The Vocaloid News Recap
After being gone for 10 days to visit anime expo and catch up on projects, this site a bit behind in the latest news. So I’ll quickly cover all the recent events and announcements.
Crypton Staff Confirms All Crypton Vocaloids Being Updated to Vocaloid3
There’s already been news for quite some time for several of Crypton’s Vocaloid characters. Kaito’s append V3 development, Megurine Luka V3, Hatsune Miku V3, etc. But a tweet from Crypton officials states that the entire Crypton Vocaloid lineup will be updated to the V3 generation. This even includes Meiko and the Kagamine twins. A question from a user in the tweet also asked if the twins would be getting English voice banks, but it is unclear if this question was also answered in the response. Here’s a link to the original tweet: [Link].
At Least Three Voice Styles Confirmed for V3 Miku
The development for V3 Miku seems to be near its end, and details are starting to leak out from Crypton staff. One tweet reads: “初音ミクのオリジナルに加えて、Dark＆Soft等のV3調整を新しく入ったエンジニアと共に進めてます。“. According to the tweet, the V3 release of Miku’s software will have her “classic” voice style, as well as Dark and Soft from her append set. It is unknown if this means if any other voice styles will be dropped from the V3 update, or if they’re just not yet announced. It is also unclear if these will be sold together, or separately like GUMI’s V3 package. As for the release date, there’s still unclear info and speculation. Many people in the community are guessing that Crypton may plan the release for sometime around her 5th anniversary. Link to tweet: [Link]
Leaked Image of Project Diva F Cover Reveals Additional Game Details
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The snapshot above of the game’s backside cover reveals and confirms some interesting game features. They are listed as follows:
- A two player Ad-Hoc gameplay mode (first ever two player mode for a PjD game).
- Touch communication/interaction with the ingame idols.
- The ability to not only create, but also share your own custom PVs with friends.
- Enjoy “live” life sized virtual performances through the game’s AR functions.
To recap on previous news, the game is set to launch on August 30th, just a day before Hatsune Miku’s 5th anniversary. Thank you to Vocaloid Otaku for the catch up on recent events.
Hahaha, awweeesome news!!
In the english version, the songs, lyrics, and everything will stay Japanese correct?
@kikiosuka: English version of what?
I’m really glad to hear that with all the new Vocaloids coming out, Crypton isn’t forgetting the beloved originals and is touching them up and re-releasing. I’m also cautiously excited about Miku’s long-promised English release. I hope it will be an enhancement for the Miku we all know and love, but I fear it would be taken and warped by America’s mainstream music scene. Although I doubt all of us fans would allow our precious Miku to be changed like that…
@Faux Pas: You’re not the only one being cautious. All the way back at Anime Expo 2011, they had asked people attending the Vocaloid conference panel to raise their hands if they were interested in an English release. Almost none of us did, including myself (this was with an audience of hundreds). At the time, we had no demos to go on to help us give a proper opinion. We were being cautiously skeptical, mostly out of fear. Of course, now we’ve had demos and far more news. So Crypton has my full support, 100%.
Im very happy that they are doing a english voicebank will help me learn the lyrics much faster since i have a hard time rembering the words but can can rember the polt. I have listen to her demos it took me at least 3 times to listen to the song while reading the lyrics to then understand the song without the lyrics. Though I can rember the lyrics very well now with her singing in english. ^_^
Stop, stop, STOP! You said “even Meiko and Kagamines”. You said it like they are unknown to people, crappy, unpopular, unable to get update (f.e. voice actor refused to record) or so on. Meiko is first popular voc, first japaneese, first to have avatar, first and also best from CFM, and makes songs that epic Miku will never even dream of, while Kagamines are second and third most popular voicebanks which can give out insanely good results if tuned properly (unlike Luka and Miku with almost no hidden potential: first is consistently good, second- consistently listenable, and both Kagamines can vary epicness level from Miku to Meiko).
BTW, Meiko V3 already have demos, unlike Miku V3.
@Nobody: V3 Miku has demos as well. And I’m sorry you took my message in that way, but it was not meant to be written with that kind of tone.
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