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Hatsune Miku the Virtual Idol
Posted: 2007-09-22 09:42pm
by VF5SS
From the Gamer's web blog
Few weeks ago, after I found it on sale in Akiba's Laox MusicVox shop, I posted about Vocaloid 2 on my mixi blog. According to Akiba blog and several other sources seems that this music software has been really succesfull (it's on top spot of Amazon Japan sales ranking) and the first printing is already sold out. Vocaloid is a technology and application software developed by Yamaha that enables users to synthesize authentic-sounding singing by just typing in the melody and the lyrics of a song. Yamaha announced its development in 2003, and in 2004 the first application software product was launched. It was not released as a Yamaha product, but a software package of Vocaloid Singer Libraries developed by third party licensees (Zero-G and Crypton) which included Yamaha's Vocaloid software. Vocaloid 2 singer, just released by Crypton, features the voice of Atsune Miku: a 16 years old virtual Singer (according to her official bio she is 158 cm tall, weights 42 Kg and loves pop and dance music).
These are official MP3 demo songs: Song 1, Song 2 and Song 3 or YouTube medley.
In the last two weeks Atsune Miku stormed the japanese otaku and video gamers undeground and many users poster their own music created with Vocaloid 2 on Nico Nico (japanese equivalent of You Tube). It's really impressive how powerfull can be a 100$ software! Finally anime and videogame fans can have their personal seiyu in their room!
Hastune Miku demo songs
some Cardcaptor Sakura song
LEEKSPIN!
Megazone 23 is coming true!
Posted: 2007-09-22 09:44pm
by Stark
Will it hypnotise us and attempt to steal the Macross?
As an aside, I can now be defeated at singstar by a) all my friends and b) a computer. Yay.
Posted: 2007-09-22 09:47pm
by VF5SS
Stark wrote:Will it hypnotise us and attempt to steal the Macross?
No but it will be able to hack into the airwaves and broadcast a plea for, "7G no Operator!"
Posted: 2007-09-22 09:58pm
by Sidewinder
Her picture on the
official website looks cute, if flat-chested.
Posted: 2007-09-22 09:59pm
by Sidewinder
VF5SS wrote:Stark wrote:Will it hypnotise us and attempt to steal the Macross?
No but it will be able to hack into the airwaves and broadcast a plea for, "7G no Operator!"
What is this a reference to? 'Macross 2'? 'Macross 7'? (I haven't seen either series.)
Posted: 2007-09-22 10:03pm
by VF5SS
It's a reference to Megazone 23. You should go watch it. And if you want my opinion on Macross 2 listen to my podcast. Oh ho ho.
Posted: 2007-09-22 11:16pm
by Spanky The Dolphin
Quite impressive, though there's kind of a funny little
Animal Crossing vibe to it.
Posted: 2007-09-22 11:25pm
by VF5SS
They should really make a full version of the Ballade (song 1). That one is eerily realistic.
Posted: 2007-09-24 11:26pm
by Seggybop
So, jpop can now be performed with absolutely 0% human involvement. Impressive.
Re: Hatsune Miku the Virtual Idol
Posted: 2007-09-25 01:11am
by Eris
VF5SS wrote:*link snipped*
LEEKSPIN!
Sir, I am offended! The young representation of a woman in question is distinctly
waving her leek at us, not spinning it. I do declare this to be treachery of the foulest sort.
Seggybob wrote:So, jpop can now be performed with absolutely 0% human involvement. Impressive.
Nay, not impressive, but inevitable. It was merely a matter of time before they excised the last vestiges of humanity from that soulless art.
Posted: 2007-09-25 10:38pm
by Seggybop
K so I've actually tried the program now, and it is seriously made of WIN and GOOD. It's surprisingly easy to use. I was able to get it to pseudo-sing the Morrowind theme song in a few minutes.
Posted: 2007-09-26 12:01am
by VF5SS
Wait. It's easy to use? I couldn't figure out how to do anything other than string together single kana and make it sound really cheesy.
Posted: 2007-09-26 03:07am
by Shogoki
I can't stop laughing at
this for some reason, lol.
Posted: 2007-09-26 09:29am
by Enigma
Shogoki wrote:I can't stop laughing at
this for some reason, lol.
Though that video was funny but I saw the original and I found that kid to be very pathetic and needs a lot of time away from the computer. Unless of course it was all a fake.....
Posted: 2007-09-26 10:50am
by Spanky The Dolphin
It is a fake. It's just some German kid who makes Internet videos of himself pretending to get teeth-foaming mad for "comedy" value.
Posted: 2007-09-26 01:44pm
by VF5SS
I am as offended as Spanky's current avatar. Way to ruin a perfectly good rendition of Moji Pittan, internet.