A promotional video for the novel based on"ECHO", a song by Crusher-P featuring GUMI English, has been uploaded by PHP Comix. The PV introduces fans to the four main characters and sets the mood of the novel. You can see the faces trapped in televisions, and the character seen in the original "ECHO" video makes
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Alter/Ego ALYS Preorder Now Available
After much anticipation, ALYS is finally receiving a commercial voice bank. She will be able to sing in both Japanese and French. ALYS will be for the Alter/Ego engine. According to Plogue (the creator of Alter/Ego): "Alter/Ego is based on the award winning technology featured in chipspeech but instead of targeting Vintage voice technology, it
Read More »The Road to Producers: An Interview with Project OverDoze
What is Project OverDoze? Project OverDoze is a group of producers and artists from all over the globe. TSUtauSeries (Tsus) and Starapture (Star) both hail from New York City, New York, while Shius is located in Japan, Steampianist (Steam) from the Philippines, and Nova (.Nova) from Norway. Tsus is a co-founder of the circle as
Read More »IA and ONE Illustration Contest Announced
1st Place has announced an IA and ONE illustration contest to celebrate the first anniversary of ONE and the fourth anniversary of IA. Main Information Deadline: Monday, February 29th. (No exact time has been announced so it's best to be early! However, it's probably safe to assume that the deadline is at 11:59 JST.
Read More »VOCALOID Week in Review: Feb 1st to Feb 7th 2016
The first week of February brought with it tons of VOCALOID news. Here's your VOCALOID Week in Review. Project Diva X News Character Interactions, Friendship Level, and New Songs Information on becoming friends with VOCALOIDs in Project Diva X was revealed as well as info on how interactions with those characters raise friendship. In addition
Read More »Winter Wonder Festival 2016 VOCALOID Highlights
WonFes is that special biannual time of the year where figure lovers and collectors get to see what companies are planning to release in the coming months. For VOCALOID fans, WonFes is always a treat. And Winter WonFes is extra special thanks to the Snow Miku goodies! Here are our Winter Wonder Festival 2016 VOCALOID
Read More »Talk Voice Bank for IA, ONE Figure, and New VOCALOID 4 Announced
1st PLACE's live stream gave us information on IA as well as future plans for ONE and a teaser of a new VOCALOID 4 design. CeVIO Talk for IA https://twitter.com/one_sasa_tudu/status/692302480261054464 It was announced in the live stream as well as on one of CeVIO's Twitter accounts that IA will be receiving a "Talk" voice
Read More »IA and ONE Anniversary Celebration Plans Announced
January 27th marks the anniversaries of both IA and ONE, and 1st Place has recently announced several plans for an IA and ONE Anniversary celebration. They've created an official webpage and have also posted on the IA World page about their plans. Gallery art from the official anniversary website Main Details On January 27th, a
Read More »VOCALOID Fukase Demos, English Bank, and Release Date Revealed
YAMAHA is gearing up for the release of VOCALOID Fukase. After several months of not hearing anything about him after the design contest winner was announced in September, we're getting a lot more than we expected! Release Details VOCALOID Fukase's Box Art The digital download of VOCALOID Fukase will be released on January 28th while
Read More »New Information on Unity-chan and PROJECT AKAZA Revealed!
Lots of information about Unity-chan and PROJECT AKAZA has been revealed since the Comiket announcement. It seems AKAZA will be a VOCALOID while Unity-chan's VOCALOID title is questionable. There are also several demos available for Unity-chan and VOCALOID SDK for Unity. VOCALOID SDK for Unity Demos On the official VOCALOID website, one can download three
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