Yamaha has posted a new press release describing VOCALOID NET, their upcoming cloud platform. Launching in July, VOCALOID NET will be a members-only service aimed at aiding users with the creation of VOCALOID music. At launch, the platform will feature two services — VOCALODUCER, an automatic music generator service previously only available to commercial partners,
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Yamaha has just posted a press release announcing more details about the upcoming “v flower” VOCALOID3 voice bank that had been used recently in a new song by production team HoneyWorks. The voice bank will have a May 9 release as a digital download at 9333 JPY, with a hard copy version scheduled for summer
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Recently, HoneyWorks released a new song, but it had a new voice in it. In the description, this voice was said to be a new “Test VOCALOID3”. This new voice has been dubbed “v flower” for the time being, and the voice has been described numerous times as a power type voicebank with a crisp voice.
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The iVOCALOID app series hasn’t seen much activity recently, however, Yamaha recently released i-Style Project’s latest voice bank, Merli, for the engine. The application is currently available on the App Store and costs 2,700 JPY normally but is on sale for 1,000 JPY until April 16th. Previous issues with iOS 7 have reportedly been fixed
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To celebrate Aoki Lapis’s upcoming birthday on April 6, i-Style Project is running at least two contests until April 20. The first contest is an art contest where fans are invited to draw illustrations of either Aoki by herself or Aoki with her sister Merli. Finished art are to be uploaded to VOCAPIC (account registration
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Yesterday, INTERNET uploaded a small snippet onto niconico demonstrating the capabilities of an upcoming sound library they call “kokone -心響”. The Japanese characters carry the same pronunciation as the romaji before it, and the kanji means sound of the heart. The simple video, made in Niconico Movie Maker, plays back a song called “Moment Notes”
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With the end of the year approaching, it seems that many VOCALOID3 releases are happening or are about to happen. We’ve compiled some information about three sound libraries whose names all start with “M”: Merli, MAIKA and Macne.
In an email newsletter as well as on a blog post, Crypton Future Media has announced that a 14-day trial version for MEIKO POWER, part of the upcoming MEIKO V3, is now available as a free download. It also includes a trial version of VOCALOID editing software Piapro Studio, which now supports AU on the
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Crypton Future Media is currently offering several software packages as free downloads to existing registered users of its software. Users must have created an account with Crypton and registered serial numbers corresponding to the required products in order to be eligible. Currently, three offerings are available, and all current offerings end on February 28, 2014.
VoxWave (Twitter) currently has a survey out to gauge user interest in a new French VOCALOID in the works. The survey will help decide whether a secondary English or Japanese voice bank will be included with the software and many other aspects of the new VOCALOID. Questions included in the survey ask the user for
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