Yamaha Introduces VOCALOID4 Library CYBER SONGMAN

【CYBER SONGMAN】Official Demo Fighter


Update: video added above, sent my way via Elias.

"Yamaha Corporation announced that is has begun to market 'VOCALOID4 Library CYBER SONGMAN', a new PC-based software that can create natural singing voices in authentic English pronunciation. This new software can be downloaded, beginning today, from the official VOCALOID Shop.

VOCALOID is a technology developed by Yamaha in 2003 to create artificial singing voices just by inputting words and melodies. By installing a Voice Bank, filled with sound bite parts of human voices, and the VOCALOID Editor to input the words, melodies, and singing styles desired, you can instruct the virtual singer of your choice to perform anytime and anywhere.

VOCALOID is continuing to evolve, and is presently available for creating cyber singing voices in Japanese, English, Spanish, Chinese, and Korean. Voice Bank software is available from Yamaha and other sources within and outside of Japan. Yamaha announced VOCALOID 4, the latest version, in November 2014. This version offers richer, more natural and expressive singing voices than ever before.

A very wide range of songs created with VOCALOID is available from video Internet sites such as YouTube. Especially in Japan, VOCALOID has grown and developed to become a part of the musical culture.

CYBER SONGMAN, which Yamaha is announcing today, is a new Voice Bank developed especially for users in the English-speaking world. CYBER SONGMAN offers a new level of enjoyment in creating songs using virtual singers performing in the English language. This new Voice Bank is based on recorded sound parts taken from the singing of a native speaker from the United States, and the pronunciation is clear and crisp American English that fits in well with almost any musical genre. If users also use the Growl function, it is possible to create the high levels of expressiveness needed, for example, in blues and rock songs.

CYBER SONGMAN was developed for wide global use, and it is offered for sale as a product that can be downloaded even from outside Japan. The price is JPY10,000 (before tax), and sales began today on the dedicated VOCALOID Official Shop. Besides, for VOCALOID beginners, we offer two starter kits on the VOCALOID shop. One consists of CYBER SONGMAN and VOCALOID4 Editor, the other consists of CYBER SONGMAN and VOCALOID4 Editor for Cubase. The both products are offered at discounted price.

*We are also considering offering the new Voice Bank for download on other websites operated by Yamaha.
*This product cannot be used on a stand-alone basis and must be used with VOCALOID4 Editor or VOCALOID4 Editor for Cubase andthe Cubase Series. https://net.vocaloid.com/en/products/editor"

Root Node – I'm a Synthesizer (feat. Hatsune Miku)

Published on May 20, 2015 Root Node

Cover art: http://www.aversionofreality.com/blog...
Vocals: Hatsune Miku V3 English by Crypton Future Media
Website: http://www.RootNodeStudio.com

via wikipedia:

"Hatsune Miku (初音ミク?), sometimes referred to as Miku Hatsune, is a humanoid persona voiced by a singing synthesizer application developed by Crypton Future Media. Hatsune Miku is portrayed as a 16-year-old girl with long turquoise pigtails. She uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 and Vocaloid 3 singing synthesizing technologies. She also uses Crypton Future Media's Piapro Studio, a singing synthesizer VSTi Plugin. She was the second Vocaloid sold using the Vocaloid 2 engine, and the first Japanese Vocaloid to use the Japanese version of the Vocaloid 2 engine. Her voice is sampled from Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita. Hatsune Miku has performed at her concerts onstage as an animated projection.[1]

The name of the character comes from merging the Japanese words for first (初 hatsu?), sound (音 ne?) and future (Miku (ミク?) sounds like a nanori reading of future, 未来, normally read as "mirai"[2]), referring to her position as the first of Crypton's "Character Vocal Series". According to Crypton, her name is meant to signify the "first sound from the future"."

Yamaha VOCALOID4 Cyber Diva Now Shipping

"Now Shipping: Yamaha VOCALOID™ Singing Voice Synthesis Technology Offers Realistic Vocal Library in American English

BUENA PARK, Calif. (September 21, 2015)—Yamaha today announced that new software products built on VOCALOID 4, the company’s powerful voice synthesis engine, are now shipping.

Under development by Yamaha since March 2000, VOCALOID enables users to simply input melody and lyrics to synthesize a singing voice. Making their debut on the platform are the Cyber Diva voice library in American English and VOCALOID4 Editor for Cubase.

Cyber Diva is the first VOCALOID exclusive Singer Library with an American English female voice that delivers remarkable expression with clear speech, powerful long tones and smooth vocalization in any genre. The package includes a new feature, Growl Expression, which produces a harsher, gruff tone. Cyber Diva also comes with instrument features for building temporary tracks that serve as a bed for the virtual vocalist. Geared toward professional music producers, Cyber Diva lets users input melodies or lyrics to create the vocal lines.

Two more products, VOCALOID4 Editor and VOCALOID Editor for Cubase, include several new features for innovative music production. Cross-Synthesis lets users design nuanced voice tones by blending two different sound libraries—one to enhance power and attack, the other to emphasize expressiveness like the sustain and release of notes. Growl adds hard tremolo to the voice for a more realistic and versatile sound. Pitch Render allows for editing the smoothness of pitch linkage or the level of vibrato application by using a visual display to make the settings.

'Cyber Diva and VOCALOID4 Editor represent the culmination of years of perfecting the subtleties of virtual vocals,” said Lacy Privette, director, Steinberg North America. “This brings a new level of authenticity to voice synthesis
technology, especially for background parts, so that producers and musicians can test ideas and flesh out tracks even when no singer is present.'

Cyber Diva, VOCALOID Editor for Cubase and VOCALOID4 Editor (each MSRP: $130.99) are now available.

For more information, visit http://4wrd.it/vocaloid4."

KORG Polysix & Yamaha Vocaloid Come to Miselu

Malte of Miselu sends in the following news. Pics & video below via Engadget. You might remember Miselu from this post, and this post.

"I wanted to share a few exiting updates with you that we will show live at Google I/O starting today.

Since SXSW the hardware reference design continues to mature, but mainly focused on the software side and have released our music SDK alpha to a select group of developers that used our Miselu emulator environment (alpha for Mac and Linux) to the build apps.

Yamaha has produced a Vocaloid application prototype for the Miselu platform. The app (codename “MV-01”) is produced by music game designer luminary Tetsuya Mizuguchi. Vocaloid is a singing synthesizer technology developed by Yamaha that uses concatenative synthesis to splice and process vocal fragments extracted from human voice samples. Vocaloid allows to create an authentic computer-generated singing voice with text-to-lyics capability. More details.

Korg is bringing a software implementation of their world-renowned synthesizer, the Polysix, to the Miselu platform.

In addition Plasma Sound, the premiere music instrument for Android, was ported to our device. The developer didn’t have access to the hardware and solely used the SDK and emulator.

Retronyms expanded their nStudio suite for Miselu [video of early version here]. Retronym’s cofounder Dan Walton says, 'Miselu has designed something really special. Neiro is much more then a tablet with a piano keyboard attached. For the first time we have a touch based hardware platform dedicated to music. The wide control screen gives this little instrument unlimited potential. Miselu has gone the extra mile to reduce audio latency making this one of the most responsive devices we have seen.'

We are also pleased to announce the addition of Jory Bell as the company’s CTO. Jory was cofounder and CEO of OQO, a San Francisco startup that created the ultra-mobile computing (UMPC). Before Jory was at Apple Computer, where he helped design several laptop models and was responsible for co-inception of the Titanium Powerbook."

Moira Muñoz Stage Rig Tour At Superbooth

Published on May 9, 2018 Synthtopia

"At Superbooth 2018, we talked with Spanish synthesist Moira Muñoz, who gave us a tour of her stage rig, including an unusual keytar and circuit-bent drum machines."

The Yamaha Vocaloid Keytar Is Super Rare & Super Strange

Published on May 9, 2018

"At Superbooth 2018, Yamaha's Blake Angelos gave us a quick intro to the Vocaloid VKB-100, a strange and rare 'singing keytar'.

The Vocaloid VKB-100 is essentially a keytar built around the Vocaloid vocal synthesis engine. It's currently only being sold in Japan."

Yamaha Vocaloid VKB-100, un keytar que canta en japonés

Published on May 7, 2018

"Moira Muñoz, artista electrónica y demostradora de Yamaha, nos enseña su flamante VBK-100, el primer keytar de la familia Vocaloid de cantantes virtuales."

Vocaloid vocal synthesis keytar from Yamaha.

Daft Punk - Technologic (VOCALOID 5 Amy) Cover

Published on Dec 31, 2018 POGPALE

Daft Punk - Technologic
VOCALOID Cover by POGPALE

not bad rapper amy, haha

Vocals - Yamaha VOCALOID 5 Amy
Drums - AlyJamesLab VProm
Percussion - Korg Gadget Tokyo
Guitar - LennarDigital Sylenth1
Bass - D16 Phoscyon

【リズミックス】うたうたい -rytmix version-【VOCALOID】

YouTube via tukurukoubou | August 25, 2010

"曲名【うたうたい -rytmix version-】
リズミックスサウンドコンテストエントリー曲です。
コンテストページ→http://www.arcsystemworks.jp/arcstyle/rytmix/contest.html

アピールテキスト：
オリジナルの曲のrytmixバージョンを作ってみました。
長くなったので、途中でsong切り替えを入れています。
rytmixの音はは録音した音をそのまま使用しています(エフェクタ未使用)
※VOCALOIDにはエフェクタを使用...というわけで、NG覚悟の応募です。
こんな使い方も出来るということで..."

http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2009/03/andreas-tilliander-caught-in-riot-feat.html

YouTube via jetdaisuke
'This tune is the study (made with KORG DS-10) for my song "Galactic Adventure".

Galactic Adventure - Hatsune MIKU 「凍りついた星屑へ」初音ミク

YouTube via jetdaisuke
"This is my song made with Hatsune MIKU VOCALOID.

GarageBand: compose
VOCALOID: generate vocal tracks
Logic Pro: mastering
Flash: make a video track"

【MikuMikuDance】『Silence』（MMD Edition）【初音ミク】 VOCALOID 【3DPV】

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

Miku Weirdness! VOL 01 (Vocaloid 2 - Hatsune Miku) (ボーカロイド2)

YouTube via KawaiFS630. For those that don't know what Vocaloid is, I created a Vocoloid label with this post. Click it for some more info in prior posts.
"IMPORTANT: About the "lyrics": are pure randomly (Excepting Du-di-da!). If you see a strange word, please send me a message, please :)

An small experiment. With random syllables, I put Hatsune Miku on a songs you can´t imagine...(Some, yes, but other songs, no xD) with aleatory hardware-keyboards on all songs, you can heard a Korg M1 on one, a Casio SA-1 in another...

The list (In order):
- Battle Garega level 1
- Lolo 2 in stage music
- Kid Icarus underworld
- Wave Race Dolphin Park
- Lufia 2 town
- Sparkster level 1
- Starwing Corneria
- Ristar Du-di-da!
- Dragon Ball Cha la head cha la
- Dragon Ball GT Ending

Of course, this is a small joke. I like these songs, and this is a funny homage to these authors that put his songs on anime/videogames

Enjoy! :D"

ByMyself - from 東京ダンジョン/TOKYO DUNGEON

Published on Dec 8, 2012 by SoundOptimize

Octatrack DPS-1(Vocal&Chorus Track,Input SID Track&MIDI)
Monomachine SFX-6(Synthesizer Track)
Machinedrum SPS-1UW+ MKII(Drum Track)
SID STATION(Synth Lead)

Googlish Description below.

"【Elektron UP祭り】
ELEKTRONギアを使用する共通項で開始されたプロジェクト。
今回、2回目の参加となります。

CLICK FOR MORE »

VOCALOID(TM)3 Library MAYU

Published on Jan 5, 2013 PXE02321·2 videos

VOCALOID(TM)3 Library MAYU DEMO

Steve Winwood - Valerie

YouTube via polysmart. Vocaloid, Prophet-5 and Linn Drum.
"This time it is a rendition of a classic track from Steven Winwood's 1982 album "Talking back to the Night". Chances are you've heard the 2004 remix "Call on me", which actually samples only a few seconds.

The vocal is recorded with Yamaha Vocaloid, of which I only have a female singer available, so please don't read too much into the song's lyrics. :)

The original track can be found here: [below]

A few boring details:
* Tempo: 116.33 bpm
* Played mostly in A major.
* Original equipment: only a Linn Drum LM-1 and a Prophet 5 (in mono/poly stack)."

Steve Winwood - Valerie (Original Version, HQ Audio)

YouTube via vermillionsands
"he original version of "Valerie" from the album "Talking Back to the Night" released in 1982."

The Yamaha Vocaloid Keyboard

YouTube Uploaded by Diginfonews on Mar 20, 2012

"Play Hatsune Miku Songs Live! With The Yamaha Vocaloid Keyboard"

Pink Floyd "The Great Gig in the Sky " performed by Vocaloid

Published on Aug 27, 2013 ShimamuraMusicCoLtd·1,865 videos

"ボーカロイドにピンクフロイド「虚空のスキャット」を歌わせてみた。
made Vocaloid sing "The Great Gig in the Sky "
http://info.shimamura.co.jp/digital/r...

Digiland（デジランド）
島村楽器株式会社のデジタルガジェット情報配信サイト
http://info.shimamura.co.jp/digital/"

Mobile VOCALOID Editor

Published on Apr 10, 2015 PXE02321

"YAMAHA Mobile VOCALOID Editor DEMO"

Synthesized vocals. Note the modulations.

Vocaloid

This is kind of interesting. Supposedly you can type in whatever words you want along with the notes you want played, and this software will sing it for you using recordings of actual singers to sythesise the singing. I wonder what kind of crazy samples you can create with this for further processing. Think about that for a bit. There are some trippy samples on site. Title link takes you there. Demo version here: Zero-G

"VOCALOID is a vocal-synthesizing software that enables song writers to generate authentic-sounding singing on their PCs by simply typing in the lyrics and music notes of their compositions. The software synthesizes the sound from "vocal libraries" of recordings of actual singers, retaining the vocal qualities of the original singing voices to reproduce realistic vocals. The software also features simple commands that enable users to add expressive effects - such as vibrato and pitch bends - to their synthesized vocals."

Synth Rorschach #17: ColossalCon 2011 P0221 f

flickr By ntcrwler

"Hatsune Miku, everyone's favorite Vocaloid!"

What synth do you see?

gakken NSX-39 pocket miku vocaloid 3 thru makenoise Echophone

Published on May 3, 2014 heodesalciphron·217 videos

"background sound : wiard malekko richter oscII/megawave/boogie filter"