Source: Crypton blog
A post on the official Crypton blog reveals a possibly new VOCALOID series, along with samples for a “innocent, child-like voice”.
Named “Project if…”, the project is a joint collaboration between WHOOPEE and Crypton, and revolves around the concept of “what if…?”. I guess their first thought was to try the voice of a little girl. ^_^;
Above is a sample of what they have so far, singing that famous song. It does sound cute, and I’m looking forward to the sort of stuff VOCALOID composers will come up with, if and when the voice is released.
Source: mikatan
There’s not a lot of detail revealed, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see. And as mentioned in moetron, Crypton probably has their hands full with this, as well as the upcoming male VOCALOID and Hatsune Miku APPEND. We didn’t manage to blog about it, so I guess a quick introduction is in order.
Hatsune Miku APPEND to Hatsune Miku is basically what Red Alert 3: Uprising is to Red Alert 3; it’s a standalone expansion containing variations of her voice data, unlike the Kagamine Rin/Len Act2 pack which contained “improved” voices. It was announced in August, and contains 3 different variations of the voice we all know and love.
Above video contains all 3 samples, and if you listen carefully, they do differ somewhat, and I’m impressed with how much more human-like they are. There’s no release date announced yet (at least to my knowledge), so I guess we’ll have to wait it out.
Also, note that a new VOCALOID series is purely speculation. For all we know, “Project if…” may result in a separate product line (unless it has already been confirmed).
Oh well.
[Via moetron, Kazenomise, and Mikatan]
4 Responses to “VOCALOID “Project if…” Announced, Lolies Involved”
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ponyo ponyo!! I like that song actually. LOL
Hmm, I hope the final result would be a true loli.. She would sure fit well into the Vocaloid family, having such a sweet voice..
Vocaloli ftw. <3
But hell, making a Miku expansion and forgeting Voca00 – Kaito and Meiko. Unforgivable.
Wow, they do sound more human like! I love the voice sample video.
Video voices scale.
1. Second voice. Miku can sing in that voice to me any day.
2. First voice. Fantastic as well.
3. Third voice. Also really good. Sounds really familiar.
Great post. I would have never figured this out on my own. Thanks!