Introduction to VocaloidYour tour guide is Kuro-Shiro!

WHAT IS VOCALOID?Well, VOCALOID (often referred to

as just "V1" in Vocaloid communities) is a singing synthesizer application software developed by the Yamaha Corporation. It was developed in Japan, but the first were in Britain.

VOCALOID BEGINNINGSThe majority of people believe

VOCALOID started in Japan! But actually, it all started in Britain! There many VOCALOIDS up to this date, so many that it cannot be counted.

Right now, VOCALOID is from many parts of this world. There was British, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, and some other I really can’t remember. *sweatdrop*

VOCALOID: LEON and LOLA were the first VOCALOIDS released for the Vocaloid engine. He is a "virtual male soul vocalist modeled on a real professional singer" and was created for English. As well as claiming the spot of first Vocaloid, Leon and Lola also are the first male and female VOCALOIDS for English and the Vocaloid1 engine itself.

LEON was released along with fellow Vocaloid, LOLA, by Zero-G Limited. They were one of the exhibits at the Zero-G Limited booth during Wired Nextfest and the VOCALOIDS won the 2005 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award. At the time of their release, LOLA and LEON had no rival software to contend with and were the first Vocal synthesizers to be released of their nature. However, LEON and LOLA failed to impact the American market due to their accents.

VOCALOID: LOLA was the first female VOCALOID ever released. She was released along with fellow VOCALOID LEON.

LOLA was released along with fellow VOCALOID, LEON, by Zero-G Limited. She received much better reviews than her male counterpart, and they were exhibited at the Zero-G Limited booth during Wired Nextfest. The Vocaloids won the 2005 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award, despite mixed reviews on both. At the time of their release, Lola and Leon had no rival software to contend with and were the first Vocal synthesizers to be released of their nature. However, Leon and Lola failed to impact the American market due to their accents.

VOCALOID: MIRIAM is the third Vocaloid installment from Zero-G. She was released on the 1st of July, 2004. Her voice is based off the popular British singer, Miriam Stockley, who is also the lead singer of the band Adiemus.

In July 2004, Zero-G limited released MIRIAM, making her the third Vocaloid to be released. MIRIAM's programming surpassed her previous VOCALOID counterparts, LOLA and LEON. Miriam Stockley offered to allow her voice to be added into the software engine, accepting that you cannot fight progress. Improved functionality was implemented into her, which lessened the time for a VOCALOID user to produce a more realistic sound. In addition, Yamaha mentioned on their website that MIRIAM's synthesis quality was much better.

VOCALOID:

MEIKO is a Vocaloid DTM (Desktop Music) software created by Crypton Future Media. She is the first Japanese Vocaloid and first Japanese female Vocaloid. She utilizes the Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA. Her voice is provided by the Japanese female singer Meiko Haigō ( 拝郷 メイコ Haigō Meiko). The illustration was done by Shogo Washizu, who is often called わっしー (Wasshi) and was once a member of Crypton.

She sold 3,000+ units in her first year according to DTM magazine, this was abnormal for a software synthesizer at the time. This was also far better than her counterpart Kaito who had sold only 500 units. As of note, for a commercial product to be successful, a software synthesizer had to sell 1,000 units.

and her append:MEIKO has an append on the way.Not much is known.Artwork not given.

But her vocals were heard in “Over The Rocks” and “Forte x Piano x Scandal”.

has a Pullip!

has a Nendoroid!

VOCALOID:

KAITO is a Japanese male Vocaloid created by Crypton Future Media. He utilizes the older Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA. He claims the spot of the last vocal to be released for the Vocaloid engine and is the first Japanese male Vocaloid to have appeared from Crypton Future Media. The voice was supplied by a Japanese male singer Fūga Naoto ( 風雅 なおと ). The illustration was done by Takashi Kawasaki.

At the time of his original sale, Vocaloid was not yet a well known product, and synthesizing software was only considered successful if it sold more than 1,000 units. However, Kaito managed to sell only 500 units—deeming him "a commercial failure." In contrast, his counterpart, Meiko, had sold 3,000 units in her first year.

and his append:Not much about KAITO’s append is known, but it seems his artwork is already… ready.

Only a silhouette was given.

His voice for the append was heard in the demo, “Over The Rocks”, a duet with MEIKO and KAITO.

has a Taeyang!

has a Nendoroid!

VOCALOID:

Sweet ANN is a Vocaloid released by PowerFX. She was the first Vocaloid created using Yamaha’s Vocaloid2 upgraded software. She is voiced by an Australian singer whose artist name is "Jody".

PowerFX took steps when Sweet Ann was to be released. They advertised her by creating a MySpace page and uploaded demos (Alove, Sweet Ann Vs Kitto) to YouTube. Due to time restraints, the Vocaloid2 software was released without public beta testing with both Sweet Ann and Hatsune Miku being released with reletively little testing done to their Vocaloid2 software.

VOCALOID:

Hatsune Miku ( 初音ミク ) is the first Japanese Vocaloid2 in the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series, the third Japanese Vocaloid created by Crypton Future Media, and is the seventh Vocaloid to have appeared overall; released on August 31, 2007. She is considered as the most popular and well known Vocaloid and the first to become a pop idol. The data for the voice was created by sampling the voice of Saki Fujita ( 藤田 咲 , Fujita Saki), a Japanese voice actress.

The idea behind her was first established as being "a cute female vocal that professionals can create from" and part of the "CV" or "Character Vocal" series who were designed to be vocals with a variety of character and color. Hatsune Miku was unveiled on the 06/25/2007.

and her Popularity!

Right now, Miku is very famous indeed! Since she was the first in VOCALOID 2, she received much attention! She is known by EVERY VOCALOID fan. She is usually believed to be the first VOCALOID.

and her append:

Since Miku received much popularity, Crypton Future Media decided to make her vocals… better. They created for her an Append, an extra software that can only be used with the original, to make her vocals, softer and clearer.

has a Pullip!

has a Nendoroid!The Hatsune Miku Nendoroid is very detailed indeed. And it is very cute. Don’t get fooled by it’s cuteness!

VOCALOID: Kagamine Rin & Len ( 鏡音リン ・レン ) is the second product released on December 27, 2007, they are Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series developed by Crypton Future Media Ltd. (CFM), male voice (Len) and female voice (Rin).

Crypton Future Media intended to project a Vocaloid with low-teen girl's voice at first following Miku Hatsune, but there was a demand for a boy's voice, so Crypton Future Media hired a voice actress who can produce both sounds. Kagamine Rin was the first voicebank developed and introduced to the Vocaloid consumer market on November 8th 2007. However, the package included two voicebanks: one for Rin and another for Len, both provided by the seiyū Asami Shimoda ( 下田 麻美 Shimoda Asami), Kagamine Len was unveiled later after Kagamine Rin on December 3rd 2007.

and their append:Rin and Len are also some of the famous VOCALOIDS, and were famous enough to get appends as well.

Their boxart was drawn by Osamu.

have Dals!

have Nendoroids!

VOCALOID:

Prima was Zero-G's first Vocaloid 2 product released January 14, 2008.

According to Zero-G, they looked at what was missing and decided that there was a gap for a classical soprano voice. This voice type was decided during Miriam's release, along with a choir type of voice. Prima's voice provider was a singer who answered an ad put up on a music academy website. After some test samples in the Vocaloid software, they decided to go ahead and record her for the Vocaloid 2 software.

VOCALOID:Kamui Gakupo ( 神威がくぽ ) is the official mascot character of Gackpoid ( がくっぽいど / Gakuppoido) which is a singing synthesizer application software powered by Yamaha's Vocaloid2 and was published by INTERNET Co.,Ltd. The avatar character of the software drawn by the illustrator Kentaro Miura ( 三浦健太郎 Miura Kentaro).

Internet Co. wanted to utilize the voice of a singer for the creation of Vocaloid but felt it would be difficult to get a singer to agree. They consulted Dwango Co.,Ltd. who managed Nico Nico Douga, and Dwango suggested Gackt ( 神威 楽斗 Camui Gackt), a singer and actor, as he had previously provided his voice for Dwango's cell phone services. He lent his voice and named the Vocaloid, Gackpoid.

and his Extends:Gackpoid, also known as Gakupo, has and Extend, a version of an Append, but from another Company to avoid copyright issues.

The current Extends he has is:- Native- Whisper- Power

has a Nendoroid!Gakupo Kamui has a Nendoroid. Although the eyes of the Nendoroid are styled differently than the other Crypton Future Media Vocaloid Nendoroids, it still has the same functions and still has many details.

Concept Art

Concept Art Continued

This shows his cyber suit under his kimono.

Manly, huh?

REMEMBER.GAKUPO.IS.THE.MANLIEST.VOCALOID.EVER.

VOCALOID:

Megurine Luka ( 巡音ルカ / Megurine Ruka) was the third Japanese Vocaloid2 from Crypton and released on January 30, 2009. Yū Asakawa ( 浅川 悠 / Asakawa Yū) provided the voice for the "cool, somewhat mysterious" character.

Her introduction was firstly by code (CV03) and her existence was made known during the Kagamine original release promotions and was intended to be the last of the CV series vocals, on 05/01/2009 the first letter of her surname was revealed with the promise of more information to come. On the 06/01/2009, Megurine Luka was revealed. Like its previous two characters, Crypton advertised Luka's vocal database as "Japanese".

and her Append:

Megurine Luka has an append on the way.Not much is known.Artwork not given.

has a Pullip!

has a Nendoroid!

VOCALOID: