Miriam
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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.
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Concept
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Much like the Vocaloids Leon and Lola, Miriam has no concept design. Her boxart is a picture of her provider Miriam Stockley that has had a photographic effect applied to it.
EtymologyEdit
Miriam gets her name from her provider "Miriam Stockley".
Vocaloid ReleasesEdit
Vocaloid Miriam and her Voice Provider Miriam Stockley
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Examples of UsageEdit
Miriam singing in her raw state - no vocal editing (Vocaloid)
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Interval of Clouds | |||
 | Author(s): | shu-tP | |
| Category: | Original song | ||
| Featuring: | Miriam | ||
| Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast | |||
Description
One of Miriam's more famous songs. | |||
Secret Space | |||
 | Author(s): | Puffihn | |
| Category: | Original song | ||
| Featuring: | Miriam | ||
| Youtube Broadcast | |||
Description
A original song sung by Miriam showing her soft vocals. | |||
Fly me to the Moon | |||
 | Author(s): | 電車内制作P | |
| Category: | Cover song | ||
| Featuring: | Miriam | ||
| Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast | |||
Description
A Cover song of "Fly me to the Moon" sung by Miriam. | |||
Child of the Elements | |||
 | Author(s): | Lyle Music | |
| Category: | Original Song | ||
| Featuring: | Miriam | ||
| Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast | |||
Angels Fly Away | |||
 | Author(s): | Daifuku-P | |
| Category: | Original Song | ||
| Featuring: | Miriam | ||
| Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast | |||
Stand Alone | |||
 | Author(s): | Zhi | |
| Category: | Original Song | ||
| Featuring: | Miriam | ||
| Nicovideo Broadcast Youtube Broadcast | |||
 | Listing of songs | |
| Notable songs by Vocaloid | ||
| Assorted songs by Vocaloid. Page count ( 10 ) | ||
| Albums featuring Vocaloid. Page count ( 5 ) |
MarketingEdit
Miriam was sold as a more general voicebank rather then as a genre driven voicebank like Leon and Lola, although was still aimed at professionals. Unlike previous Vocaloids, Leon and Lola, Miriam was also released at the same time as Virsyn's Cantor software and comparisons between the two were noted. This put Miriam at a slight disadvantage during her original time of release, as Leon and Lola did not have any competition and Vocaloid was not yet popular software. Cantor was considered a far greater synthesizing tool than Vocaloid and was able to do what Miriam could not offer; this impacted Miriam's sales. She had been sold as any other software of the time and had no fandom to back her initial release. Miriam was the most well-known Zero-G Vocaloid while she was available and the most promoted of the voicebanks offered, though most promotions were carried out by the professional users of the software.
For a period she, along with Leon and Lola, was not on sale due to the lack of interest in synthesized voices. This lack of interest was owed to the sudden change in indie music trends. After increased interest began to occur in Vocaloids and renewed demand, Zero-G began reselling Lola, Leon and Miriam from their own website via their virtual shop. According to Zero-G, the 3 may also get a redesign in the future.[1]
ConcertsEdit
The very first "live event" featuring a Vocaloid was with Miriam. This was held in Novosibirsk, Russia, on December 26, 2004. She performed one song, a cover of "Sad Mondays", with live musicians.[2]
Additional informationEdit
PopularityEdit
Miriam was often considered the most appealing vocal of the English Vocaloid engine and was normally the most popular with the overseas fandom.
Despite being the most popular English Vocaloid overseas, in Japan, it is Lola who often dominates over Miriam. In the Nico Nico Douga International Vocaloid ranking 2010, Miriam made the least amount of appearances in the top 30 most popular songs of 2010, with just 1 video appearance in the rankings. Together, Leon and Lola had a combined total of 9 appearances compared to Miriam.
An independent 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. Miriam fell into that category.[3]
It is unknown how many units were sold, but as Kaito was the only commercial Vocaloid failure reported, it is safe to say she sold at least 1,000 units.
TriviaEdit
- She is the only one of the Zero-G Vocaloids whose voice provider is known. Zero-G does not normally name their voice providers for legal reasons.
- Lola, Miriam, and Big Al were slated to be featured in the original soundtrack of freeware RPG "Ad Lucem". The project remains unfinished. [4]
Notable for...Edit
- First known voice provider for a commercial release
- First Vocaloid based on a establish singer to be released
- First Vocaloid to be named after the vocal provider
- First Vocaloid to have a live concert
- Only English Vocaloid from Zero-G whose voice provider has been revealed
References Edit
- ↑ [1] Engloid Blog - Zero-G Interview: Dom Keefe
- ↑ "Vocaloid's FIRST public performance!". December 6, 2004. http://www.jasminemusic.com/vocaloid/first_public_performance.htm.
- ↑ link
- ↑ [2] Engloid Blog - Vocaloid music to be featured in RPG
External linksEdit
Official :
Other :
- Old Engloid Blog: Miriam (tag search)
- New Engloid Blog- Miriam (tag search)
Fandom :
- Miriam fanart DeviantArt / Pixiv / Piapro
- Miriam models on MikuMikuDance wiki
- Miriam derivatives on Fanloid wiki
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