SOURCE: KONOCHAN.COM, GOOGLE IMAGE
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
PIKO TRIVIA
- Utatane Piko's hairstyle is almost identical to the real Piko's hairstyle, the only difference being an ahoge on top of the head that is shaped like the letter "P". The white hair color is likely inspired by depicted artworks of the singer. [4]
- His design incorporates the guitar.
- He is the only officially designed Vocaloid with heterochromia; one of his eyes is blue while the other is green.
- SF-A2 miki's voice provider, Miki Furukawa, works for Ki/oon records who are owned by Sony and is the same group Utatane Piko's provider Piko comes from.
SOURCE: VOCALOID WIKIA, GOOGLE IMAGE, KONOCHAN.COM
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Utatane Piko (歌手音ピコ)
Utatane Piko''' (歌手音ピコ) is the first Vocaloid from Sony Music Distribution and uses the [[Vocaloid2]] engine. His name "Utatane" means "sound of singer" while "Piko" is the name of a popular Nico Nico Douga singer called [[Piko]]; in other words, his name means "sound of singer Piko". He was released on December 8, 2010.
USAGE FOR MUSIC
In its default state, he is the least masculine sounding male vocal sampled by a male that was released. He cannot produce a satisfactory low masculine vocal tone as a result of it.[3] He is a praised as a versitile Vocaloid capable of a multitude of vocal tones and results. He can easily fit in a varity of roles within music because of it.
Demo
The trial version was released, but unlike past trial versions was released to be usable only for 5 days. The VSQ files
cannot be saved and the only savable format is .wav. Tutorials were also uploaded on how to use the software. The trial version has synchronization difficulties and uploading VSQ files of other vocaloids will not match up as perfectly as one expects, on some notes Piko sings too fast while on others too slow. This makes his demo difficult to use as not only is a certain amount of editing unavoidable, but his VSQ files once edited cannot be saved; although there are also ways around this. Piko's trial is subject to pronunciation problems, producing slightly muffled results without tweaking on some notes, this puts his overall sample quality on the same level as Lily's trial version. Sony also limits the uploading of the trial version, thus one cannot use him in the same way as his full version.
Utatane Piko's trial has caused a stir amongst Vocaloid fans.
- Some complained 5 days was not enough for the Producers to create songs with.
- Some put the blame of the limited trial on previous hacked trials of Lily and Iroha (note; that in a technical sense 5 days would create no difference to the ability to hack the software). However, even if one turns off the 5 day limit Piko does not have VSQ file saving and therefore cannot function as a full Vocaloid like the Lily and Iroha trials can.
- Others reacted negatively towards Sony for their harsh restrictions on Piko's trial, particularly the removal of videos on Nico Nico Douga featuring his trial voice.
In the Japanese fandom, he is currently amongst the lesser used Vocaloids, although has overall seen more usage then the previous male released in 2010 Gachapoid. Part of his usage problem is owed to be released next to the release of the Kagamine Append, with the Kagamine's grabbing much of the attention from him. He has a strong fan following for his "shota" voice in western fandoms, but due to the backlash of his demo failed to impressed many of the Vocaloid users, giving many mixed and contrasting reactions towards him overall.
There have been complaints to his voice sounding muffled and unclear. The design was considered "lazy" as it was close to SF-A2 miki's design, leading to the popular pairing of Utatane Piko and SF-A2 miki in both Japanese and Western fandoms.
souce: VOCALOID WIKIA, GOOGLE IMAGE, KONOCHAN.COM
Monday, October 17, 2011
IROHA TRIVIA
- She was originally designed by Sanrio for Comiket (Comic Market) in 2009.[15]
- The speakers encasing her hands are called Dynamic-Phonon Buster. The other set of speakers are called Chorus-speaker, each of these move around, supporting her. The floating microphone collects her voice and Announce Booth, which is on her head, works as an amplifier and divides the sound into three classes for the speakers, according to its range; the sound for tweeters, mid-range speakers and woofers.[16]
- According to her official profile on the Hello Kitty to Issho! page, she is interested in Hello Kitty and wants to become a "Platinum Kitty"[17].
- Since the trial version had enough vocal capabilities to function as a normal Vocaloid, hackers were reported to have found out how to turned off the limit of 30 days for both Lily and Iroha's 30 day trial versions.
- Due to miscommunication regarding advertisement of the new collaboration happening at the same Comiket booth as another event, fans initially believed that the new Vocaloid, announced to be a collaboration between AH-software and Sanrio, would be the kittyler Rio which was illustrated by KEI, the illustrator for the Crypton Future Media CV series and the Vocaloid Lily. (It is to be noted that at the time, a "kittyler" was misunderstood to be a moe personification of Hello Kitty herself rather than someone who is simply interested in the character) This sparked a controversy, and an interview with one of the members of AH-software had to clear up the misunderstanding. Rio was used for an upcoming project by Sanrio, "Hello Kitty to Issho!" and she is one of several kittylers illustrated by multiple artists. KEI was just one of them.[18][19]
- Two MMD Models of Iroha were released from Windows 100% magazine, one in August and another in November. The first model was based upon her Kittyler attire the other is her Vocaloid attire. The creator of the models is ISAO . Her second model (Vocaloid style) was used for an official 3D movie has shown on her official page and broadcast on Youtube.[20][21] In May 2011, two more models of Iroha were released, both done by the same artist, only this model was released to the public for a limited time. The models are Iroha in a more casual (dubbed idol) appearance; the first model that was released had a large bun wrap, but after much feedback ISAO edited the same model to have a side ponytail. In July 2011 a Magician model was released from Windows 100%.
source: VOCALOID WIKIA, GOOGLE IMAGE, KONOCHAN.COM
Nekomura Iroha (猫村いろは)
Nekomura Iroha (猫村いろは) is a character created bySANRIOWAVE CO.,LTD. in 2009. Also with a collaboration between AH-Software, she was released as a Vocaloid2 on October 22, 2010.[3][4]
"Iroha" is the old Japanese variant of "ABC" (as seen in the Japanese iroha poem) and "I, Ro, Ha" means "A(La), B(Si), C(Do)" of seven-note scale. [5]
She is illustrated by okama, a Japanese manga artist and illustrator.[6]
HISTORY
Iroha is one of the "kittyler" characters who love the Sanrio character Hello Kitty. She also joined the "Hello Kitty to
Issho!" project in early August, 2010.[7][8]
In October, 2010, Vocaloid2 for her was released, offering two demo songs, and her appearance and name were also released. Her voice provider is unknown. However, it is said that she is a professional singer who passed the audition test of AH-Software.[9]
A CD is set to be released with two songs ("Tsubasa" and "ABBEY FLY") featuring her, along with VSQ files. She owes much of her early use to being supplied as a trial version. The offer for the free trial ended on September 30th 2010.[10]
Source: VOCALOID WIKIA, GOOGLE IMAGE
Thursday, October 13, 2011
LILY TRIVIA
- Early speculation on Lily's given name was thought to be due from the name of her voice provider Masuda Yuri, as "yuri" literally means "lily". Since she was not actually developed by Internet Co., Ltd her name does not follow Internet's naming scheme of using "poid" at the end of the softwares title, despite being sold by them nor does she have a separate name for her mascot and software.
- Since the trial version had enough vocal capabilities to function as a normal Vocaloid, hackers were reported to have found out how to turned off the limit of 30 days for her 30 day trial versions.
- Kio's model is available by purchase of Windows 100% magazine and MMD Second Pack magazine.
- She has no confirmed character item. However, she has been seen with a cross-sign in figurines. Another popular item for her is a lemon most likely due to the brightness of her hair.
- Her height has never been unclarified, however, in "Schwarzgazer" she was shown to be of average height.
source: GOOGLE, VOCALOID.WIKIA
LILY (リリィ)
Lily (リリィ Ririi) is an official character of a singing synthesizer application software powered by Yamaha's Vocaloid2. Her basic databanks were jointly-developed by Yamaha and Avex Management Co., Ltd.[1][2]
INTERNET Co.,Ltd is the distributor and also provide her effective support for the users. This was also announced by t-kimura(Takashi Kimura), once a member and now a music producer of m.o.v.e, on his twitter. Lily was published on August 25, 2010 and her design is by KEI. The data for the voice was created by sampling the voice of Yuri Masuda (益田 祐里,Masuda Yuri), a Japanese vocalist of the Japanese musical group m.o.v.e. [3][4]
HISTORY
Originally Lily appeared on the cover of the CD "anim.o.v.e. 01" released on Aug 19, 2009 before the announcement of its Vocaloid development. Lily was introduced as "Code Name: Lily" on DTM MAGAZINE published in May, 2010.[5]The voice source is the lead vocalist of m.o.v.e., Yuri Masuda. The idea of the developing a vocaloid based on
Yuri's voice was occurred, as one of the member was a user of vocaloid and the illustration of Lily's Vocaloid was used on a Anim.o.v.e album while the voicebank was in developement. Two official demos, "SUPER SONIC DANCE Lily Ver. With G" and "Gamble Rumble Lily Ver With G" have been released and also Gakupo Kamui is used in them. "SUPER SONIC DANCE" is one of the songs released by m.o.v.e.[6][7]
Her trial version was given out free online before her release, but is no longer available. Her contests are closed and songs are now being released onto Youtube and Nico Nico Douga using the 30 day trial. Also, "anim.o.v.e. 02", m.o.v.e album which comes along with her anime movie, was released On Aug 25, 2010. Prizes for her contest were Lily-related promotional goods, also a copy of Internet Co. Ltd.'s Singer Song Writer 9 Professional software. Judges included DJ Lily and MOSH from anim.o.v.e, Masashi Kamibayashi and Kenichiro Yorozu of DTM MAGAZINE, and Hideki Kenmochi of YAMAHA.
She saw heavy promotion with many merchandise released both prior and after her software was released. Lily received a figure released in November, 2010 becoming the first non-Crypton Vocaloid to receive a figurine.[8][9][10]A
digicomic movie(anime MV) titled "Schwarzgazer", which shows the world where Lily is[11], has been produced and it will be released with the album "anim.o.v.e 02". The song was sung by m.o.v.e., not by Vocaloids. Its short version has been officially uploaded on Nicovideo and Youtube. (Nico broadcast, Youtube broadcast) This short movie is unique in approach, as it provides an official English language version side by side with the Japanese version, hinting acknowledgment of the existence of overseas fans by the company. It depicts Lily and companion "Mosh" as fighters against a virus, equipped with music as their weapon.A manga of the same name, which is written by Kei, was released together.[12][13]
Lily's avatar was used by Yuri Masuda alongside Mosh and Luna in the PV "Love Shower" feat. Yukari Tamura, the song is in the cover album "anim.o.v.e 03" .
Source: VOCALOID.WIKIA, GOOGLE, WIKIPEDIA
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