This is a presentation in progress!

1. Introduction to Vocaloid
Your tour guide is Kuro-Shiro!

2. WHAT IS VOCALOID?
 Well, VOCALOID (often referred to as
just "V1" in Vocaloid communities) is a
singing synthesizer application
software developed by the Yamaha
Corporation. It was developed in
Japan, but the first were in Britain.

3. VOCALOID BEGINNINGS
 The majority of people believe
VOCALOID started in Japan! But
actually, it all started in Britain! There
many VOCALOIDS up to this date, so
many that it cannot be counted.
 Right now, VOCALOID is from many
parts of this world. There was British,
Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish,
and some other I really can’t
remember. *sweatdrop*

4. VOCALOID:
LEON and LOLA were the first VOCALOIDS
released for the Vocaloid engine. He is a
"virtual male soul vocalist modeled on a real
professional singer" and was created for
English. As well as claiming the spot of first
Vocaloid, Leon and Lola also are the first male
and female VOCALOIDS for English and the
Vocaloid1 engine itself.
LEON was released along with fellow
Vocaloid, LOLA, by Zero-G Limited. They
were one of the exhibits at the Zero-G Limited
booth during Wired Nextfest and the
VOCALOIDS won the 2005 Electronic
Musician Editor’s Choice Award. At the time of
their release, LOLA and LEON had no rival
software to contend with and were the first
Vocal synthesizers to be released of their
nature. However, LEON and LOLA failed to
impact the American market due to their

5. VOCALOID:
LOLA was the first female VOCALOID ever
released. She was released along with fellow
VOCALOID LEON.
LOLA was released along with fellow
VOCALOID, LEON, by Zero-G Limited. She
received much better reviews than her male
counterpart, and they were exhibited at the
Zero-G Limited booth during Wired Nextfest.
The Vocaloids won the 2005 Electronic
Musician Editor’s Choice Award, despite
mixed reviews on both. At the time of their
release, Lola and Leon had no rival software
to contend with and were the first Vocal
synthesizers to be released of their nature.
However, Leon and Lola failed to impact the
American market due to their accents.

6. VOCALOID:
MIRIAM is the third Vocaloid installment
from Zero-G. She was released on the 1st of
July, 2004. Her voice is based off the
popular British singer, Miriam Stockley, who
is also the lead singer of the band Adiemus.
In July 2004, Zero-G limited released
MIRIAM, making her the third Vocaloid to be
released. MIRIAM's programming surpassed
her previous VOCALOID counterparts, LOLA
and LEON. Miriam Stockley offered to allow
her voice to be added into the software
engine, accepting that you cannot fight
progress. Improved functionality was
implemented into her, which lessened the
time for a VOCALOID user to produce a
more realistic sound. In addition, Yamaha
mentioned on their website that MIRIAM's
synthesis quality was much better.

7. VOCALOID:
MEIKO is a Vocaloid DTM (Desktop Music)
software created by Crypton Future Media.
She is the first Japanese Vocaloid and first
Japanese female Vocaloid. She utilizes the
Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA. Her
voice is provided by the Japanese female
singer Meiko Haigō (拝郷 メイコ Haigō
Meiko). The illustration was done by Shogo
Washizu, who is often called わっしー
(Wasshi) and was once a member of
Crypton.
She sold 3,000+ units in her first year
according to DTM magazine, this was
abnormal for a software synthesizer at the
time. This was also far better than her
counterpart Kaito who had sold only 500
units. As of note, for a commercial product to

8. and her
append:
MEIKO has an append on the way.
Not much is known.
Artwork not given.
But her vocals were heard in “Over The
Rocks” and “Forte x Piano x Scandal”.

9. has a Pullip!

10. has a
Nendoroid!

11. VOCALOID:
KAITO is a Japanese male Vocaloid created
by Crypton Future Media. He utilizes the older
Vocaloid engine developed by YAMAHA. He
claims the spot of the last vocal to be released
for the Vocaloid engine and is the first
Japanese male Vocaloid to have appeared
from Crypton Future Media. The voice was
supplied by a Japanese male singer Fūga
Naoto (風雅 なおと). The illustration was done
by Takashi Kawasaki.
At the time of his original sale, Vocaloid was
not yet a well known product, and
synthesizing software was only considered
successful if it sold more than 1,000 units.
However, Kaito managed to sell only 500
units—deeming him "a commercial failure." In
contrast, his counterpart, Meiko, had sold
3,000 units in her first year.

12. and his
append:
Not much about KAITO’s append is
known, but it seems his artwork is
already… ready.
Only a silhouette was given.
His voice for the append was heard in
the demo, “Over The Rocks”, a duet
with MEIKO and KAITO.

13. has a Taeyang!

14. has a
Nendoroid!

15. VOCALOID:
Sweet ANN is a Vocaloid released by PowerFX.
She was the first Vocaloid created using
Yamaha’s Vocaloid2 upgraded software.
She is voiced by an Australian singer whose
artist name is "Jody".
PowerFX took steps when Sweet Ann was to
be released. They advertised her by creating a
MySpace page and uploaded demos (Alove,
Sweet Ann Vs Kitto) to YouTube. Due to time
restraints, the Vocaloid2 software was released
without public beta testing with both Sweet Ann
and Hatsune Miku being released with reletively
little testing done to their Vocaloid2 software.

16. VOCALOID:
Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is the first
Japanese Vocaloid2 in the Vocaloid2
Character Vocal Series, the third Japanese
Vocaloid created by Crypton Future Media,
and is the seventh Vocaloid to have
appeared overall; released on August 31,
2007. She is considered as the most popular
and well known Vocaloid and the first to
become a pop idol. The data for the voice
was created by sampling the voice of Saki
Fujita (藤田 咲, Fujita Saki), a Japanese
voice actress.
The idea behind her was first established as
being "a cute female vocal that professionals
can create from" and part of the "CV" or
"Character Vocal" series who were designed
to be vocals with a variety of character and
color. Hatsune Miku was unveiled on the

17. and her
Popularity!
Right now,
Miku is very
famous
indeed!
Since she
was the first
in
VOCALOID
2, she
received
much
attention!
She is
known by
EVERY
VOCALOID
fan. She is
usually
believed to

18. and her
append:
Since Miku received much popularity,
Crypton Future Media decided to make
her vocals… better. They created for her
an Append, an extra software that can
only be used with the original, to make her
vocals, softer and clearer.

19. has a Pullip!

20. has a
Nendoroid!
The Hatsune Miku
Nendoroid is very detailed
indeed. And it is very
cute. Don’t get fooled by
it’s cuteness!

21. VOCALOID:
Kagamine Rin & Len (鏡音リン ・レン) is the
second product released on December 27,
2007, they are Vocaloid2 Character Vocal
Series developed by Crypton Future Media
Ltd. (CFM), male voice (Len) and female voice
(Rin).
Crypton Future Media intended to project a
Vocaloid with low-teen girl's voice at first
following Miku Hatsune, but there was a
demand for a boy's voice, so Crypton Future
Media hired a voice actress who can produce
both sounds. Kagamine Rin was the first
voicebank developed and introduced to the
Vocaloid consumer market on November 8th
2007. However, the package included two
voicebanks: one for Rin and another for Len,
both provided by the seiyū Asami Shimoda (下
田 麻美 Shimoda Asami), Kagamine Len was

22. and their
append:
Rin and Len are also some of the
famous VOCALOIDS, and were
famous enough to get appends as
well.
Their boxart was drawn by Osamu.

23. have Dals!

24. have
Nendoroids!

25. VOCALOID:
Prima was Zero-G's first Vocaloid 2
product released January 14, 2008.
According to Zero-G, they looked at what
was missing and decided that there was a
gap for a classical soprano voice. This
voice type was decided during Miriam's
release, along with a choir type of voice.
Prima's voice provider was a singer who
answered an ad put up on a music
academy website. After some test
samples in the Vocaloid software, they
decided to go ahead and record her for
the Vocaloid 2 software.

26. VOCALOID:
Kamui Gakupo (神威がくぽ) is the official
mascot character of Gackpoid (がくっぽ
いど / Gakuppoido) which is a singing
synthesizer application software powered
by Yamaha's Vocaloid2 and was published
by INTERNET Co.,Ltd. The avatar
character of the software drawn by the
illustrator Kentaro Miura (三浦健太郎
Miura Kentaro).
Internet Co. wanted to utilize the voice of
a singer for the creation of Vocaloid but
felt it would be difficult to get a singer to
agree. They consulted Dwango Co.,Ltd.
who managed Nico Nico Douga, and
Dwango suggested Gackt (神威 楽斗
Camui Gackt), a singer and actor, as he
had previously provided his voice for
Dwango's cell phone services. He lent his

27. and his Extends:
The current Extends
Gackpoid, also known as he has is:
Gakupo, has and Extend, a - Native
version of an Append, but - Whisper
from another Company to - Power
avoid copyright issues.

28. has a Nendoroid!
Gakupo Kamui has a
Nendoroid. Although the eyes
of the Nendoroid are styled
differently than the other
Crypton Future Media Vocaloid
Nendoroids, it still has the same
functions and still has many
details.

29. Concept Art

30. Concept Art
Continued
This shows his cyber
suit under his kimono.
Manly, huh?

31. REMEMBER.
GAKUPO.
IS.
THE.
MANLIEST.
VOCALOID.
EVER.

32. VOCALOID:
Megurine Luka (巡音ルカ / Megurine
Ruka) was the third Japanese Vocaloid2
from Crypton and released on January 30,
2009. Yū Asakawa (浅川 悠 / Asakawa Yū)
provided the voice for the "cool, somewhat
mysterious" character.
Her introduction was firstly by code
(CV03) and her existence was made
known during the Kagamine original
release promotions and was intended to
be the last of the CV series vocals, on
05/01/2009 the first letter of her surname
was revealed with the promise of more
information to come. On the 06/01/2009,
Megurine Luka was revealed. Like its
previous two characters, Crypton
advertised Luka's vocal database as
"Japanese".

33. and her
Append:
Megurine Luka has an append on the
way.
Not much is known.
Artwork not given.

34. has a Pullip!

35. has a
Nendoroid!

36. VOCALOID: