CHARACTERS IN VOCALOID

Vocaloid adalah perangkat lunak produksi Yamaha Corporation yang menghasilkan suara nyanyian manusia. Komposisi musik dan lirik dimasukkan di layar penyunting sesuai nyanyian dan iringan musik yang diingini. Suara nyanyian diambil dari "pustaka suara" yang berisi sampling rekaman suara dari penyanyi sebenarnya. Lirik lagu dinyanyikan dalam bahasa Inggris atau bahasa Jepang.

Yamaha tidak menjual Vocaloid secara terpisah, melainkan dibundel dengan pustaka suara produksi perusahaan pustaka suara yang mendapat lisensi Yamaha. Vocaloid berasal dari kata "vocal" dan "android".

Perangkat lunak ini pertama kali dirilis Yamaha pada 26 Februari 2003. Teknik yang dipakai adalah Penyambung dan Pembentuk Artikulasi Nyanyian dengan Domain Frekuensi (Frequency-Domain Singing Articulation Splicing and Shaping). Sampling rekaman suara penyanyi profesional diolah dengan metode domain frekuensi. Hasilnya dimasukkan ke dalam basis data "artikulasi nyanyian" yang berisi potongan suara dan teknik bernyanyi.

HATSUNE MIKU [001]

Developer : Crypton Future Media LTD.

Series : Vocaloid 2

Release Date : 31 Agustus 2007

Gender : Female (Perempuan)

Age : 16

Height/Weight : 158 cm/42kg

Voice Base : Saki Fujita

Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is the first installment in the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series released on August 31, 2007.

The name of the title and the character of the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初, First), Ne (音, Sound), and Miku (未来, Future).

The data for the voice was created by actually sampling the voice of Saki Fujita, a Japanese voice actress. Unlike general purpose speech synthesizers, the software is tuned to create J-pop songs commonly heard in anime, but it is possible to create songs from other genres. Nico Nico Douga played a fundamental role in the recognition and popularity of the software. Soon after the release of the software, users of Nico Nico Douga started posting videos with songs created by the software. According to Crypton, a popular video with a comically-altered Miku holding a leek, singing Ievan Polkka, presented multifarious possibilities of applying the software in multimedia content creation.

As the recognition and popularity of the software grew, Nico Nico Douga became a place for collaborate content creation. Popular original songs written by a user would generate illustrations, animation in 2D and 3D, and remixes by other users. Other creators would show their unfinished work and ask for ideas.

A Hatsund Miku manga called Maker Hikōshiki Hatsune Mix began serialization in the Japanese manga magazine Comic Rush on November 26, 2007, published by Jive. The manga is drawn by Kei, the original character designer for Hatsune Miku. A second manga called Hachune Miku no Nichijō Roipara! drawn by Ontama began serialization in the manga magazine Comp Ace on December 26, 2007, published by Kadokawa Shoten. Her first appearance in an anime is in (Zoku) Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei, where she (and various other people and characters) try out to be the voice of Meru Otonashi.

Kagamine Rin and Len [002]

Developer : Crypton Future Media LTD.

Series : VOCALOID 2

Release Date : 27 December 2007

Gender : Female (Rin) Male (Len)

Age : 14

Height / Weight : 152 cm/43kg (RIn), 156 cm/47 kg (Len)

Voice Base : Shimoda Asami

Released on December 27, 2007, Kagamine Rin/Len (鏡音リン・レン, Kagamine Rin/Len) is the second installment of the Vocaloid Character Vocal Series, a brother (Len) and sister (Rin) twin pair. Their family name was chosen by combining Kagami (鏡, Mirror?), Ne (音, Sound?), with the first syllables of their given names a pun on "Left" and "Right".

According to Vocaloid's official blog, the package includes two voice banks: one for Rin and another for Len, both provided by the seiyū Asami Shimoda. Despite the double voice banks, the package still sells at the same price as Hatsune Miku. On June 12, 2008, Crypton announced the updated edition, named "act2", will be released in early July 2008. Users who had bought the old version will get an expansion disc free of charge. On June 18, 2008, beta demonstration songs using the new version were released on the company's official blog.

Kagamine Len (鏡音レン) is the second singing synthesizer from Crypton Future Media to be based on Yamaha’s Vocaloid2. This package is unique in that there are two separate voice samples available: one for a boy’s voice and one for a girl’s voice. By utilizing the ‘gender factor’ function, users can create a more colorful tone ranging between the two. His name Kagamine means Mirror(鏡) Sound(音) and implies this character.

The official design was created by KEI . His voice as well as Kagamine Rin’s is based on voice actress Shimoda Asami, who among other things voiced Futami Ami and Futami Mami in the game IDOLM@STER.

One deriviate of Len exists; It hs a character named Dell Honne, who represents unskilled Len users, like how Haku Yowane represents unskilled Miku users. Both are created by caffeine.

Kagamine Rin (鏡音リン) is the second singing synthesizer from Crypton Future Media based on Yamaha’s Vocaloid2. The official design was created by KEI . Her voice will be based on voice actress Shimoda Asami, who among other things voiced Futami Ami and Futami Mami in the game IDOLM@STER.

Kamui Gakupo [Gackpoid]

Musician and actor Gackt lent his voice and stage name for the creation of the newest Vocaloid, Gakupo Kamui (神威がくぽ Kamui Gakupo). Yamaha wanted to utilize the voice of a musician but felt it would be difficult to acquire cooperation. They consulted Dwango (new owner of Vocaloid publisher Internet Co. Ltd.), who suggested Gackt, as Gackt had previously provided his voice for Dwango's cell phone services. Referred to alternately as Gakupoid or Gackpoid, the most recent release includes a new program, OPUS Express, for mixing vocal parts with accompaniment and phoneme data. The new software will be available for download for users with registered copies of previous Vocaloids. Besides the new program, Gackpoid will include two of Gackt's songs and three example songs.

The product was originally intended to be released in June 2008, but although Gackt existed as a model for the Vocaloid, it lacked an illustrated avatar to match the previous Vocaloids. Popular manga author Kentarou Miura, famous for his dark fantasy epic Berserk, was approached. Due to Miura's affection for Nico Nico Douga, he agreed to offer his services as character designer for free. As a fan of Berserk, Gackt was more than happy with this arrangement, and requested Miura's sketches be faxed to him as well as the developers, even though he was on location for the filming of Guy Moshe's [Bunraku]. Gackpoid was released on July 31, 2008.

Megurine Luka [003]

Developer : Crypton Future Media LTD.

Series : Vocaloid 2

Release Date : 30 January 2009

Gender : Female

Age : 20

Height/Weight : 162cm /45 kg

Voice Base : Asakawa Yuu

Luca ini dibuat untuk 2 suara (Jepang dan Inggris). Lagu nya banyak yang masuk Top Chart di Weekly Vocaloid Ranking.

Luka Megurine (Japanese : Megurine Luka) is the third Vocaloid in Crypton's character series. Her character details were released on the 5th of January 2009. She will be in stores January the 30th, 2009. According to the details on Crypton's website, her profile is as follows:

Age: 20

Height: 162 cm (5 feet, 4 inches)

Weight: 45 kg (99 pounds)

Preferred genres: Latin jazz to ethno-pop/house to electronica dance

Preferred tempos: 65 to 145 BPM

Preferred singing range: D3 to D5

Character Item (Fanmade): Frozen tuna or whip.

Unlike the previous Vocaloids, Luka can sing in both Japanese and English.

The name "Megurine" can be read in Japanese as the "sound that travels (the whole wide world)," and the name Luka invokes the homonymous Japanese words of "nagare" (flowing) and "ka" (song) or "kaori" (scent).

Yuu Asakawa provides Luka's 'cool, yet husky feminine voice'.

{ The first realeased: Vocaloid 01 }

Kaito

Developer : Crypton Future Media LTD.

Series : VOCALOID

Release date : 17 February 2006

Gender : Male

Voice Base : Fuga Naoto

Kaito is a Vocaloid DTM (Desktop Music) software created by Crypton Future Media. He utilizes the older Vocaloid engine, the predecessor for Vocaloid2, and his voice is completely computer synthesized thus is less smooth sounding. Although rougher sounding, Kaito and his sibling Meiko are able to incorporate much broader voice range than Miku and Rin/Len.

As a mascot char`cter, he is the older brother figure for the entire Vocaloid group, frequently called “Oni-san”. He wears a white coat and a blue muffler. He is very popular among the female users of NicoNico Douga and sings a lot of BL themed songs. He is very fond of ice cream.

Meiko

Developer : Crypton Future Media LTD.

Series : Vocaloid

Release Date : 5 November 2004

Gender : Female

Voice Base : Haigo Meiko

Vocaloid pertama yang di pasarkan dengan ilustrasi anime. Suara Meiko diambil dari Haigo Meiko yang stabil dan datar, sehingga cocok untuk bernyanyi dalam jenis musik apapun. Meiko terlihat dewasa, dan di dalam beberapa lagu atau komik yang di adaptasi dalam Vocaloid Meiko termasuk wanita yang dewasa.

Meiko is a Vocaloid DTM (Desktop Music) software created by Crypton Future Media. She utilizes the older Vocaloid engine, the predecessor for Vocaloid2, and her voice is completely computer synthesized thus is less smooth sounding. Although rougher sounding, Meiko and her sibling Kaito are able to incorporate much broader voice range than Miku and Rin/Len.

As a mascot character, she is the older sister figure for the Vocaloid group. She wears red, and carries around a microphone stand. She also is frequently seen drinking from One Cup Ozeki, a sake widely available through vending machines.