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ALYS To Be Developed for Another Engine

On July 12, 2014, VoxWave announced that they were planning “A New Beginning For ALYS” via blog post. This blog post simply said- Hello everyone ! Long time not see ! We have some news for you ! Please read our press release. -with an accompanying link to the press release.

galaco NEO Gets Early August Release Date

Yamaha has unveiled a teaser site for the upcoming galaco NEO, shortly after DTM Magazine posted their article. Yamaha will release the packaged version of galaco NEO in early August with “open pricing” (i.e. retailers set their own prices; it’s the norm for a lot of Japanese products, including some VOCALOID libraries) and a download […]

Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP Ball – Hatsune Miku opening set impressions

I recently had the pleasure of attending Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP Ball at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. (after some drama involving the resident national sports team necessitating the concert to be rescheduled earlier in the week, but that’s another story).

AH-Software Announces VOCALOID3 Tohoku Zunko

Tohoku Zunko, a character mascot for the Tohoku region of Japan to aid in revival efforts, will now be able to sing thanks to an upcoming VOCALOID3 software package from AH-Software. It will be released on June 5 at a price point of 11238 JPY plus tax, and it will include several bundled software programs […]

Hatsune Miku Opens for Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP Ball Tours

Recently, it announced via a Tweet that Miku will be opening for Lady Gaga in her US Concerts of the ARTPOP Ball Tour. Tonight is Miku’s first performance as an opening act, and the show is going on as of this articles release.   Lady Gaga posted a small snippet of her performance on her […]

VoxWave Posts Recordings from Japan Party Conference Regarding ALYS

Recently, VoxWave, the team in charge of ALYS, has uploaded a PowerPoint with recordings from the Japan-Party conference to their YouTube channel. These recordings are from a panel or presentation, in which the VoxWave team explained VOCALOID to the French community. This video also has English subtitles available. For those of you who are not […]

Yamaha Announces VOCALOID NET Cloud Services Platform

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, […]

v flower Gets May 9 Release Date

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 […]

HoneyWorks Debuts New Test Voicebank

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. […]

Merli Added to the iVOCALOID Lineup

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 […]

i-Style Project Running Art and Music Contest for Aoki Lapis Birthday

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 […]

INTERNET Reveals “First Impression” of New VOCALOID3 Sound Library

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” […]