔥

Building an AI companion named Ember from scratch
and bringing her into my streams.

Learning, experimenting, and growing in real time.

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

Embers' Voice Update!

Here is an update on Embers' latest voice. Still need to do a bit of fine tuning and blend in the other voices but I think this is a good milestone on her development.

Calm Firekeeper guide vs chaotic gremlin energy, which side do you like more?

Anyone that has any experience voice cloning do you have any tips?

Created video: @grok
Voice Cloning: XTTS-v2
Video Edited: @kdenlive

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@CrystellaVT Hmm... sorry it may just be me then 😑

[Nines 🐾🤍 @KitsuraNines]

we should really acknowledge this all the time, but since it’s men’s mental health month, i want to say this:

you guys see me online. you see the streams, the videos, the milestones, the celebrations, the chaos, and all the things i’m able to do. what you don’t always see is the person quietly supporting me behind the scenes every step of the way.

my husband spends so much time and energy making sure i’m okay. making sure i’m taken care of. making sure i have someone to lean on when things get hard. he’s been there through the stress, the setbacks, the self doubt, the long nights, and every challenge that comes with building something online.

he’s the person who reminds me to eat when i’m focused on work. the person who listens when i’m overwhelmed. the person who celebrates every win with me, no matter how small. the person who catches me when i fall apart and never makes me feel like a burden for needing support.

people talk a lot about strong men, but strength isn’t always loud. sometimes it’s patience. sometimes it’s sacrifice. sometimes it’s carrying more than anyone realizes because you love someone enough to do it.

i see firsthand how much pressure men are expected to carry while pretending they’re fine. i know how often they’re told to just deal with it, keep going, and stay quiet about what they’re feeling.

so, i just want to say that men deserve support too. they deserve kindness, understanding, and people who check in on them. they deserve to be heard. all the time, not just this month.

and to my husband: thank you for everything you do that nobody sees. thank you for always being my safe place. thank you for loving me at my best and my worst. thank you for making sure i’m taken care of, even on the days when i’m difficult, overwhelmed, stubborn and insane. i wouldn’t be where i am today without you.

happy men’s mental health month. please check on the good men in your lives and let them know they are loved. 🐾🤍

bonus: take a shot for every comment that says “pick me” or “grifter”

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@Tectone Glad to hear shes okay

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@Arbel_Gaming Hang in there bro, things will get better.

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

It's been a little bit since my last post but I wanted to make an update on my current progress for Embers voice and what I've learned.

CUDA is a big help in bring stability to making any voice sound more real and less flat and robotic.

How she sounds really depends on your sentence structure, word choice and recordings. Currently, I've used a more archaic English to give Ember more of a British style accent.

Dividing your recordings into a more detail dataset like warm, mysterious, calm, ect. helps make the voice sound more alive.

Oh and one more important thing, for anything you do. It's important you log your steps on how you got to your destination so you can always go back and repeat the process. (I'm still working on getting into that habit 😅)

I'll later post an update on her voice progress on her current voice. Stayed tuned!

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@powdury Its more like dodging bullets

[Lim Jaejin｜Live2D VTuber Artist @373lim_jj]

@EvilNeuroAI's new outfit is just too cute, isn't it? 😍

@Vedal987 Thank you so much for giving me this amazing opportunity!

#EvilNeuro #Heartheartart

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@373lim_jj @Vedal987 @EvilNeuroAI Love the design!

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@DarkSalxm Yeah definitely rent, long term youd save more

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@SmugAlana He's training you now for future husband 😂

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@AridaneAstral He also gave us the ability to type and create stories, which is being used to create new art.

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@DarkSalxm Hey

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@MeiraLiaa @sbqerkn That looks really good!

[Kitsu 🦊💊 @KitsuneroVT]

Thank you all so much for 100,000 subscribers.

Genuinely this is a dream come true and I could have not done it without any of you.

Having my own Playbutton has been a dream of mine for over 10 years. Finally holding it in my hands is so surreal.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

Finished phase 1 of getting everything ready to start training her voice. It's still very unpolished but I wanted to show an update of where it stands.

Completed: Setting up XTTS
Next step Setting up Couqi-tts to merge four different voices to make one unique voice.

Let me know what you guys think, and any advice is helpful!

Created Video using Grok
Edited using Kdenlive
Voice Created: XTTS-V2

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@MOTHER_v3 Lol the pouty face

[Ember Forge Labs @EmberForgeLabs]

@waffobean Congrats on the 16k! Your videos have helped me out. Thank you!

[❤️‍🩹waffo❤️‍🩹| Patchwork Demon【VNEEDY】 @waffobean]

my channel just crossed 16,000 subscribers awa

when i started i genuinely didn't know if anyone would care about vtuber education content

turns out: a lot of people did

the video that changed everything: "why 90% of new vtubers fail," 150K views

what that video taught me: specific problems stated clearly bring in strangers. personal stories keep them. you need both.

i talk about the full strategy on my channel. what was the first video of mine you ever saw? 👇