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Kaai Yuki
| Kaai Yuki | ||
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| Biographical information | ||
| Developer | AH-Software | |
| Distributor | AH-Software | |
| Illustrator | ??? (Original/2009) | |
| Age | 9 | |
| Origin | Japan | |
| Technical Information | ||
| Voice provider | Unrevealed [1] | |
| Additional information | ||
| Gender | Female | |
| Height | "As tall as 10 big apples" | |
| Weight | "As heavy as 86 apples" | |
| Product Code | SAHS-40714 VOCALOID2 歌愛ユキ | |
| Affiliation | YAMAHA | |
Kaai Yuki (歌愛ユキ) is a Japanese Vocaloid released in December 4, 2009. She is developed by AH-Software.[2]The characters of her name, "歌愛", mean "song" and "love" respectively.
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History
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Her voice is taken from recordings of an actual elementary school student. However, the name of the one who offered the voice for Yuki is still unknown.[3]
She has three demos released, "±", "Vocaloid Grade School Student", and "Try again".
Vocaloid 3; starter packEdit
AH-Software is releasing their Vocaloid 2 era Vocaloids with Vocaloid 3 starter packs. However, there have been no updates for the 4 voicebanks and although they are sold with Vocaloid 3 they are all still Vocaloid 2 voicebanks.
MarketingEdit
She is meant to be portrayed as an elementary school student, officially she is a student of Hiyama Kiyoteru and what is in her red randoseru is a motif of Yamaha's wind controller, WX5.
Until May 2011, all Ah-software Vocaloids were banned from Karen-T.
Voicebank LibrariesEdit
Vocaloid 2Edit
Kaai YukiEdit
| Kaai Yuki | |
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| Development Information | |
| Developer(s) | AH-Software |
| Initial Release | December 4, 2009 |
| Stable Release | Vocaloid2 |
| Development Status | Unsupported as of Vocaloid 3 |
| Operating System | Windows 32-bit operating systems (XP, Vista) |
| Type | Japanese Vocaloid |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | homepage |
| Technical Information | |
| Optimum Tempo | 50 ~ 150 |
| Optimum Range | F2 ~ C4 |
StrengthsEdit
Yuki and Hiyoteru were designed to be Voclaoids that had human-esque traits about them. Yuki is designed to sing childrens songs and has an innocent, soft and cute voice.[4] Her child-like voice makes her unique amongst the Vocaloid 2 voicebanks and allows for a soft, sweet style of song. She was the youngest sounding vocal released during the Vocaloid 2 era.[5]
Since she has a breathy voice and strong consonant sounds, her Japanese sounds very natural. She tends to be one of the more relaisitc vocals of the Vocaloid2 era. Her voicebank has a reputation for being able use its Japanese phonetics to mimick the English language easier than most other Japanese voicebanks.
WeaknessesEdit
Because of her vocal properties, Yuki cannot sing like a professional singer as she is intended to sound like an amateur. The most major issue is that she has very soft vocals because she is a child vocal, this can affect her higher notes and pronounications. Some users say the beginning consonant sounds get shorter as well as with other AH-S vocaloids.[6]
DemoEdit
A 14 trial version of the Vocaloid 2 engine for this Vocaloid was made able to be downloaded in March 2012 from Ah Softwares website. This does not allow .VSQ saving but .Wav files can be saved.[7]
Examples of UsageEdit
I Am Living | |||
 | Author(s): | No-H | |
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| Featuring: | Kaai Yuki | ||
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The World Will Completely Change in a Mere Moment | |||
 | Author(s): | ashitano-P | |
| Category: | Original song | ||
| Featuring: | Kaai Yuki | ||
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Nicovideo Broadcast / Youtube Broadcast (subbed) | |||
Description
A ballad which features to Kaai Yuki singing with a sad and soft voice. | |||
Disco☆Chocolatheque | |||
 | Author(s): | kagome-P | |
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| Featuring: | Kaai Yuki | ||
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Notable Yuki SongsEdit
- Main article: Songs featuring Kaai Yuki
- Main article: Youtube List/Kaai Yuki Songs
PopularityEdit
The three Ah Software Vocaloids were slow to gain popularity and for a while were amongst the least popular Vocaloids. Kaai Yuki was the second noted in 2010 as the second most popular of the trio.[8]
A independant Vocaloid search on Nico Nico Douga revealed that most Vocaloids had less then 1,000 videos uploaded on Nico Nico Douga in between July 1 and December 15 2011 with Yuki falling into that category as well.[9]
TriviaEdit
- Yuki and Kiyoteru's announcement came in November 2009. Interestingly enough, at the end of the previous month Crypton Future Media had just made their own announcement of a series called Project if… which was set in a elementry school setting.[10]
Notable for...Edit
- One of the first 3 AH software Vocaloids
- One of the two first female AH software Vocaloids
- First vocal to be provided by a child
GalleryEdit
Notice: Due to the number of artwork both official and non-official, only significant artwork and MMD models will be listed. And please, respect the producers of the models and do not distribute illegally or edit without permission. In some cases, a producer known or unknown may have already ceased distribution of said model, possibly due to violations of the terms of use.
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External linksEdit
- Kaai Yuki fanart DeviantArt / Pixiv / Piapro
- MMD model
links and passwords are provided publicly by model producer(s)
- YouTube (Nukude) - MMD Yuki Kaai Edit Kiramekirari +Model Download+
- WindowsLive (Namamonozukan) - (official site) MMD関連 (歌愛ユキ_カス子ver1.1.1)
References Edit
- ↑ [1] Vocaloid Answer Wiki - Why are some voice providers not revealed?
- ↑ [2] Ah-Software - ボカロ小学生 歌愛ユキ (Kaai Yuki)
- ↑ [3] ASCII.jp - 開発元に聞く、新ボーカロイドの狙いとこれから (We ask the developers, the future aim of the new Vocaloids)
- ↑ [4] IT Media - 新人VOCALOID「ボカロ小学生」「ボカロ先生」「ボカロフルカワミキ」登場――さっそく歌ってもらった (1/2) (The new Vocaloids a Grade schooler, a teacher, and Furukawa Miki appear)
- ↑ [5] Vocaloidism - New Vocaloid “Kaai Yuki” And “Hiyama Kiyoteru” By AH-Software, New Demo Song for “Project if…
- ↑ [6] Amazon/jp - VOCALOID2 歌愛ユキ
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- ↑ [7] VCC - How big is the Japanese Vocaloid community?
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