Everyone's VOCALOID project results.

The designs for another pair of VOCALOIDs to be made has been revealed.
Meet Hibiki Rui and Ringu Suzune...

These two were the wining design for the "Everyone's VOCALOID project" and will be made into two real VOCALOIDs.

Stay tuned.

Mac Users, UTAU is finally here!

UTAU-Synth for Mac OS X hada demo recently released! Unfortunately, it's only a 30 day trial and there's no way to get a forever working version. Still, feel free to try it out while you can and experience some new features!

There are a few benefits us Mac users get with UTAU despite only being able to use it for a short period. The two most praised things besides the fancy new interface are:

No need for rest notes! (Like VOCALOID)

Can use EITHER hirigana OR romaji right out of the box! (Like VOCALOID)

You can download the 30-day trial of UTAU-synth below!

UTAU-synth download page

Have fun and

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KAITO APPEND + ENGLISH MIKU demos!

Just recently, samples for KAITO Append and Miku (English BD) have been shown!

You can listen to the samples on NicoNicoDouga here!
YouTube below~

As a note, English Miku is only 40% complete and they're using English Luka to fill in the holes. Not to mention that the VSQ's stripped to a bare minimum with timing issues.

Still, it's great to hear the progress of both of these Voice Banks!

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VOCALISTENER to be released soon?

Recently, Y2Project project tweeted this. Link

"は本家VocaListener(ぼかりす)を用いた合成歌唱ですが、このクオリティを皆様がご体験できるように、リリース準備を進めております。然るべきタイミングで告知いたしますので、もう少々お待ちください。"

A rough translation gives us this.
"It is a composition song with は head family VocaListener( ぼかりす), but pushes forward release preparations so that all of you can experience this quality. Because I announce it by a proper timing, already wait a minute."

Time to get that little extra program we've all been waiting for~

If you haven't heard what VOCALISTENER does to a VOCALOID's vocals, listen to the video below~

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Gackt's 39th single to be Gackpoid original covers.

Remember a while back, there was a Gackpoid original song contest and the winning song would be covered by Gackt himself? He's releasing that single on July 13th with "Episode.0" as the winning song. He's also covering the popular "Paranoid Doll" as a second track. Each song will have a completely redone instrumental and will feature Gackt's real voice.

You can listen to a sample of Gackt's "Episode.0" below~

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2011 LA concert team revealed

The concert name is "MIKUNOPOLIS"

The members of the tour were listed on the site around 2 hours ago. I know plenty of people missed the old drummer, so please welcome the original band back!

Member List:

HATSUNE MIKU （Vo) 初音ミク

The 39’s （The Thanks）

Jun Abe（Key/Pf） 安部 潤

Akitoshi Kuroda（G） 黒田 晃年

Shingo Tanaka（B） 田中 晋吾

Shin Orita（Dr） 折田 新

Katsuro Uno（Manip） 宇野 克郎

and more

Producer

Hiroshi Utsumi（SEGA） 内海 洋

Takayasu Kuroda (CreativES/INTERNET INDEPENDENT） 黒田 貴泰

Mitsuyuki Saikawa（TOKYO-MX） 齋川 光行

Creative Producer

Makoto Osaki（SEGA） 大崎 誠

Creative Director

Kenshiro Morii（STUDIO MORIKEN）森井ケンシロウ

Executive Producer

Hiroyuki Itoh（Crypton Future Media） 伊藤 博之

Check it out on the official website here!

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GUMI Extend voice revealed!

Today on NicoNicoLive, a snippet of a powerful GUMI Extend was played.
You can listen to the sample on TinyPic, here!

2011 seems to be a great year for the world of VOCALOID.

Stay Tuned.

Meet AMERICA'S 1ST VOCALOID!

Vipper Alert!

Meet America's first 'VOCALOID', Ange Wayne.

Looks like America's got itself a VipperLoid~ Ange Wayne is said to be a VOCALOID coming out in America. Her webpage has insufficient information about the company she's being released from, and her demo songs sond far too realistic, although, VOCALOID3 is Yamaha's most "realistic voice engine yet." There's also the fact that it's on a blog site.

I give her company props though. The artwork's original and pretty, and from what I can tell, the demo song's original. I can't find it anywhere else on the internet. It's nice some people are putting so much into a fake VOCALOID~ Let's see where She goes after a while.

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Matt9five's first upload after leaving the western community...

Matt9five has made his first upload since he deleted his accounts on YouTube, DeviantArt and twitter.
A cover of "Panda Hero" by MacNe Coco has been uloaded to NicoNicoDouga!
Just thought everyone would like to know that he's not dead.

Check it out here!

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AnaROBIK remix album...

I don't know how many of you remember this guy, but there was one sane VOCALOID producer that specialized in making LOLA originals who went under the name "AnaROBIK."

Recently, there was a remix album released called "Operator's Manual Addendum: The Remixes" which featured remixes of the songs from the original "Operator's Manual" by remixers Aquazoo Project, The Hottest Year On Record, Venus DeMars, Saudade and David Sebrind.

It's worth a listen! The Aquazoo remixes are to die for. Check out the sample songs here!
And visit the official AnaROBIK website here!

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Miku Hatsune Live in the US!

Miku Hatsune's 4th solo concert is to happen on July 2nd of this year. The biggest difference about this one is that it will be taking place in the US!
Miku will be performing July 2nd at the NOKIA Theater in Los Angeles. It will be part of Anime Expo and the concert will be put on by CRYPTON, SEGA and is sponsored by TOYOTA USA. Notice that 5pb wasn't mentioned there?
To get tickets, you must first register for Anime Expo. If you choose to attend Saturday, July 2nd, you will then have the option to buy tickets to Miku's concert for an extra $15. That doesn't seem like much, but registering for Expo is $50+ depending on how many days you attend.
The official website said it would be similar to 39's Giving Day performance but it "will feature a few improvements over the original event."

You must register before June 24th and it'd be a good idea to register as soon as possible before the concert tickets sell out!
Check out the official site here:
Hatsune Miku: Live in Los Angeles

And register for Anime Expo here~:
Anime Expo 2011

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New version of "World is Mine" to be released...

With the new toyota commercial using "World is Mine" as the main song, a remastered version of "World is Mine" is to be released on the US Amazon.com. It's scheduled to be released on May 10th.
Check out the sample here!

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2011 Toyota Corolla + Hatsune Miku

Well something big has happened today. Miku has been featured in a US car commercial for the New 2011 Toyota Corolla.  Well.... featured is somewhat of an understatement. Miku is the star of the commercial with the 2011 Corolla as her official car. This is most likely what CRYPTON has been calling "Miku's US debut" and I for one am looking forward to seeing this on TV. This is definitely a great amount of publicity for Miku! Thank you Toyota for doing this!
Here's the commercial on YouTube. Enjoy~

Here's the Official Site. Go check it out!
Stay Tuned!

VOCALOID producer matt9five deletes accounts.

Yesterday, VOCALOID producer matt9five has deleted his website accounts on sites such as YouTube, DeviantArt and Twitter, taking his artwork, music and videos with him. The videos that he posted on NicoNicoDouga are still safe though. The cause is rumored to be from stress and reading negative comments and criticism on his work.
His Girlfriend, xXMusic-Note-JenXx has written up a full report as to what she believes to have caused the account deletion. Read it on her DeaviantArt here.
Stay Tuned.

VOCALOIDOtaku.net attacked!

Today at around 2:40 am (GMT),  VOCALOID community VOCALOIDOtaku.net was infected by malware. The cause of this is currently unknown, but it is currently unsafe to view the website. Please be careful until the problem's fixed. We will update you when the problem's cause has been figured out and fixed. Be careful.
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Space Channel 39 now up!

Welcome to Space Channel 39. Our goal is to bring you the latest news and updates as quick as possible!
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