The comprehensive VOCALOID blog website HatsuneMikuMiku recently noticed that there have been some very interesting reviews about the 1/8 scale MIKUDAYO figure on Amazon. Reviews extolled the extraordinary benefits to be had by buying this figure, including the ability to ward off evil or bring luck to the buyer. We’d like to take the chance
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The next big Hatsune Miku concert to be held in Japan will be a part of the Hatsune Miku Magical Mirai festival, organized by Crypton Future Media, the company that gave birth to Hatsune Miku, and Tokyo MX, a television company that had previously streamed some of Miku’s live performances. The festival will be held
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SEGA has now updated the official website for Project Mirai 2 to include new songs and costumes as well as explanations of the rhythm game mechanics. The website now lists OdoP’s 1/6 -out of the gravity- and OSTER project’s Piano×Forte×Scandal in addition to Koneko no Payapaya, Do Re Mi Fa Rondo and YUMEYUME. With 1/6,
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According to the latest post on SEGA’s Weekly DIVA Station blog, SEGA will be releasing Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F in North America on PlayStation 3 and the PlayStation Network as well as in Europe on the PlayStation Network. The localized version will be identical to the Japanese version except for the localized text. The
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Crypton Future Media’s Sasaki Wataru (wat) has revealed a few little tidbits here and there about the currently-in-production MEIKO V3 sound banks both last week and today on Twitter. Most of the comments were with regards to recording and adjustments to specific parts of the sound bank to improve its quality. However, last week, he
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It appears that VOCALOID producer 40mP has written a song that will be aired on NHK’s music program Minna no Uta in the August to September timeframe. The song, titled “Shounen to Mahou no Robot” (A Boy and a Magical Robot), was specifically written for the show and will be sung by GUMI. Minna no
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On day 2 of Niconico Chokaigi 2, Yamaha held an hour-long panel talking about their latest VOCALOID-related developments. Front and center was ZOLA Project; more background was given about this three-person male VOCALOID sound bank, and voice samples were played as well. Other products featured were DAW plugin VOCALOID Editor for Cubase, VOCALOID3 Job Plugin
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On the first day of the second ever niconico-oriented festival, Chokaigi, INTERNET Co., Ltd. presented a Megpoid-centered panel giving out the latest information. As this was part of a niconico event, the panel was broadcasted live as well. Amongst other things, the panel demonstrated Megpoid English, hinted at a new GUMI speech synthesis project, and
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After hints from the official Project DIVA Twitter account, more details about the sequel to the Nendoroid-inspired Project mirai has been revealed. A short article on Famitsu’s website talks about two different game modes — a touch panel mode and a button mode, with the 3D display active in both modes. Furthermore, all included songs
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According to an article at DTM Station, a Japanese news site about desktop music production, Yamaha demonstrated a Mac version of VOCALOID Editor for Cubase, slated for a release this autumn. This new entry, unveiled at a publicity event for upcoming products on April 15, will mark the first Mac-native product using the VOCALOID engine.
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