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Recently, on VOCALOID forum VocaloidOtaku, several users in the US complained about being unable to start VOCALOID3 Editor due to the software expiring. What seemed to fix the problem for the time being was to either uninstall galaco or disable automatic daylight saving time adjustment in Windows. There is currently no official statement or fix […]
Ever since its introduction back in late 2010, the English version of the Hatsune Miku product page on Crypton Future Media’s website had remained largely unchanged, even as recently as February 16 of this year. However, by March 9, Crypton had updated the page with fully rewritten text, including a lengthy section detailing how people […]
A panel titled “Miku: The Open-Source Girl Who Conquered the World” was held at SXSW this year, hosted by Alex Leavitt (social media academic researcher), Hiroyuki Itoh (CEO of Crypton Future Media), Kanae Muraki (US/EU marketing for Crypton) and Tara Knight (creator of Mikumentary). SXSW (South-by-Southwest) is an “annual music, film, and interactive conference and […]
Volume 10 of the mook VOCALOID wo Tanoshimou came out today, containing information about the upcoming VOCALOID3 sound bank ZOLA. Some people who managed to flip through the pages have posted information about ZOLA on Twitter. Twitter user “You_T_from_BMC” recalled from his hazy memory that ZOLA consists of three males either in their teens or […]
PowerFX is going to be holding a design contest for artwork that will be on the cover of their upcoming bilingual English/Japanese VOCALOID3 sound bank, YOHIOloid. According to the official product page, the contest will be held between March 12 and April 15, with winners to be announced on April 22. A photograph of YOHIO, […]
While the big event over in Japan for Miku Day (3/9) was Mikupa Wakayama in Knasai (also broadcast on WOWOW), there were also a lot of other events going on, such as VOCALOID Cinema Party, where fans had a chance to watch 4K resolution promo videos. For fans wondering about the upcoming English release of […]
On March 3rd 2013, NEW PEOPLE and Vocalekt Visions hosted a special VOCALOID3 Megpoid English launch event in Japantown of San Francisco, California. This was a free event consisting of software demonstration sessions, a merchandise booth and live concerts that ran from noon to 6pm. Overview NEW PEOPLE was created by the founder of VIZ […]
As part of Tokyo Polytechnic University’s ongoing activities related to Yamaha’s vocal synthesis technology VOCALOID, the university had recently conducted a study via mobile web surveys aimed at avid music listeners in Japan between the ages of 12 and 39. The survey asked the target demographic various VOCALOID-related questions, such as how they came to […]
Yamaha has announced on their website the opening of a teaser site for their upcoming VOCALOID3 library titled “ZOLA PROJECT”. This library is being developed in commemoration of the 10th year anniversary of Yamaha’s announcement of VOCALOID and may be the “multi-singer” library announced by Kenmochi during an episode of Dream Creator. The teaser website […]
In an apparent bid to encourage more use of Megpoid English, INTERNET is holding a song-making campaign titled “VOCALOID3 Megpoid English Release Contest”. Submitting an original Megpoid English song to nico nico, tagging with “GUMIENGCONTEST” and locking the tag before March 31 is all that is needed to enter. The song can be made using […]
Megpoid English Launch Event (San Francisco, CA, USA on March 3, 2013) New People will be hosting a Megpoid English launch event at their Japantown venue. Demonstrations of the software will be held in the lobby from noon to 5PM, and Vocalekt Visions will be holding two one-hour shows at 2PM and 4:30PM. The actual […]
During a recent episode of Dream Creator, invited guest and head of the VOCALOID project team Kenmochi Hideki talked about the history of VOCALOID and then revealed details about an upcoming project they’ve planned to celebrate the 10th anniversary of VOCALOID. The project will allow the user to create the effect of three male singers […]
