The following is a list of known and upcoming projects by the studios related to VOCALOID. Please be aware this is subject to change as details given to the fans may be subject to mistranslations, rumors and misunderstandings.
Commercial license releases
The most commonly known VOCALOIDs are the commercially sold units produced by 3rd party studios. These VOCALOIDs are produced under license by YAMAHA and are able to be bought by any bidding producers through commercial outlets. Their quality and capabilities vary, as do the licensing agreements issued by the respected studios involved.
- For a list of all "VOCALOIDs" and their concepts, see Vocaloid (mascot).
- For more information on how vocals are developed, see VOCALOID Development.
VOCALOID
A total of 5 voicebanks were released for VOCALOID in English and Japanese. vocal
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
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LEON | Zero-G | 2004 January 15 2004 March 3 (JP) |
Masculine; English |
LOLA | Zero-G | 2004 January 15 2004 March 3 (JP) |
Feminine; English |
MIRIAM | Zero-G | 2004 July 1 2004 July 26 (JP) |
Feminine; English |
MEIKO | Crypton Future Media YAMAHA Corporation |
2004 November 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
KAITO | Crypton Future Media YAMAHA Corporation |
2006 February 17[1] | Masculine; Japanese |
VOCALOID2
A total of 35 voicebanks were released for VOCALOID2 in English and Japanese.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
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Sweet ANN | PowerFX | 2007 June 29 2007 September 21 (JP) |
Feminine; English |
Hatsune Miku | Crypton Future Media | 2007 August 31 | Feminine; Japanese |
Kagamine Rin/Len | Crypton Future Media | 2007 December 27 | Femine/Masculine; Japanese |
Prima | Zero-G | 2008 January 14 2008 February 22 (JP) |
Feminine; English |
Kagamine Rin/Len act2 | Crypton Future Media | 2008 July 18 | Femine/Masculine; Japanese |
Camui Gackpo | Internet Co., Ltd | 2008 July 31 | Masculine; Japanese |
Megurine Luka | Crypton Future Media | 2009 January 30 | Feminine;
Japanese, English |
GUMI | Internet Co., Ltd | 2009 June 26 | Feminine; Japanese |
SONiKA | Zero-G | 2009 July 14 (Promotional) 2009 July 15 (Shipped) 2009 August 7(JP) |
Feminine; English |
SF-A2 miki | AH Software | 2009 December 4 | Feminine; Japanese |
Kaai Yuki | AH Software | 2009 December 4 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hiyama Kiyoteru | AH Software | 2009 December 4 | Masculine; Japanese |
BIG AL | PowerFX | 2009 December 22 2010 March 5 (JP) |
Masculine; English |
Hatsune Miku Append | Crypton Future Media | 2010 April 30 | Feminine; Japanese |
Tonio | Zero-G | 2010 July 14 | Masculine; English |
Lily | Internet Co., Ltd Avex Management Co., Ltd |
2010 August 25 | Feminine; Japanese |
VY1 | YAMAHA Corporation Bplats |
2010 September 1 | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
Ryuto | Internet Co., Ltd | 2010 October 8 | Masculine; Japanese |
Nekomura Iroha | AH Software | 2010 October 22 | Feminine; Japanese |
Utatane Piko | Sony Music Entertainment Ki/oon Music Inc. |
2010 December 8 | Masculine; Japanese |
Kagamine Rin/Len Append | Crypton Future Media | 2010 December 27 | Femine/Masculine; Japanese |
VY2 | YAMAHA Corporation Bplats |
2011 April 25 | Unisex Masculine; Japanese |
VOCALOID3
A total of 69 voicebanks have been released for VOCALOID3 in English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Chinese.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
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VY1v3 | YAMAHA Corporation Bplats |
2011 October 21 | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
Mew | YAMAHA Corporation | 2011 October 21 | Feminine Japanese |
V3 Megpoid | Internet Co., Ltd | 2011 October 21 | Feminine Japanese |
SeeU | SBS A&T Co,. Ltd. | 2011 October 21 2011 December 16 (JP) |
Feminine; Korean, Japanese |
Tone Rion | MoeJapan | 2011 December 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
OLIVER | PowerFX | 2011 December 21 | Masculine; English |
CUL | Internet Co., Ltd | 2011 December 22 | Feminine; Japanese |
Yuzuki Yukari | AH Software Vocalomakets |
2011 December 22 | Feminine; Japanese |
Bruno | Voctro Labs | 2011 December 23 | Masculine; Spanish |
Clara | Voctro Labs | 2011 December 23 | Feminine; Spanish |
IA | 1st PLACE | 2012 January 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
V3 Megpoid - Native | Internet Co., Ltd | 2012 March 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
Aoki Lapis | i-style Project | 2012 April 6 | Feminine; Japanese |
V3 Lily | Internet Co., Ltd | 2012 April 19 | Feminine; Japanese |
Luo Tianyi | Shanghai HENIAN Bplats |
2012 July 12 | Feminine; Chinese |
V3 Gackpoid | Internet Co., Ltd | 2012 July 13 | Masculine; Japanese |
galaco; Prize ver. | Internet Co., Ltd Stardust Music, Inc |
2012 August 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
VY2v3 | YAMAHA Corporation Bplats |
2012 October 19 | Unisex Masculine; Japanese |
MAYU | Exit Tunes | 2012 December 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
AVANNA | Zero-G | 2012 December 22 2013 April 24(JP) |
Feminine; English |
KAITO V3 | Crypton Future Media | 2013 February 15 | Masculine; Japanese, English |
Megpoid English | Internet Co., Ltd | 2013 February 28 | Feminine; English |
ZOLA PROJECT | YAMAHA Corporation | 2013 June 21 | Masculine; Japanese |
YANHE | Shanghai HENIAN Bplats |
2013 July 11 | Feminine; Chinese |
Hatsune Miku V3 English | Crypton Future Media | 2013 August 31 | Feminine; English |
YOHIOloid | PowerFX | 2013 September 10 | Masculine; English, Japanese |
Hatsune Miku V3 | Crypton Future Media | 2013 September 26 | Feminine; Japanese |
MAIKA | Voctro Labs | 2013 December 18 | Feminine; Spanish |
Merli | i-style Project | 2013 December 24 | Feminine; Japanese |
Macne Nana | MI7 Bplats |
2014 January 31 | Feminine; Japanese, English |
MEIKO V3 | Crypton Future Media | 2014 February 4 | Feminine; Japanese, English |
kokone | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 February 14 | Feminine; Japanese |
anon & kanon | YAMAHA Corporation | 2014 March 3 | Feminine; Japanese |
v flower | Gynoid YAMAHA Corporation |
2014 May 9 | Feminine; Japanese |
Tohoku Zunko | AH Software | 2014 June 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
IA ROCKS | 1st PLACE | 2014 June 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
galaco NEO | YAMAHA Corporation Stardust Music, Inc |
2014 August 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
Rana | We've Inc. | 2014 September 9 | Feminine; Japanese |
Gachapoid V3 | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 September 17 | Masculine; Japanese |
Chika | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 October 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
Xin Hua | Gynoid YAMAHA Corporation |
2015 February 10 | Feminine; Chinese |
Yuezheng Ling | Shanghai HENIAN | 2015 July 17 | Feminine; Chinese |
Second Editions
These VOCALOID3 vocals have been renewed since their original releases.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
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VY1v3 SE | YAMAHA Corporation | 2013 March 20 | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
Mew SE | YAMAHA Corporation | 2013 March 20 | Feminine; Japanese |
VY2v3 SE | YAMAHA Corporation | 2013 March 20 | Unisex Masculine; Japanese |
Tone Rion SE | MoeJapan | 2013 April 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
Aoki Lapis SE | i-style Project | 2013 April 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
VOCALOID4
A total of 85 voicebanks have been released for VOCALOID4 in English, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
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VY1v4 | YAMAHA Corporation Bplats |
2014 December 17 | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
CYBER DIVA | YAMAHA Corporation | 2015 February 4 | Feminine; English |
Yuzuki Yukari V4 | AH-Software Vocalomakets |
2015 March 18 | Feminine; Japanese |
Megurine Luka V4X | Crypton Future Media | 2015 March 19 | Feminine; Japanese and English |
Gackpoid V4 | Internet Co., Ltd. | 2015 April 30 | Masculine; Japanese |
SF-A2 miki V4 | AH-Software | 2015 June 18 | Feminine; Japanese |
Nekomura Iroha V4 | AH-Software | 2015 June 18 | Feminine; Japanese |
v4 flower | Gynoid | 2015 July 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
Sachiko | YAMAHA Corporation | 2015 July 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
ARSLOID | YAMAHA Corporation UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN |
2015 September 23 | Masculine; Japanese |
RUBY | PowerFX VocaTone |
2015 October 7 | Feminine; English |
Kaai Yuki V4 | AH-Software | 2015 October 29 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 | AH-Software | 2015 October 29 | Masculine; Japanese |
Megpoid V4 | Internet Co., Ltd. | 2015 November 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
DEX | Zero-G | 2015 November 20 | Masculine; English |
DAINA | Zero-G | 2015 November 20 | Feminine; English |
Rana V4 | We've Inc. | 2015 December 1 | Feminine; Japanese |
Kagamine Rin/Len V4X | Crypton Future Media | 2015 December 24 | Feminine/Masculine; Japanese |
Kagamine Rin/Len V4 English | Crypton Future Media | 2015 December 24 | Feminine/Masculine; English |
Unity-chan! | Unity Technologies Japan YAMAHA Corporation |
2016 January 14 | Feminine; Japanese |
Fukase | YAMAHA Corporation | 2016 January 28 | Masculine; Japanese and English |
Xingchen | Shanghai HENIAN Beijing Photek |
2016 April 13 | Feminine; Chinese |
Otomachi Una | Internet Co., Ltd MTK |
2016 July 30 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hatsune Miku V4X | Crypton Future Media | 2016 August 31 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hatsune Miku V4 English | Crypton Future Media | 2016 August 31 | Feminine; English |
Tohoku Zunko V4 | AH-Software | 2016 October 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
CYBER SONGMAN | YAMAHA Corporation | 2016 October 31 | Masculine; English |
Macne Nana V4 | AH-Software MI7 Japan |
2016 December 15 | Feminine; Japanese and English |
UNI | ST MEDiA | 2017 February 14 | Feminine; Korean |
Tone Rion V4 | MoeJapan | 2017 February 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
Yumemi Nemu | MoeJapan | 2017 February 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
Yuezheng Longya | Shanghai HENIAN | 2017 June 24 | Masculine; Chinese |
AZUKI | YAMAHA Corporation SEGA |
2017 July 12 | Feminine; Japanese |
MATCHA | YAMAHA Corporation SEGA |
2017 July 12 | Feminine; Japanese |
LUMi | Akatsuki Virtual Artists | 2017 August 30 | Feminine; Japanese |
Xin Hua V4 | Gynoid Shanghai Wangcheng |
2017 September 1 | Feminine; Chinese |
Hatsune Miku V4 Chinese | Crypton Future Media | 2017 August 24 (Preorder) 2017 September 5 (Estimated release) |
Feminine; Chinese |
Xin Hua Japanese | Gynoid | 2017 September 22 | Feminine; Japanese |
Luo Tianyi V4 | Shanghai HENIAN | 2017 December 30 | Feminine; Chinese |
Kizuna Akari | AH-Software Vocalomakets |
2018 April 26 | Feminine; Japanese |
Luo Tianyi V4 Japanese | Shanghai HENIAN | 2018 May 18 | Feminine; Japanese |
Mirai Komachi | Yamaha Bandai Namco Studio, Inc |
2018 May 24 | Feminine; Japanese |
Zhiyu Moke | Shanghai HENIAN | 2018 July 16 | Masculine; Chinese |
VOCALOID5
A total of 8 voicebanks have been released for VOCALOID5 in English and Japanese.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
---|---|---|---|
CYBER DIVA II | Yamaha | 2018 July 12 | Feminine; English |
CYBER SONGMAN II | Yamaha | 2018 July 12 | Masculine; English |
VY1 | Yamaha | 2018 July 12 | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
VY2 | Yamaha | 2018 July 12 | Unisex Masculine; Japanese |
Derivative releases
iVOCALOID
iVOCALOID is the iPad version of VOCALOID. A total of 4 vocals have been created for it so far.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
---|---|---|---|
VY1 | Yamaha | 2010 December | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
VY2 | Yamaha | 2011 December | Unisex Masculine; Japanese |
Aoki Lapis | Yamaha | 2012 December | Feminine; Japanese |
Merli | Yamaha | 2014 April | Feminine; Japanese |
VocaloWitter
VocaloWitter is the iPhone version of VOCALOID. A total of 2 vocals have been created for it so far.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
---|---|---|---|
VY1t | Yamaha | 2010 December | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
Aoki Lapis | Yamaha | 2012 December | Feminine; Japanese |
VOCALOID NEO (V3)
These are the VOCALOID3 NEO releases for the Mac OS X version of VOCALOID.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
---|---|---|---|
VY1v3 NEO | Yamaha | 2013 August 5 | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
Mew NEO | Yamaha | 2013 August 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hatsune Miku V3 English | Crypton Future Media | 2013 August 31 | Feminine; English |
Aoki Lapis NEO | i-style Project | 2013 September 19 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hatsune Miku V3 | Crypton Future Media | 2013 September 26 | Feminine; Japanese |
ZOLA PROJECT NEO | Yamaha | 2013 September | Masculine; Japanese |
VY2v3 NEO | Yamaha | 2013 October | Unisex Masculine; Japanese |
IA NEO | 1st PLACE | 2013 December 7 | Feminine; Japanese |
MAIKA | Voctro Labs | 2013 December 18 | Feminine; Spanish |
Yuzuki Yukari | AH Software Vocalomakets |
2013 December 19 | Feminine; Japanese |
Merli NEO | I-style Project | 2013 December 24 | Feminine; Japanese |
Macne Nana | MI7 | 2014 January 31 | Feminine; Japanese and English |
MEIKO V3 | Crypton Future Media | 2014 February 4 | Feminine; Japanese and English |
kokone | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 February 14 | Feminine; Japanese |
KAITO V3 | Crypton Future Media | 2014 February 15 | Masculine; Japanese and English |
V3 Megpoid | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 February 26 | Feminine; Japanese and English |
V3 Lily | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 February 26 | Feminine; Japanese |
V3 Gackpoid | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 February 26 | Masculine; Japanese |
CUL | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 February 26 | Feminine; Japanese |
anon & kanon | Yamaha | 2014 March 3 | Feminine; Japanese |
v flower | Yamaha | 2014 May 9 | Feminine; Japanese |
Tohoku Zunko | AH software | 2014 June 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
IA ROCKS | 1st PLACE | 2014 June 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
galaco NEO | Yamaha/Stardust Music, Inc | 2014 August 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
Gachapoid V3 | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 September 17 | Masculine; Japanese |
Chika | Internet Co., Ltd | 2014 October 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
Tone Rion | MoeJapan | 2015 May 26 | Feminine; Japanese |
MAYU | Exit Tunes | 2015 October | Feminine; Japanese |
Xin Hua | Gynoid/Yamaha | 2016 April 29 | Feminine; Chinese |
VOCALOID NEO (V4)
These are the VOCALOID4 NEO releases for the Mac OS X version of VOCALOID.
VOCALOID | Company | Released | Gender factor |
---|---|---|---|
VY1v4 | YAMAHA/Bplats | 2014 December 17 | Unisex Feminine; Japanese |
CYBER DIVA | YAMAHA | 2015 February 4 | Feminine; English |
Yuzuki Yukari V4 | AH-Software Vocalomakets |
2015 March 18 | Feminine; Japanese |
Megurine Luka V4X | Crypton Future Media | 2015 March 19 | Feminine; Japanese and English |
Gackpoid V4 | Internet Co., Ltd. | 2015 April 30 | Masculine; Japanese |
SF-A2 miki V4 | AH-Software | 2015 June 18 | Feminine; Japanese |
Nekomura Iroha V4 | AH-Software | 2015 June 18 | Feminine; Japanese |
v4 flower | Gynoid | 2015 July 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
Sachiko | Yamaha | 2015 July 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
ARSLOID | Yamaha/UNIVERSAL MUSIC JAPAN | 2015 September 23 | Masculine; Japanese |
Kaai Yuki V4 | AH-Software | 2015 October 29 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 | AH-Software | 2015 October 29 | Masculine; Japanese |
Megpoid V4 | Internet Co., Ltd. | 2015 November 5 | Feminine; Japanese |
Rana V4 | We've Inc. | 2015 December 1 | Feminine; Japanese |
DEX | Zero-G | 2015 December 12 | Masculine; English |
DAINA | Zero-G | 2015 December 12 | Feminine; English |
Kagamine Rin/Len V4X | Crypton Future Media | 2015 December 24 | Feminine/Masculine; Japanese |
Kagamine Rin/Len V4 English | Crypton Future Media | 2015 December 24 | Femine/Masculine; English |
Unity-chan! | Unity Technologies Japan/YAMAHA | 2016 January 14 | Feminine; Japanese |
Fukase | YAMAHA | 2016 January 28 | Masculine; Japanese and English |
Otomachi Una | Internet Co. Ltd,/MTK | 2016 July 30 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hatsune Miku V4X | Crypton Future Media | 2016 August 31 | Feminine; Japanese |
Hatsune Miku V4 English | Crypton Future Media | 2016 August 31 | Feminine; English |
Tohoku Zunko V4 | AH-Software | 2016 October 27 | Feminine; Japanese |
CYBER SONGMAN | YAMAHA | 2016 October 31 | Masculine; English |
Macne Nana V4 | MI7 Japan | 2016 December 15 | Feminine; Japanese and English |
UNI | ST MEDiA | 2017 February 14 | Feminine; Korean |
Tone Rion V4 | MoeJapan | 2017 February 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
Yumemi Nemu | MoeJapan | 2017 February 16 | Feminine; Japanese |
AZUKI | YAMAHA/SEGA | 2017 July 12 | Feminine; Japanese |
MATCHA | YAMAHA/SEGA | 2017 July 12 | Feminine; Japanese |
LUMi | Akatsuki Virtual Artists | 2017 August 30 | Feminine; Japanese |
Xin Hua V4 | Gynoid Shanghai Wangcheng |
2017 September 1 | Feminine; Chinese |
Hatsune Miku V4 Chinese | Crypton Future Media | 2017 August 24 (Preorder) 2017 September 5 (Estimated release) |
Feminine; Chinese |
Xin Hua Japanese | Gynoid | 2017 September 22 | Feminine; Japanese |
Kizuna Akari | AH-Software Vocalomakets |
2018 April 26 | Feminine; Japanese |
Luo Tianyi V4 Japanese | Shanghai HENIAN | 2018 May 18 | Feminine; Japanese |
Mirai Komachi | Yamaha Bandai Namco Studio, Inc |
2018 May 24 | Feminine; Japanese |
Current Developments
Engine Aims
Currently, a few things have been announced for the future of Vocaloid itself;[2]
- More languages are in planning, currently French, Portuguese, and Italian are considered.
- More human-like, "ultimately toward AI"
- Better note inputs, to make ways of using the editor more fun.
- Better suitable for more genres of music.
- More innovative than the current V4 engine
Announced Vocals
These are VOCALOID voicebanks known to be in production. Their status and licensing are unknown, but most are presumed to have commercial licenses.
It takes approximately 4 hours in total for a Japanese VOCALOID to be recorded. An English VOCALOID can take from a week to over a month to record all its samples. Pieced together during more than 4 months of tuning and assembling the software together, in addition to the possibility of a second set of recordings being made for better sample selection, a VOCALOID may take anywhere from 6 months to over 2 years to complete.
Furthermore, until consent is given, VOCALOIDs cannot be talked about by staff or their vocal providers.[3] This is due to legal grounds and therefore, fans must aware of this and respect the process involved in making just one of any of the VOCALOIDs.
Yamaha will also not acknowledge any VOCALOID that has yet to be licensed. Therefore, a vocal may have been made in VOCALOID itself, but has yet to be licensed. Bare this in mind on all unreleased and upcoming projects.
Company | Details |
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Zero-G Ltd. | In development |
PowerFX/VocaTone | In development
|
Crypton Future Media | In development
|
Shanghai HENIAN | In development
|
ST Media | In development
|
Internet Co., Ltd. | In development
|
1st Place Co., Ltd. | In development |
SHARP | In development |
EXIT TUNES aquatrax |
In development
|
Shanghai Wangcheng NetEase Comics |
In development
|
AH-Software Co. Ltd. | In development
|
Restricted access
These are vocals that producers have, or currently have limited access to.
Trial versions
Trial versions of voicebanks are often released to act as a method of users testing to see if they like the vocal. Trial versions tend to have restrictions such as limited day usage or limited functions. Often they have other issues with them, such as they are made from beta versions of the software. Producers making demos might also be issued Beta versions of pre-released VOCALOIDs or even the full version of the software.
This section contains those that were made able to be accessed by the general public, in many cases, the demo is only given out for a limited amount of time or issued on a limited number with a magazine or other means. All other pre-released versions or unreleased versions are listed elsewhere in the "Restricted Access" section. On occasion, a VOCALOID may also come with demo versions of other VOCALOIDs made by the same studio which may or may not be declared prior to purchase, in this case they may be absent from this page because of the difficulty in confirming them.
Name | Details | Type | Engine |
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MIRIAM | A demo was able to be downloaded from Zero-G's website. This version gave users a chance to experience usage of the phonetic system for English. The demo lasts for 30 days. Greater manipulation of her voice is absent and users are limited to having her sound robotic. | Online download | VOCALOID |
MEIKO | A demo is able to be downloaded from her Product page on Crypton Future Media's website. This version has limited phonetics, and features are limited similarly to Miriam's trial. Access to this trial was made via the vocals product page on Crypton Future Media's own website. | Online download | VOCALOID |
Hatsune Miku | A trial version of this software was featured in VOCALOIDをたのしもう in several volumes, a 14-day trial was also released in the Hatsune Miku guidebook はじめての初音ミク ボーカロイド2 オフィシャルガイドブック. | Magazine | VOCALOID2 |
Prima | A trial version was planned to be released on Zero-G's website, but was cancelled and never released. | Online download | VOCALOID2 |
Megurine Luka | A demo version was offered in the July 2009 issue of DTM Magazine. A trial was released in vol.3 of VOCALOIDをたのしもう |
Magazine | VOCALOID2 |
SF-A2 miki | A 14-day trial version of the VOCALOID2 engine for this VOCALOID was made able to be downloaded in March 2012 from AH Software's website. This does not allow .VSQ saving but .WAV files can be saved | Online download | VOCALOID2 |
Kaai Yuki | A 14-day trial version of the VOCALOID 2 engine for this VOCALOID was made able to be downloaded in March 2012 from AH Software's website. This does not allow .VSQ saving but .WAV files can be saved | Online download | VOCALOID2 |
Hiyama Kiyoteru | A 14-day trial version of the VOCALOID2 engine for this VOCALOID was made able to be downloaded in March 2012 from AH Software's website. This does not allow .VSQ saving but .WAV files can be saved | Online download | VOCALOID2 |
Hatsune Miku APPEND |
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VOCALOID2 |
Lily | The Demo gave users the ability to test Lily's upcoming software for 30 days for free. This allowed users to test to see if they liked her voicebank enough to buy it. It was released in several media forms | Magazine Online download CD-album |
VOCALOID2 |
Nekomura Iroha | Prior to her release a trial version was able to be downloaded. The demo version allowed 30 days usage for free so users could test out to see if they liked her vocals. A 14-day trial version of the VOCALOID 2 engine for this VOCALOID was made able to be downloaded in March 2012 from AH Software's website. This does not allow .VSQ saving but .WAV files can be saved |
Online download | VOCALOID2 |
Utatane Piko | The trial version was released, but unlike past trial versions was released to be usable only for 5 days. The VSQ files cannot be saved and the only savable format is .wav. Sony also prohibits the uploading of the trial version, thus one cannot use him in the same way as his full version. | Online download | VOCALOID2 |
VY2 | A trial version of this software was featured in VOCALOIDをたのしもう Vol.7. | Magazine | VOCALOID2 |
Mew | A trial version of Mew can be downloaded in VOCALOID's official website among VOCALOID3 Editor (full version) and VOCALOID Editor for Cubase. All these trials are usable for 14 days and are available for Windows and Mac.
Another trial is available on the VOCALOID Shop website. |
Online download | VOCALOID3 |
VY1v3 | A trial version of this software was featured in VOCALOIDをたのしもう Vol.7 | Magazine | VOCALOID3 |
Tone Rion | A trial version of this software was featured in VOCALOIDをたのしもう Vol.8 | Magazine | VOCALOID3 |
Bruno & Clara | A 14-day trial version of Bruno & Clara is available with the purchase of MAIKA's special edition box version. | Exclusive through purchase of MAIKA's special box version | VOCALOID3 |
On September 8, 2014, a 15-day trial version of both VOCALOID was put up for download on Bruno & Clara's Original Song Contest Website. | Online download | ||
Yuzuki Yukari | A 14-day trial is available in AH-Software's website and is available for Windows and Mac. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Ring Suzune | A beta version of Ring Suzune's voicebank was offered to the participants of "VOCALOID Network", a small-scale fan event scheduled on March 11, 2012. As the number of fan groups which participated the event was only 18, it is considered that only a small number of people received the beta copy, though it was sent to all those interested. Trial use of the beta version was limited to a month. | Event exclusive | VOCALOID3 |
V3 Megpoid | Native: A trial version was issued with the June 2012 DTM magazine issue.[25] | Magazine | VOCALOID3 |
V3 Gackpoid |
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Online download | VOCALOID3 |
galaco | A trial version is available with her album "galaco NEW SUPER BEST". The trial lasts for 15 days.[26] | Album exclusive | VOCALOID3 |
MAYU | A trial was added in July 2013 to her main website page. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Megpoid English | At NAMM information was given out on a trial version. The trial was downloadable from Jan 28th- Feb 14th 2013.[27] It was again made available on the Megpoid English website, for a while starting on March 3, 2013, but is currently unavailable.
Another trial was available from the MEGPOID English Contest with VOCALOID3 Editor. |
Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Hatsune Miku V3 English | A 14-day trial is available on Sonicwire website. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Hatsune Miku V3 | "Original" and "Dark were bundled as a trial version with the "AG03-Miku" channel mixer along with a VOCALOID4 Editor for Cubase trail. Both are 39-day trials.[28] | Bundle exclusive | VOCALOID3 |
MAIKA | On February 14, 2014, a 14-day trial version of MAIKA was put up for download on Voctro Lab's website. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
MEIKO V3 | Power: A demo is able to be downloaded from her Product page on Crypton Future Media's website among Piapro Studio. Users will need to have a Crypton account in order to download this trial. It is usable for 14 days and is available for both Windows and Mac. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
kokone | A 14-day trial is available in Internet Co.'s website and is available for Windows only. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
IA Type C | A trial version for the Alpha version of IA ROCKS, known as "IA-ARIA ON THE PLANETES - α Type C", was put up for download on 1st Place's website. Acquiring the trial required filling out information prior to download. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Tohoku Zunko | A 5-day trial is available on AH-Software's website and is available for both Windows and Mac. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
galaco NEO | A free trial was handed out at VOC@LOID M@STER(ボーマス)29.[29] | Event exclusive | VOCALOID3 |
Chika | A 14-day trial is available on Internet Co.'s website and is available for Windows only. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Tone Rion | A 14-day trial is available on the VOCALOID Shop. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Anon & Kanon | A 14-day trial is available on the VOCALOID Shop. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
galaco | A 14-day trial is available on the VOCALOID Shop. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Zola Project | A 14-day trial is available on the VOCALOID Shop. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
VY2V3 | A 14-day trial is available on the VOCALOID Shop. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Aoki Lapis | A 14-day trial is available on the VOCALOID Shop. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
Merli | A 14-day trial is available on the VOCALOID Shop. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
CUL | A 14-day trial is available in Internet Co.'s website and is available for Windows only. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
V3 Lily | A 14-day trial is available in Internet Co.'s website and is available for Windows only. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
V3 Gachapoid | A 14-day trial is available in Internet Co.'s website and is available for Windows only. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
vflower | A 14-day trial was available on the VOCALOID Shop but removed when V4 flower was realesed. | Online download | VOCALOID3 |
VY1V4 | A 14-day trial for Windows was made available on NetVOCALOID's website along with a trial for the VOCALOID4 Editor. Currently, this trial is not available.
A trial of Neo is available here and here. Currently, all trials are removed. |
Online download | VOCALOID4 |
CYBER DIVA | A 14-day trial for Windows was made available on NetVOCALOID's website along with a trial for the VOCALOID4 Editor. Currently, this trial is not available.
A trial of Neo is available here. Currently, all trials are removed. |
Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Yuzuki Yukari V4 | A 14-day trial is available on AH-Software's website. This trial contains all three of her VOCALOID4 voicebanks: Jun (Natural), Onn (Whisper), and Lin (Power). | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Megurine Luka V4X | A 14-day trial is available on Crypton's and Sonicwire's websites. This trial contains her Japanese HARD voicebank. Users are able to choose whether they would like to download the versions with or without E.V.E.C. capabilities. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Nekomura Iroha V4 | A 14-day trial is available on AH-Software's website. This trial contains all of her VOCALOID4 voicebanks: Natural and Soft. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
SF-A2 miki V4 | A 14-day trial is available on AH-Software's website. This trial contains her Natural voicebank. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
v4 flower | A trial was handed out at the Vom@s 32. | Event exclusive | VOCALOID4 |
Another version is available on VOCALOID's Net website. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | ||
Sachiko | A trial is available on VOCALOID Shop website. Currently, this trial is not available. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Hatsune Miku V4Xβ | A trial is available on the Crypton website featuring the V4Xβ. Users must own both Hatsune Miku V3 and Megurine Luka V4X to access free trial, and the trial duration last to August 31, 2016.[30] | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Kaai Yuki V4 | A 14-day trial is available on AH-Software's website. This trial contains her Natural voicebank. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Hiyama Kiyoteru V4 | A 14-day trial is available on AH-Software's website. This trial contains all of his VOCALOID4 voicebanks: Natural and Rock. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Megpoid V4 | A trial is available on Internet Co.'s website. This trial requires the user to fill out a brief survey to download each one. There are five trial links in total, and each trial comes with two of her VOCALOID4 voicebanks. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Tohoku Zunko V4 | A 14-day trial is available on AH-Software's website. This trial contains her Natural voicebank. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Macne Nana V4 | 14-day trials are available on AH-Software's website. The trials contains her VOCALOID4 voicebanks: Natural, Petit, and English. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Hatsune Miku V4X | 39-day trials are available on Sonicwire's website. The trials contains her Original voicebank with E.V.E.C. captables. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Gackpoid V4 | A trial is available on Internet Co.'s website. This trial requires the user to fill out a brief survey to download each one. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
LUMi | A 30-day trial was available on her website and required membership registration. Some time after her release, the trial was reduced to 14 days rather than 30. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Xin Hua Japanese | A 14-day trial for both of Xin Hua's Japanese voicebanks was made available on Gynoid's website. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Hatsune Miku V4 English | 39-day trials are available on Sonicwire's website. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Kizuna Akari | A 14-day trial is available on AH-Software's website. The trials contains her VOCALOID4 voicebank. | Online download | VOCALOID4 |
Retired voicebanks
There are some VOCALOID voicebanks that were available commercially that have now been removed from sale or will be removed from sale in the near future. Vocals that have seen retirement may continue to be sold for some time after their initial retirement; however, they are on limited supply and will sell only while the stock lasts. Their usage is limited to those who are able to access these vocals before or since their retirement, as no new stock has been released containing their vocals.
Please note that when a new verssion of the engine is released, there is a risk of support for older versions being removed. They may or may not be removed from sale. Currently all VOCALOID and VOCALOID2 vocals are considered "retired" completely, even if they are still able to be purchased and a lack of support may be seen for their vocals.
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Zero-G | VOCALOID
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Crypton Future Media | VOCALOID
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Yamaha/Bplats | VOCALOID2
VOCALOID4
VOCALOID5
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Internet Co., Ltd | VOCALOID2
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Shanghai HENIAN Information Technology Co. Ltd. | VOCALOID3
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Gynoid Co., Ltd. | VOCALOID
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In March 2013, several VOCALOID3 products were announced as being retired from the VOCALOID on-line shop. These included the VOCALOID3 engine itself, VY1v3, VY2v3, Tone Rion, Aoki Lapis and Mew. They were replaced with "SE" (Second Edition) versions with the most up-to-date version of the VOCALOID3 engine available, plus 3 new plug-ins there were also available for download from the VOCALOID shop. Aside from this, there were no additional differences between the products and users with the older versions did not need to purchase the new "SE" products.[33]
Private licenses
Private voicebanks are created under license for non-commercial use. Private vocals are much harder to confirm than commercially released vocals and their progress is impossible to determine; however, they are becoming more and more common. The voicebanks in the section are listed by VOCALOID engine era. Unlike commercially released vocals, private vocals are only allowed to be used by producers who have been given permission and are hired to create songs for use by the license holders.
There were no known private licenses released during the VOCALOID era. However, the original intention of the engine was to be released only as a privately licensed product; this did not happen because Crypton Future Media was able to convince Yamaha it was more beneficial to release it as a commercial product. Therefore, this kind of licensing was considered for the software from the start.
During the VOCALOID2 era of development, Yamaha began to test the waters to see if it was profitable to create VOCALOIDs for private use and began to develop VOCALOID-flex as a means to allow VOCALOID to extend its capabilities beyond just singing. A number of vocals were created in the VOCALOID2 era; take note this does not mean they were using the VOCALOID2 software. After VOCALOID3 was released, Yamaha sought to make the licensing of such vocals more common. A number of vocals were created in the VOCALOID3 era; take note this does not mean they were using the VOCALOID3 software.
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N/A | A VOCALOID-flex voicebank was used in the game Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.[34][35] This was the first private license of VOCALOID known to have been announced commercially. Due to popular misconceptions, its name was believed to be "ZEKE" after the "Gear" (the games name for its Mecha) "ZEKE" as it is the most frequent Gear the player will know within the game. However, it actually remains nameless and despite its association with ZEKE, VOCALOID-flex was used for several "Gears" within the game. |
Akikoloid-chan | LAWSON convenience store chain's mascot, "Akiko-chan" received a makeover and synthesized voice on the VOCALOID3 engine to become "Akikoloid-chan," who acts a navigator for LAWSON's Niconico channel. Commissioned albums using her voice have been granted. On July 23, 2014, it was revealed that her usage in music had been discontinued. Despite this, she will remain as a public character representing LAWSON. |
Ueki-loid | Older Male VOCALOID, Ueki-Loid is the first attempt to resurrect a dead singer and has the voice of the late singer Hitoshi Ueki. It has been stated that this vocal will never be released commercially. Ueki-loid was made to demonstrate the capabilities of the VOCALOID software. He is now VOCALOID3. Also, his creation marks the start of a new series of Vocals called "Legend of VOCALOID". |
hide | "hide" is also having a vocal revival similar to Ueki-loid. hide died in 1998, and was the guitarist of group "X-Japan".[36] |
Project 575 | Kobayashi Matcha and Masaoka Azuki, characters in the Project 575 series made by SEGA, are confirmed to have voices using the VOCALOID2 software.[37] |
ONA | ONA was revealed to be an alternate mascot using VOCALOID MAIKA's voicebank,[38] marketing more heavily on the Catalan capabilities of the software. She was later confirmed to be used for concert purposes only.[39] Before Voctro Labs confirmed that ONA used MAIKA's software, it was originally stated that she was a Catalan Vocaloid; but this has since been debunked. |
Anri Rune | Anri Rune originally started as a virtual announcer for Fuji Television. In 2013, she received a VOCALOID voicebank and debuted with her demo song "Hallelujah Super Idol". Afterwards, she slipped into limbo for a long period of time. She was eventually confirmed to be a private vocal and would never sell. |
Kojiloid | Kojiloid (コジロイド) is a private English VOCALOID vocal produced as a guide by Crypton Future Media. The voice provider is known by the surname of "Kojima" (コジマ), Kojima was a English teacher who was brought on for the Miku English project team. It was part of a resource pack made in the development of Hatsune Miku English and was created as a guide on how to pronounce words and mimics the way Kojima speaks.[40] |
Zhang Chuchu | Since September 2016, Shanghai Wangcheng claimed that they were making a VOCALOID voicebank for the main character of the manhua "Chǔchǔ Dòng Rén" ("楚楚动仁") branded by Migu Comics: Zhang Chuchu.[41] A female voice provider audition was launched and Wan Su was confirmed to be the winning participant.[42] Chuchu was later confirmed to be a private vocal on April 30, 2018. Users who would like to use her in exchange for their music production may apply to get her.[43] |
Yuecheng (King) | A second VOCALOID from Shanghai Wangcheng was made known in March 2017. This time, the VOCALOID voicebank was for Yuecheng, the twin brother character from the manhua "Mànhuà Jiā yǔ Dà Míngxīng: Yuèróng yǔ Yuèchéng" ("漫画家与大明星:悦蓉与悦成" / "The Manhua Arist and The Idol: Yuerong and Yuecheng") published by NetEase Comics and would be made in collaboration with Chengdu Yuefang Cultural Broadcast Co..[44] Like Zhang Chuchu before him, a male voice provider audition was launched and Nuochen was confirmed to be the winning participant.[45] Like Zhang Chuchu, Yuecheng was later confirmed to be a private vocal on April 30, 2018. Users who would like to use him in exchange for their music production may apply to get him. |
Exclusives/Limited
Since the start of the VOCALOID3 era, a new type of release appeared; exclusive/limited vocals. These are given out in limited numbers or in exclusive events as prizes; they are not for sale. Thus, there are a limited number of ways to obtain them.
VOCALOID | Details |
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galaco 2012 | This former voicebank was offered as a prize in the VOCALOID music contest held by the VOCALOID shop. Anyone who achieved 1,000+ views on Niconico with an entry in the contest would be able to get this VOCALOID for free.[46][47][48] However, usage of galaco was not intended to be permanent and users that wanted to continuing using her had to constantly extend her expiration date. Users were unable to obtain her voicebank after December 31, 2012. Her code officially expired on January 31, 2013. Any codes that were given extensions expired on April 31, 2013. She was bound to the account of each individual and therefore re-sale was not possible. An updated version of her voicebank was released in August, 2014. |
Misc. unreleased/cancelled voicebanks
The following is a list of known but unreleased VOCALOID voicebanks intended for commercial release. These vocals managed to reach a status where they could be released commercially; however, for one reason or another were never released. Some producers may have access to these vocals, as they were given the voicebanks by VOCALOID studios to use with permission. This list does not include beta stage voicebanks (such as CV-4Cβ) or unnamed known delayed projects (such as Project If...).
Unless there is a license linked to the vocal, Yamaha will not acknowledge these voicebanks. Yamaha only acknowledges licensed vocals.
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PowerFX | VOCALOID2
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Crypton Future Media | VOCALOID2
In February 2014, Wat mentioned that he was playing with the wavelengths of experimental vocals he hoped to one day release. The 3 vocals mentioned were KAITO "Light", Miku Falsetto and MEIKO "Hard".[51]
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Internet Co., Ltd | VOCALOID2
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YAMAHA (Bplats, Inc.) |
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Shanghai HENIAN |
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VocaNext |
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SBS A&T Co,. Ltd. |
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VoxWave |
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Dear Stage | As part of the Vocaloidol group, four more vocals were originally planned after Tone Rion. There is currently no news on this group. |
Giuseppe |
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Beta/Prototype voicebanks
These vocals exist but are only prototypes and usually, but not always, listed with a "β" ("beta") on their name. There is no indication they were ever meant to be commercial products.
As beta versions, these vocals may not be acknowledged by Yamaha due to a lack of a Vocaloid license related to them.
VOCALOID | Details |
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CV-4Cβ | was a voicebank from Crypton Future Media that used Vocaloid-flex. CV-4Cβis a prototype Vocaloid produced by Crypton for robot model HRP-4C performed at CEATEC JAPAN 2009 and it was created by sampling a Japanese seiyuu, Eriko Nakamura.[67] It has a new Vocaloid engine which is called Vocaloid-flex.[68] Hatsune Miku and Gumi were also used as voicebanks for HRP-4C. It is not confirmed to be a commercial product.[69][70] |
???? | A prototype male Catalan voicebank done by the MTG was featured in a technology demonstration. Jordi Bonada, Voctro cofounder, was the provider. |
Project if... | was an experimental voicebank project by Crypton Future Media with several voicebanks known and was a experimental project aimed at a elementary school setting. The series mostly comprised of child vocals but at least 1 adult was known. This project was to follow the Character Vocal series but has not been mentioned since late 2010. Only prototype vocals have been seen so far. At NYCCon 2012, it was confirmed the focus is updating and creating English versions of current Vocals leaving this project with no further news. Junger März PROTOTYPE β, a child vocal is the most notable of these voicebanks. |
???? | In 2015, a song made using the prototype VOCALOID2 engine was shared. The vocal used for the test was a male vocal, its voice was rough and lacked clarity. It was built for Japanese and what little is known about it as it was never commercially released.[71] |
Ausgris | A sample of a male vocalist developed by VocaTone was showcased early 2016. It was later explained that "Ausgris" is a working title. [72] On Vocatone's Tumblr they replied that it's unlikely they will keep the name.[73]
A preview of the finished design was revealed on VocaTone's social media.[74] A few details about the product were revealed on Tumblr: the vocalist is described as having a quirky and upbeat voice, able to sing and speak at a low pitch. The vocalist was not a singer and sung-spoke the lyrics. The voice is described as "fun to use".[75] It should be noted that the demo was of a single pitch, more would likely be added if the project continued. VocaTone also had a few ideas on names that would suit them better then "Ausgris".[76] One thing holding back the product was the recent number of young masculine vocals that were being produced at the time of demonstration. VocaTone stated Ausgris would be released if there was interest, but would remain untouched for the moment.[77] A full image of Ausgris was revealed on OLIVER's official twitter account on September 16, 2016.[78] Their release remains uncertain.[79]Altough originally introduced as a 'young male vocal', Ausgris was later confirmed to be agender.[80] On December 11, Vocatone stated on tumblr that Ausgris is still "chugging along!"[81] In July of 2017, Vocatone stated that they were making steady progress with 3 potential English vocals; one of which being Ausgris.[82] |
???? | On December 10, 2016 VocaTone announced that they were working on a new vocal.[83] When asked about it, they confirmed that it was a separate vocal from Ausgris.[84] |
VIVI | On January 27, 2018, a character named VIVI was introduced.[85] She was confirmed to be a vocal made with the VOCALOID engine. However, she is currently not licensed by YAMAHA. VIVI is planned to be a trillingual, with English as her main voicebank and her two other voicebanks in Chinese and Japanese, which are stated to be currently in development. As of now, two English demos and a silhouette have been released.[86][87] VIVI was revealed to be female.[88] On January 30, VIVI was confirmed to be cancelled/on hiatus. It was explained that due to the lack of permission from a licensed company, VIVI's voicebank cannot be developed further nor released.[89] |
Rumour mill
These vocals are rumoured or hinted to be released but their status has not been made official.
Possible future voicebanks
This section contains hints, confirmations and suggestions put out by VOCALOID studios.
Company | Details |
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Zero-G | Anders confirmed that if English VOCALOIDs become more popular, Zero-G will consider making Appends/Updates for their VOCALOIDs. Also, Anders confirmed if there is demand updates for all past Zero-G VOCALOIDs to newer engines, it is a possibility. The major factor in this though is the workload needed and involvement in the process against the demand.
Later they confirmed they will likely never update any of their VOCALOID range vocals. In February 2015, in response to a fan's email, Zero-G expressed a desire to update AVANNA to VOCALOID4. However, their current main focus is to produce new vocals for the engine. Celtic male; In the pre-release promotions for VOCALOID3, a male and female pair of vocals were announced for the VOCALOID3 engine. While AVANNA, the female, was released, the male did not. In March 2015 in response to a fan's e-mail, Zero-G responded they have yet to find the right voice for the role.[90] They would consider XSY compatible vocals for DEX and DAINA if they sell well. Zero-G have confirmed they currently are not interested in making voicebanks for any other language besides English and only want to focus on English. In August 2017, an admin of Zero-G's Facebook page asked what type of library their followers would like to see next and their suggestions may be considered. Requests for a VOCALOID4 update for MIRIAM was especially noted to be in high demand and may be considered depending on the producers' reply.[91] Later on twitter, Miriam Stockley acknowledged the support.[92] |
VocaTone | When asked about an update for OLIVER, VocaTone responded there would be issues with trying to give him one, including but not limited to: finding another voice source and a high demand for an update. However, it would be a consideration.[93] PowerFX, who distributed the voice of Oliver are now only focusing on Soundation and Vocaloid has been dropped. Oliver is unlikely to receive an update.
VocaTone responded to a comment about doing an Irish or Northern Irish accent and agreed with the comment this would be "pretty hot". However, they are focusing on the American accent more before they venture into other accents and languages.[94] In regards to a bilingual English and Spanish vocal, VocaTone commented that they would love to "give it a whirl".[95] |
Crypton Future Media | They have hinted that while they have no plans currently, they may produce Hatsune Miku English Appends if circumstances allow it to occur.
There are at least two known Hatsune Miku extra vocals that Crypton have planned, one of which was recorded (Falsetto) and several for KAITO. Whether or not these will ever be released is unknown. When asked about a KAITO and MEIKO V4X, Wat stated there are currently no further plans for a update on the pair.[96] On the 6th of June 2016, the newspaper Excelsior reported the CEO of Crypton said that the had to make a software that could do both Spanish and English. He also hoped that one day to develop one in which people from many different languages could use it.[97] CV04 is the conjectured title of CV04β or simply 「新しい男声VOCALOID」 (New Male VOCALOID),[98] given to a Japanese male vocal that was speculated to be apart of the Character Vocal Series, a set of vocals by Crypton Future Media, Inc.. However, Crypton confirmed that they would instead focus on updating existing VOCALOID2 vocals before any new vocals would be considered, leaving this project (along with Project if...) with no further news. Wat has mentioned that in October 2016, the number of projects the company is involved with had doubled since October 2015. It is largely noted that 2017 will be dedicated to Hatsune Miku's 10th anniversary. This is likely to impact Crypton Future Media for the year of 2017 in regards to development.[99] According to a post on Weibo, depending on Miku V4 Chinese's success, there is a possibility to give other Crypton VOCALOIDs a Chinese voicebank.[100] |
Internet Co., Ltd | During 2012, a fan asked about other English vocals while Megpoid English was in production.[101] Lily and Gackpoid were brought up in a tweet during the Megpoid English development..[102] But English vocals could only occur if they were profitable.[103] Noboru had expressed hope to one day make a Gackpoid English.[104]
It was later mentioned that there are currently no plans to make any new English voicebanks.[105] In October 2014:[106]
Noboru confirmed that they wish to update all VOCALOID3s to the VOCALOID4 engine, but there is no specific schedule.[107][108] As of October 2015, only Gackpo and GUMI received VOCALOID4 updates. As for new voices, Noboru tweeted that he wants to propose a new recording method for V5.[109] |
Voctro Labs |
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Bplats, Inc./Yamaha |
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AH-Software |
In an interview, Tomohide Ogata expressed a desire to produce English versions of their VOCALOIDs, however, the project is too complex. He went on to explain that because all of their providers are Japanese, they would would rather seek English speakers of a similar voice to the Japanese versions from the United States and United Kingdom. They are currently considering how to provide bilingual capabilities for now, but are focusing on Japanese first before other languages such as English, Spanish, etc. They acknowledge the demand across the world for the vocals and want to move a plan into place as quickly as possible.[112] |
Shanghai HENIAN |
In a Q/A session with Shanghai HENIAN, fans asked questions about a possibility to update their VOCALOID3s. The company responded that it was always in consideration, but noted that upgrading a VOCALOID was not an easy job. It would require a lot of time, funding, and effort in order to revisit a VOCALOID, and the company's current operations and survival simply does not allow them to update any vocals for the time being.[113] However, when asked about their plans, Shanghai HENIAN revealed that they were hoping to create a voicebank for Yuezheng Longya. It was also mentioned that there may be plans to create VOCALOID4 updates for Luo Tianyi, YANHE, and Yuezheng Ling.[114] In September 2017, preparations for a YANHE upgrade was mentioned.[115] Tianyi V4 was released in December 2017. When Longya's voicebanks, "Normal" and "Soft", were revealed, Rosary stated that a "Power" voicebank was planned but was set aside to make time to focus on developing and releasing Mo Qingxian and Zhiyu Moke. The "Power" voicebank was labelled as delayed and may see a future release.[116] |
MI7 Japan Inc. |
It was confirmed that Macne Nana French was noted to be a possible future vocal due to her provider also being able to speak French. With the cancellation of ALYS, the possibility of a French Nana is now limited. In regards to the entire Macne family becoming Vocaloids, there is increasing demand for this to occur. However, the problem right now is money and this may have to be figured out. Options such as Kick starter and other crowd funding options are being considered.[117] When asked again about the possibility for other Macne vocals to get VOCALOID voicebanks, they said that getting a contract/ license was expensive and would depend on how successful Nana and Petit are.[118] |
Akatsuki Virtual Artists |
In an August 2017 interview with VNN, it was asked if it was possible for LUMi to have an English voicebank in the future. The AVA staff answered that there are no plans, but noted they have an interest in making one someday. This is also dependent on how well LUMi's Japanese voicebank sells. When asked about a Chinese voicebank, AVA noted they're more likely to support the Chinese fandom through concerts rather than a new vocal for LUMi. It was also asked if a new VOCALOID or further developments for LUMi would be possible. AVA responded that both were in consideration but would rather focus solely on LUMi for the time being.[119] |
Beijing Photek S&T Development Co., Ltd. |
On November 13, 2017, the head of Beijing Photek S&T Development Co., Ltd., Ddickky, noted that people seem to think that Xingchen was easy to manage because she was the company’s only VOCALOID. He mentioned that he wanted to try to "have five to take care of" to see how challenging it was to manage more characters and asked fans to "stay tuned". This seemingly hinted that there may be additional characters aside from Xingchen in the future.[120] Throughout January and February 2018, a new female vocal, Haiyi, was revealed to be Xingchen's younger sister and part of the same series. She was later confirmed to be a private character and it is currently unknown what voice synthesizer she runs on.[121][122][123] On April 14, Ddickky mentioned that the names and designs of the fire, earth, and air characters were decided. While it was not stated what this refers to, it is possible that these characters may be part of Xingchen and Haiyi's series. It is also currently unknown if these would be VOCALOIDs.[124] |
Fakes/Jokes
Official
- Kasane Teto was an April Fool's Day joke on April 1, 2008 made out by the perpetrators to be a new Crypton Future Media VOCALOID. The legacy of this prank continued on for years after its original run and even today some less-informed fans believe she is a VOCALOID. Some time after the joke, an UTAU voicebank for her was created.
- The group behind Teto, the "VIPPERS", have also passed off other characters ("VIPPERLOIDS") as being by Crypton Future Media (actually a variation, like CRVIPTON or CRVYPTON), such as Namine Ritsu, "CV03" Yokune Ruko, and "CV04" Kotone Tsuru.
- On April 1, 2012, VocaTone announced that "James" would be made into a VOCALOID known as Bird-loid, however, this was an April Fools day joke.[125]
- Another April Fools' day joke in 2012 was "Animaloid", which turned out to be also a hint about the upcoming MAYU VOCALOID.
- Furimoman, was an April 1, 2014 VOICEROID/VOCALOID3 male vocal from AH-Software Co. Ltd..[126][127] Furimoman was featured alongside other AH-Software characters later on in April 2014 during a live stream event.[128]
- Itoh Hiroyuki was an April 1, 2015 VOCALOID4 male vocal from Crypton Future Media, Inc.. His voicebank was claimed to use the E.V.E.C. system, making him a V4X and he was part of the "CEO Vocal Series" of Crypton. When his cart button is clicked, the button moves off screen and is replaced with a small advertisement to purchase Megurine Luka V4X instead.[129]
- Kaede-san was an April 1, 2016 female cat by Yamaha. She contains the banks Ikaku, Normal, Matatabi and English. She also comes with the JobPlugin "NekoNuigurumi". When her add to cart button is clicked, an image comes up saying 「うそニャー!」 (It's a joke, meow!).[130]
- Hideki Kenmochi tweeted that he had been asked to make a vocal based on the politician Donald Trump's voice. The estimated price tag on such a vocal was jokingly spoken in USD as $10 million + tax.[131][132]
- Acme Iku V4 was an April 1, 2017 VOCALOID4 female vocal from StudioS. cillia made a "demo" of this voicebank, chaosmaid. StudioS retweeted this demo. Later, was reveiled that vocal on demo is actually Yumemi Nemu with GEN parameters.[133]
- VOCALiLi: On April 1, 2018, a male character from Shanghai Wangcheng made his debut and was introduced as VOCALiLi. He was based on Ren Li, the president of Shanghai Wangcheng, and had previously made appearances in the Butterfly manhua series as the boss.[134][135] A demo featuring his voicebank was shown.[136]
Fanmade
⚠ | Due to suspected scams in recent years, we urge readers be considerate and careful when supporting unconfirmed projects, especially if they ask for financial endorsement. | ⚠ |
- Ange Wayne: A fake VOCALOID who was spammed over many websites (mainly English speaking ones) for over a month including (but not restricted to) Yahoo Answers, YouTube, the VOCALOID Wikia and VOCALOID Otaku forums. A website was also produced for Ange Wayne.[137]
- Rune: (not to be confused with Anri Rune) A VOCALOID who was introduced in much the same manner as Ange Wayne, it has been deemed fake until proven otherwise for its manner it was introduced in. A fake "VOCALOID3" logo is found on the video; Twitter and Facebook accounts were also made, showing poor quality art work. The company behind it, "AudX", does not appear to exist.
- Ion-Nation: Appeared in Late 2012, boasting a boy-band of young male VOCALOIDs. They made several videos and claimed to be part of "VocaTonF and PowerFK".
- Taku: On October 31, 2013, a group called "VocaloMaker" claimed to be making a Spanish-Japanese VOCALOID that would need further approval from YAMAHA to continue. The video "demonstrating" Taku has been removed.
- Seion Kodokuna: On March 30, 2014, a YouTube channel by the name of 未来のメディア (Mirai no Media Co.) uploaded what was claimed to be a demonstration of a new private VOCALOID using the voice of "a 10-year-old boy". Two more demos were released, one of the two covering a Brazilian song using the Japanese phoneme set, and also including further details on the vocals. The description noted that the VOCALOID would be a tri-lingual bank, using Japanese, English, and Portuguese. However, it was later revealed in the description of the fifth video uploaded that the user had created both the account and videos as a joke, as well as the VOCALOID used for this was that of the POCALOID version of Masaoka Azuki with GEN parameters increased.
- VIBE: On December 28, 2014, a small group decided to create a local joke for Spain's Day of the Innocents, where idea was to make the UTAU, VIBE, into a "VOCALOID4" with a Portuguese voicebank and extra phonemes to mimic Spanish and English. The group had designed a silhouette and a fake screenshot of the VOCALOID4 engine with edited in phonemes and voicebanks. The voice provider of the UTAU posted the images onto the VIBE fanpage, only to gain a few likes. However, by the next day, the joke was found by a humor page and the "news" was moved over to another website, who thought VIBE was actually going to becoming a VOCALOID. As the page was still local, the group behind VIBE kept silent. Afterwards, VIBE's "VOCALOID4 announcement" became viral in social media sites such as Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook, obtaining more attention from the Western fans. To continue the joke, the voice provider "leaked" information about VIBE's "development" on Twitter. Eventually, on the night of December 29, the voice provider admitted that VIBE becoming a VOCALOID was a hoax, however, she was inspired by the fan's reaction to the joke. While VIBE is not a VOCALOID, the group is now motivated to try to make the fake "VOCALOID" a reality.[138]
- STELLA: In early 2015, a virtual idol was introduced as a private 'Virtual Idol' made for a program that was based on common synthesis architecture. She was intended to raise money for the Americans for the Arts Foundation.[139] She was later 'revealed' to be a VOCALOID4 with three voicebanks: "Core" (original), "Sun" (Power)" and "Moon" (Soft).[140] On January 18, a viewer noticed an issue with a STELLA demo, where the video was edited with an overlay.[141] It was then proven that STELLA was not an actual VOCALOID and the video was removed as soon as this was pointed out.[142][143]
- IVY: appeared in Jan 2016 under the name of "Project Jupiter". Project claimed to have the backing of PowerFX. In less than a day of announcement, project was announced cancelled due to 'negative feedback'. Though "proof" of legitimacy was supplied, proof was dismissed as suspected hoax by some and there was doubt on the financial backing choice as instead of using a site like "Kickstarter" the project was prepared to use "GoFundMe".[144]
References
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- ↑ http://vocaloid-fanclub.deviantart.com/journal/AH-Software-Stream-details-VOCALOID5-Plans-516495989
- ↑ https://twitter.com/#!/vocaloid_cv_cfm/status/172485530322337792
- ↑ http://i.imgur.com/IZX3d13.png
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- ↑ http://www.bilibili.com/video/av7435954/
- ↑ http://weibo.com/5582156776/FbCdzeJoU
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- ↑ AHS Dec 21, 2017 livestream
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- ↑ Report on VOCALOID being used in Metal Gear Solid Peace walker
- ↑ VOCALOID Otaku Forums reporting on Vocaloid-Flex
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/yamaha.vocaloid/posts/654616857992203
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE5co4rHVyU
- ↑ https://twitter.com/VoctroLabs/status/463349347695206400
- ↑ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BZ6E76HCIAAlplK.jpg:large
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- ↑ http://weibo.com/5611031032/F2UV7eN0b
- ↑ http://weibo.com/6069873689/F8RMBudWE
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- ↑ http://www.wangcheng-sh.com/home/detail?id=2808
- ↑ http://weibo.com/5549438982/FejTkuKAY
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es4hjMtP3Q4
- ↑ http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/30575-new-vocaloid-voicebank-under-development/
- ↑ http://vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/28467-vocaloid3-music-contest-held-by-vocaloidcom/page__st__15__p__767334&#entry767334
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/55772-ruby-new-female-english-vocaloid/page__pid__1238693__st__360&#entry1238693
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/55772-ruby-new-female-english-vocaloid/page__view__findpost__p__1238836
- ↑ Tweet about future vocals
- ↑ http://www.dtmstation.com/archives/51885529.html
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidism.com/yamaha-panel-at-niconico-chokaigi-2/
- ↑ Ling's provider and new Chinese female
- ↑ http://zy.163.com/2014/vocaloidlorra/
- ↑ Recording for Lorra finishes!
- ↑ Gui Xian Ren's feedback
- ↑ Lorra suspended
- ↑ http://www.joyme.com/news/gameguide/201707/11196780.html
- ↑ http://prica.gameshot.net/?mid=interview&document_srl=93647
- ↑ http://sbsat.co.kr/event_2012/sub_seeu.asp?m=s&bs_code=event_03&vmode=view&page=2&b_idx=583&keyword_option=&keyword=&
- ↑ VOCALOID4 Lucía
- ↑ Lucía's voice provider
- ↑ https://twitter.com/AkiGlancy/status/754777757784027136
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/67329-new-spanish-vocaloid-luan/page__view__findpost__p__1362387
- ↑ https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzCzhS9i8RUGSTFCTGhOYkt5NjA&usp=drive_web#list
- ↑ Media phase Oct 8, 2009
- ↑ AV watch April 12, 2010
- ↑ CV-4Cβ voicebank in use
- ↑ IT Media News Oct 8, 2009
- ↑ https://soundcloud.com/baba-roy/young-blood-house-remix-original-song-with-v2-prototype-editor
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/143069231607/yay-welcome-back-i-was-actually-checking-here-a
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/143353148267/are-you-really-gonna-name-him-ausgris
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/VocaTone/photos/a.249884465155209.1073741825.214314255378897/778825342261116/?type=3&theater
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/143252784637/if-you-guys-do-follow-through-with-that-beta
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/143721936437/you-should-really-keep-the-name-ive-grown
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/143121711142/is-there-any-way-you-could-give-this-vocaloid-more
- ↑ ausgris' full image
- ↑ https://twitter.com/vocaloid_oliver/status/776873479559929856
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/150710216542/so-is-ausgris-a-boy-or-a-girl
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/154344441682/ausgris-is-still-chugging-along
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/162633614402/vocatone-is-making-steady-progress-with-3
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/VocaTone/posts/924005961076386
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/154337274107/hi-vocatone-is-the-new-voicebank-for-ausgris-or
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/71679-new-english-vocaloid-vivi-demo-reveal/
- ↑ https://clyp.it/uvawaqio?token=56cd581822137ddb6fa2e9059dcc1495
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylqO9FwCeCg
- ↑ https://twitter.com/PurinxPop/status/958001263421005824
- ↑ https://twitter.com/PurinxPop/status/958383409524436993
- ↑ File:Photo.png
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/zerog.audio.samples/posts/1443294925750619
- ↑ https://twitter.com/miriamstockley/status/893220089226555392
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/107609581132/is-oliver-ever-going-to-get-a-v4-update-hes-my#tumblr_notes
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/143297336842/have-you-ever-considering-making-a-library-with
- ↑ http://vocatoneofficial.tumblr.com/post/145077501357/itd-be-cool-to-hear-a-dual-voicebank-engloid-and
- ↑ https://twitter.com/vocaloid_cv_cfm/status/639095369452785664
- ↑ [ http://www.excelsior.com.mx/hacker/2016/06/06/1097104 link]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/project_if_cfm/status/5793482278
- ↑ link
- ↑ https://weibo.com/2724207565/FiuyAj0x1
- ↑ https://twitter.com/noboru1963/status/275618059690061824
- ↑ https://twitter.com/rio447/status/275614786807558144
- ↑ https://twitter.com/noboru1963/status/277131220687667200
- ↑ https://twitter.com/noboru1963/status/273834291463589888
- ↑ https://twitter.com/u2kushi/status/422082374717825024
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/yamaha.vocaloid/posts/654003574720198
- ↑ Internet Co V3s to V4
- ↑ Possible Lily V4
- ↑ https://twitter.com/noboru1963/status/664489369231687680
- ↑ http://noticias.bol.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/tecnologia/2013/12/13/empresa-espanhola-lanca-cantora-virtual-que-pode-cantar-em-portugues.htm
- ↑ http://unity-chan.com/contents/interview/vocaloid-vol02/3/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/yamaha.vocaloid/photos/a.232686870185206.50979.138697466250814/696817480438807/?type=1
- ↑ http://tieba.baidu.com/p/3793878629
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/61677-yuezheng-longya-first-male-mandarin-chinese-vocaloid4/
- ↑ http://weibo.com/5582156776/FkHiV0kKy
- ↑ http://weibo.com/1663365680/Evb4KB5jV
- ↑ http://vocaloid.link/archives/2802
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/65762-macne-nana-v4-update-and-new-vocaloid-macne-petite-v4/page__st__75__p__1343201&#entry1343201
- ↑ AVA Interview with Showraku (VNN)
- ↑ https://weibo.com/2182360953/FuT1Rs9Re
- ↑ https://weibo.com/5056093502/FCWyI8Cwt
- ↑ https://weibo.com/5599743152/G2mej2FGC
- ↑ https://weibo.com/5056093502/G2NoipzWZ
- ↑ https://weibo.com/2182360953/Gc6Lc6MIq
- ↑ http://lawlietlk.deviantart.com/art/VOCALOID3-James-Official-April-Fools-293635713
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ahsoft/status/450899023776333825
- ↑ https://twitter.com/ahsoft/status/450902019721555968/photo/1
- ↑ http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/46570931/theater
- ↑ Hiroyuki joke
- ↑ https://net.vocaloid.com/articles/vocaloid4_kaedesan?utm_source=slider&utm_medium=kaede_banner&utm_campaign=vshop_top
- ↑ https://twitter.com/kenmochi/status/715688039314370560
- ↑ https://twitter.com/kenmochi/status/715688367682260992
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izjbou69hSQ
- ↑ https://weibo.com/5611031032/Ga3la72wv
- ↑ https://weibo.com/5611031032/Ga3m3887o
- ↑ https://weibo.com/5611031032/Ga6soi7Fm
- ↑ http://www.aussiefinder.com.au/ange-wayne/
- ↑ "VOCALOID" VIBE
- ↑ http://i.imgur.com/pWf2Evf.png
- ↑ http://i.imgur.com/kl8IU0c.png
- ↑ http://i.imgur.com/FMdFhBp.png
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/58229-new-private-vocaloid-stella/page__st__45]
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/58289-stuff/
- ↑ http://www.vocaloidotaku.net/index.php?/topic/64382-vocaloid4-ivy/
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