Vocaloids :: A Singer in a Box

Once upon a time, there was a little robot named Miku. She didn't get an appearance at first, but she was a cute little singer, voiced by advanced text-to-speech. Eventually she was released as a popular program known as Vocaloid. Vocaloid raked in tons of cash, so the company decided to give her a family. Thus Miku (01) was given Len and Rin Kagamine (02) and Luka Megurine (03), along with a few english-speaking Vocaloids who no one really cares about because the Japanese ones rock our socks. Later Kaito Shion and Meiko Sakine were added as separate plug-ins to Vocaloid 2.

Vocaloids grew in popularity and got several fan-counterparts, such as Haku Yowane, Neru Akita, and the Genderbents. One April Fools Day, the company released a new Vocaloid, Teto Kasane (04). However, Teto was actually a joke, and if anyone tried to get her they would be taken to a page where she called them a fool. Her full story is explained in her autobiographical song, A Fake Diva. Teto was pitied by fans, and given a new home as the first UTAUloid.

With Teto at it's head, UTAU started up as a free and easy version of Vocaloid. UTAU got many, many new characters, more every day, including Taya Soune, Nami Utaune and Momo Momone (who's name was originally confused to be Pinku). Vocaloid also recieved a character from a separate company, Gackpo.

The Vocaloid reign is still strong, and Miku will Leekspin her way into the hearts of more Japanese-obsessives for years to come. So welcome to the Mix!

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Intro Image (Hatsune Miku, Vocaloid) comes from Creative Commons via Evan Krell on Flickr.

Triple Baka is the most popular Vocaloid song, and is often the first song Vocaloid fans hear before they learn about the program and all it's attributes.

This song is sung by Miku Hatsune with minor vocals by Teto Kasane and phone-noises supposedly made by Neru Akita.

Hatsune Miku's name means "sound from the future"! Listen to her self-advertising song, Miku-Miku ni Shite Ageru!

Have you ever seen the Petit Vocaloid Dramas? Here are the main cast: Miku, Len, Rin, Luka, Kaito and Meiko! Their Nendoroid forms are small and adorable, perfect to set up on your desk to pump up your spirits!

Sure, we've heard everyone sing World is Mine. But who does the world really belong to? Vote for your favorite Vocaloid!

With my beautiful hair, medieval-inspired outfit and dazzling figure, there's no contest that I'll become popular!

Luka was excited to join the Vocaloids, and she can't wait to meet you! Luka is mature, thoughtful, and hopes that she can sing songs reflecting that. Oh yes, and she loves tuna, so she'd like some during breaks. She takes pride being multilingual unlike most of the Vocaloid2 characters, and not having a strange accent like Sonika's. She may not be the "little sister" that Rin hoped for, but she's fully capable of being a big sister to anyone else you bring home!

Vocaloid is a singing synthesizer application first developed at the Pompeu Fabra University in Spain and backed financially by the Yamaha Corporation.[1] The software enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody. It uses synthesizing technology with specially recorded vocals of voice actors or singers.

To create a song, the user must input the melody and lyrics. A piano roll type interface is used to input the melody and the lyrics can be entered on each note. The software can change the stress of the pronunciations, add effects such as vibrato, or change the dynamics and tone of the voice. Each Vocaloid is sold as "a singer in a box". The software is available in English and Japanese.

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