A few hours ago, YAMAHA announced an upcoming relaunch of their VOCALOID SHOP, which seems to bring in a renewed product lineup. Some of their products, including voice banks like CYBER DIVA and VY1V4 will be discontinued.
[important] Notice of relaunch of the VOCALOID SHOP and products no longer available due to reviewed product lineup https://t.co/dy8EMnDr3p
— ボーカロイド (@vocaloid_yamaha) July 2, 2018
What’s gonna change?
There will be a maintenance session for the official VOCALOID website on July 12th. After that, we will probably see numerous changes, as well as some of their products being discontinued. Products that won’t be available anymore are listed below:
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- VY1V4
- CYBER DIVA
- CYBER SONGMAN
- VY2V3
- VOCALOID SHOP Selection Starter Pack
- VOCALOID SHOP Selection Starter Pack for Cubase
- VOCALOID4 ENGLISH Starter Pack
- VOCALOID4 ENGLISH Starter Pack for Cubase
- VOCALOID4 JAPANESE + ENGLISH Starter Pack
- VOCALOID4 JAPANESE + ENGLISH Starter Pack for Cubase
- CYBER DIVA Starter Pack
- CYBER DIVA Starter Pack for Cubase
- CYBER SONGMAN Starter Pack
- CYBER SONGMAN Starter Pack for Cubase
- Fukase Starter Pack
- Fukase Starter Pack for Cubase
- Megpoid English Starter Pack
- Megpoid English Starter Pack for Cubase
- Macnenana English Starter Pack
- Macnenana English Starter Pack for Cubase
These products will be available until the VOCALOID SHOP’s relaunch on July 12th, so you better grab them while you still have the chance!
Conclusions
We don’t know the reason for such a big change on the shop or why these products will be discontinued, but stay tuned to VNN for more information!
Official VOCALOID Twitter account announcement
Official announcement on VOCALOID official website