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What Are Vocaloids?

Vocaloid is a singing synthesizer application software developed by the Yamaha Corporation that enables users to synthesize singing by typing in lyrics and melody.

Example of Vocaloids is Miku Hatsune.

Miku Hatsune (初音ミク Hatsune Miku) is the first installment in the Vocaloid2 Character Vocal Series created by Crypton Future Media. It is considered the most popular and well known Vocaloid, released on August 31, 2007. The name of the title and the character of the software was chosen by combining Hatsu (初, first), Ne (音, sound), and Miku (未来, future) thus meaning "the first sound to the future." The data for the voice was created by sampling the voice of Saki Fujita (藤田 咲), a Japanese voice actress. Unlike general purpose speech synthesizers, the software is tuned to create J-pop songs commonly heard in anime, but it is possible to create songs from other genres.

Notable Miku Hatsune songs:

• Black★Rock Shooter
• Ievan Polkka
• Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru (I'll Make You Miku-Miku-ed)
• Koisuru VOC@LOID (VOC@LOID in Love)
• Packaged
• Kurutto, Odotte, Hatsune Miku
• Love is War
• Melody
• Melt
• Saihate
• Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu -DEAD END- (The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku -DEAD END-)
• World is Mine
• PoPiPo
• Romeo & Cinderella
• Innocence
• 裏表ラバーズ / Ura-Omote Lovers (Two-Faced Lovers)
• Palette World Breakdown
• Nebula
• 炉心融解 / Roshin Yuukai (Miku Hatsune remix)
• (「闇色アリス」/Yamiiro Arisu) Dark Alice
• No More Heroes 2: Desprate Struggle's Bizzare Jelly 5 Stage Theme

Music Playlist at MixPod.com