A new initiative titled “VOCALOID Trans-Pacific Project” (not to be confused with the more heinouscontroversial Trans-Pacific Partnership) was unveiled at DC Expo a few days ago. DC Expo (short for Digital Content Expo) is “an international event intended to shape the future of [the digital content] industry five or ten years into the future as
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YAMAHA has released both VY2V3 and VocaListener yesterday, and both are available on the VOCALOID STORE. VY2V3 is available in a 9800 JPY standard package, a 17800 JPY Starter Pack and a 9800 JPY download version on the Japanese store. VocaListener is a plugin for the VOCALOID3 Editor and thus there’s only a download version
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The official website for the upcoming rhythm game Megpoid the Music# is now up with preliminary information about the game. In addition to information published in Famitsu, the website gives a list of participating VOCALOID producers and illustrators. The multi-player aspect of the game apparently involves networking multiple consoles together, and the hint about the
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Product listings for “VOCALOID(TM)3 Library MAYU” (item number QWCE-264 and distributed by Pony Canyon) from EXIT TUNES has started appearing on various online retailers’ websites. MAYU is a VOCALOID3 sound bank under development by EXIT TUNES, and the character is supposed to be a yandere middle school girl. The item has a list price of
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According to various sources on the net, Crypton Future Media demonstrated several demos of their upcoming VOCALOID soundbanks at their NYCC panel, given by Crypton director for global development Kanae Muraki and Mikumentary director Tara Knight. The VOCALOID3 version of KAITO will feature three Japanese voice banks (which include a normal voice bank and whisper
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A few things came up recently regarding Hatsune Miku and the UK. First, Crypton CEO Hiroyuki Itoh was interviewed by J-POP GO. Although, halfway through, it ended up being Itoh asking questions of the interviewer. In the interview, Itoh mentioned that he knew about the whole Top Tens unofficial poll where Miku grasped number one.
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Finally, on Saturday, October 6, Hatsune Miku held her first live concerts in Taiwan, at the foot of the Taipei 101. The morning, or rather, the entire day was lines, lines and lines, but the concert was considered a big success, gathering over nine thousand fans to sing along and jump around with Miku and
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The MIKUBOOK staff have issued an apology about MIKU BINGO again, stating that they will not use the results of the bingo in order to keep it fair for everyone. The second run at the bingo was fraught with server overloads, and the winning numbers were actually available before the bingo game started. As consolation,
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Festivities for Mikupa Taiwan actually started one day before the day of the concert. Fans from Japan and Taiwan collaborated together to hold a pre-party and managed to fill up the venue. The official tour group from Japan also swung by, swelling the numbers, and two famous Japanese VOCALOID producers made an appearance. The event
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Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu has now confirmed that the rhythm/action game Megpoid the music# (the last character is pronounced ‘sharp’) will indeed have a planned release in spring of next year on the PSP platform by little-known company ParaPhray (パラプレ). In addition to leaked details from earlier, the article adds a few more details as
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